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Home / Seasons / 1970 F1 World Championship Season / 1970 United States Grand Prix

1970 United States Grand Prix

DateSunday, 4 October 1970
Winner
  • Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitWatkins Glen, 108 laps
Round12 of 13
Race numbers

The 1970 United States Grand Prix was the

  • 196th World Championship race
  • 12th World Championship United States Grand Prix
  • 10th World Championship race at Watkins Glen
  • 1970 Drivers’ title decider
  • 1970 Constructors’ title decider
More 1970 season
More United States Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth1081hr 57m 32.790s9
2+2Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezBRM108+36.390s6
3+6Sweden flag lazyload Reine WisellLotus-Ford Cosworth108+45.170s4
4-3Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari107+1 lap3
5 New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMarch-Ford Cosworth107+1 lap2
6+7United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek BellSurtees-Ford Cosworth107+1 lap1
7+4New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth106+2 laps 
8+4France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloMatra105+3 laps 
9+14Switzerland flag Jo SiffertMarch-Ford Cosworth105+3 laps 
10+6Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford Cosworth105+3 laps 
11+4Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)104+4 laps 
12+7Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford Cosworth104+4 laps 
13-7Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari101+7 laps 
14+7United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford Cosworth100+8 laps 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth82DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)72DNF 
R France flag lazyload Francois CevertMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)62DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Tim SchenkenDe Tomaso-Ford Cosworth (privateer)61DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)50DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra27DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Gus HutchisonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)21DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie OliverBRM14DNF 
R Canada flag lazyload George EatonBRM10DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth6DNF 

Notes

  • Jackie Stewart ended lap 82 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:03.070

PosDriverConstructor
1Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
3Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth
4Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezBRM
5New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMarch-Ford Cosworth
6Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie OliverBRM
8United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth
9Sweden flag lazyload Reine WisellLotus-Ford Cosworth
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
11New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
12France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloMatra
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek BellSurtees-Ford Cosworth
14Canada flag lazyload George EatonBRM
15Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
16Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford Cosworth
17France flag lazyload Francois CevertMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
18France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra
19Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford Cosworth
20Australia flag lazyload Tim SchenkenDe Tomaso-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
21United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
22USA flag lazyload Gus HutchisonBrabham-Ford Cosworth
23Switzerland flag Jo SiffertMarch-Ford Cosworth
24Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter WestburyBRM
USA flag lazyload Pete LovelyLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
Italy flag lazyload Andrea de AdamichMcLaren-Alfa Romeo

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1970 United States Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Jochen Rindt45
2Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx31
3Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni27
4Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham25
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart25
6New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme23
7Mexico flag lazyload Pedro Rodriguez22
8New Zealand flag lazyload Chris Amon20
9France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Beltoise14
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 Ferrari46
3United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Ford Cosworth45
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Ford Cosworth35
5United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth31
6United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM22
7France flag lazyload Matra21
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Surtees-Ford Cosworth3

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Gus Hutchison (only start), Reine Wisell
Last start
De Tomaso
World Champion
1st and only title for Jochen Rindt (12th driver to win the World Championship, 1st Austrian champion; last Austrian champion until 1975)
4th title for Lotus (1st constructor to win four championships)
Wins
1st for Emerson Fittipaldi (44th different winner, 1st Brazilian driver; last win until 1972)
42nd for Lotus
Podiums
6th for Pedro Rodriguez, 1st for Emerson Fittipaldi (104th different podium finisher, 1st Brazilian driver), 1st and only for Reine Wisell (105th different podium finisher, 2nd Swedish driver; first Swedish driver to finish on the podium since 1959)
68th & 69th for Lotus, 55th for BRM
Poles
7th for Jacky Ickx
52nd for Ferrari
Fastest laps
7th for Jacky Ickx
50th for Ferrari (1st constructor to set 50 fastest laps)
Front row starts
24th for Jackie Stewart, 13th for Jacky Ickx
Points finishes
1st for Reine Wisell (160th different point scorer, 2nd Swedish driver), 1st and only for Derek Bell (161st different point scorer, 39th British driver)

See also

  • United States Grand Prix
  • Watkins Glen circuit
  • 1970 World Championship season

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