1970 German Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 2 August 1970
Winner:	Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Pole position:	Jacky Ickx Ferrari
Fastest lap:	Jacky Ickx Ferrari
Circuit:	Hockenheim, 50 laps
Round:	8 of 13

Race Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	50	1hr 42m 00.300s	9
2	-1	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	50	+0.700s	6
3	+13	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	50	+1m 21.800s	4
4	+9	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	50	+1m 55.100s	3
5	+6	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	49	+1 lap	2
6	-1	Henri Pescarolo	Matra	49	+1 lap	1
7	+7	Francois Cevert	March-Ford Cosworth (P)	49	+1 lap
8	-4	Jo Siffert	March-Ford Cosworth	47	DNF
9	+6	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	46	DNF
R		Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford Cosworth (P)	37	DNF
R		Chris Amon	March-Ford Cosworth	34	DNF
R		Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	30	DNF
R		John Miles	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	24	DNF
R		Jackie Stewart	March-Ford Cosworth (P)	20	DNF
R		Mario Andretti	March-Ford Cosworth (P)	15	DNF
R		Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford Cosworth (P)	11	DNF
R		Pedro Rodriguez	BRM	7	DNF
R		Jackie Oliver	BRM	5	DNF
R		Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	4	DNF
R		Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	4	DNF
R		Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	3	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place
• (P): privateer entry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1:59.500
2	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
3	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
4	Jo Siffert	March-Ford Cosworth
5	Henri Pescarolo	Matra
6	Chris Amon	March-Ford Cosworth
7	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford Cosworth (P)
8	Pedro Rodriguez	BRM
9	Mario Andretti	March-Ford Cosworth (P)
10	John Miles	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
11	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
12	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
13	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
14	Francois Cevert	March-Ford Cosworth (P)
15	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
16	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
17	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
18	Jackie Oliver	BRM
19	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford Cosworth (P)
20	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford Cosworth (P)
21	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra

Non-qualifiers

• (P): privateer entry

Driver	Constructor
Brian Redman	De Tomaso-Ford Cosworth (P)
Andrea de Adamich	McLaren-Alfa Romeo
Silvio Moser	Bellasi-Ford Cosworth (P)
Hubert Hahne	March-Ford Cosworth (P)

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jochen Rindt	45
2	Jack Brabham	25
3	Denny Hulme	20
4	Jackie Stewart	19
5	Chris Amon	14
6	Pedro Rodriguez	10
7	Jacky Ickx	10
8	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	9
9	Henri Pescarolo	8
10	Graham Hill	7
11	Bruce McLaren	6
12	Clay Regazzoni	6
13	Mario Andretti	4
14	Rolf Stommelen	4
15	Ignazio Giunti	3
=	Emerson Fittipaldi	3
17	John Miles	2
=	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	2
19	John Surtees	1
=	Dan Gurney	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	50
2	March-Ford Cosworth	33
3	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	29
4	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	27
5	Ferrari	16
6	Matra	16
7	BRM	10

Statistics & Milestones

Wins

Driver: 6th and last for Jochen Rindt

Constructor: 41st for Lotus

Podiums

Driver: 20th for Denny Hulme, 13th and last for Jochen Rindt, 11th for Jacky Ickx

Constructor: 163rd for Ferrari, 67th for Lotus, 15th for McLaren

Poles

Driver: 5th for Jacky Ickx

Constructor: 50th for Ferrari

Fastest laps

Driver: 5th for Jacky Ickx

Constructor: 46th for Ferrari

Front row starts

Driver: 17th for Jochen Rindt, 10th for Jacky Ickx

Points finishes

Driver: 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