F1 driver standings
Standings
| # | Driver | ZAF | ESP | MCO | BEL | NLD | FRA | GBR | DEU | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA | MEX | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (AUT) Jochen Rindt (Lotus) | 13R | R | 1 | R | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | R | DNS | 45 | |||
| 2 | (BEL) Jacky Ickx (Ferrari) | R | R | R | 8 | 3 | R | R | 2 | 1 | R | 1 | 4 | 1 | 40 |
| 3 | (CHE) Clay Regazzoni (Ferrari) | 4 | 4 | R | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 33 | |||||
| 4 | (NZL) Denny Hulme (McLaren) | 2 | R | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | R | 4 | R | 7 | 3 | 27 | ||
| 5 | (AUS) Jack Brabham (Brabham) | 1 | R | 2 | R | 11 | 3 | 2 | R | 13 | R | R | 10 | R | 25 |
| = | (GBR) Jackie Stewart (March, Tyrrell) | 3 | 1 | R | R | 2 | 9 | R | R | R | 2 | R | R | R | 25 |
| 7 | (MEX) Pedro Rodriguez (BRM) | 9 | R | 6 | 1 | 10 | R | R | R | 4 | R | 4 | 2 | 6 | 23 |
| = | (NZL) Chris Amon (March) | R | R | R | 2 | R | 2 | 5 | R | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 23 |
| 9 | (FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise (Matra) | 4 | R | R | 3 | 5 | 13R | R | R | 6 | 3 | 8R | R | 5 | 16 |
| 10 | (BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi (Lotus) | 8 | 4 | 15 | DNQ | 1 | R | 12 | |||||||
| 11 | (DEU) Rolf Stommelen (Brabham) | R | R | DNQ | 5 | DNQ | 7 | DNS | 5 | 3 | 5 | R | 12 | R | 10 |
| 12 | (FRA) Henri Pescarolo (Matra) | 7 | R | 3 | 6R | 8 | 5 | R | 6 | 14 | R | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| 13 | (GBR) Graham Hill (Lotus) | 6 | 4 | 5 | R | NC | 10 | 6 | R | DNS | NC | R | R | 7 | |
| 14 | (NZL) Bruce McLaren (McLaren) | R | 2 | R | 6 | ||||||||||
| 15 | (USA) Mario Andretti (March) | R | 3 | R | R | R | 4 | ||||||||
| = | (SWE) Reine Wisell (Lotus) | 3 | NC | 4 | |||||||||||
| 17 | (ITA) Ignazio Giunti (Ferrari) | 4 | 14 | 7 | R | 3 | |||||||||
| = | (GBR) John Surtees (McLaren, Surtees) | R | R | R | 6 | R | 9R | R | R | 5 | R | 8 | 3 | ||
| 19 | (GBR) John Miles (Lotus) | 5 | DNQ | DNQ | R | 7 | 8 | R | R | R | DNS | 2 | |||
| = | (FRA) Johnny Servoz-Gavin (March) | R | 5 | DNQ | 2 | ||||||||||
| = | (GBR) Jackie Oliver (BRM) | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | 5 | R | NC | R | 7 | 2 |
| 22 | (USA) Dan Gurney (McLaren) | R | 6 | R | 1 | ||||||||||
| = | (FRA) Francois Cevert (March) | R | 11 | 7 | 7 | R | 6 | 9 | R | R | 1 | ||||
| = | (GBR) Peter Gethin (McLaren) | R | R | 10 | NC | 6 | 14 | R | 1 | ||||||
| = | (GBR) Derek Bell (Brabham, Surtees) | R | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
| (CHE) Jo Siffert (March) | 10 | DNQ | 8R | 7R | R | R | R | 8R | 9 | R | R | 9 | R | ||
| (SWE) Ronnie Peterson (March) | 7 | NC | 9 | R | 9 | R | R | NC | 11 | ||||||
| (ITA) Andrea de Adamich (McLaren) | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | NC | DNS | DNQ | 12 | 8 | R | DNQ | |||||
| (RHO) John Love (Lotus) | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| (CAN) George Eaton (BRM) | R | DNQ | DNQ | R | 12 | R | 11 | R | 10 | R | |||||
| (ZAF) Peter de Klerk (Brabham) | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| (ZAF) Dave Charlton (Lotus) | 12R | ||||||||||||||
| (GBR) Piers Courage (De Tomaso) | R | DNS | NC | R | R | ||||||||||
| (AUS) Tim Schenken (De Tomaso) | R | R | NC | R | |||||||||||
| (USA) Pete Lovely (Lotus) | DNQ | DNQ | NC | DNQ | |||||||||||
| (CHE) Silvio Moser (Bellasi) | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | R | DNQ | ||||||||||
| (SWE) Jo Bonnier (McLaren) | DNQ | R | |||||||||||||
| (USA) Gus Hutchison (Brabham) | R | ||||||||||||||
| (ESP) Alex Soler-Roig (Lotus) | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||
| (GBR) Brian Redman (De Tomaso) | DNS | DNQ | |||||||||||||
| (DEU) Hubert Hahne (March) | DNQ | ||||||||||||||
| (ITA) Nanni Galli (McLaren) | DNQ | ||||||||||||||
| (GBR) Peter Westbury (BRM) | DNQ | ||||||||||||||
| # | Driver | ZAF | ESP | MCO | BEL | NLD | FRA | GBR | DEU | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA | MEX | Points |
Table key, points system and championship rules
- Highlight: Rookie
- Bold: pole position
- Underline: fastest lap
- Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
- DNQ: Did not qualify
- NC: Not classified
- DNS: Did not start
The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:
- 1st (9)
- 2nd (6)
- 3rd (4)
- 4th (3)
- 5th (2)
- 6th (1)
Only the best six results from the first seven races and the best five results from the last six races counted towards the championship.
Race to the title
The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1970. Reigning world champion Jackie Stewart, who finished equal 5th, is also shown.