HISTORY |
1970 Season (Part 2)
SECOND RACE - 12 HOURS OF SEBRING
SPORTS SYNTHESIS
Mario
Andretti rejoined the Ferrari effort in this race. Thanks to their
incommensurable effort and to the debris left all over Florida State by
the 917´s, Ferrari won the 12 hours of Sebring, and
filled of illusions his technicians, who had worked arduously to improve the
performance of their engines.
The
car originally destined to Andretti, broke an hour early of the end of
the race, but the USAC Champion was transplanted to the machine of Giunti-Vaccarella
that was currently in the fourth position, and in an amazing sprint, Andretti
rushed to the chequered flag in first place. Second place belonged to the 908,
driven by Steve McQueen-Peter Revson.
John
Wyer´s Team adapted new frontal wheel masses to their cars. Such wheel
masses had not been previously tested and they failed during the race.
Particularly, Siffert-Redman abandoned the race at the eleventh hour of
the race.
Two 917s of the Salzburg Team also entered the race, but due to a preferential agreement entered by Porsche with John Wyer´s team; Salzburg could not, luckily for them, dispose of the new wheel masses. Anyway, their luck was not enough, since Herrmann-Linns abandoned due to a broken engine (it was said that one of them shifted to third gear instead of fifth) and Elford-Ahrens abandoned due to a collision that damaged beyond repair the rear suspension.
McQueen
was preparing himself to shoot the film "Le Mans", and
besides to participate in this one; accompanied the team in almost all the races
of the championship, looking for documentation and filming scenes for its movie.
Steve had bought a 917 to race it with Jackie Stewart but
after the shooting, McQueen could not continue to race actively, since
the company that retained its services as an actor, demanded the fulfillment of
the contract by which Steve could not take unnecessary risks. More about the film, in the Menu: "Le Mans - The Film" |
THIRD RACE - 1000 KM. OF BRANDS HATCH
SPORTS SYNTHESIS
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FOURTH RACE - 1000 KM. OF MONZA
SPORTS
SYNTHESIS
For
this race, Porsche’s 5-litre engines were ready, and destined to equip
the 917, and the piston displacement equality immediately marked the
power difference with the Ferrari engines.
Siffert´s
Gulf-Porsche 917 used the brand new 4907-cm3 engine, with 20bhp more and
10% more of torque available, but with a four-speed transmission. The engine was
used for qualifying and obtaining the pole position, and then, when an oil leak
was found, the 4494cm3 engine replaced it. Another novelty that John Wyer´s
917s had, was the use of Girling brakes, instead of the
traditional ATE. Given the acceptable performance of the new brakes, they
were incorporated also in Salzburg’s 917s for the next race.
As usual, Siffert-Redman were the quickest, but the Italians were not giving up without a fight. Now more than ever the competitive spirit of Andretti was required, to try to recover positions against both John Wyer´s Porsches. In order to replace the absence of the American Champion, Ferrari used the services of John Surtees and Chris Amon like reinforcements.
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Nevertheless, aunque Siffert-Redman se retrasaron, Rodriguez-Kinnunen won again; and although a Ferrari finished in the second place, the dominion began to become evident. |
Salzburg’s 917 driven by Elford-Ahrens, after leading the race, abandoned the race due to a punctured tire at 180 mph (288 km/h).
Foto colaboración de Philippe Moriniere |
El 917K del Gulf-Wyer tripulado por Siffert-Redman siendo asistido en una parada técnica durante la competencia. Finalizaron 12º a 16 vueltas de los ganadores Rodríguez-Kinnunen. |
Foto colaboración de Philippe Moriniere |
Hans Laine-Gijs van Lennep liderando un pelotón con el 917K del Racing Team AAW. Finalizaron 11º |
Foto colaboración de Philippe Moriniere |
El 917K del GESIPA Racing Team, conducido por los alemanes Jürgen Neuhaus -Helmut Kelleners. Finalizaron 10º. |
Foto colaboración de Philippe Moriniere |
Vic Elford-Kurt Ahrens con el 917K #10 del Porsche Salzburg, delante del 917K #7 de los ganadores Rodríguez -Kinnunen. Elford-Ahrens, luego de liderar la competencia, abandonaron en la vuelta 92 debido a la pinchadura de un neumático cuando viajaban a 180 mph (288 km/h) |
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FIFTH RACE - TARGA FLORIO
SPORTS SYNTHESIS
Given the special characteristics of the layout, Porsche chose to enter with its 908/03 model. Siffert-Redman won the race.
En la foto (gentileza de Diego Cony) puede verse en primer plano al 908/03 #20 de Elford-Herrmann quienes debieron abandonar a causa de un accidente y detrás el #12 de los ganadores Siffert-Redman de la escuadra de John Wyer |
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