Great footage of my home track Zandvoort with the Original layout and no armco. Unfortunately also a very sad race where Piers Courage lost his life at the "Tunnel Oost" (Dutch for Tunnel East) section, which is a golf course today.
was held on June 21, 1970 on the same day that Brazil was three-time world champion in the IX FIFA World Cup held in Mexico, defeating Italy 4-1. It was a sadness that the accident that summarizes the death of the pilot Piers Conuage in the grand prix of Holland or grand prix of the Netherlands
In the third practice session Ridnt with the Lotus 72 finally for the Dutch race, set up in the simpler non anti squat or anti drive configuration, having set the pole winning time, hardly trying, went out on new tyres and 'full tanks', which would probably be 1.5- 2 seconds slower,and put in what would have been third fastest qualifying time. In the race, second off the line , during the second lap of the race carrying probably 50-55 gallons of fuel Ridnt puts in his fastest lap of the race, incredibly quick lap and closes on Ickx who will be carrying 75 gallons off the line for the thirsty Flat 12, taking him effortlessly, on the third lap under braking for Tarzan, before Ickx can really get moving with scrubbed tyres and lower fuel weight (Ickx actually set the fastest lap of the race on lap 21, half a second faster than Ridnts fastest on lap 2). Unbelievable. You should read Dennis Jenkinson report in the 1970 August Motor Sport. The only issue was would the fragile car last the distance, even being driven with real restraint by Ridnt who was cornering, except on the second lap without using much of the road and virtually on rails. Ickx and Stewart will still close enough to apply pressure if the car started to fail but the way Ridnt on lap 29-33 effortlesssly lapped the 5th to 8th running cars who were lost in their own private duel in many ways blocking the field showed total superiority, he took Brabham on shere speed on the straight, on the following lap, outbraked and went under Beltoise into Tarzan the way he disposed off Ickx and on the following lap went round Surtees on the outside at the same point and then took advantage off team tactics with John Miles, letting him past on the straight, Ickx and particulary Stewart proved incapable of the same effortless threading of the outclassed and effectively lost any chance in the championship at that point
Indeed it was a very sad race. It was the only F1 race meet I have ever actually attended. Just happened to be in Holland at the time with my now wife of 40 years and a couple of friends. Saw the pall of smoke arising in the distance from Courage's car and it was clear something had gone very wrong. Seemed ages before fire crew trundled past our spectating position to assist. Fortunately, despite the dangers, such a tragedy is a rare occurrence. IIRC the other races planned were cancelled.
Frederick Miles of Miles aviation was an important, lecturer of Lotus founder Colin Chapman, at Imperial College, Engineering School, University of London in 1946. In some ways he matches Sydney Cam as one of the greatest UK aircraft designer. It is thought the Miles fighter designs would have reached Mach 4. Chapman's wing car theories probably started with the inverted wing theories of Frederick Miles, on aviation theory of the 1930s as much as Peter Wrights later work with BRM. The Miles M52 was an immensely advanced aircraft much more so than the Bell X1 American rocket that broke the sound barrier after the Atlee Government, cancelled the M52 probably misadvised by Whitehall.
And it was the Miles all moving tailplane that enabled the Bell X1 to break the sound barrier. just another example of the UK giving the U.S. our tech.
Ickx Ferrari isnt working here and I often wonder if Amon wasn't called back into the team for a few test sessions back in italy for say $200,000 to really set itup ( he was still contracted to Ferrari for the World Sports car championship) . it is often said that my namesake John Miles was a mystery selection as Lotus GP car. Not really it needed a quality University engineer and fast driver to set up the cars for Ridnt and the cars J. Miles drove in the races were like those often driven by Lotus number two drivers from 1962-1985 development vehicles with Lotus usually concentrating race preparation on the real team leader, even when their were official joint team leaders as in 1967 & 1969 and 1973-74, 1979 and 1985. But the Lotus team manager Peter Warr a former Lt Col described John Miles as the ultimate number 2 and his drive in the race is a defensive masterpiece, keeping Surtees from moving through the field and blocking Stewart trying to lap him for a number of laps. Mil driving a terribly mishandling car, ensured Surtees Beltoise and Stewart could not close and pressure the team leaders, fragile Lotus 72. Consider this Rodriquez flicked past J.Miles on lap 3, Reggazoni got by when J. Miles missed a gear change. On lap 12, Piers Courage got past in a desperate move equivalent to Tony Brooks, dive past Hawthorn in the 1958 Morocco GP. Courage was well clear of the Miles- Surtees duel and Piers was closing on Regga when he inexplicably went off on a fast easy bend at 150mp possibly from hitting a bottle or sea shell blown onto the track by the wind. Courage was known for overdriving and was driving well above himself in practice ( Various comments in 1970 Motorsport and 8/70 D. J Jenks report on the Dutch race) and the race in the uncompetitive 'Tomato' and his unique DFV Frank Willaims DE Tomaso. It is believed that the old Etonian Piers had been offered the number two position at Ferrari with Ickx for 1970 after the seat was rejected by Amon and Siffert but in loyalty to his friend Frank Williams and on probably partial, advice from one of his other friends Jacky Stewart
The Lotus 72 was far superior over the other cars in 1970 just like season 1978 with the Lotus 79 wing car there was no real competiton in those F1 seasons .............................
Esos cabrones si tenian los huevos bien puestos, no habia nada de pendejaditas de bloqueo a direccional, ayuda de frenos y las madres puro pedal y palanca.
The good old days. Gone forever. I wish I had a time machine.
Great footage of my home track Zandvoort with the Original layout and no armco. Unfortunately also a very sad race where Piers Courage lost his life at the "Tunnel Oost" (Dutch for Tunnel East) section, which is a golf course today.
R.I.P. Piers Courage 1942-1970
Rindt and Lotus!
was held on June 21, 1970 on the same day that Brazil was three-time world champion in the IX FIFA World Cup held in Mexico, defeating Italy 4-1.
It was a sadness that the accident that summarizes the death of the pilot Piers Conuage in the grand prix of Holland or grand prix of the Netherlands
Excellent footage, thank you!
Great overtake by Rindt
In the third practice session Ridnt with the Lotus 72 finally for the Dutch race, set up in the simpler non anti squat or anti drive configuration, having set the pole winning time, hardly trying, went out on new tyres and 'full tanks', which would probably be 1.5- 2 seconds slower,and put in what would have been third fastest qualifying time. In the race, second off the line , during the second lap of the race carrying probably 50-55 gallons of fuel Ridnt puts in his fastest lap of the race, incredibly quick lap and closes on Ickx who will be carrying 75 gallons off the line for the thirsty Flat 12, taking him effortlessly, on the third lap under braking for Tarzan, before Ickx can really get moving with scrubbed tyres and lower fuel weight (Ickx actually set the fastest lap of the race on lap 21, half a second faster than Ridnts fastest on lap 2). Unbelievable. You should read Dennis Jenkinson report in the 1970 August Motor Sport. The only issue was would the fragile car last the distance, even being driven with real restraint by Ridnt who was cornering, except on the second lap without using much of the road and virtually on rails. Ickx and Stewart will still close enough to apply pressure if the car started to fail but the way Ridnt on lap 29-33 effortlesssly lapped the 5th to 8th running cars who were lost in their own private duel in many ways blocking the field showed total superiority, he took Brabham on shere speed on the straight, on the following lap, outbraked and went under Beltoise into Tarzan the way he disposed off Ickx and on the following lap went round Surtees on the outside at the same point and then took advantage off team tactics with John Miles, letting him past on the straight, Ickx and particulary Stewart proved incapable of the same effortless threading of the outclassed and effectively lost any chance in the championship at that point
Incredible car control by Jochen Rindt starting at about 1:44. Just a few weeks later he was gone ☹
Indeed it was a very sad race.
It was the only F1 race meet I have ever actually attended. Just happened to be in Holland at the time with my now wife of 40 years and a couple of friends. Saw the pall of smoke arising in the distance from Courage's car and it was clear something had gone very wrong. Seemed ages before fire crew trundled past our spectating position to assist. Fortunately, despite the dangers, such a tragedy is a rare occurrence. IIRC the other races planned were cancelled.
Frederick Miles of Miles aviation was an important, lecturer of Lotus founder Colin Chapman, at Imperial College, Engineering School, University of London in 1946. In some ways he matches Sydney Cam as one of the greatest UK aircraft designer. It is thought the Miles fighter designs would have reached Mach 4. Chapman's wing car theories probably started with the inverted wing theories of Frederick Miles, on aviation theory of the 1930s as much as Peter Wrights later work with BRM. The Miles M52 was an immensely advanced aircraft much more so than the Bell X1 American rocket that broke the sound barrier after the Atlee Government, cancelled the M52 probably misadvised by Whitehall.
Josef "Joschi" Pöhs
And it was the Miles all moving tailplane that enabled the Bell X1 to break the sound barrier. just another example of the UK giving the U.S. our tech.
Ickx Ferrari isnt working here and I often wonder if Amon wasn't called back into the team for a few test sessions back in italy for say $200,000 to really set itup ( he was still contracted to Ferrari for the World Sports car championship) . it is often said that my namesake John Miles was a mystery selection as Lotus GP car. Not really it needed a quality University engineer and fast driver to set up the cars for Ridnt and the cars J. Miles drove in the races were like those often driven by Lotus number two drivers from 1962-1985 development vehicles with Lotus usually concentrating race preparation on the real team leader, even when their were official joint team leaders as in 1967 & 1969 and 1973-74, 1979 and 1985. But the Lotus team manager Peter Warr a former Lt Col described John Miles as the ultimate number 2 and his drive in the race is a defensive masterpiece, keeping Surtees from moving through the field and blocking Stewart trying to lap him for a number of laps. Mil driving a terribly mishandling car, ensured Surtees Beltoise and Stewart could not close and pressure the team leaders, fragile Lotus 72. Consider this Rodriquez flicked past J.Miles on lap 3, Reggazoni got by when J. Miles missed a gear change. On lap 12, Piers Courage got past in a desperate move equivalent to Tony Brooks, dive past Hawthorn in the 1958 Morocco GP. Courage was well clear of the Miles- Surtees duel and Piers was closing on Regga when he inexplicably went off on a fast easy bend at 150mp possibly from hitting a bottle or sea shell blown onto the track by the wind. Courage was known for overdriving and was driving well above himself in practice ( Various comments in 1970 Motorsport and 8/70 D. J Jenks report on the Dutch race) and the race in the uncompetitive 'Tomato' and his unique DFV Frank Willaims DE Tomaso. It is believed that the old Etonian Piers had been offered the number two position at Ferrari with Ickx for 1970 after the seat was rejected by Amon and Siffert but in loyalty to his friend Frank Williams and on probably partial, advice from one of his other friends Jacky Stewart
@Frederick Miles. I was about to ask if you were related to the late John Miles.
It's Rindt, Jochen Rindt. Not Ridnt.
full race?
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Now that was back when racing was real! And a little dangerous for the drivers, officials and spectators!
1:45 Fucking DRS
The Lotus 72 was far superior over the other cars in 1970 just like season 1978 with the Lotus 79 wing car there was no real competiton in those F1 seasons .............................
Rindt, Fittipaldi and Lotus 72 forever......
Esos cabrones si tenian los huevos bien puestos, no habia nada de pendejaditas de bloqueo a direccional, ayuda de frenos y las madres puro pedal y palanca.
Very sad race...