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Hockenheim's first and Rindt's last

Phillip van Osten 02/08/2025 at 15:1002/08/2025 at 14:34 Hockenheim hosted its first F1 Grand Prix on this day in 1970, a race marked by a fierce slipstream battle between Lotus' Jochen Rindt and Ferrari's Jacky Ickx. For fifty laps, the dueling drivers swapped the leading position among themselves, although Ickx's Scuderia teammate Clay Regazzoni managed to steal two laps in the lead from his rivals as they regrouped behind. In the end though, and for the fourth consecutive race, Rindt, running onboard Colin Chapman's innovative Cosworth-powered Lotus 72, had the last word. Alas, it would be Rindt's last F1 win, the great Austrian losing his life two races later in qualifying at Monza....
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