1970 Formula One season

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1970 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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The 1970 Formula One season included the 21st FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on March 7, 1970, and ended on October 25 after thirteen races. This is the only season to date in which the World Championship title has been awarded posthumously.

1 Season summary
2 Season review
3 1970 Constructors Championship final standings
4 1970 Drivers Championship final standings
5 Notes
6 External links

[edit] Season summary

For 1970 following the agreement with Simca, Tyrrell were asked by Matra to use their V12 rather than the Cosworth. Stewart tested the Matra V12 and found it inferior to the DFV. As a large part of the Tyrrell budget was provided by Ford, and another significant element came from French state-owned petroleum company Elf, which had an agreement with Renault that precluded supporting a Simca partner, Ken Tyrrell had little alternative (due to clashing sponsorship deals) but to buy March 701 chassis as interim solution while developing his own car in secret; the first Tyrrell bore much resemblance to the MS80.

The new wedge-shaped Lotus 72 was a very innovative car featuring torsion bar suspension, hip-mounted radiators, inboard front brakes and an overhanging rear wing. The 72 originally had suspension problems, but when anti-dive and anti-squat were designed out of the suspension the car quickly showed is superiority and Lotus' new leader, the Austrian Jochen Rindt, dominated the championship until he was killed at Monza when a brake shaft broke. He took the 1970 title posthumously for Lotus. Jacky Ickx won the Austrian, the Canadian and the Mexican Grand Prix to become second in the driver championship, having re-joined Ferrari from Brabham. Had he won the United States Grand Prix instead of Brazilian up-riser Emerson Fittipaldi, Ickx would have been crowned champion.

1970 saw the introduction of slick tyres by Goodyear.

Triple champion Jack Brabham retired at the end of the year.

[edit] 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

[edit] 1970 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Points^[1]	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Lotus-Ford	49C 72 72B 72C	Ford Cosworth DFV	59	6	7	3
2	Ferrari	312B	Ferrari 001	52 (55)	4	9	5
3	March-Ford	701	Ford Cosworth DFV	48	1	8	3
4	Brabham-Ford	BT33	Ford Cosworth DFV	35	1	5	1
5	McLaren-Ford	M14A	Ford Cosworth DFV	35		5
6	Matra	MS120	Matra MS12	23		3
7	BRM	P139 P153	BRM P142	23	1	2
8	Surtees-Ford	TS7	Ford Cosworth DFV	3
9	McLaren-Alfa Romeo	M7D M14D	Alfa Romeo T33
10	Tyrrell-Ford	001	Ford Cosworth DFV				1
11	Bellasi-Ford	F1	Ford Cosworth DFV
12	De Tomaso-Ford	505/38	Ford Cosworth DFV

[edit] 1970 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos.	Driver	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX	Pts.^[2]
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)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) - from 2003 onwards
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Injured or ill (Inj)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

[edit] Notes

^ Constructors' points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six placegetters in each race however only the best placed car from each constructor was eligible to score points. The best 6 results from the first 7 races and the best 5 results from the last 6 races were counted. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
^ Drivers' points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six placegetters in each race. The best 6 results from the first 7 races and the best 5 results from the last 6 races were counted however this rule did not effect any driver's points tally in the 1970 championship.