- 1970 Mexican Grand Prix
The 1970 Mexican Grand Prix was a
Formula One race held at Mexico City onOctober 25 ,1970 .Race report
The immense crowd of 200,000 proved almost uncontrollable and almost forced the cancellation of the race. They were crammed in front of the guard-rails, sat at the trackside and ran across the track itself. Despite impassioned appeals from
Jackie Stewart and local heroPedro Rodriguez they still remained troublesome.From the start,Jacky Ickx led from Stewart andClay Regazzoni , but dropped back with steering column trouble. Later, a collision with a dog which had escaped onto the track damaged his suspension and forced his retirement, leaving theFerrari s dominant in first and second.Jack Brabham retired from third place in his final Grand Prix when the engine blew on lap 53. The Ferraris romped home with Ickx leading Regazzoni andDenny Hulme claiming the third podium spot. The Italian cars had proved they were now good enough to compete with theFord engined cars, but the crowd's antics meant that for safety reasons the Mexican Grand Prix would be dropped from the 1971 calendar.Classification
Notes
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References
*cite web | title = The Official Formula 1 website | url = http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1970/535/ | accessdate = 2008-01-17
F1 race report
Name_of_race =Mexican Grand Prix
Year_of_race = 1970
Previous_race_in_season =1970 United States Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season =1971 South African Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race =1969 Mexican Grand Prix
Next_year's_race =1986 Mexican Grand Prix
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