Kammala wannan jumla: 1970 duk da haka ya fara mutuwar Nordschleife don tseren motoci na duniya. Bayan mutuwar Piers Courage a
Dutch Grand Prix 'yan watanni da suka gabata, kungiyar direbobi ta Grand Prix ta yi taro a wani otal a London. Duk da matsin lamba mai yawa daga bangarorin waje sun zabi kada su yi tsere a sanannen hanyar Jamus sai dai idan an yi canje-canje masu mahimmanci ga yanayin aminci na Nürburgring. Saurin motocin Formula One ya karu sosai kamar yadda fasahar ke da shi - motocin suna zagaye da 'Ring fiye da mintuna 2 da sauri fiye da yadda suke yi a 1951, kuma ya zama a bayyane cewa Nürburgring, wanda yake da mahimmanci, hanya mara kyau wanda ya wuce cikin gandun daji da kwaruruka da ke cikin tsaunukan tsaunuka, yana da haɗari da tsufa don tseren Grand Prix. Canje-canjen da direbobi suka buƙata sun ƙi daga masu mallakar da'irar da masu shirya kuma ba za a iya yin su ba a lokacin taron na 1970, wanda ya tilasta sauyawa cikin hanzari zuwa Hockenheimring mai sauri, wanda tuni an inganta shi da abubuwan tsaro. Gasar da kanta ta tabbatar da kasancewa mai ban sha'awa, kamar yadda Jochen Rindt na Austrian ya ci nasara, yana tsayayya da cajin Ickx a cikin Ferrari.