Open-face helmet
10. Sep 2022
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The Italian Formula 1 Grand Prix was held at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza on 6 September 1970, the day after World Champion elect, Jochen Rindt, had been killed in a wingless Lotus.
Clay Regazzoni won this Italian Grand Prix in his Ferrari 312B, his first Formula One win. In doing so, he became the last driver to win a Grand Prix wearing an open-face helmet (picture above).
Jackie Stewart finished second for the Tyrrell team, in one of the last races the team used the March chassis, and Matra driver Jean-Pierre Beltoise came a solid third.
This was also the last time all three podium finishers used different tyre brands; Regazzoni used Firestones, Stewart used Dunlops and Beltoise used Goodyears.
Categories:
Formula 1, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, Clay Regazzoni, Jochen Rindt, Jackie Stewart, Jean Pierre Beltoise, Scuderia Ferrari, Enzo Ferrari, Ferrari, Lotus, March, Matra, Switzerland, Austria, 1970
Source: DR
