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Chassis number
701/1 Chris Amon (1970) 701/1-2 Chris Amon from Belgian GP (1970) 701/2 Jackie Stewart (1970)701/3Mario Andretti (1970) 701/3-2 Mario Andretti after Spanish GP (1970) 701/4 Team Tyrrell T-car (1970) 701/4-2 Jackie Stewart from Dutch GP (new 20 swg monocoque) (1970) 701/5 Jo Siffert (1970)701/5-2Jo Siffert from British GP (1970), Jo Siffert Team (1971) 701/6 March Team T-car from Spanish GP (1970), Frank Williams Racing Team (1971) 701/6 Frank Williams Racing Team (1971) 701/7 Johnny Servoz-Gavin – Francois Cevert (1970) 701/8 Ronnie Peterson (1970)701/9Hahne (1970), Jean-Pierre Jarier (1971) 701/10 John Love (1971) 701/11 Mike Beuttler (1971)
Note on the chassis number
Team Tyrrell had three cars (701/2, 701/4, 701/7), and in most of races all three were tried during practice.
From the Spanish GP on, March had 701/6 as the team spare.
March’s own chassis records disagree with contemporary race reports and there is disagreement, too, among contemporary race reports as to the occasion on which Stewart used 701/5 and 701/4. In fact, 701/4 was never raced in its original spec, although it appeared in practice, but its racing history was undertaken with a 20 swg monocoque, thus the choice to give it the designation 701/4-2.
After Siffert crashed in the French GP, 701/5 was given a new monocoque, but this was the tub which had been originally fitted to 701/1, which had been repaired after Amon had damaged it in practice for Monaco. 701/1 received a new monocoque for the Belgian GP and this has been designated 701/1-2 (for Amon). Siffert’s car with the tube from 701/1 has been given the designation 701/5-2, but it could be argued that 701/5 disappeared and the car which Jo Siffert drove after the French GP was actually 701/1 and 701/1-2 was a new car.
701/11 built up from spares and bits and pieces from Peterson’s car (701/8) for Mordaunt Clark Racing with Alistair Guthrie who entered Mike Beuttler in F1. Before the end of the season 701/11 was converted by the works to F5000 spec.
Frank Williams’s 701/6 received new tub (Tyrrell spare) after Oulton Park crash. | ||
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Round 1 – South African Grand Prix (Kyalami) – March 7th 1970 | |||
March Engineering 701/1 – Chris Amon #15 701/5 – Joseph Siffert #16 Siffert’s car was painted in the right colour: bright dayglow red-orange. Amon’s car was painted in a normal healthy red because it had left for Africa before right colour arrived. | STP Oil Treatment Corporation 701/3 – Mario Andretti #8 Car painted like Amon’s car for the same reason. No lateral tanks. | Tyrrell Racing Organisation 701/2 – Jackie Stewart #1 701/7 – Johnny Servoz-Gavin #2 Small differences from works cars: run of oil pipes, unions and fittings, bracing struts for the rear aerofoil, exhaust pipe mountings, oil-radiator mounting. Stewart’s car was without lateral tanks | Antiques Automobiles Racing Did not race |
“Daily Mail” Race of Champion (Brands Hatch) – March 22nd 1970 | |||
March Engineering 701/1 – Chris Amon #3 | STP Oil Treatment Corporation Did not race | Tyrrell Racing Organisation 701/2 – Jackie Stewart #1 701/4 – Jackie Stewart #1T Stewart’s car was without lateral tanks. | Antiques Automobiles Racing Did not arrive |
Round 2 – Gran Premio de España (Jarama) – April 19th 1970 | |||
March Engineering 701/1 – Chris Amon #9 701/5 – Joseph Siffert #14 701/6 – Chris Amon #9T All cars with new rear suspension: parallel links instead of wishbones, with inboard brakes. Amon’s spare car had 20g monocoque bulk (instead of 18g). All cars where without lateral tanks. | STP Oil Treatment Corporation 701/3 – Mario Andretti #18 The car was being looked after by Vince Granatelli and was basically the original car with outboard brakes and American sliding-spline driveshafts, and more substantial roll-over bar. The car ran without lateral tanks. | Tyrrell Racing Organisation 701/2 – Jackie Stewart #1 701/4 – Jackie Stewart #1T 701/7 – Johnny Servoz-Gavin #16 Armstrong dampers prefered to Konis. Front aerofoils fully adjustable and not built integral with the nose. Stewart’s cars all with new rear suspension, while Servoz-Gavin’s car still had the old rear end arrangement. All cars had lateral tanks. | Antiques Automobiles Racing Did not race |
Daily Express” International Trophy (Silverstone) – April 24th 1970 | |||
March Engineering 701/1 – Chris Amon #15 | STP Oil Treatment Corporation Did not race | Tyrrell Racing Organisation 701/2 – Jackie Stewart #1 | Antiques Automobiles Racing Did not race |
Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina (Buenos Aires) – January 1st 1971 | ||
Frank Williams Racing Cars 701/6 – Henri Pescarolo #14 The sides of the cockpit had been cut away to give Pescarolo’s tall shoulders more room. | Wheatcroft Racing 701-2 – Derek Bell #10 Last race for this chassis, then went to Tom Wheatcroft’s racing car museum | Jo Siffert Racing 701/5-2 – Joseph Siffert #12 |
Round 1 – South African Grand Prix (Kyalami) – March 3rd 1971 | ||
Frank Williams Racing Cars 701/6 – Henri Pescarolo #22 | Team Gunston 701/10 – John Love #24 | |
Race of Champions (Brands Hatch) – March 21st 1971 | ||
Frank Williams Racing Cars 701/6 – Ray Allen #14 | Clarke Mordaunt Racing with Alistair Guthrie 701/11 – Mike Beuttler #15 Built up from spares and bits and pieces from Ronnie Peterson’s car (701/8). | |
Questor Grand Prix (Ontario Motorspeedway) – March 28th 1971 | ||
Frank Williams Racing Cars 701/6 – Derek Bell #17 | STP Oil treatment Corporation 701/3-2 – John Cannon #25 | |
Rothmans International Trophy (Oulton Park) – April 4th 1971 | ||
Frank Williams Racing Cars 701/6 – Cyd Williams #11 No lateral tanks | Clarke Mordaunt Racing with Alistair Guthrie 701/11 – Mike Beuttler #8 No lateral tanks | Jo Siffert Automobiles 701/5-2 – Alan Rollinson #15 |
International Trophy (Silversone) – May 8th 1971 | ||
| Clarke Mordaunt Racing with Alistair Guthrie 701/11 – Mike Beuttler #18 | |
Jochen Rindt Gedächtnis Rennen (Hockenheim) – June 13th 1971 | ||
Frank Williams Racing Cars 701/6-2 – Ray Allen #15 701/6 had been destroyed by Cyd Williams at Oulton Park: the only salvageable part was the chassis number plate, which was affixed to one of Ken Tyrrell’s spare tubs rebuilt with most of the March stock of 701 spares | Clarke Mordaunt Racing with Alistair Guthrie 701/11 – Mike Beuttler #22 | Jo Siffert Automobiles 701/5-2 – Xavier Perrot #23 |
Round 5 –Grand Prix de France (Le Castelet – Paul Ricard) – July 4th 1971 | ||
Frank Williams Racing Cars 701/6-2 – Jean Max #28 | | Jo Siffert Automobiles 701/5-2 – François Mazet #34 Battery and fire extinguisher at the rear. |
Rothmans International Gold Cup (Oulton Park) – August 21st 1971 | ||
Frank Williams Racing Cars 701/6-2 – Tony Trimmer #38 | Goodwin Racing Services 701/9 – Jean-Pierre Jarier #36 | |
Round 9 –Gran Premio d’Italia (Autodromo di Monza) – September 9th 1971 | ||
Frank Williams Racing Cars 701/6-2 – Carlos Pace #15 Did not race. There was no time to rebuilt it after Trimmer had crashed in the Oulton Park Gold Cup race. | Shell – Arnold Team 701/9 – Jean-Pierre Jarier #26 | |
Round 3 – Grand Prix de Monaco (Montecarlo) – May 5th 1970 | |||
March Engineering 701/1 – Joseph Siffert #19T 701/1 – Chris Amon #28 701/5 – Joseph Siffert #19 701/6 – Chris Amon #28T Unchanged | STP Oil Treatment Corporation Did not race. | Tyrrell Racing Organisation 701/2 – Jackie Stewart #21 701/4 – Jackie Stewart #21T 701/4 – Johnny Servoz-Gavin #20T 701/7 – Johnny Servoz-Gavin #20 All cars with new rear suspension. Stewart’s car with old-type exhaust system with short tail pipes and a different wing. | Antiques Automobiles Racing 701/8 – Ronnie Peterson #23
The only March 701 with outboard rear brakes and old suspension |
Round 4 – Grote Prjis van Belgie (Spa-Francorchamps) – June 7th 1970 | |||
March Engineering 701/1-2 – Chris Amon #10 701/5 – Joseph Siffert #9 After Amon had damaged 701/1 in Monaco’s practice, received a new monocoque and thus designated 701/1-2 | STP Oil Treatment Corporation Did not race | Tyrrell Racing Organisation 701/2 – Jackie Stewart #11 701/7 – Jackie Stewart #11T Tubular roll bars were now being used. | Antiques Automobiles Racing 701/8 – Ronnie Peterson #14 The car now had the inboard rear brake set-up and new suspension. New seat for Peterson and modified monocoque to give him more elbow room |
Round 5 – Grote Prjis van Nederland (Zandvoort) – June 21st 1970 | |||
March Engineering 701/1-2 – Chris Amon #8 701/5 – Joseph Siffert #9 | STP Oil Treatment Corporation 701/3 – Mario Andretti #28
Did not race | Tyrrell Racing Organisation 701/2 – Jackie Stewart #5 701/4-2 – Jackie Stewart #5T 701/7 – François Cevert #6 Spare car 701/4 had been completely rebuilt using a light-gauge monocoque and all the latest suspension modification. | Antiques Automobiles Racing 701/8 – Ronnie Peterson #22 |
Round 6 – Grand Prix de France (Clermont Ferrand) – July 5th 1970 | |||
March Engineering 701/1-2 – Chris Amon #14 701/5 – Joseph Siffert #12 701/6 – Chris Amon #14T | STP Oil Treatment Corporation Did not race | Tyrrell Racing Organisation 701/4-2 – Jackie Stewart #1 701/2 – Jackie Stewart #1T 701/7 – François Cevert #2 | Antiques Automobiles Racing 701/8 – Ronnie Peterson #18 |
Round 7 – British Grand Prix (Brands Hatch) – July 18th 1970 | |||
March Engineering 701/1-2 – Chris Amon #16 701/5-2 – Joseph Siffert #15 After Siffert crashed in the French GP, 701/5 was given a new monocoque, but this was the tub which had been originally fitted to 701/1: thus the designation of 701/5-2. | STP Oil Treatment Corporation 701/3-2 – Mario Andretti #26 New monocoque for Andretti and numerous alterations to the water cooling system, the rear suspension uprights and the rear suspension members | Tyrrell Racing Organisation 701/4-2 – Jackie Stewart #1 701/2 – Jackie Stewart #1T 701/7 – François Cevert #2 | Antiques Automobiles Racing 701/8 – Ronnie Peterson #27 |
Round 8 – Großßer Preis von Deutschland (Hockenheim) – August 2nd 1970 | |||
March Engineering 701/1-2 – Chris Amon #5 701/5-2 – Joseph Siffert #12 Battery at rear. No lateral tanks. | STP Oil Treatment Corporation 701/3-2 – Mario Andretti #11 Rear suspension with wishbones at the rear instead of parallel links. No lateral tanks | Tyrrell Racing Organisation 701/4-2 – Jackie Stewart #1 701/2 – Jackie Stewart #1T 701/7 – François Cevert #3 | Antiques Automobiles Racing 701/8 – Ronie Peterson #22 Engine covered Hubert Hahne 701/9 – Hubert Hahne #26 |
Round 9 – Großßer Preis von Österreich (Österreichring – Zeltweg) – August 16th 1970 | |||
March Engineering 701/1-2 – Chris Amon #4 701/5-2 – Joseph Siffert #3 New wings for both cars. | STP Oil Treatment Corporation 701/3-2 – Mario Andretti #5 | Tyrrell Racing Organisation 701/4-2 – Jackie Stewart #1 701/2 – Jackie Stewart #30 701/7 – François Cevert #2 | Antiques Automobiles Racing 701/8 – Ronnie Peterson #25 |
Gold Cup (Oulton Park) – August 22nd 1970 | |||
March Engineering Did not race | STP Oil Treatment Corporation Did not race | Tyrrell Racing Organisation 701/4-2 – Jackie Stewart #1 | Antiques Automobiles Racing Did not race |
Round 10 – Gran Premio d’Italia (Autodromo di Monza) – September 6th 1970 | |||
March Engineering 701/1-2 – Chris Amon #48 701/5 – Joseph Siffert #50 | STP Oil Treatment Corporation Did not race | Tyrrell Racing Organisation 701/4-2 – Jackie Stewart #18 701/7 – François Cevert #20 No rear wings. | Antiques Automobiles Racing 701/8 – Ronnie Peterson #52 |
Round 11 – Grand Prix de Canada (Mont Tremblant – St.Jovite) – September 20th 1970 | |||
March Engineering 701/1-2 – Chris Amon #20 701/5 – Joseph Siffert #21 701/6 – spare car #22 | STP Oil Treatment Corporation Did not race | Tyrrell Racing Organisation 701/4-2 – Jackie Stewart #1 701/7 – François Cevert #2 Restoration of wings after Monza | Antiques Automobiles Racing 701/8 – Ronnie Peterson #26 |
Round 12 – United States Grand Prix (Watkins Glen) – October 4th 1970 | |||
March Engineering 701/1-2 – Chris Amon #12 701/5 – Joseph Siffert #11 701/6 – spare car #35 Fire estinguisher at rear. | STP Oil Treatment Corporation Did not race | Tyrrell Racing Organisation 701/4-2 – Jackie Stewart #33 701/7 – François Cevert #2 | Antiques Automobiles Racing 701/8 – Ronnie Peterson #29 Fire extinguisher at rear |
Round 13 – Gran Premio de Mexico (Ciudad de Mexico) – October 25th 1970 | |||
March Engineering 701/1-2 – Chris Amon #12 701/5 – Joseph Siffert #11 | STP Oil Treatment Corporation Did not race | Tyrrell Racing Organisation 701/7 – François Cevert #2 | Antiques Automobiles Racing Did not race |