1970 BRDC International Trophy

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

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:

Notes

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