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1970 United States Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth1081hr 57m 32.790s9
2+2(MEX) Pedro RodriguezBRM108+36.390s6
3+6(SWE) Reine WisellLotus-Ford Cosworth108+45.170s4
4-3(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari107+1 lap3
5 (NZL) Chris AmonMarch-Ford Cosworth107+1 lap2
6+7(GBR) Derek BellSurtees-Ford Cosworth107+1 lap1
7+4(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth106+2 laps 
8+4(FRA) Henri PescaroloMatra105+3 laps 
9+14(CHE) Jo SiffertMarch-Ford Cosworth105+3 laps 
10+6(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford Cosworth105+3 laps 
11+4(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)104+4 laps 
12+7(DEU) Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford Cosworth104+4 laps 
13-7(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari101+7 laps 
14+7(GBR) Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford Cosworth100+8 laps 
R (GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth82DNF 
R (GBR) Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)72DNF 
R (FRA) Francois CevertMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)62DNF 
R (AUS) Tim SchenkenDe Tomaso-Ford Cosworth (privateer)61DNF 
R (SWE) Jo BonnierMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)50DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra27DNF 
R (USA) Gus HutchisonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)21DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie OliverBRM14DNF 
R (CAN) George EatonBRM10DNF 
R (GBR) 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
1(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari
2(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
3(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth
4(MEX) Pedro RodriguezBRM
5(NZL) Chris AmonMarch-Ford Cosworth
6(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari
7(GBR) Jackie OliverBRM
8(GBR) John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth
9(SWE) Reine WisellLotus-Ford Cosworth
10(GBR) Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
11(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
12(FRA) Henri PescaroloMatra
13(GBR) Derek BellSurtees-Ford Cosworth
14(CAN) George EatonBRM
15(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
16(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford Cosworth
17(FRA) Francois CevertMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
18(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra
19(DEU) Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford Cosworth
20(AUS) Tim SchenkenDe Tomaso-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
21(GBR) Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
22(USA) Gus HutchisonBrabham-Ford Cosworth
23(CHE) Jo SiffertMarch-Ford Cosworth
24(SWE) Jo BonnierMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Peter WestburyBRM
(USA) Pete LovelyLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(ITA) Andrea de AdamichMcLaren-Alfa Romeo

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUT) Jochen Rindt45
2(BEL) Jacky Ickx31
3(CHE) Clay Regazzoni27
4(AUS) Jack Brabham25
=(GBR) Jackie Stewart25
6(NZL) Denny Hulme23
7(MEX) Pedro Rodriguez22
8(NZL) Chris Amon20
9(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise14
10(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi12
11(DEU) Rolf Stommelen10
12(FRA) Henri Pescarolo8
13(GBR) Graham Hill7
14(NZL) Bruce McLaren6
15(USA) Mario Andretti4
=(SWE) Reine Wisell4
17(ITA) Ignazio Giunti3
18(GBR) John Surtees3
19(GBR) John Miles2
=(FRA) Johnny Servoz-Gavin2
=(GBR) Jackie Oliver2
22(USA) Dan Gurney1
=(FRA) Francois Cevert1
=(GBR) Peter Gethin1
=(GBR) Derek Bell1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Ford Cosworth59
2Ferrari46
3March-Ford Cosworth45
4Brabham-Ford Cosworth35
5McLaren-Ford Cosworth31
6BRM22
7Matra21
8Surtees-Ford Cosworth3

Stats & 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)