1970 1000 km of Nürburgring

[1] The Nürburgring was bumpy and narrow until resurfaced and widened somewhat in late 1970 and early 1971 after Formula 1 had boycotted the Ring, moving the August 1970 German Grand Prix to the modern Hockenheimring which already was ligned with armco.

Laine's co-driver, Dutchman Gijs van Lennep had a similar incident at the same place on the track, although he was able to avoid causing any damage to the car.

[2] It was agreed upon by John Wyer and Porsche that both works teams would use the 908/03, the car type first used at the 1970 Targa Florio four weeks earlier, finishing 1-2-4-5 plus a DNF, with Ferrari 512S 3rd and 6th.

Developed for the mountain roads of Sicily, the light and nimble 908/03 was also better suited to the much faster yet still twisty and demanding Nürburgring than the big and powerful 917K.

One of the works Ferrari 512S Spyders, entered and to be driven by Jacky Ickx and Peter Schetty crashed in practice; neither driver took part in the race.

At the second lap Siffert, who had a hard time getting around Giunti and even waved his fist at him, managed to overtake him and endeavoured to regain first place.

For the next year's race, the Nordschleife was rebuilt, which included making the surface smoother and lining the circuit with Armco and adding run-off areas wherever possible.