1970 Mexican Grand Prix

F1 Mexico Mexican October 25 1970 Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez 1963.svg The Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca Mexican Grand Prix Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca, Mexico City, Mexico Permanent racing facility 3.107 5.000 65 201.946 325.000 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:41.86 Switzerland Jacky Ickx Ferrari 1:43.11 on lap 46 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari Belgium Clay Regazzoni Ferrari Switzerland Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford New Zealand MEX The 1970 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca in Mexico City on October 25, 1970. It was race 13 of 13 in both the 1970 World Championship of Drivers and the 1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 65-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx after he started from third position. His teammate Clay Regazzoni finished second and McLaren driver Denny Hulme came in third. Ickx need to win all three remaining races of the season following Monza (Canada, USA, Mexico) in order to close the points gap to the late Jochen Rindt, but could not because Rindt's team scored an emotional victory at the previous round at Watkins Glen with Emerson Fittipaldi while Ickx finished 4th. As a result, Rindt became the first Austrian Formula One World Champion and the only driver ever to win the championship posthumously. Qualifying classification PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGapGrid14SUI Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:41.86 —121GBR Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford1:41.88 +0.02233BEL Jacky IckxFerrari1:42.41 +0.553415AUS Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford1:43.57 +1.714512NZL Chris AmonMarch-Ford1:43.71 +1.85566FRA Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra1:43.82 +1.966719MEX Pedro RodríguezBRM1:44.01 +2.157814GBR Graham HillLotus-Ford1:44.13 +2.27892FRA François CevertMarch-Ford1:44.21 +2.359109GBR Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford1:44.46 +2.6010117FRA Henri PescaroloMatra1:44.55 +2.69111223SWE Reine WisellLotus-Ford1:44.59 +2.73121320GBR Jackie OliverBRM1:44.70 +2.8413148NZL Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford1:44.95 +3.09141517GBR John SurteesSurtees-Ford1:45.03 +3.17151611SUI Jo SiffertMarch-Ford1:46.15 +4.29161716GER Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford1:46.30 +4.44171824BRA Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford1:48.13 +6.2718Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1970/mexique/qualification.aspx Mexico 1970 - Qualification • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 28 December 2021 Race report The race was originally scheduled to start at 2:30pm but the crowd of 200,000 was difficult to control and almost forced the cancellation of the race. They were crammed in front of the guard-rails, sat at the trackside and ran across the track itself. Despite appeals from Jackie Stewart and local hero Pedro Rodríguez they still remained troublesome. It cause the start to be delayed to 4:00pm. From the start, Jacky Ickx led from Stewart and Clay Regazzoni, but dropped back with steering column trouble. Later, a collision with a dog which had escaped onto the track damaged Stewart's suspension and forced his retirement, leaving the Ferraris dominant in first and second. Jack Brabham retired from third place in his final Grand Prix when the engine blew on lap 53. The Ferraris romped home with Ickx leading Regazzoni and Denny Hulme claiming the third podium spot. The crowd control issues led to the Mexican Grand Prix being dropped from the 1971 calendar. It returned to the Formula One calendar fifteen years later in 1986. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 65 1:53:28.36 3 9 2 4 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 65 + 24.64 1 6 3 8 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 65 + 45.97 14 4 4 12 New Zealand Chris Amon March-Ford 65 + 47.05 5 3 5 6 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 65 + 50.11 6 2 6 19 Mexico Pedro Rodriguez BRM 65 + 1:24.76 7 1 7 20 UK Jackie Oliver BRM 64 + 1 lap 13   8 17 UK John Surtees Surtees-Ford 64 + 1 lap 15   9 7 France Henri Pescarolo Matra 61 + 4 laps 11   NC Not classified 23 Sweden Reine Wisell Lotus-Ford 56 + 9 laps 12   Ret Retired 15 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 52 Engine 4   Ret Retired 1 UK Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 33 Suspension 2   Ret Retired 9 UK Peter Gethin McLaren-Ford 27 Engine 10   Ret Retired 16 Germany Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Ford 15 Fuel system 17   Ret Retired 2 France François Cevert March-Ford 8 Engine 9   Ret Retired 14 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 4 Overheating 8   Ret Retired 11 Switzerland Jo Siffert March-Ford 3 Engine 16   Ret Retired 24 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 1 Engine 18  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1970/535/ 1970 Mexican Grand Prix formula1.com 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029211108/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1970/535/ 29 October 2013 Notes This was the 10th podium finish for a Swiss driver. This was the 50th fastest lap set by a Ferrari (as a constructor and as an engine supplier); a record. This race marked the 126th and last Grand Prix start for Jack Brabham; a record that would be broken by Graham Hill at the 1971 Monaco Grand Prix. Final championship standings Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 AUT Jochen Rindt 45 10px 2 BEL Jacky Ickx 40 10px 3 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni 33 10px 2 4 NZL Denny Hulme 27 10px 1 5 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart 25Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1970/mexique/championnat.aspx Mexico 1970 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK Lotus-Ford 59 10px 2 ITA Ferrari 52 (55) 10px 3 UK March-Ford 48 10px 4 UK Brabham-Ford 35 10px 5 UK McLaren-Ford 35Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 6 results from the first 7 rounds and the best 5 results from the last 6 rounds counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored. Competitors in bold are the 1970 World Champions. References em30 Mexican Grand Prix 1970 1970 United States Grand Prix 1971 South African Grand Prix 1969 Mexican Grand Prix 1986 Mexican Grand Prix Mexican Grand Prix Category:Mexican Grand Prix Category:1970 in Mexican motorsport Category:October 1970 sports events in Mexico