1970 International Gold Cup Explained

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.

Qualifying

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Car	Time	Gap
1	4				1:36.2
2	5		BRM		1:39.2	+3.0
3	30				1:42.0	+2.8
4	21				1:42.0	+0.0
5	1		Tyrrell-Cosworth		1:43.81	+1.8
6	77				1:44.0	+0.2
7	42				1:45.2	+1.2
8	41				1:45.4	+0.2
9	12				1:46.8	+1.4
10	2				1:46.8	+0.0
11	43				1:50.0	+3.2
12	3				1:52.8	+2.8
13	47				1:53.4	+0.6
14	66	Fred Saunders			1:54.2	+0.8
15	23	John Myerscough			1:56.6	+2.4
16	88	Chris Summers			1:58.6	+2.0
17	70				1:59.0	+0.4
18	31	Lingard Goulding		Beattie P1100	1:59.8	+0.8
19	98	Bob Miller		Dulon LD8	2:02.8	+3.0
20	10	Kaye Griffiths			2:04.4	+1.6
21	63	Ray Calcutt			2:06.4	+2.0
22	16	Ippocastano			2:23.8	+17.4
DNA	6
DNA	7
DNA	9	Willie Forbes
DNA	11	Roy Pike		Leda LT20
DNA	44	Mike Walker
DNA	45	Jock Russell
DNA	48	Robin Darlington
DNA	49	David Berry
DNA	78	David Powell

¹Stewart started from the back of the grid

Classification

Blue background denotes F5000 entrants.

Heat 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Grid
1	4			29:58.2	1
2	5			+6.6	2
3	2			+12.8	10
4	43			+33.8	11
5	12			+1:24.8	9
6	77			19 laps	6
7	1			19 laps	5
8	21			19 laps	4
9	66	Fred Saunders		18 laps	14
10	10	Kaye Griffiths		18 laps	20
NC	98	Bob Miller		17 laps	19
NC	88	Chris Summers		17 laps	16
NC	31	Lingard Goulding		17 laps	18
Ret	41			16 laps, gearbox	8
Ret	30			13 laps, suspension	3
Ret	3			3 laps, oil pressure	12
Ret	70			3 laps, head gasket	17
Ret	23	John Myerscough		0 laps, engine	15
DNS	42			practice accident	7
DNS	47			practice accident	13
DNS	63	Ray Calcutt		radiator	21
DNS	16	Ippocastano		not competitive	22

Heat 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Grid
1	2			29:40.6	3
2	4			+9.4	1
3	5			+23.0	2
4	30			+39.2	13
5	12			+1:27.6	4
6	77			19 laps1	5
7	66	Fred Saunders		18 laps	7
8	10	Kaye Griffiths		18 laps	8
9	88	Chris Summers		18 laps	10
NC	63	Ray Calcutt		17 laps	14
NC	98	Bob Miller		17 laps	9
NC	31	Lingard Goulding		17 laps	11
NC	21			17 laps	6
Ret	41			2 laps, gearbox	12
DNS	43			oil filter
DNS	1			piston

¹Taylor stopped 1 lap early in error

Aggregate

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	4			59:48.2
2	2			+3.4
3	5			40 laps
4	12			40 laps
5	77			38 laps
6	66	Fred Saunders		36 laps
7	21			36 laps
8	10	Kaye Griffiths		36 laps
NC	30			35 laps
NC	88	Chris Summers		35 laps
NC	98	Bob Miller		34 laps
NC	31	Lingard Goulding		34 laps
NC	43			20 laps
NC	41			19 laps
NC	63	Ray Calcutt		17 laps