Kammala wannan jumla: Lokacin Formula 1 ya fara ne da matsayi na biyu, na huɗu, da kuma ritaya uku ga Bruce McLaren da Denny Hulme. An kashe Bruce McLaren a ranar 2 ga Yuni, 1970 a Gundumar Goodwood yayin gwajin sabuwar motar M8D Can-Am. McLaren ya janye shigarwar su zuwa Belgian Grand Prix, wanda aka gudanar kwanaki biyar bayan mummunan hatsarin. Hulme kuma ya ji rauni a watan da ya gabata a cikin wutar methanol yayin da yake horarwa don
Indianapolis 500 ta shekara.