1970 British Grand Prix

October 2023 June 2013 F1 United Kingdom British 18 July 1970 File:Brands Hatch 1960-1975.svg XXIII RAC British Grand Prix Brands Hatch, Kent, England Permanent racing facility 2.650 4.265 80 212.012 341.200 Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 1:24.8 Austria Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 1:25.9 70 Australia Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford Austria Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford Australia Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford New Zealand GBR The 1970 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch on 18 July 1970. It was race 7 of 13 in both the 1970 World Championship of Drivers and the 1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 80-lap race was won from pole position by Austrian driver Jochen Rindt, driving a Lotus 72. Rindt took his third consecutive victory after Australian Jack Brabham, driving a Brabham BT33, ran out of fuel at the last corner while leading comfortably, and after Rindt himself had originally been disqualified for having an illegal rear wing.Jenkinson Denis Denis Jenkinson 23rd British Grand Prix: An RAC Nonsense Motor Sport August 1970 22 http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/august-1970/22/23rd-british-grand-prix 31 July 2015 Brabham held on to second place, scoring what would turn out to be his final points in Formula One, with New Zealander Denny Hulme finishing third for McLaren. This was the first Formula One race for Brazilian future World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi, who qualified 21st and finished eighth in an older Lotus 49. It was also the final F1 race for American Dan Gurney. Qualifying Qualifying classification PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGapGrid15AUT Jochen RindtLotus-Ford1:24.8 —1217AUS Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford1:24.8 +0.0233BEL Jacky IckxFerrari1:25.1 +0.33423GBR Jackie OliverBRM1:25.6 +0.8459NZL Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford1:25.6 +0.8564SUI Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:25.8 +1.0676GBR John MilesLotus-Ford1:25.9 +1.1781GBR Jackie StewartMarch-Ford1:26.0 +1.28926USA Mario AndrettiMarch-Ford1:26.2 +1.491018GER Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford1:26.3 +1.5DNS Did not start117FRA Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra1:26.5 +1.7101210USA Dan GurneyMcLaren-Ford1:26.6 +1.811138FRA Henri PescaroloMatra1:26.7 +1.9121427SWE Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford1:26.8 +2.013152FRA François CevertMarch-Ford1:26.8 +2.0141622MEX Pedro RodríguezBRM1:26.9 +2.1151724CAN George EatonBRM1:26.9 +2.1161816NZL Chris AmonMarch-Ford1:27.0 +2.2171911ITA Andrea de AdamichMcLaren-Alfa Romeo1:27.1 +2.3182020GBR John SurteesSurtees-Ford1:27.7 +2.9192115SUI Jo SiffertMarch-Ford1:28.0 +3.2202228BRA Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford1:28.1 +3.3212314GBR Graham HillLotus-Ford1:28.4 +3.6222429USA Pete LovelyLotus-Ford1:30.3 +5.5232525GBR Brian RedmanDe Tomaso-Ford1:32.8 +8.0DNS Did not startSource:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1970/grande-bretagne/qualification.aspx Britain 1970 - Qualification • STATS F1 statsf1.com 13 March 2021 Race Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 AUT Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 80 1:57:02.0 1 9 2 17 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 80 + 32.9 2 6 3 9 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 80 + 54.4 5 4 4 4 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 80 + 54.8 6 3 5 16 NZL Chris Amon March-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 17 2 6 14 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 22 1 7 2 FRA François Cevert March-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 14   8 28 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 21   9 27 SWE Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 72 + 8 Laps 13   NC Not classified 29 USA Pete Lovely Lotus-Ford 69 + 11 Laps 23   Ret Retired 10 USA Dan Gurney McLaren-Ford 60 Oil Pressure 11   Ret Retired 22 MEX Pedro Rodríguez BRM 58 Accident 15   Ret Retired 23 UK Jackie Oliver BRM 54 Engine 4   Ret Retired 1 UK Jackie Stewart March-Ford 52 Clutch 8   Ret Retired 20 UK John Surtees Surtees-Ford 51 Oil Pressure 19   Ret Retired 8 FRA Henri Pescarolo Matra 41 Accident 12   Ret Retired 7 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 24 Wheel 10   Ret Retired 26 USA Mario Andretti March-Ford 21 Suspension 9   Ret Retired 15 SUI Jo Siffert March-Ford 19 Suspension 20   Ret Retired 6 UK John Miles Lotus-Ford 15 Engine 7   Ret Retired 24 CAN George Eaton BRM 10 Oil Pressure 16   Ret Retired 3 BEL Jacky Ickx Ferrari 6 Transmission 3   DNS Did not start 11 ITA Andrea de Adamich McLaren-Alfa Romeo Fuel Leak 18   DNS Did not start 18 GER Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Ford DNS Did not start 25 UK Brian Redman De Tomaso-Ford Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1970/530/ 1970 British Grand Prix formula1.com 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20131031042121/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1970/530/ 31 October 2013 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Brazilian driver and future World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi. This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British constructor Surtees. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 AUT Jochen Rindt 36 10px 1 2 AUS Jack Brabham 25 10px 1 3 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart 19 10px 1 4 New Zealand Denny Hulme 16 10px 1 5 NZL Chris Amon 14Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1970/grande-bretagne/championnat.aspx Britain 1970 - Championship • STATS F1 statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK Lotus-Ford 41 10px 2 UK March-Ford 33 10px 3 UK Brabham-Ford 27 10px 4 UK McLaren-Ford 23 10px 5 France Matra 15Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References British Grand Prix 1970 1970 French Grand Prix 1970 German Grand Prix 1969 British Grand Prix 1971 British Grand Prix British Grand Prix Category:British Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:Sport in Kent