Canada Grand Prix den 20 september 1970, Mont-Tremblant 

Ronnie Petersons åttonde start i Formel 1 sker i Kanadas GP den 20 september 1970. Ronnie har nr 26 på sin bil och återfinns längre bak i fältet efter att ha fått 16:e tid i kvalet. Jackie Stewart står i "pole position" före Jacky Ickx, men han tvingas bryta i ledning efter 31 körda varv. Ickx övertar ledningen och kan odramatiskt bärga segern före Clay Regazzoni (som dock får snabbaste varvtid i loppet). 

Ronnie tar sig i mål, men blir ej klassificerad - till skillnad från stallkamraten Chris Amon som slutar trea.

Summary in english

It was only three weeks since Jochen Rindt's death at Monza and Team Lotus had decided not to send cars to Canada. Rob Walker was there with a new Lotus 72 which had yet to be raced in a World Championship event as it had not been ready for Austria and had been withdrawn at Monza after Rindt's death. The field was little changed otherwise with Ronnie Peterson back in action in his Antique Automobiles March.

The Ferraris had been the dominant force in the recent races but it was Jackie Stewart in the new Tyrrell who set the pace, beating Jacky Ickx's Ferrari to pole position by a tenth of a second. Regazzoni was third fastest while Stewart's Tyrrell team mate Francois Cevert was fourth fastest in his March. Also showing well was John Surtees, fifth on the grid in his Surtees, ahead of Chris Amon's factory March.

Stewart took the lead at the start with Ickx chasing while Pedro Rodriguez burst through from seventh on the grid to take third place ahead of Surtees, Cevert and Regazzoni. Stewart began to build a lead, demonstrating that the new Tyrrell was going to be a very competitive car but on lap 32 he suffered a stub axle failure. This left Ickx with a lead of nearly half a minute over Regazzoni who had passed Cevert and Rodriguez after Surtees was slowed with a misfire which forced him to pit. Amon had moved up to third ahead of Cevert and the order remained the same until the closing laps when Cevert suffered a rear damper failure and had to pit.

Ferrari had scored another dominant 1-2 and while Ickx had moved to second in the World Championship. He had only only 28 points. Rindt had scored 45 before his death and with two races to go Ickx needed to win both to snatch the title.

 

Sammanställning Grand Prix Kanada Datum 20 September 1970 Bana Mont-Tremblant Säsong 1970 Deltävling 11 Längd (km) 4.265 Varv 90 Tid 2:21:18.400

Placering Nr Förare Team Tid Grid 1 18 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 2:21:18.400 2 2 19 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 14.800 3 3 20 Chris Amon March 57.900 6 4 14 Pedro Rodriguez BRM +1 varv 7 5 4 Johnny Surtees Surtees +1 varv 5 6 6 Peter Gethin McLaren +2 varv 11 7 24 Henri Pescarolo Matra +3 varv 8 8 23 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra +5 varv 13 9 2 François Cevert March +5 varv 4 10 16 George Eaton BRM +5 varv 9 nc 10 Tim Schenken De Tomaso +11 varv 17 nc 9 Graham Hill Lotus +13 varv 20 r 8 Andrea de Adamich McLaren +21 varv 12 nc 26 Ronnie Peterson March +25 varv 16 r 5 Denny Hulme McLaren +31 varv 15 r 11 Jack Brabham Brabham +33 varv 19 nc 15 Jackie Oliver BRM +38 varv 10 r 3 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell +59 varv 1 r 12 Rolf Stommelen Brabham +67 varv 18 r 21 Jo Siffert March +68 varv 14

NC=Not Classified NT=No time set in qualifying R=Retired EX=Excluded from meeting W=Withdrawn DQ=Disqualified NS=Did not start NQ=Did not qualify NPQ=Did not pre-qualify

Aktuell ställning

 

Position	Förare	Nationalitet	Poäng
1	Jochen Rindt	AUT	45
2	Jacky Ickx	BEL	28
3	Clay Regazzoni	CH	27
4	Jackie Stewart	GBR	25
	Jack Brabham	AUS	25
6	Denny Hulme	NZ	23