1970 F1 World Championship Season

Season:	21st World Championship season
Drivers’ Champion:	Jochen Rindt (only title, 12th different world champion, 1st Austrian champion)
Constructors’ Champion:	Lotus-Ford Cosworth (4th title for Lotus)
Reigning drivers’ champion:	Jackie Stewart
Reigning constructors’ champion:	Matra
Races:	13
Winning drivers:	Jochen Rindt (5) Jacky Ickx (3) Jack Brabham (1) Jackie Stewart (1) Pedro Rodriguez (1) Clay Regazzoni (1) Emerson Fittipaldi (1)
Winning constructors:	Lotus (6) Ferrari (4) Brabham (1) March (1) BRM (1)
First-time winners (driver):	Clay Regazzoni Emerson Fittipaldi
First-time winners (constructor):	March
Other seasons:

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	South Africa	Kyalami	07 March	1970 South African Grand Prix
2	Spain	Jarama	19 April	1970 Spanish Grand Prix
3	Monaco	Monte Carlo	10 May	1970 Monaco Grand Prix
4	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	07 June	1970 Belgian Grand Prix
5	Netherlands	Zandvoort	21 June	1970 Dutch Grand Prix
6	France	Clermont-Ferrand	05 July	1970 French Grand Prix
7	Britain	Brands Hatch	18 July	1970 British Grand Prix
8	Germany	Hockenheim	02 August	1970 German Grand Prix
9	Austria	Osterreichring	16 August	1970 Austrian Grand Prix
10	Italy	Monza	06 September	1970 Italian Grand Prix
11	Canada	Mont-Tremblant	20 September	1970 Canadian Grand Prix
12	USA DT CT	Watkins Glen	04 October	1970 United States Grand Prix
13	Mexico	Mexico City	25 October	1970 Mexican Grand Prix

Driver and constructor entries

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
Bellasi (privateer)	Silvio Moser	5-6, 8-10
Brabham (works team)	Jack Brabham	All
Brabham (works team)	Rolf Stommelen	All
Brabham (privateers)	Derek Bell	4
	Peter de Klerk	1
	Gus Hutchison	12
BRM (works team)	George Eaton	1-3, 5-7, 9-12
	Jackie Oliver	All
	Pedro Rodriguez	All
	Peter Westbury	12
De Tomaso (privateers)	Piers Courage	1-5
	Brian Redman	7-8
	Tim Schenken	9-12
Ferrari (works team)	Ignazio Giunti	4, 6, 9-10
	Jacky Ickx	All
	Clay Regazzoni	5, 7-13
Lotus (works team)	Emerson Fittipaldi	7-10, 12-13
	John Miles	1-10
	Jochen Rindt	1-10
	Alex Soler-Roig	2, 4, 6
	Reine Wisell	12-13
Lotus (privateers)	Dave Charlton	1
	Graham Hill	1-8, 10-13
	John Love	1
	Pete Lovely	5-7, 12
March (works team)	Chris Amon	All
March (works team)	Jo Siffert	All
March (privateers)	Mario Andretti	1-2, 7-9
	Francois Cevert	5-13
	Hubert Hahne	8
	Ronnie Peterson	3-8, 10-12
	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	1-3
	Jackie Stewart	1-10
Matra (works team)	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	All
Matra (works team)	Henri Pescarolo	All
McLaren (works team)	Andrea de Adamich	2-3, 5-12
	Nanni Galli	10
	Peter Gethin	5, 8-13
	Dan Gurney	5-7
	Denny Hulme	1-3, 6-13
	Bruce McLaren	1-3
McLaren (privateers)	Jo Bonnier	10, 12
McLaren (privateers)	John Surtees	1-3, 5
Surtees (works team)	Derek Bell	12
Surtees (works team)	John Surtees	7-13
Tyrrell (works team)	Jackie Stewart	11-13

Race winners

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	South Africa	Kyalami	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	3	8.100s
2	Spain	Jarama	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford Cosworth	3	1 lap
3	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	8	23.100s
4	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Pedro Rodriguez	BRM	6	1.100s
5	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1	30.000s
6	France	Clermont-Ferrand	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	6	7.610s
7	Britain	Brands Hatch	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1	32.900s
8	Germany	Hockenheim	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	2	0.700s
9	Austria	Osterreichring	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	3	0.610s
10	Italy	Monza	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	3	5.730s
11	Canada	Mont-Tremblant	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	2	14.800s
12	USA	Watkins Glen	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	3	36.210s
13	Mexico	Mexico City	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	3	45.460s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	South Africa	Kyalami	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford Cosworth	3	0.000s
2	Spain	Jarama	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	DNF	0.200s
3	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford Cosworth	DNF	0.600s
4	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford Cosworth	DNF	2.100s
5	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1	0.430s
6	France	Clermont-Ferrand	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	DNF	0.480s
7	Britain	Brands Hatch	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1	0.000s
8	Germany	Hockenheim	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	2	0.200s
9	Austria	Osterreichring	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	DNF	0.470s
10	Italy	Monza	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	DNF	0.220s
11	Canada	Mont-Tremblant	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	DNF	0.100s
12	USA	Watkins Glen	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	4	0.550s
13	Mexico	Mexico City	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	2	0.020s

Fastest laps

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	South Africa	Kyalami	John Surtees Jack Brabham	McLaren-Ford Cosworth Brabham-Ford Cosworth
2	Spain	Jarama	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
3	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
4	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Chris Amon	March-Ford Cosworth
5	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
6	France	Clermont-Ferrand	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
7	Britain	Brands Hatch	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
8	Germany	Hockenheim	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
9	Austria	Osterreichring	Clay Regazzoni Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
10	Italy	Monza	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
11	Canada	Mont-Tremblant	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
12	USA	Watkins Glen	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
13	Mexico	Mexico City	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari

Qualifying results

See: 1970 F1 World Championship Qualifying Statistics

World Drivers’ Championship standings

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (9), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), 6th (1)

Only the best six results from the first seven races and the best five results from the last six races counted towards the championship.

Highlight: Rookie
Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Driver	ZAF	ESP	MCO	BEL	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX	Points
1	Jochen Rindt	13^R	R	1	R	1	1	1	1	R	DNS				45
2	Jacky Ickx	R	R	R	8	3	R	R	2	1	R	1	4	1	40
3	Clay Regazzoni					4		4	R	2	1	2	13	2	33
4	Denny Hulme	2	R	4			4	3	3	R	4	R	7	3	27
5	Jack Brabham	1	R	2	R	11	3	2	R	13	R	R	10	R	25
=	Jackie Stewart	3	1	R	R	2	9	R	R	R	2	R	R	R	25
7	Pedro Rodriguez	9	R	6	1	10	R	R	R	4	R	4	2	6	23
=	Chris Amon	R	R	R	2	R	2	5	R	8	7	3	5	4	23
9	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	4	R	R	3	5	13^R	R	R	6	3	8^R	R	5	16
10	Emerson Fittipaldi							8	4	15	DNQ		1	R	12
11	Rolf Stommelen	R	R	DNQ	5	DNQ	7	DNS	5	3	5	R	12	R	10
12	Henri Pescarolo	7	R	3	6^R	8	5	R	6	14	R	7	8	9	8
13	Graham Hill	6	4	5	R	NC	10	6	R		DNS	NC	R	R	7
14	Bruce McLaren	R	2	R											6
15	Mario Andretti	R	3					R	R	R					4
=	Reine Wisell												3	NC	4
17	Ignazio Giunti				4		14			7	R				3
=	John Surtees	R	R	R		6		R	9^R	R	R	5	R	8	3
19	John Miles	5	DNQ	DNQ	R	7	8	R	R	R	DNS				2
=	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	R	5	DNQ											2
=	Jackie Oliver	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	5	R	NC	R	7	2
22	Dan Gurney					R	6	R							1
=	Francois Cevert					R	11	7	7	R	6	9	R	R	1
=	Peter Gethin					R			R	10	NC	6	14	R	1
=	Derek Bell				R								6		1
	Jo Siffert	10	DNQ	8^R	7^R	R	R	R	8^R	9	R	R	9	R
	Ronnie Peterson			7	NC	9	R	9	R		R	NC	11
	Andrea de Adamich		DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	NC	DNS	DNQ	12	8	R	DNQ
	John Love	8
	George Eaton	R	DNQ	DNQ		R	12	R		11	R	10	R
	Peter de Klerk	11
	Dave Charlton	12^R
	Piers Courage	R	DNS	NC	R	R
	Tim Schenken									R	R	NC	R
	Pete Lovely					DNQ	DNQ		NC				DNQ
	Silvio Moser					DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	R	DNQ
	Jo Bonnier										DNQ		R
	Gus Hutchison												R
	Alex Soler-Roig		DNQ		DNQ		DNQ
	Brian Redman							DNS	DNQ
	Hubert Hahne								DNQ
	Nanni Galli										DNQ
	Peter Westbury												DNQ
No.	Driver	ZAF	ESP	MCO	BEL	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1970. Reigning world champion Jackie Stewart, who finished equal 5th, is also shown.

World Constructors’ Championship standings

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (9), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), 6th (1)

Constructors only received points for its highest placed car. Only the best six results from the first seven races and the best five results from the last six races counted towards the championship. Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Constructor	ZAF	ESP	MCO	BEL	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX	Points
1	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	5	4	1	R	1	1	1	1	15	DNS	NC	1	NC	59
2	Ferrari	R	R	R	4	3	14	4	2	1	1	1	4	1	52 (55)
3	March-Ford Cosworth	3	1	7	2	2	2	5	7	8	2	3	5	4	48
4	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	1	R	2	5	11	3	2	5	3	5	R	10	R	35
5	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	2	2	4		6	4	3	3	10	4	6	7	3	35
6	BRM	9	R	6	1	10	12	R	R	4	R	4	2	6	23
7	Matra	4	R	3	3	5	5	R	6	6	3	7	8	5	23
8	Surtees-Ford Cosworth							R	9^R	R	R	5	6	8	3
9	McLaren-Alfa Romeo		DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	NC	DNS	DNQ	12	8	R	DNQ
10	De Tomaso-Ford Cosworth	R	DNS	NC	R	R		DNS	DNQ	R	R	NC	R
11	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth											R	R	R
12	Bellasi-Ford Cosworth					DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	R	DNQ
No.	Constructor	ZAF	ESP	MCO	BEL	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five constructors of 1970. Reigning world champion Matra, who finished 7th, is also shown.

Season statistics

See: 1970 F1 World Championship Season Statistics