1970 Formula One season

The 1970 Formula One season crowned as champion Jochen Rindt.

[change] Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	South African Grand Prix	March 7	Kyalami	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	Report
2	Spanish Grand Prix	April 19	Jarama	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford	Report
3	Monaco Grand Prix	May 10	Monaco	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford	Report
4	Belgian Grand Prix	June 7	Spa-Francorchamps	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	Report
5	Dutch Grand Prix	June 21	Zandvoort	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford	Report
6	French Grand Prix	July 5	Charade	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford	Report
7	British Grand Prix	July 18	Brands Hatch	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford	Report
8	German Grand Prix	August 2	Hockenheimring	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford	Report
9	Austrian Grand Prix	August 16	Österreichring	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	Report
10	Italian Grand Prix	September 6	Monza	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	Report
11	Canadian Grand Prix	September 20	Mont-Tremblant	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	Report
12	United States Grand Prix	October 4	Watkins Glen	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	Report
13	Mexican Grand Prix	October 25	Hermanos Rodriguez	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	Report

Pos.	Driver	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX	Pts.
1	Jochen Rindt	13	Ret	1	Ret	1	1	1	1	Ret	DNS				45
2	Jacky Ickx	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	3	Ret	Ret	2	1	Ret	1	4	1	40
3	Clay Regazzoni					4		4	Ret	2	1	2	13	2	33
4	Denny Hulme	2	Ret	4			4	3	3	Ret	4	Ret	7	3	27
5	Jackie Stewart	3	1	Ret	Ret	2	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	25
6	Jack Brabham	1	Ret	2	Ret	11	3	2	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	25
7	Pedro Rodríguez	9	WD	6	1	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	4	2	6	23
8	Chris Amon	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	2	5	Ret	8	7	3	5	4	23
9	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	4	Ret	Ret	3	5	13	Ret	Ret	6	3	8	Ret	5	16
10	Emerson Fittipaldi							8	4	15	WD		1	Ret	12
11	Rolf Stommelen	Ret	Ret	DNQ	5	DNQ	7		5	3	5	Ret	12	Ret	10
12	Henri Pescarolo	7	Ret	3	6	8	5	Ret	6	14	Ret	7	8	9	8
13	Graham Hill	6	4	5	Ret	NC	10	6	Ret		WD	NC	Ret	Ret	7
14	Bruce McLaren	Ret	2	Ret											6
15	Reine Wisell												3	NC	4
16	Mario Andretti	Ret	3					Ret	Ret	Ret					4
17	Ignazio Giunti				4		14			7	Ret				3
18	John Surtees	Ret	Ret	Ret		6		Ret	9	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	8	3
19	John Miles	5	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	7	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	WD				2
20	Jackie Oliver	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	NC	Ret	7	2
21	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	Ret	5	DNQ											2
22	François Cevert					Ret	11	7	7	Ret	6	9	Ret	Ret	1
23	Peter Gethin					Ret			Ret	10	NC	6	14	Ret	1
24	Dan Gurney					Ret	6	Ret							1
25	Derek Bell				Ret								6		1
26	Jo Siffert	10	DNQ	8	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	9	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	0
27	Ronnie Peterson			7	NC	9	Ret	9	Ret		Ret	NC	11		0
28	Andrea de Adamich		DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	NC	Ret	DNQ	12	8	Ret	DNQ		0
29	John Love	8													0
30	George Eaton	Ret	DNQ	DNQ		Ret	12	Ret		11	Ret	10	Ret		0
31	Peter de Klerk	11													0
32	Dave Charlton	12													0
—	Piers Courage	Ret	DNS	NC	Ret	Ret									0
—	Tim Schenken									Ret	Ret	NC	Ret		0
—	Pete Lovely					DNQ	DNQ	NC					DNQ		0
—	Silvio Moser					DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	Ret	DNQ				0
—	Jo Bonnier										DNQ		Ret		0
—	Gus Hutchison												Ret		0
—	Alex Soler-Roig		DNQ				DNQ								0
—	Brian Redman								DNQ						0
—	Hubert Hahne								DNQ						0
—	Nanni Galli										DNQ				0
—	Peter Westbury												DNQ		0
Pos.	Driver	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX	Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret) Withdrawn during race (WD/Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Withdrawn before qualifying (WD/DNQ) or pre-qualifying (WD/DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS) Withdrawn before start (WD/DNS)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) - from 2003 onwards
Blank	Did not practice (DNP) Withdrawn, thus DNP (WD/DNP)
	Injured or ill (Inj)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Did not have a car (DNC)

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