The 22nd BRDC International Trophy was a motor race held at Silverstone on 26 April 1970 for Formula One and Formula 5000 cars.
The race was run over 2 heats of 26 laps each, the final results being an aggregate of the two. Chris Amon, driving a F1 March-Cosworth, qualified in pole position and set fastest overall lap. Amon won heat one, and Jackie Stewart, also in a March, won heat two, with Amon winning on aggregate results. Mike Hailwood, driving a Lola-Chevrolet, was the best-placed F5000 driver, finishing seventh overall.
Classification Note: the classification was the sum of the times obtained in the two heats; a blue background indicates a Formula 5000 entrant.
Pos Driver Constructor Laps Time/Ret. 1 Chris Amon March-Cosworth 52 1:13:32.2 2 Jackie Stewart March-Cosworth 52 + 10.0 3 Piers Courage De Tomaso-Cosworth 52 + 1:03.1 4 Bruce McLaren McLaren-Cosworth 52 + 1:44.1 5 Reine Wisell McLaren-Cosworth 51 + 1 Lap 6 Denny Hulme McLaren-Cosworth 50 + 2 Laps 7 Mike Hailwood Lola-Chevrolet 50 + 2 Laps 8 Frank Gardner Lola-Chevrolet 50 + 2 Laps 9 Graham Hill Lotus-Cosworth 50 + 2 Laps 10 Mike Walker McLaren-Chevrolet 50 + 2 Laps 11 Davie Powell Lola-Chevrolet 48 + 4 Laps 12 Trevor Taylor Surtees-Chevrolet 47 + 5 laps 13 Pete Lovely Lotus-Cosworth 46 + 6 Laps 14 Gordon Spice Kitchener-Ford 43 + 9 Laps 15 Kaye Griffiths Lola-Chevrolet 43 + 9 Laps 16 Peter Gethin McLaren-Chevrolet 40 + 12 Laps 17 John Miles Lotus-Cosworth 37 + 15 laps Ret Jochen Rindt Lotus-Cosworth 33 Engine Ret Howden Ganley McLaren-Chevrolet 24 Mechanical Ret Jack Brabham Brabham-Cosworth 22 Engine Ret Fred Saunders Crosslé-Rover 17 Ret Graham McRae McLaren-Chevrolet 16 Ret David Hobbs Surtees-Chevrolet 9 Ret David Prophet McLaren-Chevrolet 1
Notes Pole position: Chris Amon - 1:21.4 Fastest laps: Chris Amon - 1:22.1 (Heat 1), Jackie Stewart - 1:23.3 (Heat 2)
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