1970 International Gold Cup
Non-championship race in the 1970 Formula One season
Race details
Date	22 August 1970
Official name	XVII International Gold Cup
Location	Oulton Park, Cheshire
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.4434 km (2.761 miles)
Distance	40 laps, 177.749 km ( miles)
Pole position
Driver	John Surtees	Surtees-Cosworth
Time	1:36.2
Fastest lap
Driver	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Cosworth
Time	1:26.6
Podium
First	John Surtees	Surtees-Cosworth
Second	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Cosworth
Third	Jackie Oliver	BRM

The 1970 International Gold Cup was a non-championship Formula One race held at Oulton Park on 22 August 1970. The race was open to Formula One and Formula 5000 cars. It was run in two heats of 20 laps, with the winner decided on aggregate times. The starting grid for Heat 1 was decided by a qualifying session, in which John Surtees won pole position. The grid for Heat 2 was decided by the finishing order of Heat 1. John Surtees won Heat 1 and overall, narrowly beating Heat 2 winner Jochen Rindt, with Howden Ganley posting the best aggregate result of the Formula 5000 entrants. Jackie Stewart, debuting the brand-new Tyrrell 001, set fastest lap.

Qualifying

Blue background denotes F5000 entrants.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Car	Time	Gap
1	4	John Surtees	Surtees-Cosworth	Surtees TS7	1:36.2
2	5	Jackie Oliver	BRM	BRM P153	1:39.2	+3.0
3	30	Frank Gardner	Lola-Chevrolet	Lola T190	1:42.0	+2.8
4	21	David Prophet	McLaren-Chevrolet	McLaren M10B	1:42.0	+0.0
5	1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Cosworth	Tyrrell 001	1:43.81	+1.8
6	77	Trevor Taylor	Lola-Chevrolet	Lola T190	1:44.0	+0.2
7	42	Graham McRae	McLaren-Chevrolet	McLaren M10B	1:45.2	+1.2
8	41	Reine Wisell	McLaren-Chevrolet	McLaren M10B	1:45.4	+0.2
9	12	Howden Ganley	McLaren-Chevrolet	McLaren M10B	1:46.8	+1.4
10	2	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Cosworth	Lotus 72	1:46.8	+0.0
11	43	Mike Hailwood	Lola-Chevrolet	Lola T190	1:50.0	+3.2
12	3	Graham Hill	Lotus-Cosworth	Lotus 72	1:52.8	+2.8
13	47	Tony Lanfranchi	Lola-Chevrolet	Lola T190	1:53.4	+0.6
14	66	Fred Saunders	Crosslé-Rover	Crosslé 15F	1:54.2	+0.8
15	23	John Myerscough	Brabham-Oldsmobile	Brabham BT11	1:56.6	+2.4
16	88	Chris Summers	Lola-Chevrolet	Lola T142	1:58.6	+2.0
17	70	Alan Rollinson	Surtees-Chevrolet	Surtees TS5A	1:59.0	+0.4
18	31	Lingard Goulding	Beattie-Chevrolet	Beattie P1100	1:59.8	+0.8
19	98	Bob Miller	Dulon-Ford	Dulon LD8	2:02.8	+3.0
20	10	Kaye Griffiths	Lola-Chevrolet	Lola T142	2:04.4	+1.6
21	63	Ray Calcutt	Lola-Chevrolet	Lola T142	2:06.4	+2.0
22	16	Ippocastano	Cooper-Chevrolet	Cooper T86B	2:23.8	+17.4
DNA	6	Andrea de Adamich	McLaren-Alfa Romeo	McLaren M14D
DNA	7	Tim Schenken	De Tomaso-Cosworth	De Tomaso 505-38
DNA	9	Willie Forbes	Lola-Chevrolet	Lola T142
DNA	11	Roy Pike	Leda-Chevrolet	Leda LT20
DNA	44	Mike Walker	McLaren-Chevrolet	McLaren M10B
DNA	45	Jock Russell	Lotus-Chevrolet	Lotus 70
DNA	48	Robin Darlington	McLaren-Chevrolet	McLaren M10A
DNA	49	David Berry	Brabham-Oldsmobile	Brabham BT16
DNA	78	David Powell	Lola-Chevrolet	Lola T142
Sources:[1][2]

¹Stewart started from the back of the grid

Classification

Blue background denotes F5000 entrants.

Heat 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Grid
1	4	John Surtees	Surtees-Cosworth	29:58.2	1
2	5	Jackie Oliver	BRM	+6.6	2
3	2	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Cosworth	+12.8	10
4	43	Mike Hailwood	Lola-Chevrolet	+33.8	11
5	12	Howden Ganley	McLaren-Chevrolet	+1:24.8	9
6	77	Trevor Taylor	Lola-Chevrolet	19 laps	6
7	1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Cosworth	19 laps	5
8	21	David Prophet	McLaren-Chevrolet	19 laps	4
9	66	Fred Saunders	Crosslé-Rover	18 laps	14
10	10	Kaye Griffiths	Lola-Chevrolet	18 laps	20
NC	98	Bob Miller	Dulon-Ford	17 laps	19
NC	88	Chris Summers	Lola-Chevrolet	17 laps	16
NC	31	Lingard Goulding	Beattie-Chevrolet	17 laps	18
Ret	41	Reine Wisell	McLaren-Chevrolet	16 laps, gearbox	8
Ret	30	Frank Gardner	Lola-Chevrolet	13 laps, suspension	3
Ret	3	Graham Hill	Lotus-Cosworth	3 laps, oil pressure	12
Ret	70	Alan Rollinson	Surtees-Chevrolet	3 laps, head gasket	17
Ret	23	John Myerscough	Brabham-Oldsmobile	0 laps, engine	15
DNS	42	Graham McRae	McLaren-Chevrolet	practice accident	7
DNS	47	Tony Lanfranchi	Lola-Chevrolet	practice accident	13
DNS	63	Ray Calcutt	Lola-Chevrolet	radiator	21
DNS	16	Ippocastano	Cooper-Chevrolet	not competitive	22
Sources:[2][3]

Heat 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Grid
1	2	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Cosworth	29:40.6	3
2	4	John Surtees	Surtees-Cosworth	+9.4	1
3	5	Jackie Oliver	BRM	+23.0	2
4	30	Frank Gardner	Lola-Chevrolet	+39.2	13
5	12	Howden Ganley	McLaren-Chevrolet	+1:27.6	4
6	77	Trevor Taylor	Lola-Chevrolet	19 laps1	5
7	66	Fred Saunders	Crosslé-Rover	18 laps	7
8	10	Kaye Griffiths	Lola-Chevrolet	18 laps	8
9	88	Chris Summers	Lola-Chevrolet	18 laps	10
NC	63	Ray Calcutt	Lola-Chevrolet	17 laps	14
NC	98	Bob Miller	Dulon-Ford	17 laps	9
NC	31	Lingard Goulding	Beattie-Chevrolet	17 laps	11
NC	21	David Prophet	McLaren-Chevrolet	17 laps	6
Ret	41	Reine Wisell	McLaren-Chevrolet	2 laps, gearbox	12
DNS	43	Mike Hailwood	Lola-Chevrolet	oil filter
DNS	1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Cosworth	piston
Sources:[2][4]

¹Taylor stopped 1 lap early in error

Aggregate

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	4	John Surtees	Surtees-Cosworth	59:48.2
2	2	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Cosworth	+3.4
3	5	Jackie Oliver	BRM	40 laps
4	12	Howden Ganley	McLaren-Chevrolet	40 laps
5	77	Trevor Taylor	Lola-Chevrolet	38 laps
6	66	Fred Saunders	Crosslé-Rover	36 laps
7	21	David Prophet	McLaren-Chevrolet	36 laps
8	10	Kaye Griffiths	Lola-Chevrolet	36 laps
NC	30	Frank Gardner	Lola-Chevrolet	35 laps
NC	88	Chris Summers	Lola-Chevrolet	35 laps
NC	98	Bob Miller	Dulon-Ford	34 laps
NC	31	Lingard Goulding	Beattie-Chevrolet	34 laps
NC	43	Mike Hailwood	Lola-Chevrolet	20 laps
NC	41	Reine Wisell	McLaren-Chevrolet	19 laps
NC	63	Ray Calcutt	Lola-Chevrolet	17 laps
Sources:[2][5]