1970 BRDC International Trophy

The 22nd BRDC International Trophy was a motor race held at Silverstone on 26 April 1970 for Formula One and Formula 5000 cars.

1970 BRDC International Trophy
combined Formula One/Formula 5000 race
Race details[1]
Date	26 April 1970
Official name	XXII Daily Express BRDC International Trophy
Location	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.714 km (2.923 miles)
Distance	2 x 26 laps, 244.80 km (152.11 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Chris Amon	March
Time	1:21.4
Fastest lap
Driver	Chris Amon	March
Time	1:22.1 (1st heat)
Podium
First	Chris Amon	March-Cosworth
Second	Jackie Stewart	March-Cosworth
Third	Piers Courage	De Tomaso-Cosworth

The race was run over 2 heats of 26 laps each, the final results being an aggregate of the two. Chris Amon, driving a F1 March-Cosworth, qualified in pole position and set fastest overall lap. Amon won heat one, and Jackie Stewart, also in a March, won heat two, with Amon winning on aggregate results. Mike Hailwood, driving a Lola-Chevrolet, was the best-placed F5000 driver, finishing seventh overall.

Classification

Note: the classification was the sum of the times obtained in the two heats; a blue background indicates a Formula 5000 entrant.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Ret.
1	Chris Amon	March-Cosworth	52	1:13:32.2
2	Jackie Stewart	March-Cosworth	52	+ 10.0
3	Piers Courage	De Tomaso-Cosworth	52	+ 1:03.1
4	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Cosworth	52	+ 1:44.1
5	Reine Wisell	McLaren-Cosworth	51	+ 1 Lap
6	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Cosworth	50	+ 2 Laps
7	Mike Hailwood	Lola-Chevrolet	50	+ 2 Laps
8	Frank Gardner	Lola-Chevrolet	50	+ 2 Laps
9	Graham Hill	Lotus-Cosworth	50	+ 2 Laps
10	Mike Walker	McLaren-Chevrolet	50	+ 2 Laps
11	Davie Powell	Lola-Chevrolet	48	+ 4 Laps
12	Trevor Taylor	Surtees-Chevrolet	47	+ 5 laps
13	Pete Lovely	Lotus-Cosworth	46	+ 6 Laps
14	Gordon Spice	Kitchener-Ford	43	+ 9 Laps
15	Kaye Griffiths	Lola-Chevrolet	43	+ 9 Laps
16	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Chevrolet	40	+ 12 Laps
17	John Miles	Lotus-Cosworth	37	+ 15 laps
Ret	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Cosworth	33	Engine
Ret	Howden Ganley	McLaren-Chevrolet	24	Mechanical
Ret	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Cosworth	22	Engine
Ret	Fred Saunders	Crosslé-Rover	17
Ret	Graham McRae	McLaren-Chevrolet	16
Ret	David Hobbs	Surtees-Chevrolet	9
Ret	David Prophet	McLaren-Chevrolet	1
Sources:[2][3][4]

Notes

• Pole position: Chris Amon - 1:21.4
• Fastest laps: Chris Amon - 1:22.1 (Heat 1), Jackie Stewart - 1:23.3 (Heat 2)