1970 Monaco Grand Prix

43 44 4.74 N 7 25 16.8 E scale:1563_type:landmark_region:MC title F1 Monaco Monaco XXVIII Grand Prix de Monaco 10 May 1970 Circuit de Monaco 1950.png Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco Street circuit 1.954 3.145 80 156.337 251.600 Sunny and warm Jackie Stewart March-Ford 1:24.0 UK Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 1:23.2 80 Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford Austria Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford Australia Henri Pescarolo Matra France MON The 1970 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Monaco on 10 May 1970. It was race 3 of 13 in both the 1970 World Championship of Drivers and the 1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. Jochen Rindt scored the last victory for the famous Lotus 49. This was Bruce McLaren's final Formula One race - as he was killed 5 days before the next race at Belgium - and Ronnie Peterson's first. Report There were no significant changes in the drivers' lineup for Monaco, and the only new driver was Ronnie Peterson, entering in a non-works March. The Lotus team decided to bring the old 49C chassis instead of the new 72, despite testing the new car in a non-championship race at Silverstone a couple of weeks earlier.https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1970-international-trophy/ 1970 International Trophy | Motorsport Database In qualifying March swept the front row, with Jackie Stewart on pole (for the Tyrrell team) and Chris Amon alongside him. Third was Denny Hulme's McLaren, and fourth the Brabham of Jack Brabham; behind them was the Ferrari of Jacky Ickx. The first Lotus driver was Jochen Rindt, qualifying in eighth place. Despite heavy rain during the practice laps, the drivers raced in clear conditions and on a dry track. Stewart led the field with Amon, Brabham, Ickx and Jean-Pierre Beltoise behind him; Hulme got a poor start and was way down the order after the first corner. On the second lap, Beltoise passed Ickx, who retired on lap 12 with a driveshaft failure. On lap 22 Beltoise, now in fourth, retired with transmission problems; on the same lap Brabham passed Amon to take second place. Stewart remained the race leader until his car began misfiring on lap 27. After a long pit stop, Stewart returned to the race only to eventually retire. This left Brabham in the lead, with Amon, Hulme and Rindt following. The engine failed on Jackie Oliver's BRM, who retired due to quickly falling oil pressure. At around the same time, Hulme developed problems with the gearing of his McLaren and so dropped back behind Rindt and Henri Pescarolo. On lap 62 Amon's suspension failed; he was forced to retire, leaving Rindt in second place nine seconds behind Brabham. Rindt increased his pace, able to close the gap to Brabham. On the final corner of the last lap, however, Brabham defended the inside line to prevent Rindt from passing. There was less traction on the dusty surface off the racing line, and Brabham locked the wheels under braking and the car skidded across the track towards the barriers. Rindt passed behind him and won the race. Brabham quickly reversed and finished the race in second position. Third was Pescarolo in a Matra, while the remaining points positions were rounded out by Hulme, Graham Hill (who worked his way up from the last spot on the grid) and Pedro Rodríguez.Jenkinson Denis The 28th Monaco Grand Prix: The Best-Laid Plans Motor Sport June 1970 25 http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/june-1970/25/28th-monaco-grand-prix 31 July 2015 Qualifying Qualifying classification Pos.DriverConstructorTimeGrid1GBR Jackie StewartMarch-Ford1:24.012NZL Chris AmonMarch-Ford1:24.623NZL Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford1:25.134AUS Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford1:25.445BEL Jacky IckxFerrari1:25.556FRA Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra1:25.667FRA Henri PescaroloMatra1:25.778AUT Jochen RindtLotus-Ford1:25.989GBR Piers CourageDe Tomaso-Ford1:26.1910NZL Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford1:26.11011SUI Jo SiffertMarch-Ford1:26.211DNQ Did not qualifyGER Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford1:26.3—DNQ Did not qualifyITA Andrea de AdamichMcLaren-Alfa Romeo1:26.3—14GBR Graham HillLotus-Ford1:26.81615SWE Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford1:26.812DNQ Did not qualifyCAN George EatonBRM1:27.0—17GBR John SurteesMcLaren-Ford1:27.413DNQ Did not qualifyGBR John MilesLotus-Ford1:27.4—19GBR Jackie OliverBRM1:27.514DNQ Did not qualifyFRA Johnny Servoz-GavinMarch-Ford1:28.1—21MEX Pedro RodríguezBRM1:28.815Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1970/monaco/qualification.aspx Monaco 1970 - Qualifications • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 12 March 2021 Race Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 AUT Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 80 1:54:37.4 8 9 2 5 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 80 + 23.1 4 6 3 9 FRA Henri Pescarolo Matra 80 + 51.4 7 4 4 11 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 80 + 1:28.3 3 3 5 1 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 16 2 6 17 MEX Pedro Rodríguez BRM 78 + 2 Laps 15 1 7 23 SWE Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 12   8 19 SUI Jo Siffert March-Ford 76 Out of Fuel 11   Ret Retired 28 NZL Chris Amon March-Ford 60 Suspension 2   NC Not classified 24 UK Piers Courage De Tomaso-Ford 58 + 22 Laps 9   Ret Retired 21 UK Jackie Stewart March-Ford 57 Engine 1   Ret Retired 16 UK Jackie Oliver BRM 42 Engine 14   Ret Retired 8 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 21 Differential 6   Ret Retired 12 NZL Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 19 Suspension 10   Ret Retired 14 UK John Surtees McLaren-Ford 14 Oil Pressure 13   Ret Retired 26 BEL Jacky Ickx Ferrari 11 Halfshaft 5   DNQ Did not qualify 10 ITA Andrea de Adamich McLaren-Alfa Romeo     DNQ Did not qualify 6 GER Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 15 CAN George Eaton BRM     DNQ Did not qualify 2 UK John Miles Lotus-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 20 FRA Johnny Servoz-Gavin March-Ford        Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1970/527/ 1970 Monaco Grand Prix formula1.com 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20131031023643/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1970/527/ 31 October 2013 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Swedish driver and future Grand Prix winner Ronnie Peterson. This was the 5th win of a Monaco Grand Prix by Lotus. It broke the old record set by BRM at the 1966 Monaco Grand Prix. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 AUS Jack Brabham 15 10px 1 2 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart 13 10px 13 3 AUT Jochen Rindt 9 10px 1 4 New Zealand Denny Hulme 9 10px 1 5 NZL Bruce McLaren 6Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1970/monaco/championnat.aspx Monaco 1970 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 2 1 UK Brabham-Ford 15 10px 2 UK McLaren-Ford 15 10px 1 3 UK Lotus-Ford 14 10px 3 4 UK March-Ford 13 10px 5 France Matra 7Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em Further reading Lang Mike Grand Prix! 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