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

1970 Mexican Grand Prix

DateSunday, 25 October 1970
Winner
  • Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitMexico City, 65 laps
Round13 of 13
Race numbers

The 1970 Mexican Grand Prix was the

  • 197th World Championship race
  • 8th World Championship Mexican Grand Prix (last until 1986)
  • 8th World Championship race at Mexico City (last until 1986)
More 1970 season
More Mexican Grands Prix
Next race1971 South African Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari651hr 53m 28.360s9
2-1Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari65+45.460s6
3+11New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth65+45.970s4
4+1New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMarch-Ford Cosworth65+47.050s3
5+1France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra65+50.110s2
6+1Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezBRM65+1m 24.760s1
7+6United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie OliverBRM64+1 lap 
8+7United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth64+1 lap 
9+2France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloMatra61+4 laps 
NC Sweden flag lazyload Reine WisellLotus-Ford Cosworth56+9 laps 
R Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford Cosworth52DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R France flag lazyload Francois CevertMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)8DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)4DNF 
R Switzerland flag Jo SiffertMarch-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth1DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:41.860

PosDriverConstructor
1Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
3Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari
4Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford Cosworth
5New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMarch-Ford Cosworth
6France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra
7Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezBRM
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
9France flag lazyload Francois CevertMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
11France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloMatra
12Sweden flag lazyload Reine WisellLotus-Ford Cosworth
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie OliverBRM
14New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
15United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth
16Switzerland flag Jo SiffertMarch-Ford Cosworth
17Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford Cosworth
18Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1970 Mexican Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Jochen Rindt45
2Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx40
3Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni33
4New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme27
5Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham25
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart25
7Mexico flag lazyload Pedro Rodriguez23
8New Zealand flag lazyload Chris Amon23
9France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Beltoise16
10Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi12
11Germany flag lazyload Rolf Stommelen10
12France flag lazyload Henri Pescarolo8
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill7
14New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLaren6
15USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti4
=Sweden flag lazyload Reine Wisell4
17Italy flag lazyload Ignazio Giunti3
18United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees3
19United Kingdom flag lazyload John Miles2
=France flag lazyload Johnny Servoz-Gavin2
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Oliver2
22USA flag lazyload Dan Gurney1
=France flag lazyload Francois Cevert1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Gethin1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek Bell1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth59
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari52
3United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Ford Cosworth48
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Ford Cosworth35
5United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth35
6United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM23
7France flag lazyload Matra23
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Surtees-Ford Cosworth3

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Jack Brabham
Wins
6th for Jacky Ickx
46th for Ferrari
Race 1-2
26th for Ferrari
Podiums
21st for Denny Hulme (last podium until 1972), 14th for Jacky Ickx, 4th for Clay Regazzoni
169th & 170th for Ferrari, 16th for McLaren
Poles
1st for Clay Regazzoni (37th different polesitter, 2nd Swiss driver)
53rd for Ferrari EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Lotus)
Fastest laps
8th for Jacky Ickx
51st for Ferrari
Front row starts
25th for Jackie Stewart, 2nd for Clay Regazzoni
Win & fastest lap
4th for Jacky Ickx

See also

  • Mexican Grand Prix
  • Mexico City circuit
  • 1970 World Championship season

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