1970 South African F1 GP Highlights

[@maseratifittipaldi]

I was there - at Leeukop. Braai'ed next to the track. Took ground level photos in a gulley a few metres from the track. Walked around the track the night before the race drinking beer with friends. Walked along the cars on the dummy grid on race day taking pictures and wishing drivers well. So many wonderful memories. This was F1 for me. Today? ...They took F1 away from us, I think.

[@rogerwilliamson7161]

Beneidenswerte Erinnerungen!

[@hmdwgf]

My grandfather was at this race too I think. He would often hire a bus and host a bunch of people from the shipping industry. When my dad’s family moved to Johannesburg in ‘75 he and my grandfather (his dad) would regularly go to all the races at Kyalami. That’s one track I would loved to have seen racing at.

[@SirOliverNorwell]

R.i.P. Jochen Rindt (World Champion 1970), Piers Courage, Bruce McLaren (1970), Jo Siffert, Pedro Rodriguez (1971), Rolf Stommelen (1983).

[@digigarb]

And Brabham

[@martindoyle301]

@@digigarb He meant racing!

[@josezurita3742]

Today, July 1st, 2020 only Jackie Stewart, Mario Andretti, Jacky Ickx, Emerson Fittipaldi, Henri Pescarolo and Jackie Oliver stay alive. Greetings from Venezuela.

[@hmdwgf]

Denny Hulme (1992); he died of a heart attack while racing at Bathurst

[@bloqk16]

This is a remarkably well filmed and edited film for a motorsport event of that era. The narration was done well, too, with being informational on the entire field of drivers/cars. (Edited update) I noticed at the closing credits this was a BBC-TV production, which explains the quality of this production.

[@mikekaatman3194]

Most beautiful F1 cars ever!!!!

[@Michael_Lorenson]

Barry Gill did a great job covering F1 in that era. thanks for uploading!

[@probablygraham]

I remember watching the bank holiday Monday Formula 2 race where a lot of the Formula 1 drivers used to compete, and Graham Hill was driving using an amazing throttle sound in the corners, going on and off the accelerator pedal, much like Ayrton Senna did many years later. When he was asked about it, Graham said that it was unfortunately down to the fact that it was too painful for him to keep his foot down because his legs still weren't properly healed.

[@hmdwgf]

4:43 The sound of that Matra... wow...

[@312KINGFISHER]

This was the last year that F1 cars looked like what F1 cars should look like. The essence of F1 was captured in it's most pure form. Note the number of engine types and layouts; V-8, V-12, flat-12, Cosworth, Simca, BRM, Ferrari. Aero was still in it's early stages, and should have remained there. They are cars, not aircraft. The Lotus 72 (though not yet ready for the South African round) used aero in it's monocoque wedge-shape and shifting radiators to the side, breaking new ground. Ingenuity in theory and implementation, in both engines and chassis. The year was well contested by a variety of entrants with close competition for victories by several drivers and teams. Luck played a part in some races, as did mechanical reliability and driver talent. All in all, a wonderful, if tragic year. Modern F1 is just an artificial gimmick-ridden farce. Bernie, as well as the FIA, will now have seriously tarnished their historical records in the sport which will serve as an incriminating indictment of their idiotic and myopic treatment of what was once the world's preeminent motor sport. To say that it still is, is merely accepting a much lower standard ( a contemptible imitation) than what it once truly was!

[@yallowrosa]

I partially agree: the first F1 which is "in between" modern & old F1 cars was Lotus 72 of 1970. In fact, it had wings, airscope and lateral radiators, as present F1. However, the most beautiful F1 car of 1970I think was Ferrari 312B

[@blindorbit4020]

Cool race report. Love the intro, music & ending as well. Interesting times.

[@ysgol3]

Great to see Graham speaking - it always is - here before his comeback race. If you look at Graham's face before his 1969 crash and here, you can see, I think, that the injuries he had aged him very much. Understandably of course.

[@stephaneblais9149]

Graham lives!! I aways thought that between 68 and 70 he aged like 10 years!!

[@95bochamp]

After Clark's death in April 1968, Hill put the Lotus team on his back and carried them to a world championship. No doubt that would age anybody.

[@thatguyfromcetialphaV]

My mum loved Jack Brabham and dad liked Jochen Rindt. I'd not heard him speak until recently, very fluent and charming.

[@chicobicalho5621]

I was amazed at the number of drivers presented in the beginning who died racing. Then, the scenes of marshals sweeping the course while the race went on normally, and we realize why so many people died in those days.

[@BoleDaPole]

Chico Bicalho back when racing had REAL consequences.

[@crumblefest]

Idiot. Nobody died sweeping a track... go back to your bumper cars on the pier...

[@mapp4751]

cars looked great but a very dangerous era for these brave people!

[@andynixon2820]

A lot of these drivers didn't make it to the end of the 1970 or 1971 seasons .

[@rayisland23]

Amazing video.

[@stirrazvan8642]

old drivers those days ....and the cars absolutely great

[@Yardbird68]

Poor Chris Amon, he should of stayed with Ferrari for at least one more year.

[@bloqk16]

Several years ago I read a written account of something Amon said in reaction to what people labeled him as being an unlucky Formula 1 driver; where he said in essence (mind you the following were not his exact words, but his sentiments): _Would you consider someone that survived Formula 1 racing and lived to old age to be considered unlucky._

[@widowtwankey46]

It's sobering to hear Rindt enthuse about the new Lotus 72 which would kill him befor ethe year was out and also make him world champion.

[@Miatacrosser]

He wasn't wrong in his accessment of the car. That car would not only kill him and win him the world championship but also go on to win two more world championships for Emerson Fittipaldi. The Lotus 72 raced and won in F-1 for 5 years virtually unchanged.

[@josezurita3742]

@@Miatacrosser "Lotus 72 is an unsafe car. Chapman must reinforce its pieces" Jochen Rindt (1942 - 1970) Greetings from Venezuela.

[@Miatacrosser]

@@josezurita3742 ya that was the not only kill him part. But thanks joe from not in Venezuela

[@jacobmassey3897]

@@josezurita3742 Colin Chapman didn't care about any of his drivers apart from Jim Clark. He would happily risk a deivers life in order to find a way to make the car faster rather than safer. If he had built a car that couldve worked using a decapitated driver then he would have chosen that option over living drivers who could answer back when he told them what to do lol.

[@josezurita3742]

@@jacobmassey3897 “A racing car has only ONE goal; win races. If you don't, it is a waste of time, money and effort. It may seem obvious, but it doesn't matter how original its design is, whether it's cheap to factory, low-maintenance, or even how safe it is. If you don't win regularly, it's NOTHING!" Colin Chapman “I consider Colin Chapman was a brilliant designer, but from my point of view he did not consider the problems of driving a car to the limit. If you did it with a Lotus - and at this level you had to go strong - then a wheel would come off or something would break. This happened to me several times" Stirling Moss (in 1986) “A monkey could have won this car today. Thank you! Jochen Rindt to Colin Chapman, after he won 1970 German GP driving a Lotus 72.

[@esteladapper8892]

the cars look mean... sound mean... well, a thousand times more exiting than modern F1

[@josezurita3742]

1970 Formula 1 engines sound is music for our ears! Greetings from Venezuela.

[@billenright2788]

Hill was cooler than James Bond.

[@sergioleone3583]

I've always thought Graham Hill would have been right at home in the cockpit of a Supermarine Spitfire as well.

[@asd36f]

Note the mechanics working on the cars without shirts in the hot South African sun.

[@Caroni100]

Good evening Mister Clayton. And note another important thing: In the 60´s and 70´s mechanics and engineers worked in their cars with absolute confidence between teams. There was no mysteries about mechanical tecnologies and if you went to a circuit, you could walk around them before the race and take photographies without problem. Today a Formula 1 car is more protected that United States President! Greetings from Venezuela.

[@Synystr7]

What a track. Got completely neutered

[@keithmoister3477]

Was one of the best in the world

[@carlonadalini4711]

I love Brabham BT 33...My favourite car

[@terryjackson9055]

the cars of this year 1970 were the most exciting before the ugly excesses of the 70's

[@thelight1212]

all the sudden I really want a sprite

[@lordsuch5762]

looks like Ron Dennis ..at 15.55

[@900108Chale]

Yes! It should or could be him @Brahbam! Great eye! Cheers.

Brabham's last victory!

[@dcjesussemtinadasou4744]

João Vítor _ poise a ultima grande piloto.

[@idolivercampos]

The top of "APARTHEID" 1970.

[@Joseph-su3fc]

Will say "no fewer than" no fewer than three times...and then the driver retires for good, due to a priceless ignition coil...Gillible 😜

[@bretloyd8097]

Black Jack's last GP win. . .

[@rolfdejonge3915]

✌️🤠💥🌟🌀👍

[@starguy321]

Frank Williams eh?

[@Sundragonnet]

Jo'burg Kyalami

[@crumblefest]

Racing the way it should be.Cars not rolling billboards yet. Camera angles at ground level so you can see the speed... all ruined bu "safety" and rules nonsense...

[@almostfm]

Yeah, who cares how many drivers died because there weren't all the "safety" regulations that are in place now, right?

[@rickden8362]

Would Lewis Hamilton even have been allowed in pits for this race, or even the track. All I saw were white face spectators.