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Home / Seasons / 1970 F1 World Championship Season / 1970 South African Grand Prix

1970 South African Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 7 March 1970
Winner
  • Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth
  • Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Ford Cosworth
CircuitKyalami, 80 laps
Round1 of 13
Race numbers

The 1970 South African Grand Prix was the

  • 185th World Championship race
  • 7th World Championship South African Grand Prix
  • 4th World Championship race at Kyalami
More 1970 season
More South African Grands Prix
Previous race1969 Mexican Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford Cosworth801hr 49m 34.600s9
2+4New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth80+8.100s6
3-2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)80+17.100s4
4+4France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra80+1m 13.100s3
5+9United Kingdom flag lazyload John MilesLotus-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap2
6+13United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)79+1 lap1
7+11France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloMatra78+2 laps 
8+14Rhodesia flag lazyload John LoveLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)78+2 laps 
9+7Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezBRM76+4 laps 
10-1Switzerland flag Jo SiffertMarch-Ford Cosworth75+5 laps 
11+10South Africa flag lazyload Peter de KlerkBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)75+5 laps 
12+1South Africa flag lazyload Dave CharltonLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)73DNF 
13-9Austria flag lazyload Jochen RindtLotus-Ford Cosworth72DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)60DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari60DNF 
R Canada flag lazyload George EatonBRM58DNF 
R France flag lazyload Johnny Servoz-GavinMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)57DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Piers CourageDe Tomaso-Ford Cosworth (privateer)39DNF 
R New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth39DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)26DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford Cosworth23DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie OliverBRM22DNF 
R New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMarch-Ford Cosworth14DNF 

Notes

  • Dave Charlton ended lap 73 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Jochen Rindt ended lap 72 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:19.300

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
2New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMarch-Ford Cosworth
3Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford Cosworth
4Austria flag lazyload Jochen RindtLotus-Ford Cosworth
5Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari
6New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
7United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
8France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra
9Switzerland flag Jo SiffertMarch-Ford Cosworth
10New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
11USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie OliverBRM
13South Africa flag lazyload Dave CharltonLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
14United Kingdom flag lazyload John MilesLotus-Ford Cosworth
15Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford Cosworth
16Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezBRM
17France flag lazyload Johnny Servoz-GavinMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
18France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloMatra
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
20United Kingdom flag lazyload Piers CourageDe Tomaso-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
21South Africa flag lazyload Peter de KlerkBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22Rhodesia flag lazyload John LoveLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23Canada flag lazyload George EatonBRM

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1970 South African Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham9
2New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme6
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart4
4France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Beltoise3
5United Kingdom flag lazyload John Miles2
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Ford Cosworth9
2United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth6
3United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Ford Cosworth4
4France flag lazyload Matra3
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth2

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Rolf Stommelen
March
Last start
Peter de Klerk
Milestone race start
50th for Denny Hulme (18th driver to start 50 races, 2nd New Zealander driver)
Wins
14th and last for Jack Brabham (first win since 1967; last Australian winner until 1977)
13th for Brabham (last until 1974)
Podiums
28th for Jack Brabham, 20th for Jackie Stewart (8th driver to score 20 podiums, 5th British driver; first for March), 18th for Denny Hulme
51st for Brabham, 12th for McLaren, 1st for March (27th different podium finisher)
Poles
3rd for Jackie Stewart (first for March)
1st for March (20th different polesitter)
Qualifying 1-2
1st for March (11th different constructor to qualify 1-2)
Fastest laps
11th and last for John Surtees (first since 1968; only fastest lap for McLaren), 9th for Jack Brabham
13th for Brabham, 1st for McLaren (19th different fastest lap setter)
Front row starts
36th for Jack Brabham, 18th for Jackie Stewart (first for March), 12th for Chris Amon (first for March)
Points finishes
50th for Jack Brabham, 1st and only for John Miles (151st different point scorer, 37th British driver)
Win & fastest lap
5th and last for Jack Brabham (first since 1966; first Australian driver to win and set the fastest lap since 1966 and last until 1979)

See also

  • South African Grand Prix
  • Kyalami circuit
  • 1970 World Championship season

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