1970 French Grand Prix
Date | Sunday, 5 July 1970 |
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Fastest lap |
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Circuit | Clermont-Ferrand, 38 laps |
Round | 6 of 13 |
Race numbers | The 1970 French Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +5 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 38 | 1hr 55m 57.000s | 9 |
2 | +1 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth | 38 | +7.610s | 6 |
3 | +2 | ![]() | Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 38 | +44.830s | 4 |
4 | +3 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 38 | +45.660s | 3 |
5 | +3 | ![]() | Matra | 38 | +1m 19.420s | 2 |
6 | +11 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 38 | +1m 19.650s | 1 |
7 | +7 | ![]() | Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 38 | +2m 20.160s | |
8 | +10 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 38 | +2m 47.170s | |
9 | -5 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 38 | +3m 09.610s | |
10 | +10 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 37 | +1 lap | |
11 | +2 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 37 | +1 lap | |
12 | +7 | ![]() | BRM | 36 | +2 laps | |
13 | -11 | ![]() | Matra | 35 | DNF | |
14 | -3 | ![]() | Ferrari | 35 | +3 laps | |
NC | ![]() | McLaren-Alfa Romeo | 29 | +9 laps | ||
R | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth | 23 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 17 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Ferrari | 16 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | BRM | 6 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | BRM | 5 | DNF |
Notes
- Jean-Pierre Beltoise ended lap 35 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.
Starting grid
Pole time: 2:58.220
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | ![]() | Ferrari |
2 | ![]() | Matra |
3 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth |
4 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
5 | ![]() | Brabham-Ford Cosworth |
6 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
7 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
8 | ![]() | Matra |
9 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
10 | ![]() | BRM |
11 | ![]() | Ferrari |
12 | ![]() | BRM |
13 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
14 | ![]() | Brabham-Ford Cosworth |
15 | ![]() | McLaren-Alfa Romeo |
16 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth |
17 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
18 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
19 | ![]() | BRM |
20 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 27 |
2 | ![]() | 19 |
= | ![]() | 19 |
4 | ![]() | 12 |
5 | ![]() | 12 |
6 | ![]() | 10 |
7 | ![]() | 9 |
8 | ![]() | 7 |
9 | ![]() | 6 |
10 | ![]() | 6 |
11 | ![]() | 4 |
= | ![]() | 4 |
13 | ![]() | 3 |
= | ![]() | 3 |
15 | ![]() | 2 |
= | ![]() | 2 |
= | ![]() | 2 |
18 | ![]() | 1 |
= | ![]() | 1 |
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