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1970 Belgian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSpa-Francorchamps, 28 laps
Round4 of 13
Race numbers

The 1970 Belgian Grand Prix was the:

  • 188th World Championship race
  • 18th World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 18th World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps (last until 1983)
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5(MEX) Pedro RodriguezBRM281hr 38m 09.900s9
2+1(NZL) Chris AmonMarch-Ford Cosworth28+1.100s6
3+8(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra28+1m 43.700s4
4+4(ITA) Ignazio GiuntiFerrari28+2m 38.500s3
5+2(DEU) Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford Cosworth28+3m 31.800s2
6+11(FRA) Henri PescaroloMatra27DNF1
7+3(CHE) Jo SiffertMarch-Ford Cosworth26DNF 
8-4(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari26+2 laps 
NC (SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)20+8 laps 
R (AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford Cosworth19DNF 
R (GBR) Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)19DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie StewartMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)14DNF 
R (GBR) John MilesLotus-Ford Cosworth13DNF 
R (AUT) Jochen RindtLotus-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie OliverBRM7DNF 
R (GBR) Piers CourageDe Tomaso-Ford Cosworth (privateer)4DNF 
R (GBR) Derek BellBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)1DNF 

Notes

  • Henri Pescarolo ended lap 27 in P4 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Jo Siffert ended lap 26 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 3:28.000

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Jackie StewartMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
2(AUT) Jochen RindtLotus-Ford Cosworth
3(NZL) Chris AmonMarch-Ford Cosworth
4(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari
5(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford Cosworth
6(MEX) Pedro RodriguezBRM
7(DEU) Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford Cosworth
8(ITA) Ignazio GiuntiFerrari
9(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
10(CHE) Jo SiffertMarch-Ford Cosworth
11(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra
12(GBR) Piers CourageDe Tomaso-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
13(GBR) John MilesLotus-Ford Cosworth
14(GBR) Jackie OliverBRM
15(GBR) Derek BellBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
16(GBR) Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
17(FRA) Henri PescaroloMatra

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(ESP) Alex Soler-RoigLotus-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUS) Jack Brabham15
2(GBR) Jackie Stewart13
3(MEX) Pedro Rodriguez10
4(AUT) Jochen Rindt9
5(NZL) Denny Hulme9
6(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise7
7(NZL) Bruce McLaren6
=(NZL) Chris Amon6
9(GBR) Graham Hill6
10(FRA) Henri Pescarolo5
11(USA) Mario Andretti4
12(ITA) Ignazio Giunti3
13(GBR) John Miles2
=(FRA) Johnny Servoz-Gavin2
=(DEU) Rolf Stommelen2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1March-Ford Cosworth19
2Brabham-Ford Cosworth17
3McLaren-Ford Cosworth15
4Lotus-Ford Cosworth14
5Matra11
6BRM10
7Ferrari3

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Ignazio Giunti
Wins
2nd and last for Pedro Rodriguez (first win since 1967; last Mexican winner until 2020; only win for BRM)
14th for BRM (first since 1966)
Podiums
7th for Chris Amon (first for March)
5th for Pedro Rodriguez (first podium since 1968)
5th for Jean-Pierre Beltoise
54th for BRM
18th for Matra
4th for March
Poles
5th for Jackie Stewart (last for March)
3rd for March (last until 1975)
Fastest laps
1st for Chris Amon (46th different fastest lap setter, 3rd New Zealander driver; last until 1972; only fastest lap for March)
1st for March (20th different fastest lap setter)
Front row starts
21st for Jackie Stewart
14th for Jochen Rindt
14th for Chris Amon (last for March)
Points finishes
1st and only for Ignazio Giunti (154th different point scorer, 20th Italian driver)
1st for Rolf Stommelen (155th different point scorer, 6th German driver)