The 1970 Guards European Formula 5000 Championship was a motor racing competition for

Formula 5000 Formula 5000 (or F5000) was an open wheel, single seater auto-racing formula that ran in different series in various regions around the world from 1968 to 1982. It was originally intended as a low-cost series aimed at open-wheel racing cars tha ...

cars.Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, pages 33 to 35 The series was organized in the

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but also included European rounds.''European Formula 5000 races 1969-1977'', www.oldracingcars.com
Retrieved on 16 October 2014 It was the first and only series to carry the Guards European Formula 5000 Championship name and the second of seven annual

European Formula 5000 Championship The European Formula 5000 Championship was a motor racing series for Formula 5000 cars held annually from 1969 to 1975.Wolfgang Klopfer, Formula 5000 in Europe: Race By Race It was organized in the United Kingdom by the British Racing and Sports Ca ...

s to be contested between 1969 and 1975.Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, Table of Contents The title was won by

Peter Gethin Peter Kenneth Gethin (21 February 1940 – 5 December 2011) was a British racing driver from England. He participated in 31 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 21 June 1970. He won the 1971 Italian Grand Prix in the fastest ...

, driving a

McLaren M10B The McLaren M10 was a Formula 5000 race car chassis built by McLaren that competed in North America and Europe between 1969 and 1973. Design The McLaren M10 was manufactured in large numbers. Built close to the weight limit, it was very light ...

Calendar

The championship was contested over twenty rounds with each round staged over two heats.Anthony Prichard, The Motor Racing Year No2, 1971, pages 245 to 259

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places at each round. Final championship positions were determined from the best ten results from the longer rounds (i.e. those contested over greater than 100 miles) and the best four results from the shorter rounds.

Championship standings

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References

European Formula 5000 Championship seasons Guards