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Home / Seasons / 1970 F1 World Championship Season / 1970 French Grand Prix

1970 French Grand Prix

DateSunday, 5 July 1970
Winner
  • Austria flag lazyload Jochen Rindt
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Ford Cosworth
CircuitClermont-Ferrand, 38 laps
Round6 of 13
Race numbers

The 1970 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 190th World Championship race
  • 20th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Clermont-Ferrand
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Jump to: Race result | Starting grid | Non-qualifiers | Championship standings | Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5Austria flag lazyload Jochen RindtLotus-Ford Cosworth381hr 55m 57.000s9
2+1New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMarch-Ford Cosworth38+7.610s6
3+2Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford Cosworth38+44.830s4
4+3New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth38+45.660s3
5+3France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloMatra38+1m 19.420s2
6+11USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyMcLaren-Ford Cosworth38+1m 19.650s1
7+7Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford Cosworth38+2m 20.160s 
8+10United Kingdom flag lazyload John MilesLotus-Ford Cosworth38+2m 47.170s 
9-5United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)38+3m 09.610s 
10+10United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)37+1 lap 
11+2France flag lazyload Francois CevertMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)37+1 lap 
12+7Canada flag lazyload George EatonBRM36+2 laps 
13-11France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra35DNF 
14-3Italy flag lazyload Ignazio GiuntiFerrari35+3 laps 
NC Italy flag lazyload Andrea de AdamichMcLaren-Alfa Romeo29+9 laps 
R Switzerland flag Jo SiffertMarch-Ford Cosworth23DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)17DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari16DNF 
R Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezBRM6DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie OliverBRM5DNF 

Notes

  • Jean-Pierre Beltoise ended lap 35 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:58.220

PosDriverConstructor
1Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari
2France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra
3New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMarch-Ford Cosworth
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
5Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford Cosworth
6Austria flag lazyload Jochen RindtLotus-Ford Cosworth
7New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
8France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloMatra
9Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
10Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezBRM
11Italy flag lazyload Ignazio GiuntiFerrari
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie OliverBRM
13France flag lazyload Francois CevertMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
14Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford Cosworth
15Italy flag lazyload Andrea de AdamichMcLaren-Alfa Romeo
16Switzerland flag Jo SiffertMarch-Ford Cosworth
17USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
18United Kingdom flag lazyload John MilesLotus-Ford Cosworth
19Canada flag lazyload George EatonBRM
20United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Qualifying result

DriverConstructor
Switzerland flag Silvio MoserBellasi-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
Spain flag lazyload Alex Soler-RoigLotus-Ford Cosworth
USA flag lazyload Pete LovelyLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Jochen Rindt27
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart19
=Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham19
4New Zealand flag lazyload Chris Amon12
5New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme12
6Mexico flag lazyload Pedro Rodriguez10
7France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Beltoise9
8France flag lazyload Henri Pescarolo7
9New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLaren6
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill6
11USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti4
=Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx4
13Italy flag lazyload Ignazio Giunti3
=Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni3
15United Kingdom flag lazyload John Miles2
=France flag lazyload Johnny Servoz-Gavin2
=Germany flag lazyload Rolf Stommelen2
18United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees1
=USA flag lazyload Dan Gurney1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth32
2United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Ford Cosworth31
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Ford Cosworth21
4United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth19
5France flag lazyload Matra15
6United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM10
7Italy flag lazyload Ferrari7

Statistics & milestones

Milestone race start
50th for Chris Amon (19th driver to start 50 races, 3rd New Zealander driver)
Wins
4th for Jochen Rindt
39th for Lotus
Podiums
30th for Jack Brabham (4th driver to score 30 podiums, 1st Australian driver)
11th for Jochen Rindt
8th for Chris Amon
65th for Lotus
53rd for Brabham
6th for March
Poles
4th for Jacky Ickx
49th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
11th for Jack Brabham
15th for Brabham
Front row starts
8th for Jacky Ickx
2nd and last for Jean-Pierre Beltoise
Points finishes
31st and last for Dan Gurney

See also

  • French Grand Prix
  • Clermont-Ferrand circuit
  • 1970 World Championship season

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