1970 International Gold Cup

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1970 International Gold Cup
Non-championship race in the 1970 Formula One season
Oulton Park.svg
Race details
Date22 August 1970
Official name XVII International Gold Cup
Location Oulton Park, Cheshire
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.4434 km (2.761 miles)
Distance 40 laps, 177.749 km ( miles)
Pole position
Driver Surtees-Cosworth
Time 1:36.2
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Cosworth
Time 1:26.6
Podium
First Surtees-Cosworth
Second Lotus-Cosworth
Third BRM

The 1970 International Gold Cup was a non-championship Formula One race held at Oulton Park on 22 August 1970. The race was open to Formula One and Formula 5000 cars. It was run in two heats of 20 laps, with the winner decided on aggregate times. The starting grid for Heat 1 was decided by a qualifying session, in which John Surtees won pole position. The grid for Heat 2 was decided by the finishing order of Heat 1. John Surtees won Heat 1 and overall, narrowly beating Heat 2 winner Jochen Rindt, with Howden Ganley posting the best aggregate result of the Formula 5000 entrants. Jackie Stewart, debuting the brand-new Tyrrell 001, set fastest lap.

Contents

Qualifying

Blue background denotes F5000 entrants.

Pos.No.DriverConstructorCarTimeGap
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth Surtees TS7 1:36.2
25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Oliver BRM BRM P153 1:39.2+3.0
330 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank Gardner Lola-Chevrolet Lola T190 1:42.0+2.8
421 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Prophet McLaren-Chevrolet McLaren M10B 1:42.0+0.0
51 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Cosworth Tyrrell 001 1:43.81+1.8
677 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Trevor Taylor Lola-Chevrolet Lola T190 1:44.0+0.2
742 Flag of New Zealand.svg Graham McRae McLaren-Chevrolet McLaren M10B 1:45.2+1.2
841 Flag of Sweden.svg Reine Wisell McLaren-Chevrolet McLaren M10B 1:45.4+0.2
912 Flag of New Zealand.svg Howden Ganley McLaren-Chevrolet McLaren M10B 1:46.8+1.4
102 Flag of Austria.svg Jochen Rindt Lotus-Cosworth Lotus 72 1:46.8+0.0
1143 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Hailwood Lola-Chevrolet Lola T190 1:50.0+3.2
123 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill Lotus-Cosworth Lotus 72 1:52.8+2.8
1347 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Lanfranchi Lola-Chevrolet Lola T190 1:53.4+0.6
1466 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Fred Saunders Crosslé-Rover Crosslé 15F 1:54.2+0.8
1523 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Myerscough Brabham-Oldsmobile Brabham BT11 1:56.6+2.4
1688 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Summers Lola-Chevrolet Lola T142 1:58.6+2.0
1770 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Rollinson Surtees-Chevrolet Surtees TS5A 1:59.0+0.4
1831 Flag of Ireland.svg Lingard GouldingBeattie-Chevrolet Beattie P11001:59.8+0.8
1998 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob MillerDulon-Ford Dulon LD82:02.8+3.0
2010 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kaye Griffiths Lola-Chevrolet Lola T142 2:04.4+1.6
2163 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ray Calcutt Lola-Chevrolet Lola T142 2:06.4+2.0
2216 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ippocastano Cooper-Chevrolet Cooper T86B 2:23.8+17.4
DNA6 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Adamich McLaren-Alfa Romeo McLaren M14D
DNA7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Schenken De Tomaso-Cosworth De Tomaso 505-38
DNA9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Willie Forbes Lola-Chevrolet Lola T142
DNA11 Flag of the United States.svg Roy PikeLeda-Chevrolet Leda LT20
DNA44 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Walker McLaren-Chevrolet McLaren M10B
DNA45 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jock Russell Lotus-Chevrolet Lotus 70
DNA48 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robin Darlington McLaren-Chevrolet McLaren M10A
DNA49 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Berry Brabham-Oldsmobile Brabham BT16
DNA78 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Powell Lola-Chevrolet Lola T142

1Stewart started from the back of the grid

Classification

Blue background denotes F5000 entrants.

Heat 1

Pos.No.DriverConstructorTimeGrid
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth 29:58.21
25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Oliver BRM +6.62
32 Flag of Austria.svg Jochen Rindt Lotus-Cosworth +12.810
443 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Hailwood Lola-Chevrolet +33.811
512 Flag of New Zealand.svg Howden Ganley McLaren-Chevrolet +1:24.89
677 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Trevor Taylor Lola-Chevrolet 19 laps6
71 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Cosworth 19 laps5
821 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Prophet McLaren-Chevrolet 19 laps4
966 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Fred Saunders Crosslé-Rover 18 laps14
1010 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kaye Griffiths Lola-Chevrolet 18 laps20
NC98 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob MillerDulon-Ford 17 laps19
NC88 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Summers Lola-Chevrolet 17 laps16
NC31 Flag of Ireland.svg Lingard GouldingBeattie-Chevrolet 17 laps18
Ret41 Flag of Sweden.svg Reine Wisell McLaren-Chevrolet 16 laps, gearbox8
Ret30 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank Gardner Lola-Chevrolet 13 laps, suspension3
Ret3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill Lotus-Cosworth 3 laps, oil pressure12
Ret70 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Rollinson Surtees-Chevrolet 3 laps, head gasket17
Ret23 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Myerscough Brabham-Oldsmobile 0 laps, engine15
DNS42 Flag of New Zealand.svg Graham McRae McLaren-Chevrolet practice accident7
DNS47 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Lanfranchi Lola-Chevrolet practice accident13
DNS63 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ray Calcutt Lola-Chevrolet radiator21
DNS16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ippocastano Cooper-Chevrolet not competitive22

Heat 2

Pos.No.DriverConstructorTimeGrid
12 Flag of Austria.svg Jochen Rindt Lotus-Cosworth 29:40.63
24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth +9.41
35 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Oliver BRM +23.02
430 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank Gardner Lola-Chevrolet +39.213
512 Flag of New Zealand.svg Howden Ganley McLaren-Chevrolet +1:27.64
677 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Trevor Taylor Lola-Chevrolet 19 laps15
766 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Fred Saunders Crosslé-Rover 18 laps7
810 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kaye Griffiths Lola-Chevrolet 18 laps8
988 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Summers Lola-Chevrolet 18 laps10
NC63 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ray Calcutt Lola-Chevrolet 17 laps14
NC98 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob MillerDulon-Ford 17 laps9
NC31 Flag of Ireland.svg Lingard GouldingBeattie-Chevrolet 17 laps11
NC21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Prophet McLaren-Chevrolet 17 laps6
Ret41 Flag of Sweden.svg Reine Wisell McLaren-Chevrolet 2 laps, gearbox12
DNS43 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Hailwood Lola-Chevrolet oil filter
DNS1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Cosworth piston

1Taylor stopped 1 lap early in error

Aggregate

Pos.No.DriverConstructorTime
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth 59:48.2
22 Flag of Austria.svg Jochen Rindt Lotus-Cosworth +3.4
35 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Oliver BRM 40 laps
412 Flag of New Zealand.svg Howden Ganley McLaren-Chevrolet 40 laps
577 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Trevor Taylor Lola-Chevrolet 38 laps
666 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Fred Saunders Crosslé-Rover 36 laps
721 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Prophet McLaren-Chevrolet 36 laps
810 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kaye Griffiths Lola-Chevrolet 36 laps
NC30 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank Gardner Lola-Chevrolet 35 laps
NC88 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Summers Lola-Chevrolet 35 laps
NC98 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob MillerDulon-Ford 34 laps
NC31 Flag of Ireland.svg Lingard GouldingBeattie-Chevrolet 34 laps
NC43 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Hailwood Lola-Chevrolet 20 laps
NC41 Flag of Sweden.svg Reine Wisell McLaren-Chevrolet 19 laps
NC63 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ray Calcutt Lola-Chevrolet 17 laps

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