1970 Guards European Formula 5000 Championship

The 1970 Guards European Formula 5000 Championship was a motor racing competition for Formula 5000 cars.^[1] The series was organized in the United Kingdom by the British Racing and Sports Car Club but also included European rounds.^[2] It was the first and only series to carry the Guards European Formula 5000 Championship name and the second of seven annual European Formula 5000 Championships to be contested between 1969 and 1975.^[3] The title was won by Peter Gethin, driving a McLaren M10B.^[1]

The championship was contested over twenty rounds with each round staged over two heats.^[4]

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places at each round.^[1] Final championship positions were determined from the best ten results from the longer rounds (i.e. those contested over greater than 100 miles) and the best four results from the shorter rounds.^[1]

Position [1]	Driver [1]	Car [1]	Entrant [1]	Points [1]
1	Peter Gethin	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	Sid Taylor	90
2	Howden Ganley	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	Barry Newman	61
3	Frank Gardner	Lola T190 Chevrolet	Motor Racing Research Ltd	52
4	Mike Hailwood	Lola T190 Chevrolet Lola T192 Chevrolet	Epstein-Cuthbert Team Lola	50
5	Mike Walker	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	Alan McKechnie Racing	42
6	Graham McRae	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	Crown Lynn Potteries	36
7	Trevor Taylor	Surtees TS5A Chevrolet Lola T192 Chevrolet	Team Surtees Doug Hardwick	33
=	Reine Wisell	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	Sid Taylor	33
9	Roy Pike	Leda LT20 Leda LT22 Chevrolet	Malaya Garage	17
10	David Prophet	McLaren M10B Chevrolet		11
11	Ulf Norinder	Lola T190 Chevrolet	Sports Cars Switzerland	10
12	Keith Holland	Lola T142 Chevrolet	Alan Fraser	8
=	Davey Powell	Lola T190 Chevrolet Lola T142 Chevrolet	Doug Hardwick	8
14	Gordon Spice	Kitchiner K3A Ford		7
15	Fred Saunders	Crosslé 15F Rover	Mermaid Racing	6
16	Kaye Griffiths	Lola T142 Chevrolet		5
17	Willie Forbes	Lola T142 Chevrolet		4
=	Alan Rollinson	Lotus 70 Chevrolet Lotus 70 Ford Surtees TS5A Chevrolet	Lotus Components Irish Racing Cars	4
19	David Hobbs	Surtees TS5A Chevrolet	Team Surtees	2
=	Derrick Williams	Lola T142 Chevrolet		2
=	Ray Calcutt	Lola T142 Chevrolet	Alan Fraser	2
22	Morris Nunn	Lola T190 Chevrolet	Doug Hardwick	1
=	Lingard Goulding	Lola T142 Chevrolet Beattie P1100 Chevrolet		1
=	Tony Lanfranchi	Lola T190 Chevrolet	Sports Cars Switzerland	1