On this day in 1970: Ferrari's heated duel against Porsche in the World Sportscar Championship
Porsche’s Jo Siffert was lapping 2.0-litre cars within 10 laps but crashed when avoiding one. A 20-minute pit stop for repairs then put him out of contention, with his colleagues Vic Elford and Pedro Rodríguez inheriting first and second.
When they were relieved by Kurt Ahrens and Leo Kinnunen, Ignazio Giunti went all out to cut their lead, and the crowd was further enthused when Ahrens had a tyre blowout. Giunti was on Kinnunen’s tail by the time he needed to refuel, so Porsche reinstated Rodríguez. His experience plus pit stop problems for the Ferrari earned a win by a lap.
The 917 would go on to win all of the remaining six races that year, including Porsche’s first Le Mans.
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