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1970 British Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitBrands Hatch, 80 laps
Round7 of 13
Race numbers

The 1970 British Grand Prix was the:

  • 191st World Championship race
  • 21st World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 4th World Championship race at Brands Hatch
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (AUT) Jochen RindtLotus-Ford Cosworth801hr 57m 02.000s9
2 (AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford Cosworth80+32.900s6
3+2(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth80+54.400s4
4+2(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari80+54.800s3
5+12(NZL) Chris AmonMarch-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap2
6+16(GBR) Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)79+1 lap1
7+7(FRA) Francois CevertMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)79+1 lap 
8+13(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth78+2 laps 
9+4(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)72+8 laps 
NC (USA) Pete LovelyLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)69+11 laps 
R (USA) Dan GurneyMcLaren-Ford Cosworth60DNF 
R (MEX) Pedro RodriguezBRM58DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie OliverBRM54DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie StewartMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)52DNF 
R (GBR) John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth51DNF 
R (FRA) Henri PescaroloMatra41DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra24DNF 
R (USA) Mario AndrettiMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)21DNF 
R (CHE) Jo SiffertMarch-Ford Cosworth19DNF 
R (GBR) John MilesLotus-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R (CAN) George EatonBRM10DNF 
R (BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari6DNF 
Did not start
  (ITA) Andrea de AdamichMcLaren-Alfa Romeo   
  (DEU) Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford Cosworth   
  (GBR) Brian RedmanDe Tomaso-Ford Cosworth (privateer)   

Notes

  • Jacky Ickx ended lap 6 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:24.800

PosDriverConstructor
1(AUT) Jochen RindtLotus-Ford Cosworth
2(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford Cosworth
3(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari
4(GBR) Jackie OliverBRM
5(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
6(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari
7(GBR) John MilesLotus-Ford Cosworth
8(GBR) Jackie StewartMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
9(USA) Mario AndrettiMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
10(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra
11(USA) Dan GurneyMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
12(FRA) Henri PescaroloMatra
13(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
14(FRA) Francois CevertMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
15(MEX) Pedro RodriguezBRM
16(CAN) George EatonBRM
17(NZL) Chris AmonMarch-Ford Cosworth
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19(GBR) John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth
20(CHE) Jo SiffertMarch-Ford Cosworth
21(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth
22(GBR) Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23(USA) Pete LovelyLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUT) Jochen Rindt36
2(AUS) Jack Brabham25
3(GBR) Jackie Stewart19
4(NZL) Denny Hulme16
5(NZL) Chris Amon14
6(MEX) Pedro Rodriguez10
7(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise9
8(FRA) Henri Pescarolo7
9(GBR) Graham Hill7
10(NZL) Bruce McLaren6
11(CHE) Clay Regazzoni6
12(USA) Mario Andretti4
=(BEL) Jacky Ickx4
14(ITA) Ignazio Giunti3
15(GBR) John Miles2
=(FRA) Johnny Servoz-Gavin2
=(DEU) Rolf Stommelen2
18(GBR) John Surtees1
=(USA) Dan Gurney1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Ford Cosworth41
2March-Ford Cosworth33
3Brabham-Ford Cosworth27
4McLaren-Ford Cosworth23
5Matra15
6BRM10
7Ferrari10

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Emerson Fittipaldi (first Brazilian driver to start a race since 1959)
Surtees
Last start
Dan Gurney
Wins
5th for Jochen Rindt (3rd driver to win the British Grand Prix for Lotus)
40th for Lotus (2nd constructor to win 40 races)
Podiums
31st and last for Jack Brabham
19th for Denny Hulme
12th for Jochen Rindt
66th for Lotus
54th for Brabham
14th for McLaren
Poles
9th for Jochen Rindt
52nd for Lotus
Fastest laps
12th and last for Jack Brabham (last Australian driver to set a fastest lap until 1978)
16th for Brabham (last until 1974)
Front row starts
38th and last for Jack Brabham (last Australian front row starter until 1979)
16th for Jochen Rindt
9th for Jacky Ickx
Points finishes
53rd and last for Jack Brabham
Pole & win
3rd and last for Jochen Rindt (last Austrian driver to win from pole until 1974)