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1970 Monaco Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMonte Carlo, 80 laps
Round3 of 13
Race numbers

The 1970 Monaco Grand Prix was the:

  • 187th World Championship race
  • 17th World Championship Monaco Grand Prix
  • 17th World Championship race at Monte Carlo
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+7(AUT) Jochen RindtLotus-Ford Cosworth801hr 54m 36.600s9
2+2(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford Cosworth80+23.100s6
3+4(FRA) Henri PescaroloMatra80+51.400s4
4-1(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth80+1m 28.300s3
5+11(GBR) Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)79+1 lap2
6+9(MEX) Pedro RodriguezBRM78+2 laps1
7+5(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)78+2 laps 
8+3(CHE) Jo SiffertMarch-Ford Cosworth76DNF 
R (NZL) Chris AmonMarch-Ford Cosworth60DNF 
NC (GBR) Piers CourageDe Tomaso-Ford Cosworth (privateer)58+22 laps 
R (GBR) Jackie StewartMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)57DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie OliverBRM42DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra21DNF 
R (NZL) Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth19DNF 
R (GBR) John SurteesMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)14DNF 
R (BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari11DNF 

Notes

  • Jo Siffert ended lap 76 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:24.000

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Jackie StewartMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
2(NZL) Chris AmonMarch-Ford Cosworth
3(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
4(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford Cosworth
5(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari
6(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra
7(FRA) Henri PescaroloMatra
8(AUT) Jochen RindtLotus-Ford Cosworth
9(GBR) Piers CourageDe Tomaso-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
10(NZL) Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
11(CHE) Jo SiffertMarch-Ford Cosworth
12(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
13(GBR) John SurteesMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
14(GBR) Jackie OliverBRM
15(MEX) Pedro RodriguezBRM
16(GBR) Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(DEU) Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford Cosworth
(ITA) Andrea de AdamichMcLaren-Alfa Romeo
(FRA) Johnny Servoz-GavinMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(CAN) George EatonBRM
(GBR) John MilesLotus-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUS) Jack Brabham15
2(GBR) Jackie Stewart13
3(AUT) Jochen Rindt9
4(NZL) Denny Hulme9
5(NZL) Bruce McLaren6
6(GBR) Graham Hill6
7(USA) Mario Andretti4
=(FRA) Henri Pescarolo4
9(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise3
10(GBR) John Miles2
=(FRA) Johnny Servoz-Gavin2
12(MEX) Pedro Rodriguez1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Brabham-Ford Cosworth15
2McLaren-Ford Cosworth15
3Lotus-Ford Cosworth14
4March-Ford Cosworth13
5Matra7
6BRM1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Ronnie Peterson
Last start
Bruce McLaren
Wins
2nd for Jochen Rindt
37th for Lotus
Podiums
29th for Jack Brabham
9th for Jochen Rindt
1st and only for Henri Pescarolo (101st different podium finisher, 7th French driver)
63rd for Lotus
52nd for Brabham
17th for Matra
Poles
4th for Jackie Stewart
2nd for March
1-2 start
2nd and last for March
Fastest laps
3rd and last for Jochen Rindt (last Austrian driver to set a fastest lap until 1974)
41st for Lotus (last until 1973)
Front row starts
20th for Jackie Stewart (10th driver to achieve 20 front row starts, 5th British driver)
13th for Chris Amon
Points finishes
1st for Henri Pescarolo (153rd different point scorer, 13th French driver)
Win & fastest lap
2nd and last for Jochen Rindt (last Austrian driver to win and set the fastest lap until 1974)