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1970

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Denny Hulme, McLaren-Cosworth M14A leading Henri Pescarolo's Matra Simca, speeds up Beau Rivage curve

Chris Amon in a March-Cosworth 701 still leads Jack Brabham, Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Jacky Ickx before retiring with broken suspension in lap 61

Mexican BRM driver Pedro Rodriguez at the La Source hairpin

The Ferrari 512 S #1030 is being quickly repaired whilst the other Ferrari 512 S #1014 ejects from pits

Ignazio Giunti (I), at the wheel of the Vaccarella/Giunti Ferrari 512S #1004 entered by Spa Ferrari SEFAC. The picture offers a stunning view to the picturesque country side.

The winning Porsche 917K of Richard Attwood and Hans Herrmann roars by the Le Mans amusement park evening scenery

Jochen Rindt with his wife Nina during a practice session, Austrian Grand Prix, Zeltweg, 1970

Arturo Merzario (I) on Ferrari 512 S #1034 in front of Henri Pescarolo's (F) Matra-Simca MS660 02

Denny Hulme, McLaren, crosses the line to finish 3rd in the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim 1970

Barrie Smith (GB) cannot even finish the first lap due to an accident with his Lola T70 Mk.3B GT Chevrolet SL76/144

Vic Elford's late night shift

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) become fifth placed with the Porsche 917K #021 which was entered by Racing Team AAW

1000km Brands Hatch BOAC 1970: Vic Elford (GB) and Denny Hulme (NZ) are being chased in their second placed Porsche 917K 023 by later eighth placed Jacky Ickx (B) and Jackie Oliver (GB) on Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1010

Corrado Manfredini (I) and Gianpiero Moretti (I) on Ferrari 512 S #1022/1032 in front of Guy Verrier (F) and Sylvain Garant (F) on Porsche 911 TH

The winning Porsche 917K no. 23 of Richard Attwood (GB) and Hans Herrmann (D), Le Mans 24h, 1970

Whilst George Eaton on BRM P153 (no. 3) is pushed through pitlane, Andrea de Adamich's McLaren-Alfa Romeo M14D waits for preparation in the pits besides Denny Hulme who already sits in his McLaren-Cosworth M14A

The winning Porsche 917K 016 of Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen (SF) finishes the honoury lap with many mechanics as passengers

Henri Pescarolo (F) in the Matra-Simca MS650 02

Jochen Rindt was hit in the face by a stone during practice. Despite track undulations making him physically sick he was able to win the race. Rindt enjoys his 3rd GP victory of the year with his wife Nina and the Lotus team

In qualifying no-one could beat Jacky Ickx's time. Pedro Rodriguez did get his BRM to within two-tenths of the Belgian Ferrari driver while Regazzoni (2nd Ferrari) snatched third grid position from Stewart's March. Giunti is 5th in the 3rd Ferrari.

Ninth placed Corrado Manfredini (I) and Gianpiero Moretti (I) on Ferrari 512 S #1022/1032 entered by Scuderia Picchio Rosso

Pit stop and change of driver of Jacky Ickx (B) and John Surtees (GB) on Ferrari 512 S #1038

Winner Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) raises his trophy

The Lola T70 Mk.3B GT Chevrolet SL76/146 of Teddy Pilette (B) and Gustave Gosselin (B) is being prepared in paddock

Sixth positioned Herbert M¸ller (CH) and Mike Parkes (GB) on Ferrari 512 S #1016

Start for the Belgian Grand Prix 1970: First row with polesetter Stewart (blue Tyrrell), Jochen Rindt (Gold Leaf Lotus) and Chris Amon (STP March)

Nino Vaccarella (I) at the wheel of the Vaccarella/Giunti Ferrari 512S #1004 entered by Spa Ferrari SEFAC. The picture offers a stunning view at the picturesque country side.

Chris Amon, March, passes the Hotel de Paris, Monaco Grand Prix, 1970

Jacky Ickx (B) yawns his tension away before the start

Second placed team of Gerard Larrousse (F, at the wheel) and Willy Kauhsen (D) in the Porsche 917L #043 entered by Martini International Racing Team

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) in his Porsche 908/03 011, 1000 km Nurburgring, 1970

Henri Pescarolo (F) jumps out of the Matra-Simca MS650 03 which retires with engine problems

A young fan takes not too much care about the cordon around the Ferrari 512 S #1018

Enzo Ferrari listens to his chief engineer Mauro Forghieri

J. W. Automotive Engineering's Porsches start from front row, car no. 24 is the later winner Porsche 917K 0014 driven by Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB), car no. 25 the Porsche 917K 004/017 of Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen (SF) retires after 44 laps

Enzo Ferrari with race engineer Mauro Forghieri

Brabham mechanics prepairing Rolf Stommelen's car no 21, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 1970

Mary and Vic Elford

This Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1012 was driven in practice only by John Surtees (GB), Peter Schetty (CH) and Jacky Ickx (B)

Jackie Stewart, March-Cosworth 701, Monaco Grand Prix, 1970

Jackie Oliver (GB) at the wheel of the Ickx/Oliver Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1010

The Gijs van Lennep (NL) / David Piper (GB) Porsche 917K #021 entered by Team AAW

Mike Parkes (GB) enters his business car, the later fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1008 is being prepared

Second placed Porsche 917K 023 of Vic Elford (GB) and Denny Hulme (NZ)

Winner Jo Siffert sprays champagne at the spectators beneath the podium

Race winners Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) celebrate their victory on podium

Battle on the track of the winning Porsche 917K 016 driven by Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen (SF) which overtakes the Abarth 2000S of Johannes Ortner (A) and Mario Casoni (I)

Jo Siffert walks back on the track after retiring with oil pressure failure

Pedro Rodriguez' timekeeper at Porsche pits

Jo Siffert (CH) chats with a french journalist

Early laps: 3rd placed Arturo Merzario (I) on Ferrari 512 S #1034 leads a queue of followers (Vaccarella, Ferrari no. 6, Hobbs, Porsche no. 22)

Pit stop ends for the fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1014 driven by Sam Posey (USA) and Ronnie Bucknum (USA)

Jack Brabham, 2nd, on his lap of honour. He damaged the front of his Brabham-Cosworth BT33 after a slide into the straw bales at the last corner of the last lap, handing victory to Jochen Rindt. Monaco Grand Prix, 1970

Porsche displays the new 908s - no. 20 Porsche 908/03 #007 (entered by Porsche Salzburg), in the back the two 1-2 winners of the Targa Florio: no. 12 Porsche 908/03 #008 driven by Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB), and no. 40 Porsche 908/03 #009 driven by Leo Kinnunen (SF) and Pedro Rodriguez (MEX), both entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

John Surtees (GB) sits in the Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042

Jochen Rindt meets Lotus team boss Colin Chapman just after his victory (his 4th in a row, 5th overall that season so far) in the 1970 German Grand Prix at Hockenheim

The fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1014 driven by Sam Posey (USA) and Ronnie Bucknum (USA)

Herbert M¸ller (CH) on Ferrari 512 S #1016 in front of Corrado Manfredini's (I) and Gianpiero Moretti's (I) Ferrari 512 S #1022/1032

Before the start of the 1970 1000kms Monza

Porsche fans show their support

Podium ceremony with Jochen and Nina Rindt, British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, 1970

Jean-Pierre Beltoise seats into the Matra-Simca MS120, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, 1970

Podium ceremony with Jochen and Nina Rindt, British Grand Prix 1970

Johnny Servoz-Gavin on Matra-Simca MS650 #03 overtakes his retired team mate Beltoise's Matra-Simca MS650 #01 during the 1000km BOAC Brands Hatch 1970

It's all right for John Wyer to laugh at the Gulf press officers, as team boss of J. W. Automotive Engineering whose two Porsche cars are just about to gain a 1-2 victory

Winning Porsche Salzburg team Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) surrounded by cheering officals, team members, such as Elford's wife Mary, and fans, 1000km Nuerburgring, 1970

Championship leader Jochen Rindt and his Lotus teamboss Colin Chapman on the grid

Mechanics take a look at the engine of the Ferrari 512 S #1034 driven by Arturo Merzario (I) and Clay Regazzoni (CH)

Pauli Toivonen (SF) and Sten Axelsson (S) in the Porsche 917K #021 during practice session, entered by Racing Team AAW. The vehicle did not start because it was withdrawn due to a fatal accident in practice in which team mate Hans Laine was killed.

Kurt Ahrens sits in the later winning Porsche

Heavy technical operations on the Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042 spark plugs

Jo Siffert (CH) at Porsche pits with Ferdinand Piech

Rolf Stommelen reflects in the rear mirror of the Alfa Romeo T33/3

Pedro Rodriguez' english girl friend Glenda takes the lap times

A queue of cars after the start of the 1000km BOAC Brands Hatch 1970

Jack Brabham (AUS) and Jean-Pierre Beltoise (F) stand the rain in a Matra-Simca MS650 01

Jochen Rindt

John Wyer keeps times in pits at Le Mans 1970 with his wife

24h Le Mans, 1970

Start of the British GP 1970: Later race winner Jochen Rindt, Lotus-Cosworth 72C (no. 5), starts from pole position, next to him Jack Brabham, Brabham-Ford BT33 (no. 17) and Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B (no. 3)

Bette Hill keeps her husband's times whilst he passes her in pitlane

British Grand Prix 1970 podium ceremony: Jochen Rindt presents his trophy to Lotus team boss Colin Chapman and to his wife Nina

Jo Siffert (CH) in pits with his Porsche 908/03 010

Graham Hill in his Walker Lotus-Cosworth 49C

Herbert M¸ller (CH) on Ferrari 512 S #1008, a fire extinguisher leaves a white cloud in front of the grandstand

Queue of cars at 1970 BOAC 1000 Kilometres, Brands Hatch

After he had qualified for 9th position on the grid, Piers Courage, Williams de Tomaso, is currently 7th. The pictures shows the British driver at Hugenholzbocht shortly before his fatal accident on lap 23. In the back Lotus driver John Miles.

Porsche 917K #007 entered by Gesipa Racing Team with the drivers Helmut Kelleners (D) and J¸rgen Neuhaus (D) in front of later retiring J. W. Automotive Engineering's Porsche 917K #004/017 driven by Rodriguez and Kinnunen

An exhausted winner of the German Grand Prix, 1970: Jochen Rindt and his happy Lotus team boss Colin Chapman (left)

The start of the BOAC 1000 Kilometres World Championship Sports Car Race in Brands Hatch 1970

Nino Vaccarella (I) at the wheel of the Vaccarella/Giunti Ferrari 512S #1004 entered by Spa Ferrari SEFAC pass cheering fans in a small Sicilian village

Car number 12 with Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW close behind queue leader car number 14 with Jurgen Neuhaus (D) and Helmut Kelleners (D) in a Porsche 917K #007 entered by Gesipa Racing Team

30 seconds before the start of the Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, 1970. Pole position for Jackie Stewart, in the blue March no. 11. Alongside him sharing the front row are Jochen Rindt, Lotus, and Chris Amon, March no. 10.

Jochen Rindt's wife, Nina

The winning Porsche 917K 016 driven by Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen (SF) in front of second placed Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042 of Ignazio Giunti (I) and Nino Vaccarella (I)

1000km Spa 1970: Both John Wyer Gulf-Porsches driven by Jo Siffert (no. 24) and Pedro Rodriquez (no. 25) start from the front row on a damp but drying track. The later winner is the Porsche 917K 0014 of Siffert (CH)/Redman (GB). Rodriguez (MEX)/Kinnunen (SF) will retire after 44 laps.

Nightly pit stop of Peter Schetty (CH) with the Ferrari 512 S #1038

Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx, Spanish Grand Prix, Jarama, 1970

Pietro Lo Piccolo (I) and Salvatore Calascibetta (I) on Ferrari Dino 206 S Spyder 022

The fifth placed yellow Ferrari 512 S #1030 of Hughes de Fierlant (B) and Alistair Walker (GB) overtakes the Porsche 911 S of Claude Haldi (CH) and Arthur Blank (CH)

Drivers women meet for coffee party in pits

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) become fifth placed with the Porsche 917K #021 which was entered by Racing Team AAW

Pit stop of winning driver pair Richard Attwood (GB) and Hans Herrmann (D) on Porsche 917K 023

After winning the 1970 24h Le Mans endurance race, Richard Attwood, Hans Herrmann and Ferry Porsche enjoy the victory party in the Martini hospitality center

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) on Porsche 908/03 011, 1000km Nuerburgring 1970

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) become fifth placed with the Porsche 917K #021 which was entered by Racing Team AAW

Jacky Ickx takes a sip of champagne from Jochen Rindt's first place cup, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 1970

Piers Courage in his De Tomaso Ford-Cosworth 505

Brian Redman (GB) and Jo Siffert (CH) on the podium after winning the 1000kms of Spa in 1970 in S5.0 class, on the right behind them the winners in the P3.0 class Rudi Lins (A) and GÈrard Larrousse (F), on the left John L'Amie (GB) and Brian Nelson (GB) winning the S2.0 class

The second placed Porsche 917L 043 awaits it's driver in pits whilst the fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1014 passes by, Le Mans 24h, 1970

Jo Siffert in the Porsche 917K #004 overtakes Pescarolo's Matra-Simca MS650 #03 during the 1000km BOAC Brands Hatch 1970

Pedro Rodriguez

Ignazio Giunti (I) in the second placed Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042

Barbro Peterson keeps her husband Ronnie's times (you can see Ronnie's helmet in the foreground) together with Siffert's wife Simone in March pits during the German GP weekend 1970

Ferry Porsche with his race director Rico Steinemann watch the ontrack display from the pitwall

Pedro Rodriguez

The start field at Brands Hatch

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) become fifth placed with the Porsche 917K #021 which was entered by Racing Team AAW

Nino Vaccarella (I) watches John Surtees (GB) disappear from pits in the Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042

Nightly pit stop of the fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1014 driven by Sam Posey (USA) and Ronnie Bucknum (USA)

Jo Siffert's (CH) and Brian Redman's (GB) winning Porsche 917K 0014 in front of seventh placed Ferrari 512 S #1044 of Peter Schetty (CH) and Arturo Merzario (I)

1000km Spa 1970: Porsche's developing chief engineer Ferdinand Piech was the 'father' of the 917, besides him sits the timekeeping team boss John Wyer

The start field taks the first corner at Monza

Piers Courage (GB) on Alfa Romeo T33/3

Ronnie Peterson on March-Cosworth 701, Belgian GP Spa-Francorchamps 1970

24h Le Mans 1970: A deserved sip of the winner's champagne for the Porsche mechanics

Herbert Mueller (CH) and Mike Parkes (GB) pass the spectators with the Ferrari 512 S #1016

Enzo Ferrari speaks with a french journalist

Jochen Rindt, Lotus 72

Piers Courage, Williams de Tomaso driver

Nina Rindt waiting for her husband Jochen to pass by. Hi died in an accident at Parabolica just moments after this picture was taken, Italian Grand Prix ,Monza, 1970

Tony Lanfranchi in Mark Konig's Nomad Mk.2 BRM overtakes Pescarolo's Matra-Simca MS650 #03 during the 1000km BOAC Brands Hatch 1970

Night session, 24 h Le Mans, 1970

Vic Elford, 24h Le Mans, 1970

1000km Brands Hatch BOAC 1970: The winning Gulf-Porsche 917K #016 driven by Rodriguez/Kinnunen leads their team mate's Siffert/Redman later retiring Porsche 917K #004

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B

Race winner Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B

Jochen Rindt wins the German GP with the new Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Jackie Stewart in his cockpit

1000km Monza 1970: Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

Jackie Stewart, March-Cosworth 701

Siegerehrung, Rindt vor Ickx

Jackie Stewart and Francois Cevert discuss their tactics

Piers Courage, De Tomaso-Cosworth 505

Ken Tyrrell listens to Jackie Stewart

Jackie Oliver rides out in the BRM P153

During the early laps Pedro Rodriguez' BRM leads Clay Regazzoni's Ferrari and Jackie Stewart' March while they approach towards the Parabolica

24h Le Mans 1970: Ferrari pit-stop

Piers Courage, De Tomaso-Cosworth 505

Race winner Jochen Rindt

Jackie Stewart arries in parc ferme after winning the Spanish GP 1970

John Miles goes to practice in a Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Jo Siffert speaks with Shell's technical delegate Foerster, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Piers Courage, De Tomaso-Cosworth 505

Race winner Jochen Rindt on Lotus-Cosworth 72C in front of second placed Jacky Ickx on a Ferrari 312B, Hulme and Fittipaldi

Piers Courage (GB) and Andrea de Adamich (I) in the Alfa Romeo T33/3 entered by Autodelta SpA

French GP winner Jochen Rindt stands in the Lotus-Cosworth 72C after the race, surrounded by Colin Chapman, Lotus team mechanics and journalists

John Surtees (GB) takes a seat in the Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042 whilst the Unipower GT BMC driven by Stanley Robinson (GB) and John Blanckley (GB) passes by in pitlane

Rindt vor Regazzoni

Pauli Toivonen (SF) and Sten Axelsson (S) in the Porsche 917K #021 during practice session, entered by Racing Team AAW. The vehicle did not start because it was withdrawn due to a fatal accident in practice in which team mate Hans Laine was killed.

The victorious Porsche 908/03 008 of Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) takes the chequered flag

John Surtees (GB) swaps seat with other driver Nino Vaccarella (I) to bring the Ferrari 512S Spyder #1042 to third place

Denny Hulme's McLaren-Cosworth M14A

1970 BOAC 1000 Kilometres, Brands Hatch, the Porsche 917K of Porsche Salzburg driven by Hans Herrmann (D) and Richard Attwood (GB)

Ignazio Giunti in his F312B

Jochen Rindt in a Lotus-Cosworth 72

Jochen Rindt wins the 1970 German GP on Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Race winner Jochen Rindt, Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) retire in lap 225 with engine problems - the Porsche 917L #042 is entered by Porsche KG Salzburg

Jackie Stewart, German GP 1970

Jacky Ickx in his Ferrari

Ken Tyrrell listens to Jackie Stewart

Jack Brabham, Brabham-Cosworth BT33, passes the crash scene

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and David Piper (GB) in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Team AAW

Henri Pescarolo sits in the prepared Matra Simca-Matra MS120, 1970 Dutch GP Zandvoort

Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari 312B

1970 BOAC 1000 Kilometres, Brands Hatch, the Porsche 917K of Porsche Salzburg driven by Vic Elford (GB) and Denny Hulme (NZ)

Pedro Rodriguez in his BRM P153 (chassis #05)

At the start of the race Jack Oliver's BRM collided with Ickx's Ferrari and both cars caught fire but both drivers escaped with relatively minor injuries, Ickx suffering a few burns. The cars however were both destroyed and continued to burn for some time. www.grandprix.com

Winner of the British GP Jochen Rindt on Lotus-Cosworth 72C in front of pursuer Jack Brabham

Jochen Rindt discusses times with Lotus team principal Colin Chapman

sl, landscape

Piers Courage, De Tomaso-Cosworth 505

Porsche 908/2 #50, driven by Gerard Larrousse (F) and Rudi Lins (A)

Later race winner Clay Regazzoni on Ferrari 312B starts from third grid position, Italian GP Monza 1970

Jacky Ickx

Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) in Porsche 917K #0014 (car no. 24, will finish on 10th position) follows the unlucky drivers pair of Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen (SF) in the Porsche 917K #004/017 which will retire later in the race

Jacky Ickx' (B) and John Surtees' (GB) Ferrari 512 S #1038 in front of the Porsche 910 018 of Peter Sadler (GB) and Paul Vestey (GB)

1000km Spa 1970: Victorious driver pair Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) on Porsche 917K #0014 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

Jochen Rindt puts his helmet on, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, 1970

Mike Parkes (GB) and Herbert Müller (CH) in a Ferrari 512S #1016 entered by Scuderia Filipinetti

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) finish 5th placed after 1000 kms in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

This Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1012 was driven in practice only by John Surtees (GB), Peter Schetty (CH) and Jacky Ickx (B)

Pedro Rodriguez' (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen's (SF) Porsche 917K #016, entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering, BOAC 1000 Kilometres World Championship Sports Car Race, Brands Hatch 1970

Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) on Porsche 917K #023 entered by Porsche Salzburg

Vic Elford in his Porsche 917

At the start of the race Ickx's Ferrari caught fire and was destroyed after a collision with Jack Oliver's BRM, Spanish Grand Prix, 1970

The grid of the BOAC 1000 Kilometres World Championship Sports Car Race in Brands Hatch

A queue of cars after the start of the 1000km BOAC Brands Hatch 1970, with the Porsche 917K #020 of Attwood and Herrmann in front

Winner of the British GP Jochen Rindt on podium with his wife Nina

Pauli Toivonen (SF) and Sten Axelsson (S) in the Porsche 917K #021 during practice session, entered by Racing Team AAW. The vehicle did not start because it was withdrawn due to a fatal accident in practice in which team mate Hans Laine was killed.

1970 BOAC 1000 Kilometres, Brands Hatch, the Porsche 917K of Porsche Salzburg driven by Hans Herrmann (D) and Richard Attwood (GB)

The grid shortly before the start

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen (SF) in the unlucky Porsche 917K #004/017

Winning team Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) in the Porsche 917K #0014 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

Vic Elford (GB) and Denny Hulme (NZ) in the Porsche 917K #023 entered by Porsche Salzburg become 2nd

Waiting cars at starting grid of the 1970 BOAC 1000 Kilometres in Brands Hatch

Herbert Müller (CH) on the Ferrari 512 S #1008

Porsche 908/2L 005 #27 driven by Rudi Lins (A) / Helmut Marko (A) arrives third after 24 hours

The followers disappear in spray behind John Wyer's two leading Porsches

Bette Hill keeps her husband's times

Leo Kinnunen

Pit stop in pouring rain of the winning Porsche 917K 023 driven by Richard Attwood (GB) and Hans Herrmann (D)

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Hans Laine (SF) drive the Porsche 908/02 020 entered by Racing Team AAW

Willy Kauhsen (D) on Porsche 908/02 023

Richard Attwood (GB) and Hans Herrmann (D) on Porsche 917K #020 entered by Porsche Salzburg becomes 3rd placed.

Pauli Toivonen (SF) and Sten Axelsson (S) in the Porsche 917K #021 during practice session, entered by Racing Team AAW. The vehicle did not start because it was withdrawn due to a fatal accident in practice in which team mate Hans Laine was killed.

Graham Hill, Rob Walker Lotus-Cosworth 49C

TGC2

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) on Porsche 908/03 #009

Winner of the British GP Jochen Rindt on Lotus-Cosworth 72C in front of pursuer Jack Brabham

Ignazio Giunti

Jacky Ickx in his F312 at the grid in Spa

Jack Brabham (AUS) and Jean-Pierre Beltoise (F) stand the rain in a Matra-Simca MS650 01

Richard Attwood (GB) and Hans Herrmann (D) on Porsche 917K #020 entered by Porsche Salzburg becomes 3rd placed.

Winning team Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) in the Porsche 917K #0014 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) on Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

Pedro Rodriguez' (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen's (SF) Porsche 917K #016, entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering, BOAC 1000 Kilometres World Championship Sports Car Race, Brands Hatch 1970

Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) on Porsche 917K #023 (entered by Porsche Salzburg) which retired after 92 laps with a puncture damage

Ronnie Peterson

Second placed Leo Kinnunen (SF) and Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) on Porsche 908/03 #009 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

Jacky Ickx on Ferrari 312B

Pedro Rodriguez, BRM P153

Pedro Rodriguez in his BRM P153 (chassis #05)

Zeltweg 1970: Nina and Jochen Rindt in pits with Lotus team boss Colin Chapman

Jo Siffert on March-Cosworth 701

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

The Porsche 917K 016 of Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen (SF) is being repaired besdides the track whilst a red car passes

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Hans Laine (SF) in the Porsche 908/02 #020 entered by Team AAW

John Surtees on a Surtees-Cosworth TS7, Brands Hatch 1970

Race winners Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) celebrate their victory with team boss John Wyer

1970 BOAC 1000 Kilometres, Brands Hatch, the Porsche 917K of Porsche Salzburg driven by Vic Elford (GB) and Denny Hulme (NZ)

Ronnie Peterson, March-Cosworth 701

French GP winner Jochen Rindt on Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Pedro Rodriguez' (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen's (SF) Porsche 917K #016, entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering, BOAC 1000 Kilometres World Championship Sports Car Race, Brands Hatch 1970

At the start of the race Jack Oliver's BRM collided with Ickx's Ferrari and both cars caught fire but both drivers escaped with relatively minor injuries, Ickx suffering a few burns. The cars however were both destroyed and continued to burn for some time. www.grandprix.com

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) become fifth placed with the Porsche 917K #021 which was entered by Racing Team AAW

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) become fifth placed with the Porsche 917K #021 which was entered by Racing Team AAW

Pedro Rodriguez, BRM P153

Winning team Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) in the Porsche 917K #0014 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

John Wyer with his winning drivers Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) who shared a Porsche 908/03 #008

At the start of the race Ickx's Ferrari caught fire and was destroyed after a collision with Jack Oliver's BRM, now being returned to the paddock

Race winners Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) receive congratulatoins on their victorious Porsche 908/03 #008 as they enter parc fermé after their honoury lap

The Porsche 917K #004 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering, driven by Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB), retires later in an accident

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B, Spanish GP Jarama 1970

Porsche 908/2 #50, driven by Gerard Larrousse (F) and Rudi Lins (A)

Jo Siffert (CH) jumps with the Porsche 908/03 #010 of J. W. Automotive Engineering

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) become fifth placed with the Porsche 917K #021 which was entered by Racing Team AAW

Pedro Rodriguez does the fastest lap with a clean wiped visor

#34, Donald Healey Motor Co, GB, Healey SR XR37 - Repco 740, drivers Roger Enever, GB and Andrew Hedges, GB

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) finish 5th placed after 1000 kms in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

Jochen Rindt with Lotus team principal Colin Chapman on the grid, the new Lotus-Cosworth 72C wins the German GP

Brian Redman at the Targa Florio 1970

Race leader Jochen Rindt in the Lotus, closely followed by Jack Brabham

Winning team Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen (SF) in a Porsche 917K #016 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

Graham Hill on Lotus-Cosworth 49C

Graham Hill, Lotus-Cosworth 49C

Jo Siffert, Monaco 1970

Pedro Rodriguez, BRM P153

Jochen Rindt

Winning driver pair Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) on Porsche 908/03 #008 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

Rolf Stommelen (D) and Piers Courage (GB) on Alfa Romeo T33/3 #75080-004

Pedro Rodriguez besides the pitting Porsche 917K #004/017

24h Le Mans 1970: Second placed Hippie'-Porsche 917L #043 is driven by GÈrard Larrousse (F) and Willy Kauhsen (D), entered by Martini International Racing Team

Dutch GP winner Jochen Rindt with Lotus team boss Colin Chapman on Zandvoort's podium

A Lotus-Cosworth 49C is being refuelled in pits before the 1970 British GP

Pedro Rodriguez yet leads the start field with John Wyer's Porsche 917K #014

1000km Monza 1970: The race start with Ferraris and Porsches as strong competitors side-by-side. Car no. 1 are Chris Amon (NZ) and Arturo Merzario (I) in a Ferrari 512S #1026, car no. 8 are Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) in the Porsche 917K #009. Car no. 7, the Porsche 917K 016 driven by Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen (SF), wins.

A bunch of happy Porsche mechanics on the pitwall celebrate the 1-2 victory of the J. W. Automotive Engineering team

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B

John Surtees driving a McLaren chassis for his Team Surtees the last time: Next race in England he had a full-Surtees F1 motorcar ready.

Ignazio Giunti (I) in the Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1010

Richard Attwood (GB) and Hans Herrmann (D) on Porsche 917K #020 entered by Porsche Salzburg becomes 3rd placed.

During practice fans look interested behind a retired Porsche 908/02 015 which cannot be repaired in time for the race by the Martini International Racing Team

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B, French GP 1970

The Helmut Marko (A) / Rudi Lins (A) Porsche 908/02 LH #005 entered by Martini International Racing Team gain third position at finish

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B

Pedro Rodriguez cleans his helmet before the 24h Le Mans 1970

Peter Schetty (CH) and Arturo Merzario (I) on Ferrari 512 S 1044

Vic Elford (GB) and Denny Hulme (NZ) in the Porsche 917K #023 entered by Porsche Salzburg become 2nd

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) become fifth placed with the Porsche 917K #021 which was entered by Racing Team AAW

Dechent's Porsche 908/2 #6, driven by Gerard Larrousse (F) and Rudi Lins (A) becomes first placed in prototype category

John Surtees (GB) and Nino Vaccarella (I) on the podium as winner in class S5.0 (third overall)

Italian driver Andrea de Adamich during practice at the 1970 Hockenheim GP in his McLaren M14D which competed at 6 GPs, in this particular event not with the usual Ford-Cosworth engine but an Alfa Romeo V8 engine

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) in a Porsche 917K #021 (entered by Racing Team AAW) close behind Teddy Pilette (B) and Gustave Gosselin (B) in the Lola T70 Mk.3B Chevrolet SL76/146 entered by Racing Team VDS

Jacky Ickx listens to later race winner Clay Regazzoni, Italian GP Monza 1970

Denny Hulme had suffered burns to his hands at Indianapolis and was therefore not able to race. Behind him Jackie Oliver's wife Lynn.

The third placed Ferrari 512 S #1004 of Nino Vaccarella (I) and Ignazio Giunti (I)

Jacky Ickx humorously

The Porsche 917L #042 of Porsche KG Salzburg, driven by Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D), did not finish the race

David Hobbs (GB) and Mike Hailwood (GB) on Porsche 917K #026 (entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering) did not finish due to an accident in lap 49.

Piers Courage on De Tomaso-Cosworth 505 in front of Siffert's March-Cosworth, Monaco GP 1970

Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) retire in lap 225 with engine problems - the Porsche 917L #042 is entered by Porsche KG Salzburg

Porsche 908/2 #56 driven by Gerard Larrousse (F) / Gerhard Koch (D) becomes sixth placed

Pit stop and change of driver of Jacky Ickx (B) and John Surtees (GB) on Ferrari 512 S #1038

Fourth placed Ferrari 512S 1008 driven by Mike Parkes (GB) and Herbert Müller (CH)

Piers and Sally Courage with their son during a relaxed moment in pits

Jackie Stewart, March-Cosworth 701

Helmut Kelleners (D) and Jürgen Neuhaus (D) in the Porsche 917K #007 entered by Gesipa Racing Team

Third position in the end for Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) on Porsche 917K #023 entered by Porsche Salzburg

Spanish GP 1970: Ferrari driver Mario Andretti

John Surtees (GB) on Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042

Newcomer Ronnie Peterson in a March Ford-Cosworth 701 from entrant Colin Crabbe

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) become fifth placed with the Porsche 917K #021 which was entered by Racing Team AAW

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

John Surtees (GB) on Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042

Pedro Rodriguez' (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen's (SF) Porsche 917K #016, entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering, BOAC 1000 Kilometres World Championship Sports Car Race, Brands Hatch 1970

Pedro Rodriguez, BRM P153 out of Eau Rouge

George Eaton on the BRM P153

Jo Siffert, March-Cosworth 701, Austrian GP Zeltweg 1970

Race leader Jochen Rindt in a Lotus-Cosworth 49C in front of (later third placed) Henri Pescarolo in a Matra Simca-Matra MS120

Later race winner Richard Attwood prepares for a practice stint in the Porsche 917K #024 of Porsche KG Salzburg

Rolf Stommelen (D)

A queue of cars after the start of the 1000km BOAC Brands Hatch 1970, with the Porsche 917K #016 of Rodriguez and Kinnunen in the lead

24h Le Mans 1970: Night pit stop of Gerard Larrousse (F) and Willy Kauhsen (D) on second placed Porsche 917L #043 entered by Martini International Racing Team

Derek Bell (GB) and Hughes de Fierlant (B, currently at the wheel), Ferrari 512 S #1030

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B, in front of later winner Rindt on Lotus

Jochen Rindt in his Lotus Ford-Cosworth 49C

Fans take a break besides race cars and tyres in F1 paddock

Winning driver pair Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen (SF) drives the Porsche 917K #016 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

Jochen Rindt prepares for qualifying in the first Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Chris Amon, March

Porsche 908/2L 005 #27 driven by Rudi Lins (A) / Helmut Marko (A) arrives third after 24 hours

Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) retire after 225 laps with engine problems - the Porsche 917L #042 is entered by Porsche KG Salzburg

Nina Rindt - Jochen's wife - in the Lotus pits during Saturday's qualifying.

Jack Brabham's Brabham-Cosworth BT33 needs a new winged nose

Clay Regazzoni, winner of the Italian GP Monza 1970

The Porsche 917K #020 driven by Richard Attwood (GB) and Hans Herrmann (D) speeds through Eau Rouge, finishing 6th

David Hobbs (GB) and Mike Hailwood (GB) on Porsche 917K #026 (entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering) did not finish due to an accident in lap 49.

Bad mood at the drivers briefing in Belgium 1970 as Bruce McLaren had been killed while testing a McLaren CanAm car at Goodwood on the Tuesday before

Race winner Jochen Rindt on Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Mike Hailwood.

Herbert Müller (CH) and Mike Parkes (GB) on Ferrari 512 S #1016

Courage's de Tomaso approaches the later 'Loews' hairpin

Jochen Rindt wins the French GP 1970 on Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Jo Siffert (CH) in the Porsche 908/03 #010 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

Race winners Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) sit on their victorious Porsche 908/03 #008 as they enter parc ferme after their honoury lap

Emmo with Lotus team boss Colin Chapman

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen (SF) drive the Porsche 917K #016, entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering Ltd. for the 24hrs of Le Mans 1970

Race winner Jochen Rindt takes a sip of champagne on Hockenheim's podium

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B

Chris Amon (NZ) and Arturo Merzario (I) on Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1012

Bette Hill keeps her husband's times whilst Jackie Stewart passes her in pitlane

Jo Siffert on March-Cosworth 701 in front of Bruce McLaren's McLaren-Cosworth M14A during the Monaco GP 1970

Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) win on a Porsche 908/03 #008, Targa Florio 1970

24h Le Mans 1970: Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) retire in lap 225 with engine problems - the Porsche 917L #042 is entered by Porsche KG Salzburg

Bruce McLaren on McLaren-Cosworth M14A passes the burning wrecks of Jack Oliver's BRM and Ickx's Ferrari during the Spanish GP Jarama 1970, becoming second placed.

Denny Hulme, McLaren-Cosworth M14A leading Henri Pescarolo's Matra Simca, speeds up Beau Rivage curve

1000km Monza 1970: The Gulf-Porsche drivers Jo Siffert, Pedro Rodriquez (couching), Brian Redman and Leo Kinnunen relax at their business car in pits

French GP winner Jochen Rindt stands in the Lotus-Cosworth 72C after the race, surrounded by Colin Chapman, Lotus team mechanics and journalists

Alex Soler-Roig

Vic Elford (GB)

At the start of the race Ickx's Ferrari caught fire and was destroyed after a collision with Jack Oliver's BRM, now being returned to the paddock

Jo Siffert (CH) in the winning Porsche 917K #0014 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

24h Le Mans 1970: The winning Porsche 917K 023 of Richard Attwood (GB) and Hans Herrmann (D) in front of Jo Bonnier's (S) and Reine Wisell's (S) Ferrari 512 S #1008

Ronnie Peterson, March Ford-Cosworth

Pedro Rodriguez' (foreground with helmet) english girl friend Glenda takes the lap times in Monza, Italian GP 1970

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) become fifth placed with the Porsche 917K #021 which was entered by Racing Team AAW

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

At the start of the race Jack Oliver's BRM collided with Ickx's Ferrari and both cars caught fire but both drivers escaped with relatively minor injuries, Ickx suffering a few burns. The cars however were both destroyed and continued to burn for some time. www.grandprix.com

Ecurie Francorchamps' fifth placed yellow Ferrari 512 S #1030, driven by Hughes de Fierlant (B) and Alistair Walker (GB)

Graham Hill, Lotus-Cosworth 49C, GP Belgium 1970

Bruce McLaren in his own McLaren-Cosworth M14A

Pedro Rodriguez' BRM P153

Ronnie Peterson kneels next to Tyrrell driver Johnny Servoz-Gavin

Like a true Englishman to the core, Australian Jack Brabham uses an umbrella while driving his Brabham-Cosworth BT33 back to the pits in heavy Mediterranean rain

Dechent's Porsche 908/2 #5, driven by Hans-Dieter Dechent (D) and Helmut Marko (A) becomes second placed in prototype category 1000km Spa 1970

Shell Racing Service at Zandvoort 1971

Driver exchange between Willy Kauhsen (D) and Gérard Larrousse (F) on the second placed Porsche 917L 043

Jochen Rindt in pits with his time-keeping wife Nina and Lotus team boss Colin Chapman

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and David Piper (GB) on Porsche 917K 021

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) during a pit stop of his Porsche 908/3 009 #40 becomes second placed together with team mate Leo Kinnunen (SF)

The second placed Ferrari 512 S #1038 driven by Jacky Ickx (B) and John Surtees (GB)

The winning Porsche 917K of Richard Attwood and Hans Herrmann

Brit Brian Redman, one of the best allrounders of all times, drove the de Tomaso 505 only in England and Austria as substitute driver for Piers Courage who died shortly before in an accident in the Dutch GP, Zandvoort

Chris Amon, Ferrari 512S, 1000km Brands Hatch 1970

1000km Spa 1970: Pedro Rodriguez and Leo Kinnunen swap driver's seat of their Gulf-Porsche 917K #004/017

24h Le Mans 1970: The destroyed Porsche 917K 026 of David Hobbs (GB) and Mike Hailwood (GB) is being removed from track

1970 BOAC 1000 Kilometres, Brands Hatch, the Porsche 917K of Porsche Salzburg driven by Hans Herrmann (D) and Richard Attwood (GB)

Jacky Ickx' Ferrari 312B is being refueled

A lonely car climbing the hill of the Zeltweg start/finish straight under a red "sun", the pit lane signal, Austrian Grand Prix, 1970

Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari 312B

Jack Brabham, Brabham-Cosworth BT33 (here on Stommelen's car number #24, he drives #7 in the race)

Dutch GP winner Jochen Rindt on Zandvoort's podium

Later German Grand Prix winner Jochen Rindt in the cockpit of his Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Bruce McLaren (left) and teammate Denny Hulme in pits, Spanish GP Jarama 1970

Silvio Moser in a selfmade Bellasi-Cosworth. The swiss driver built his own chassis, drove 5 times in 1970 and once in 1971.

Simone Siffert, her husband Jo and Stirling Moss, Monaco 1970

Herbert Müller (CH) and Mike Parkes (GB) on Ferrari 512 S #1016 in front of Derek Bell (GB) and Ronnie Peterson (S) in the Ferrari 512 S #1026

Race winner Jochen Rindt in the Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Second placed Bruce McLaren, race winner Jackie Stewart and third placed Mario Andretti on the podium in Jarama 1970

A french VIP guest of Gulf Oil

Winning Porsche 908/3 008 #22, entered by Porsche Salzburg, driven by Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens (D)

The start of the Belgium GP 1970 at Spa-Franchorchamps

Grand Prix winner Jackie Stewart at Jarama podium

Jochen Rindt

Belgian Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx

Race winner Jochen Rindt in the cockpit of the Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Ecurie Francorchamps' fifth placed yellow Ferrari 512 S #1030, driven by Hughes de Fierlant (B) and Alistair Walker (GB)

Rob Walker's wife Betty keeps the times above the pits, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1970

Australian Tim Schenken in a De Tomaso-Cosworth 505, he replaced Brian Redman for the rest of the season 1970 and attended 4 races for Frank Williams.

Pedro Rodriguez

François Cevert (F) on Matra-Simca MS650 02 in front of a pushing Peter Schetty (CH) on the Ferrari 512 S #1038

All cars stand in line minutes before the start

1000km Monza 1970: Tenth positioned driver team of Jürgen Neuhaus (D) and Helmut Kelleners (D) on Porsche 917K #007 entered by Gesipa Racing Team

The Porsche 917K #004 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering, driven by Jo Siffert (CH), currently at the wheel, and Brian Redman (GB), retires later in an accident

Jochen Rindt, smoking

Winner Jo Siffert (CH)

Start for the French Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand 1970: Austrian Jochen Rindt (Lotus no. 6) in 5th position just behind Stewart in the blue March, followed by Pescarolo (Matra no. 20), Rodriguez and Brabham.

Race winner Jochen Rindt, Lotus-Cosworth 49C

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) become fifth placed with the Porsche 917K #021 which was entered by Racing Team AAW

Jochen Rindt and Colin Chapman

Jack Brabham's Brabham-Cosworth BT33 ploughs through the puddles in Monaco 1970

Winning drivers Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen (SF) on Porsche 917K #016 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

Gérard Larrousse (F) is seated in the second placed Porsche 917L 043

Pedro Rodriguez

Australian Jack Brabham

Mike Parkes (GB) and Herbert Mueller (CH) in a Ferrari 512S #1016 entered by Scuderia Filipinetti

Italian Ferrari driver Ignazio Giunti

Porsche driver Jo Siffert (CH) celebrates his victory at the Ardennes podium, Behind him on the left Brian Nelson (GB) winner in the S2.0 class and Rudi Lins (A) winner in the P3.0 class

Jo Siffert.

Italian GP 1970

Ecurie Francorchamps' fifth placed yellow Ferrari 512 S #1030, driven by Hughes de Fierlant (B) and Alistair Walker (GB)

Podium with 2nd placed Ickx and winner Jochen Rindt. On the right Duke of Metternich and Huschke von Hanstein.

Vic Elford

Jo Siffert's (CH) helmet waits for him on the roof of the Porsche 917K #004/017 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

24h Le Mans 1970: The Porsche 917L 042 of Porsche KG Salzburg, driven by Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D), does not finish the race

Jacky Ickx in Monaco 1970

Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) on Porsche 917K #004/017 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

The third placed Porsche 908/02 LH 005 of Rudi Lins (A) and Helmut Marko (A) in parking position besides pits whilst the winning Porsche 917K 023 of Richard Attwood (GB) and Hans Herrmann (D) is being serviced in front and the just retiring Porsche 917L 042 of Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) with unhappy looking mechanics around it behind them

Jochen Rindt, Lotus-Cosworth 72C, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Pedro Rodriguez' (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen's (SF) Porsche 917K #016, entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering, BOAC 1000 Kilometres World Championship Sports Car Race, Brands Hatch 1970

Jackie Oliver's BRM collided with Jacky Ickx's Ferrari, both drivers where able to escape with relatively minor injuries. Race winner Jackie Stewart on March-Cosworth 701 passes the scene of accident whilst the two burning cars are being extinguished.

Italian GP 1970: Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni passes the chequered flag to win his 1st Grand Prix

The winning Porsche 917K 0014 driven by Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB), car no. 25 the Porsche 917K 004/017 of Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen (SF) retires after 44 laps

Porsche 908 presentation with Jo Siffert, John Wyer, Porsche's Ferdinand Piech and Vic Elford

Jochen Rindt with his chief mechanic at Lotus Eddie Dennis (left) and Cosworth engineer Dick Scammell, during practice for the German Grand Prix 1970 at Hockenheim

Champioship leader Jochen Rindt getting out of his Lotus 72, watched by Austrian journalist Helmut Zwickl (left), mechanic Herbie Blash (far left) and Colin Chapman (sitting beside the car). Cooling fans are attached above the brake discs.

Jean-Pierre Jabouille (F) and Patrick Depailler (F) on Matra-Simca MS650 03 in front of Nanni Galli (I) and Rolf Stommelen (D) on Alfa Romeo T33/3 75080-007

Porsche 908/2 001 #57 driven by Gijs van Lennep (NL) / Hans Laine (SF) becomes fourth placed

Swedish fighting: Ronnie Peterson (S) on Ferrari 512 S #1026 in front of the Ferrari 512 S #1008 driven by Jo Bonnier (S) and Reine Wisell (S)

Jochen Rindt on Lotus-Cosworth 72C, winner of the French GP 1970

Henri Pescarolo in his Matra Simca-Matra MS120

The Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042 on the main straight driven by John Surtees (GB) and Nino Vaccarella (I) gains first place in S5.0 classement (third overall)

Rudi Lins (A) and Helmut Marko (A) wait for their third placed Porsche 908/02 LH 005 to be prepared

Debriefing session at Lotus with newcomer Emerson Fittipaldi, racing manager Dick Scammell, team boss Colin Chapman, no. 2 driver John Miles and sitting on the Lotus, championchip leader Austrian Jochen Rindt.

Jo Siffert.

Jochen Rindt discusses times with Lotus team principal Colin Chapman

Jochen Rind, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1970

Swiss driver Jo Siffert being interviewed for a documentary F1 movie

Italian GP 1970: Jackie Oliver (BRM no. 8) leading the field towards the Parabolica curve. He is closely followed by Regazzoni's Ferrari, Stewart's March and Ickx in the 2nd Ferrari.

24h Le Mans 1970: Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) retire in lap 225 with engine problems - the Porsche 917L #042 is entered by Porsche KG Salzburg - seen here in front of Jo Siffert's (CH) and Brian Redman's (GB) Porsche 917K 004/01 which retires after 156 laps with engine problems, too.

Enzo Ferrari speaks with a french journalist

Race winners Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) on the podium

Walker-Lotus driver Graham Hill checks the tyre pressure

24h Le Mans 1970: A Porsche 917 bodywork nestled in French idyll, a farm house on countryside rented by Porsche

Graham Hill on Lotus-Cosworth 49C

At the start of the race Jack Oliver's BRM collided with Ickx's Ferrari and both cars caught fire but both drivers escaped with relatively minor injuries, Ickx suffering a few burns. The cars however were both destroyed and continued to burn for some time. www.grandprix.com

Chris Amon in a March-Cosworth 701 still leads Jack Brabham, Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Jacky Ickx before retiring with broken suspension in lap 61

The Porsche 908/03 011 of Björn Waldegaard (S) and Richard Attwood (GB)

Third placed Richard Attwood (GB) and Hans Herrmann (D) on Porsche 917K 020

Porsche 917K #023 driven by Richard Attwood (GB) and Hans Herrmann (D)

Hans Herrmann (D) and Richard Attwood (GB) on Porsche 917K 020

Moments after the start: Jochen Rindt (Lotus No. 2) being overtaken by 4th grid placed Jo Siffert (March No. 12), German GP Hockenheim 1970

A queue of cars after the start of the 1000km BOAC Brands Hatch 1970

Peter Schetty (CH) on Ferrari 512 S #1038

Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) retire in lap 225 with engine problems on the Porsche 917L of Porsche KG Salzburg

Jo Siffert on March-Cosworth 701, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Winning team Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) in the Porsche 917K #0014 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

Jacky Ickx in a Ferrari 312B

Hans Herrmann (D) and Richard Attwood (GB) celebrate their victory on Le Mans rostrum

The Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042 of John Surtees (GB) and Nino Vaccarella (I)

Jo Siffert (CH) in pits on Porsche 908/03 #010

Shell refuels a Ferrari, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Hans Laine (SF) on Porsche 917K 021 entered by Racing Team AAW overtakes car no. 39, Masten Gregory (USA) in the Alfa Romeo T33/3

Porsche drivers Brian Redman (GB), Richard Attwood (GB) and Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) prepare for the drivers exchange at next pitstop

Jacky Ickx in his Ferrari 312B gains second podium place behind Jochen Rindt at the German Grand Prix 1970 in Hockenheim

Jacky Ickx at the La Source hairpin, Belgian GP Spa-Francorchamps 1970

Porsche 908/2L 005 #27 driven by Rudi Lins (A) / Helmut Marko (A) arrives third after 24 hrs

Arturo Merzario (I) on Abarth 3000 SP

Erwin Kremer (D) and Nicolas Koob (L) on Porsche 911 S besides the Ferrari 312 P Coupe #0872 of Chuck Parsons (USA) and Tony Adamowicz (USA)

Car number 12 on the grid: Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) in a yellow Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

Derek Bell (GB) and Ronnie Peterson (S) on Ferrari 512 S #1026 in front of Jo Bonnier (S) and Reine Wisell (S) on Ferrari 512 S #1008

Jochen Rind and his Lotus team-mate Graham Hill, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1970

Heading of the grid on a damp but drying track: Two Wyer-Porsches in the lead with Jo Siffert (CH) car no. 24 of Siffert/Redman and polesetter Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) in the other 917K no. 25 driven by Rodriquez/Kinnunen

Arturo Merzario driving the Merzario (I)/Regazzoni (CH) Ferrari 512 S #1034

Jochen Rindt in a Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Porsche 908/2 #50, driven by Gerard Larrousse (F) and Rudi Lins (A)

Jochen Rindt in the cockpit of his winning Lotus-Cosworth 72C, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Jochen Rindt, Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Race winner Jochen Rindt, Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Rudi Lins (A) and Helmut Marko (A) on Porsche 908/02 LH 005 entered by Martini International Racing Team becomes first placed in P3.0 group (third overall), seen here during practice in front of Dominique Martin's (CH) and Pierre Maublanc's (F) Porsche 917K 025 and the Porsche 911 S 18 VO 75 of Jean-Claude Parot (F) and Jacky Dechaumel (F)

Jack Brabham with his Brabham-Cosworth BT33 still behind Chris Amon's March-Cosworth 701

Jo Siffert on March-Cosworth 701, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Willy Kauhsen

Busy Lotus mechanics in the Lotus pits in Brands Hatch, British Grand Prix 1970

John L'Amie (GB) and Brian Nelson (GB) on Porsche 910 in the inside of the corner overtake Corrado Manfredini (I) and Gianpiero Moretti (I) on Ferrari 512 S 1022/1032

Ausrian driver Jochen Rindt, Lotus

Quite young advertising girls from Firestone

Jochen Rindt

Mike Hailwood had spun into Facetti's abandoned Alfa Romeo. The destroyed Porsche 917K 026 of Hobbs (GB)/Hailwood (GB) is being removed from track.

Clay Regazzoni in the Ferrari 312B

Timekeeping girl

British Grand Prix 1970 podium ceremony: Jochen Rindt presents his trophy

Drivers briefing before race start with Rindt, Ickx, Stommelen, Bell and Oliver

Pedro Rodriguez' shoes are being prepared for the pedals

New Zealander Chris Amon sits with his girl friend at the pitwall

24h Le Mans 1970: Porsche team briefing with Flegel, Porsche, Bott (and press officer Klaus Reichert on the left)

Rolf Stommelen (D) - at the wheel - and Piers Courage (GB) love to jump with the Alfa Romeo T33/3 #75080-004 until a shock absorber failure forces them to retire

Jack Brabham in his Brabham-Cosworth BT33 speeds up Beau Rivage curve

Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx, winner of the Austrian Grand Prix

Bruce McLaren finishes as runner-up in his penultimate race, becoming second of te Spanish GP in Jarama 1970

Jacky Ickx (B) and Peter Schetty (CH) on Ferrari 512 S #1038 lead the Alfa Romeo T33/3 #75080-009 of Teodoro Zeccoli (I) and Carlo Facetti (I)

Henri Pescarolo in his Matra Simca-Matra MS120 in front of Hotel Mirabeau

Jochen Rindt with his wife Nina and Lotus team boss Colin Chapman, Austrian GP 1970

Winner Jacky Ickx on his way from podium, Austrian GP 1970

1000km Brands Hatch BOAC 1970: Later race winner Pedro Rodriguez observes the repair of his Porsche 917K 016 during practice

Fourth placed Ferrari 512 S 1026 of Chris Amon (NZ) and Arturo Merzario (I) is being pushed through pitlane to parc ferme

Peter Schetty's Ferrari 512 S experiences a problem

Ecurie Francorchamps' fifth placed yellow Ferrari 512 S #1030, driven by Hughes de Fierlant (B) and Alistair Walker (GB)

Simone Siffert, her husband Jo and Stirling Moss

Unlucky Jacky Ickx (B) on Ferrari 512 S #1038 in front of later third Gérard Larrousse (F) and Willy Kauhsen (D) on the 'Hippie'-Porsche 917L 043

Piers Courage in a De Tomaso Ford-Cosworth 505, with teamboss Frank Williams

Winner of the British GP 1970, Jochen Rindt

A zoom photo of Herbert Mueller (CH) and Mike Parkes (GB) on Ferrari 512 S #1016

Porsche Salzburg's Porsche 917/03 #003, driven by Hans Herrmann (D) and Vic Elford (GB)

Jacky Ickx sitting in his Ferrari

Jochen Rindt, Lotus 70 Ford-Cosworth

1000km Spa 1970: Both John Wyer Gulf-Porsches driven by Jo Siffert (No. 24) and Pedro Rodriquez (No. 25) in the lead on a damp but drying track

Jochen Rindt sits in his new Lotus 72

Barbro Peterson performing a soft drink can opening during timekeeping

Jo Siffert on March-Cosworth 701, Belgian GP, Spa-Francorchamps 1970

Bruce McLaren in his McLaren Ford-Cosworth M14A

Dechent's Porsche 908/2 #26, driven by Gerard Larrousse (F) and Rudi Lins (A) retires with gearbox failure during the Targa Florio 1970

Pit stop of the winning Porsche 908/3 008 #22, entered by Porsche Salzburg, driven by Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens (D)

Swiss Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni at his debut F1 race, the Dutch GP 1970 in Zandvoort

Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx talking to Mauro Forghieri on the grid

Jochen Rindt chats with Austrian journalist Heinz Prüller in Lotus pits

The winning Porsche driver team on podium of the 1000 kms Spa 1970: Brian Redman (GB) and Jo Siffert (CH) on Porsche 917K #0014 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

Jacky Ickx at the wheel of the Ickx (B)/Schetty (CH) Ferrari 512 S #1038 leads the Porsche 917L 042 of Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D)

Jochen Rindt with his Lotus team boss Colin Chapman, Italian GP Monza 1970

The crowded grid before the start

Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) on Porsche 917K #023 entered by Porsche Salzburg

Ronnie Peterson in his March from above

Timekeeping girls

Belgian GP, Spa-Francorchamps, 1970: Jack Brabham (Brabham) in front of Jackie Oliver (BRM), Ronnie Peterson (March) and Henri Pescarolo (Matra)

Porsche 908/2 #44, Gerhard Koch (D) / Hans-Dieter Dechent (D)

1000km Brands Hatch BOAC 1970: The second placed Porsche Salzburg entered this Porsche 917K 023, driven by Vic Elford (GB) and Denny Hulme (NZ)

Shell refuels a Ferrari

Celebrating mechanics spray champagne

Pit stop of Porsche 908/2L 005 #27 driven by Rudi Lins (A) / Helmut Marko (A) which arrives third after 24 hrs

A talk between Jackie Stewart and Jochen Rindt, German GP 1970

Jochen Rindt

The Wyer-Porsche-Team for the 24h Le Mans 1970: Leo Kinnunen, Pedro Rodriguez, Brian Redman and Jo Siffert

Jacques Bourdon's (F) and Jean-Claude Aubriet's (F) Chevrolet Corvette 194378S410300 retires in an accident after 37 laps

Pit stop of the fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1014 driven by Sam Posey (USA) and Ronnie Bucknum (USA)

Enzo Ferrari with his engineer Mauro Forghieri

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B

Race leader Jochen Rindt, Lotus, closely followed by both Ferraris of Ickx and Regazzoni and Amon's March

The start to the 1000km BOAC Brands Hatch 1970, both Ferrari 512 S Spyder start from the front row.

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Hans Laine (SF) drive the Porsche 908/02 020 entered by Racing Team AAW

Jo Siffert, March

Cosworth Racing chairman Dick Scammel listens to the technical discussion of Jochen and Eddie

Movie actor Steve McQueen tries to understand a professional camera during the production of the famous movie 'Le Mans'

John Wyer (2nd from the left) celebrates the victory at Targa Florio 1970 with his winning Porsche drivers Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB)

Ronnie Peterson

At the start of the race Jack Oliver's BRM collided with Ickx's Ferrari and both cars caught fire but both drivers escaped with relatively minor injuries, Ickx suffering a few burns. The cars however were both destroyed and continued to burn for some time. www.grandprix.com

Henri Pescarolo, Matra Simca-Matra MS120

Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Matra-Simca MS650

1000km Spa 1970: Leo Kinnunen is going to take over from Pedro Rodriguez in the Porsche 917K #0014

Race winner Jochen Rindt in his Lotus-Cosworth 49C leads Piers Courage, Jo Siffert and Bruce McLaren

After winning the 1970 24h Le Mans endurance race, Richard Attwood, Hans Herrmann and Ferry Porsche enjoy the victory party in the Martini hospitality center

Jackie Oliver's wife Lynn occasionally jobbed as advertising girl for McLaren's main sponsor Yardley

Jacky Ickx out of his Ferrari pits during practice

Jacky Ickx sits in his Ferrari 312B

Winner Jackie Stewart

Two red cars chase each other (anyone knows who?)

Graham Hill, Lotus-Cosworth 49C

The winning Porsche 917K 016 of Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen (SF)

The Matra-Simca MS650 01 of Jack Brabham (AUS) and Jean-Pierre Beltoise (F)

Arturo Merzario, driving the Amon/Merzario Ferrari 512 S #1026, leads the pushing Porsche 917K of Rodriguez/Kinnunen

Later race winner Jochen Rindt sits relaxed in the cockpit whilst the Lotus mechanics work on the engine of the Lotus-Cosworth 72C, Hockenheim 1970

The winning Porsche driver team on podium of the 1000 km Spa 1970: Brian Redman (GB) and Jo Siffert (CH) on Porsche 917K #0014 entered by John Wyer Automotive Engineering

Jochen Rindt in pits with his time-keeping wife Nina and Lotus team boss Colin Chapman

Pit stop for Rudi Lins (A) in his Porsche 908/02 LH #005 of Martini International Racing Team, who gains third position at finish

World Champion of 1959, 1960 and 1966 Jack Brabham sits in his own Brabham-Cosworth BT33

Jochen Rindt and Lotus owner Colin Chapman, Italian GP Monza 1970

Moments before the start for the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim 1970: Pole position for Jacky Ickx (Ferrari no. 10), alongside him Jochen Rindt (Lotus no. 2). 3rd place on the grid for Clay Regazzoni (Ferrari no. 15), 4th Jo Siffert (March no. 12).

Jochen Rindt still in the 'old model' Lotus-Cosworth 49C

Ronnie Peterson in a March-Cosworth

Queue of F1 cars between tunnel exit chicane and Tabac, Jack Brabham in the lead in front of Pescarolo and Ickx

The winning Porsche 908/03 #008 of Jo Siffert (CH), at the wheel, and Brian Redman (GB)

Clay Regazzoni, winner of the Italian GP Monza 1970

Nina Rindt waits for her husband Jochen to pass by. He had a fatal accident at Parabolica just moments after this picture was taken, Italian GP Monza 1970.

Austrian Jochen Rindt in pits together with his Lotus team-boss Colin Chapman during a practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix at Jarama

Race winner Jochen Rindt in the cockpit of the Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Luckless Jo Bonnier (S) and Reine Wisell (S) on Ferrari 512 S 1008 retire in a collision after 36 laps

Piers Courage in a De Tomaso-Cosworth 505, speaks with team boss Frank Williams

Pedro Rodriguez, BRM P153

Tyrrell team-mates Francois Cevert and Jackie Stewart

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and David Piper (GB) in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Team AAW

Jo Siffert with Brian Redman on Porsche 908/3, entered by John Wyer

Later second placed Gérard Larrousse (F) and Willy Kauhsen (D) on Porsche 917L #043 entered by Martini International Racing Team

A proud race winner Clay Regazzoni

Shell Racing Service

Rolf Stommelen in a Brabham-Cosworth BT33, covered with fire distinguisher spray from passing an accident at another corner after the start of the Spanish GP 1970

Jacky Ickx on Ferrari 312B

IRPA's Prix Orange

The Porsche 917L #042 of Porsche KG Salzburg, driven by Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D), did not finish the race

Jochen Rindt discusses times with Lotus team principal Colin Chapman, the Austrian journalist Heinz Prueller listens

The victorious Porsche 908/03 008 of Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D)

Graham Hill, Lotus-Cosworth 49C

Rolf Stommelen's Brabham-Cosworth BT33 in pits

The Porsche 917L #042 of Porsche KG Salzburg, driven by Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D), did not finish the race

The Alfa Romeo T33/3 driven by Piers Courage (GB) and Andrea de Adamich (I) becomes 41st placed on Targa Florio 1970

Bernard Cheneviere (CH) and Claude Haldi (CH) on Porsche 911 S gain victory in the GT+2.0 group (16th overall), here in front of Jacques Rey's (CH) and Edgar Berney's (CH) Porsche 911 S

Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) on Porsche 917K #004/017 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

The 16th placed Fiat-Abarth 1000SP driven by Pier Giorgio Pellegrin (I) and Renzo Ruspa (I)

Pedro Rodriguez in his BRM P153 (chassis #05)

Winner Jacky Ickx

Jochen Rindt

Team boss John Wyer in the Gulf-Porsche pits, Le Mans 1970

Dechent's Porsche 908/2 #5, driven by Hans-Dieter Dechent (D) and Helmut Marko (A) becomes second placed in prototype category

Henri Pescarolo in his Matra Simca-Matra MS120

Race winner Jochen Rindt in the cockpit of the Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Lotus teamboss Colin Chapman with his Austrian driver Jochen Rindt on the grid

Race winner Jochen Rindt with his Lotus-Cosworth 49C

24h Le Mans 1970: The Porsche 917K 026 of David Hobbs (GB) and Mike Hailwood (GB)

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) become fifth placed with the Porsche 917K #021 which was entered by Racing Team AAW

Jo Siffert (CH) in the cockpit of the Porsche 917K 009

Belgian Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx at ease before the Italian Grand Prix 1970

The fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1014 driven by Sam Posey (USA) and Ronnie Bucknum (USA) passes the bridge in front of Claude Laurent (F) and Jacques Marché (F) on a Porsche 911 S

Jochen Rindt, German GP Hockenheim 1970

The destroyed Porsche 917K 026 of David Hobbs (GB) and Mike Hailwood (GB) is being removed from track after lap 49 whilst a Ferrari passes by

Pedro Rodriguez, BRM P153

Jean-Pierre Beltoise's Matra Simca-Matra MS120 is refueled

Jochen Rindt, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Second placed Ferrari 512S Spyder #1042 (car No. 3) with Ignazio Giunti (I) and Nino Vaccarella (I) battles against car No. 8, the Porsche 917K #009 of Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB). The later race winning car No. 7, Porsche 917K #016 driven by Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen (SF), runs side by side with the Porsche 917K #023 of Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D), they did not last for the whole 1000kms.

Clay Regazzoni on the grid prior to the Italian GP Monza 1970

Herbert Müller (CH) brings the Ferrari 512 S #1008 over the finish line as second placed in S5.0 classement (fourth overall)

Jochen Rindt talks to his Lotus team-mate Miles

Gérard Larrousse (F) takes the seat in the second placed Porsche 917L 043, yet without heavy rain tyres

Shell refuels a Ferrari

Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) on Porsche 917L 042

Pit stop ends for the fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1014 driven by Sam Posey (USA) and Ronnie Bucknum (USA)

Whilst the De Tomaso-Cosworth 505 is being refueled, Piers Courage speaks with team boss Frank Williams

Pedro Rodriguez in his BRM P153 (chassis #05)

Jo Siffert gives an autograph to a fan, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Solar Productions' Porsche 908/02 #908-022 (driven by Herbert Linge) with a movie camera on its front hood, already producing footage for the classic movie 'Le Mans'

Team owner Hans-Dieter Dechent watches a pit stop of his Porsche 908/2L 005 #27 driven by Rudi Lins and Helmut Marko (A) which arrives third after 24 hours

Jack Brabham driving Stommelen's Brabham during practice

Clay Regazzoni, Ignazio Giunti and Mauro Forghioeri chat in Ferrari pits, Austrian GP 1970

Herbert Müller (CH) in the Ferrari 512 S #1016

Jo Siffert gives an interview, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Jochen Rindt and Colin Chapman talk in pitlane, Zeltweg 1970

Formula One car approaches the later "Loews" hairpin

Lotus Team meeting

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW close behind car number 38 Nanni Galli (I) and Rolf Stommelen (D) in a Alfa Romeo T33/3 #019 entered by Autodelta SpA

Derek Bell (GB) on Ferrari 512 S #1026

Henri Pescarolo in his Matra Simca-Matra MS120

Rolf Stommelen in a Brabham-Cosworth BT33, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Race winner Jochen Rindt poses behind the Lotus-Cosworth 72C, now leading the championship

Photographers await race winner Jacky Ickx in parc ferme

Pit stop of the fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1014 driven by Sam Posey (USA) and Ronnie Bucknum (USA)

At Ferrari pits

Regazzoni's Ferrari 312B is being refueled

Nino Vaccarella's (I) and Ignazio Giunti's (I) Ferrari 512 S #1004

Jochen Rindt in pits with Austrian journalist Heinz Prüller

Jean-Pierre Beltoise (F) on Matra-Simca MS650 overtakes the Ferrari 512 S #1004 driven by John Surtees (GB) and Peter Schetty (CH)

Jackie Stewart is being interviewed by TV journalists after practice, besides him his wife Helen and timekeeping Nora Tyrrell

Third placed Nino Vaccarella (I) and Ignazio Giunti (I) on Ferrari 512 S #1004 closely follwed by the later winning team of Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) on a Porsche 908/03 #008

Brian Redman (GB) watches team mate Jo Siffert (CH) getting ready at Porsche pits

Jochen Rindt

Piers Courage in a De Tomaso-Cosworth 505 in front of Jo Siffert's March

Race winner Jochen Rindt in the Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Chuck Parsons (USA) and Tony Adamowicz (USA) on Ferrari 312 P Coupe #0872

At the start of the race Jack Oliver's BRM collided with Ickx's Ferrari and both cars caught fire but both drivers escaped with relatively minor injuries, Ickx suffering a few burns. The cars however were both destroyed and continued to burn for some time. www.grandprix.com

Jean-Pierre Beltoise (F) and Jack Brabham (AUS) drive the Matra-Simca MS650

Winner Jacky Ickx on his way from podium, Austrian GP 1970

Rolf Stommelen (D) in the Alfa Romeo T33/3

At the start of the race Jack Oliver's BRM collided with Ickx's Ferrari and both cars caught fire but both drivers escaped with relatively minor injuries, Ickx suffering a few burns. The cars however were both destroyed and continued to burn for some time. www.grandprix.com

The grid formation before the race start

Solar Productions' Porsche 908/02 #908-022 (driven by Herbert Linge) with a movie camera on its front hood, already producing footage for the classic movie 'Le Mans'

Whilst Jochen Rindt on Lotus-Cosworth 72C is eager to go out to practice, Andrea de Adamich's McLaren-Alfa Romeo M14D waits for preparation in the pitlane

Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) receives the Porsche 917L #042, whilst Porsche 917K #023 driven by Richard Attwood (GB) and Hans Herrmann (D) approaches the pits

Ferry Porsche peeks at the lap times

No finish for Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) on Porsche 917L #042 entered by Porsche KG Salzburg

Piers Courage in the De Tomaso-Cosworth 505, Monaco GP 1970

Francois Cevert on March-Cosworth 701, German GP 1970

Henri Pescarolo in the Matra Simca-Matra MS120, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1970

Jackie Stewart and Francois Cevert discuss with gestures, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1970

Francois Cevert on March-Cosworth 701, British GP Brands Hatch 1970

Francois Cevert in the March-Cosworth 701 in front of Amon and Hulme, British GP Brands Hatch 1970

Francois Cevert in the March-Cosworth 701 in front of Amon, Hulme and the followers at the beginning of the British GP in Brands Hatch 1970

Henri Pescarolo in front of the Matra MS120 engine, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1970

Piers Courage in the De Tomaso-Cosworth 505, Monaco GP 1970

Piers Courage's De Tomaso-Cosworth 505 crashed in qualifying and could not be repaired in time for the start of the Spanish GP 1970

Henri Pescarolo, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Rolf Stommelen could not qualify the Brabham-Cosworth BT33 for the Dutch GP Zandvoort 1970

Tyrrell driver Francois Cevert, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, 1970

Start of the 1970 1000kms Monza

Henri Pescarolo's helmet and gloves on the Matra Simca-Matra MS120, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1970

Francois Cevert, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1970

Francois Cevert on March-Cosworth 701, German GP 1970

Francois Cevert, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1970

Rainer reflects in the rear mirror of Jo Siffert's March-Cosworth 701 prior to the Monaco GP 1970

Francois Cevert on March-Cosworth 701, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1970

Francois Cevert on March-Cosworth 701, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1970

Rob Walker's wife Betty keeps the times above the pits, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1970

Piers Courage on De Tomaso-Cosworth 505, Belgian GP 1970

Piers Courage on De Tomaso-Cosworth 505, Monaco GP 1970

Henri Pescarolo on Matra Simca-Matra MS120, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Ronnie Peterson on March-Cosworth 701, French GP 1970

Francois Cevert on March-Cosworth 701, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1970

Francois Cevert sits in the March-Cosworth 701, French GP 1970

Piers Courage's De Tomaso-Cosworth 505 crashed in qualifying and could not be repaired in time for the start of the Spanish GP 1970

Piers Courage, Belgian Grand Prix, 1970

Piers Courage on De Tomaso-Cosworth 505, Monaco GP 1970

Start of the 1970 1000kms Monza, Chris Amon (NZ) and Arturo Merzario (I) on Ferrari 512 S #1026 besides polesiter Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) on Porsche 917K 009

Piers Courage in the De Tomaso-Cosworth 505, Monaco GP 1970

Piers Courage, de Tomaso-Cosworth 505, Belgian Grand Prix, 1970

Francois Cevert on March-Cosworth 701, French GP 1970

Enzo Ferrari with journalist Franco Lini former team manager of the Scuderia

Jo Siffert through the La Source hairpin

The Swedish newcomer Ronnie Peterson drives his March Ford-Cosworth 701 through the La Source hairpin

John Miles getting his Lotus-Cosworth 72C refueled

Barbro, the wife of Ronnie Peterson

Jo Siffert's (CH) and Brian Redman's (GB) Porsche 917K #004, entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering, BOAC 1000 Kilometres World Championship Sports Car Race, Brands Hatch 1970

Nina Rindt, wife of Jochen Rindt, during the qualifying session for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza on Saturday

Nina Rindt - Jochen's wife - in the Lotus pits during Saturday's qualifying, behind her sits Lotus boss Colin Chapman.

Barbro Peterson keeps the times of her husband Ronnie

Lotus driver Jochen Rindt

At the start of the race Ickx's Ferrari caught fire and was destroyed after a collision with Jack Oliver's BRM, now being returned to the paddock

Denny Hulme in the pits

Jochen Rindt sits on his Lotus-Cosworth 72 whilst talking to Lotus team boss Colin Chapman

John Wyer

British Lotus driver John Miles

A PR lady relaxes besides the tyre truck

Helen Stewart keeps the lap times of her husband Jackie

Jochen Rindt

The later winning Porsche 917K #016 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

At the start of the race Ickx's Ferrari caught fire and was destroyed after a collision with Jack Oliver's BRM, now being returned to the paddock

Jochen Rindt in pits with his wife Nina during his last practice session on Saturday, Monza 1970

Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Matra-Simca MS120, in pits

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