For a few more gallons (2)

Brands Hatch, 1970 British Grand Prix. The 80-lap race was won from pole position by Jochen Rindt, driving a Lotus 72. The Austrian took his third consecutive victory, but it was somehow a lucky one.

Picture above: Jack Brabham, helmet on, driver and team-owner, with his chief-mechanic, a certain Ron Dennis.

While leading comfortably, Australian Jack Brabham, driving a Brabham BT33 (picture below), ran out of fuel at the last corner and Rindt, once again, took victory. Brabham held on to second place, scoring what would be his last podium finish in Formula One.

Quote from Jack Brabham himself: “I’d stopped by the end of the pitlane and by now worked out what had gone wrong. I jumped out of the car and bumped heads with one of my mechanics, who was also wanting to look in there very quickly. Sure enough the fuel setting was still on full-rich from morning warm-up and I’d used four gallons more than we reckoned on. The mechanic I bumped heads with? Ron Dennis!”