1970 South African Grand Prix
Date | Saturday, 7 March 1970 |
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Pole position |
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Fastest lap |
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Circuit | Kyalami, 80 laps |
Round | 1 of 13 |
Race numbers | The 1970 South African Grand Prix was the
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Previous race | 1969 Mexican Grand Prix |
Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +2 | ![]() | Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 80 | 1hr 49m 34.600s | 9 |
2 | +4 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 80 | +8.100s | 6 |
3 | -2 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 80 | +17.100s | 4 |
4 | +4 | ![]() | Matra | 80 | +1m 13.100s | 3 |
5 | +9 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 79 | +1 lap | 2 |
6 | +13 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 79 | +1 lap | 1 |
7 | +11 | ![]() | Matra | 78 | +2 laps | |
8 | +14 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 78 | +2 laps | |
9 | +7 | ![]() | BRM | 76 | +4 laps | |
10 | -1 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth | 75 | +5 laps | |
11 | +10 | ![]() | Brabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 75 | +5 laps | |
12 | +1 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 73 | DNF | |
13 | -9 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 72 | DNF | |
R | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 60 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Ferrari | 60 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | BRM | 58 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 57 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | De Tomaso-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 39 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 39 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 26 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 23 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | BRM | 22 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth | 14 | DNF |
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
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
2 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth |
3 | ![]() | Brabham-Ford Cosworth |
4 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
5 | ![]() | Ferrari |
6 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
7 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
8 | ![]() | Matra |
9 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth |
10 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
11 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
12 | ![]() | BRM |
13 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
14 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
15 | ![]() | Brabham-Ford Cosworth |
16 | ![]() | BRM |
17 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
18 | ![]() | Matra |
19 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
20 | ![]() | De Tomaso-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
21 | ![]() | Brabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
22 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
23 | ![]() | BRM |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1970 South African Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 9 |
2 | ![]() | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 9 |
2 | ![]() | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 2 |
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)