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1970 - Brands Hatch 1000 km

12 April 1970 - Brands Hatch, GB


Pedro Rodríguez & Leo Kinnunen & win in a Porsche 917 K

Overall - 1st, 2nd, 3rd : S5.0 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd : P3.0 - 1st, 2nd : S2.0 - 1st, 3rd The race was held in atrociously wet conditions, a crash at the start brought out the yellow flags, resulting in Rodriquez being shown the black flag for ignoring them. He came in for a lectire from the clerk of the course, being at rest for 30 seconds in the pits. But then went on to win after a superb drive.

No. Car # Class Drivers Entrant Pos Class Grid Notes
10 Porsche 917 K 917-016 S5.0 Pedro Rodríguez (MEX)/Leo Kinnunen (FI) J. W. Automotive Engineering Ltd. (GB) 1st 1st 7th 235 laps
11 Porsche 917 K 917-023 S5.0 Vic Elford (GB)/Denny Hulme (NZ) Porsche Konstruktionen KG. Salzburg (A) 2nd 2nd 3rd 230 laps
12 Porsche 917 K 917-020 S5.0 Richard Attwood (GB)/Hans Herrmann (D) Porsche Konstruktionen KG. Salzburg (A) 3rd 3rd 9th 227 laps
57 Porsche 908/02 908/02-020 P3.0 Gijs van Lennep (NL)/Hans Laine (FIN) Racing Team A.A.W. (FIN) 4th 1st 10th 227 laps
56 Porsche 908/02 Flunder 908/02-005 P3.0 Gérard Larrousse (F)/Gerhard Koch (D) International Martini Racing Team (D) 6th 2nd 21st 217 laps
28 Porsche 910 910-017 S2.0 John L'Amie (GB)/Tommy Reid (GB) John L'Amie (GB) 9th 1st 25th 211 laps
27 Porsche 910 910-004 S2.0 Mike Beuttler (GB)/Nick Gold (GB) Nick Gold (GB) 11th 3rd 26th 201 laps
58 Porsche 908/02 Flunder 908/02-008 P3.0 Alain de Cadenet (GB)/Jorge Omar Del Río (RA) Ecurie Evergreen (GB) DNF 15th 179 laps - Gearbox
9 Porsche 917 K 917-004 S5.0 Jo Siffert (CH)/Brian Redman (GB) J. W. Automotive Engineering Ltd. (GB) DNF 5th 176 laps - Accident
26 Porsche 910 910-020 S2.0 Paul Vestey (GB)/Roy Pike (USA) Road & Racing Acessories (Holborn) Ltd. (GB) DNF 29th 73 laps - Ignition
71 Porsche 907 907-022 P2.0 Hans-Dieter Blatzheim (D)/Ernst Kraus (D) Hans Dieter Blatzheim (D) DNF 32nd 56 laps - Accident


International Championship for Makes     Brands Hatch 1000 km


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