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Pedro Rodriguez scored a memorable win for BRM at Spa-Francorchamps but June 1970 saw F1 lose two drivers when Bruce McLaren and Piers Courage were killed.

F1 suffered another tragedy at the Italian GP when Jochen Rindt died. Despite this the Austrian became the only posthumous Formula 1 World Champion for Lotus.

The 1970 F1 season saw an exciting new team enter Grand Prix racing. Future stars Ronnie Peterson, Francois Cevert and Emerson Fittipaldi all made their debut.

Through the summer of 1970 Jochen Rindt extended his lead at the top of the Formula 1 World Championship, driving the innovative Lotus 72.

Rindt wins posthumously, Stewart retires, Lauda survives, Williams victorious at last and Villeneuve makes his mark.

Ronnie Peterson's early racing career was undertaken in home-made machinery, but his talent ensured he made it all the way to Formula 1 with March, Lotus and Tyrrell.