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

1970 German Grand Prix

DateSunday, 2 August 1970
Winner
  • Jochen Rindt
  • Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • Jacky Ickx
  • Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Jacky Ickx
  • Ferrari
CircuitHockenheim, 50 laps
Round8 of 13
Race numbers

The 1970 German Grand Prix was the:

  • 192nd World Championship race
  • 18th World Championship German Grand Prix
  • 1st World Championship race at Hockenheim (last until 1977)
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On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Non-qualifiers
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(AUT) Jochen RindtLotus-Ford Cosworth501hr 42m 00.300s9
2-1(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari50+0.700s6
3+13(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth50+1m 21.800s4
4+9(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth50+1m 55.100s3
5+6(DEU) Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford Cosworth49+1 lap2
6-1(FRA) Henri PescaroloMatra49+1 lap1
7+7(FRA) Francois CevertMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)49+1 lap 
8-4(CHE) Jo SiffertMarch-Ford Cosworth47DNF 
9+6(GBR) John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth46DNF 
R (GBR) Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)37DNF 
R (NZL) Chris AmonMarch-Ford Cosworth34DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari30DNF 
R (GBR) John MilesLotus-Ford Cosworth24DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie StewartMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)20DNF 
R (USA) Mario AndrettiMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)15DNF 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)11DNF 
R (MEX) Pedro RodriguezBRM7DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie OliverBRM5DNF 
R (AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford Cosworth4DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra4DNF 
R (GBR) Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford Cosworth3DNF 

Notes

  • Jo Siffert ended lap 47 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.
  • John Surtees ended lap 46 in P3 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:59.500

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

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Brian RedmanDe Tomaso-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(ITA) Andrea de AdamichMcLaren-Alfa Romeo
(CHE) Silvio MoserBellasi-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(DEU) Hubert HahneMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUT) Jochen Rindt45
2(AUS) Jack Brabham25
3(NZL) Denny Hulme20
4(GBR) Jackie Stewart19
5(NZL) Chris Amon14
6(MEX) Pedro Rodriguez10
7(BEL) Jacky Ickx10
8(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise9
9(FRA) Henri Pescarolo8
10(GBR) Graham Hill7
11(NZL) Bruce McLaren6
12(CHE) Clay Regazzoni6
13(USA) Mario Andretti4
14(DEU) Rolf Stommelen4
15(ITA) Ignazio Giunti3
=(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi3
17(GBR) John Miles2
=(FRA) Johnny Servoz-Gavin2
19(GBR) John Surtees1
=(USA) Dan Gurney1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Ford Cosworth50
2March-Ford Cosworth33
3Brabham-Ford Cosworth29
4McLaren-Ford Cosworth27
5Ferrari16
6Matra16
7BRM10

Statistics & milestones

Wins
6th and last for Jochen Rindt (last Austrian winner until 1974)
41st for Lotus
Podiums
20th for Denny Hulme (9th driver to score 20 podiums, 2nd New Zealander driver)
13th and last for Jochen Rindt
11th for Jacky Ickx
163rd for Ferrari
67th for Lotus
15th for McLaren
Poles
5th for Jacky Ickx
50th for Ferrari (2nd constructor to take 50 pole positions)
Fastest laps
5th for Jacky Ickx
46th for Ferrari
Front row starts
17th for Jochen Rindt
10th for Jacky Ickx (18th driver to achieve ten front row starts, 1st Belgian driver)
Points finishes
21st and last for Jochen Rindt
1st for Emerson Fittipaldi (157th different point scorer, 3rd Brazilian driver)

See also

  • German Grand Prix
  • Hockenheim circuit
  • 1970 World Championship season

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