Winner Jochen Rindt in the Lotus 72. In 1970, he won 5 of the first 9 races - but died just 7 weeks later in a crash while practicing for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. As his closest rival Jacky Ickx would be unable to score sufficient points in the remaining races, he became the first posthumous Formula 1 Champion. © IAN DONALD
Jacky Ickx leads Brabham, Rindt and the rest of field through Clearways on Lap 1. © IAN DONALD
Jacky Ickx in the Ferrari 312B at Druids. The howl of it's flat-12 engine was a delight at speed... © IAN DONALD
The Yardley BRM Team were given the scruffiest Lockup in the Garage area. © IAN DONALD
Emerson Fittipaldi in the Lotus 49. © IAN DONALD
Lotus mechanics at work in primitive surroundings. © IAN DONALD
A Gold Leaf Team Lotus 49 and Andretti's STP March 701 waiting for fuel in the Shell Brands Hatch Filling Station. © IAN DONALD
A young Mario Andretti made one of his early part-time appearances in F1 for the STP March Team. He did not race full-time in F1 until 1975. During his F1 career he raced for Lotus, March, Parnelli, Ferrari and Alfa Romeo - plus a one-off race with Williams. His one F1 Championship was with the "John Player Special" Lotus 79 "Ground Effects" car in 1978. © IAN DONALD
Jean-Pierre Beltoise - Matra MS120 V12. © IAN DONALD
Chris Amon's STP March 701 in the garage. © IAN DONALD
Emerson Fittipaldi made his first F1 start in a Lotus 49. © IAN DONALD
Andretti's March 701. © IAN DONALD
Mario Andretti in the STP March 701. © IAN DONALD
Jacky Ickx Ferrari 312B in the Garage. © IAN DONALD
Pedro Rodriguez in the BRM P153 V12. © IAN DONALD
Emerson Fittipaldi talking to long-time F1 Journalist/Photographer - Franco Lini. © IAN DONALD
Jack Brabham in the Brabham Cosworth BT33 in Druids. © IAN DONALD
Ferrari Mechanics at work on Clay Regazzoni's 312B. © IAN DONALD
Jackie Stewart had won the 1969 F1 World Championship in Ken Tyrrell's Matra Cosworth but switched to the March 701 for 1970 while he waited for Tyrrell's own F1 design to be ready. © IAN DONALD
Brabham BT33 in the garage. © IAN DONALD
the 1970 GP saw the first appearance of John Surtees' new Surtees TS7 F1 car. © IAN DONALD
Ron Dennis (Yes - THAT Ron Dennis (later to become CEO of McLaren) as a young Brabham mechanic with his boss - Ron Tauranac. © IAN DONALD
Colin Crabbe - Private Entrant of the Antique Automobiles March 701 - with driver Ronnie Peterson. © IAN DONALD
Ronnie Peterson's March 701 front suspension getting some attention. © IAN DONALD
Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac. © IAN DONALD
Ronnie Peterson in the Antique Automobiles entered March 701 Cosworth exits Druids. © IAN DONALD
March Founding Partner - Teddy Mayer, McLaren Alfa driver - Andrea DeAdamich, Dan Gurney & long-time Private Entrant Rob Walker in the Paddock. © IAN DONALD
John Miles' Lotus in Druids - notice where the photographer was standing! Changed days... © IAN DONALD
Lotus Racing Mgr Dick Scammell, Driver Jochen Rindt & Colin Chapman. © IAN DONALD
View from above of the Matra F1 Team's garage space in the lockups. It was not a pretty sight... © IAN DONALD
An ardent Gurney Fan meets his idol in the Paddock. I showed Dan the photo 30 years later and he remembered the young man - he travelled to watch Dan race all over Europe. When he finally grew up - he apparently named his own son "Dan"... © IAN DONALD
A Ferrari mechanic came over to help trouble-shoot an ALFA engine in DeAdamich's Mclaren. Fat chance you would see that in Formula 1 today... © IAN DONALD
MARCH designer - Robin Herd - in the Paddock. He was one of the 4 Founding Partners of MARCH Engineering. MARCH was an acronym of the founders names: M - Teddy Mayer, A & R - Alan Rees, C - Graham Coaker and H was the designer - Robin Herd. March 701s were entered in this race for Jackie Stewart, Francois Cevert, Mario Andretti, Ronnie Peterson, Chris Amon & Jo Siffert. © IAN DONALD
The space allocated to the Matra Team in the Garage area was a cramped mess... © IAN DONALD
John Miles' Lotus 72 attracting attention in the Brands Hatch Filling Station. © IAN DONALD
BRM driver Jackie Oliver & his wife in a Photo Shoot for Yardley in the garage area - the Lockups never looked so good... © IAN DONALD
Matra MS120 V12 of Henri Pescarolo in the Garage area. © IAN DONALD
The Tyrrell March 701s of Stewart and Cevert in the Paddock. © IAN DONALD
Jean-Pierre Beltoise discussing the Ferrari 312B with Clay Regazzoni. © IAN DONALD
Jackie Stewart on the run down from Druids © IAN DONALD
Jochen Rindt and the Lotus Team made their Victory Lap being towed by a Tractor...© IAN DONALD
