1970 Guards European Formula 5000 Championship

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The 1970 Guards European Formula 5000 Championship was a motor racing competition for Formula 5000 cars. [1] The series was organized in the United Kingdom by the British Racing and Sports Car Club but also included European rounds. [2] It was the first and only series to carry the Guards European Formula 5000 Championship name and the second of seven annual European Formula 5000 Championships to be contested between 1969 and 1975. [3] The title was won by Peter Gethin, driving a McLaren M10B. [1]

Formula 5000 international motor racing format

Formula 5000 was an open wheel, single seater auto-racing formula that ran in different series in various regions around the world from 1968 to 1982. It was originally intended as a low-cost series aimed at open-wheel racing cars that no longer fit into any particular formula. The '5000' denomination comes from the maximum 5.0 litre engine capacity allowed in the cars, although many cars ran with smaller engines. Manufacturers included McLaren, Eagle, March, Lola, Lotus, Elfin, Matich and Chevron.

United Kingdom Country in Europe

The United Kingdom, officially the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland but more commonly known as the UK or Britain, is a sovereign country lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom that shares a land border with another sovereign state‍—‌the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south and the Celtic Sea to the south-west, giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland. With an area of 242,500 square kilometres (93,600 sq mi), the United Kingdom is the 78th-largest sovereign state in the world. It is also the 22nd-most populous country, with an estimated 66.0 million inhabitants in 2017.

The British Racing and Sports Car Club (BRSCC) is one of the major organisers of motorsport events in the United Kingdom. The club currently runs around forty track racing championships for cars as diverse as Porsche, Caterham, BMW and Mazda. Formed in Bristol in August 1946 as the 500 Club, the organisation changed its name to the BRSCC in 1954 and now has its headquarters in Borough Green, Kent.

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Championship winner Peter Gethin, pictured in 1971 Peter Gethin, Bestanddeelnr 924-6614.jpg
Championship winner Peter Gethin, pictured in 1971

The championship was contested over twenty rounds with each round staged over two heats. [4]

Round [4] Name [4] Distance (miles) [4] Circuit [4] CountryDate [4] Winning driver [4] Car [4]
1110 Oulton Park United Kingdom27 MarchMike Walker McLaren M10B Chevrolet
2106 Brands Hatch United Kingdom30 March Peter Gethin McLaren M10B Chevrolet
3North Sea Trophy104 Zolder Belgium 5 April Peter Gethin McLaren M10B Chevrolet
4104 Zandvoort Netherlands 19 April Peter Gethin McLaren M10B Chevrolet
5Daily Express / GKN International Trophy150 Silverstone United Kingdom26 April Mike Hailwood Lola T190 Chevrolet
662 Brands Hatch (Club Circuit)United Kingdom3 May Peter Gethin McLaren M10B Chevrolet
755 Castle Combe United Kingdom9 May Peter Gethin McLaren M10B Chevrolet
864 Mallory Park United Kingdom25 May Peter Gethin McLaren M10B Chevrolet
9Rothmans Grand Prix106 Mondello Park Ireland 1 June Trevor Taylor Surtees TS5A Chevrolet
10Martini Trophy104 Silverstone United Kingdom6 June Peter Gethin McLaren M10B Chevrolet
11Lottery Grand Prix143 Monza Italy 21 JuneMike Walker McLaren M10B Chevrolet
12Anderstorp 5000105 Scandinavian Raceway Sweden 28 June Peter Gethin McLaren M10B Chevrolet
13Olympia Trophy132 Salzburgring Austria 12 July Mike Hailwood Lola T190 Chevrolet
14Kodak Super 8 Trophy71 Thruxton United Kingdom9 August Frank Gardner Lola T190 Chevrolet
15Automotive Products Trophy59 Silverstone United Kingdom15 August Frank Gardner Lola T190 Chevrolet
16Gold Cup110 Oulton Park United Kingdom22 August Howden Ganley McLaren M10B Chevrolet
1765 Snetterton United Kingdom31 August Reine Wisell McLaren M10B Chevrolet
18Preis der Nationen126 Hockenheim West Germany 13 September Reine Wisell McLaren M10B Chevrolet
1966 Oulton Park United Kingdom19 September Reine Wisell McLaren M10B Chevrolet
2080 Brands Hatch United Kingdom27 September Graham McRae McLaren M10B Chevrolet

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places at each round. [1] Final championship positions were determined from the best ten results from the longer rounds (i.e. those contested over greater than 100 miles) and the best four results from the shorter rounds. [1]

Championship standings

Position [1] Driver [1] Car [1] Entrant [1] Points [1]
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Gethin McLaren M10B Chevrolet Sid Taylor90
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Howden Ganley McLaren M10B Chevrolet Barry Newman61
3 Flag of Australia.svg Frank Gardner Lola T190 Chevrolet Motor Racing Research Ltd52
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Hailwood Lola T190 Chevrolet
Lola T192 Chevrolet
Epstein-Cuthbert Team Lola50
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Walker McLaren M10B Chevrolet Alan McKechnie Racing42
6 Flag of New Zealand.svg Graham McRae McLaren M10B Chevrolet Crown Lynn Potteries36
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Trevor Taylor Surtees TS5A Chevrolet
Lola T192 Chevrolet
Team Surtees
Doug Hardwick
33
= Flag of Sweden.svg Reine Wisell McLaren M10B Chevrolet Sid Taylor33
9 Flag of the United States.svg Roy PikeLeda LT20
Leda LT22 Chevrolet
Malaya Garage17
10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Prophet McLaren M10B Chevrolet 11
11 Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Norinder Lola T190 Chevrolet Sports Cars Switzerland10
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Keith Holland Lola T142 Chevrolet Alan Fraser8
= Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Davey Powell Lola T190 Chevrolet
Lola T142 Chevrolet
Doug Hardwick8
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gordon Spice Kitchiner K3A Ford 7
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Fred Saunders Crosslé 15F Rover Mermaid Racing6
16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kaye Griffiths Lola T142 Chevrolet 5
17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Willie Forbes Lola T142 Chevrolet 4
= Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Rollinson Lotus 70 Chevrolet
Lotus 70 Ford
Surtees TS5A Chevrolet
Lotus Components

Irish Racing Cars
4
19 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Hobbs Surtees TS5A Chevrolet Team Surtees 2
= Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derrick Williams Lola T142 Chevrolet 2
= Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ray Calcutt Lola T142 Chevrolet Alan Fraser2
22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Morris Nunn Lola T190 Chevrolet Doug Hardwick1
= Flag of Ireland.svg Lingard Goulding Lola T142 Chevrolet
Beattie P1100 Chevrolet
1
= Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Lanfranchi Lola T190 Chevrolet Sports Cars Switzerland1

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, pages 33 to 35
  2. European Formula 5000 races 1969-1977, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 16 October 2014
  3. Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, Table of Contents
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Anthony Prichard, The Motor Racing Year No2, 1971, pages 245 to 259