Articles related to "1970 Formula 1 Season"

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Jo Siffert was one of the most experienced drivers in F1 by 1971, when a mechanical failure cost him his life at Brands Hatch.