1970 Formula One season

The 1970 Formula One season crowned as champion Jochen Rindt.

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	23x15px South African Grand Prix	March 7	Kyalami	23x15px Jack Brabham	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Brabham-Ford	Report
2	23x15px Spanish Grand Prix	April 19	Jarama	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Jackie Stewart	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg March-Ford	Report
3	File:Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco Grand Prix	May 10	Monaco	Jochen Rindt	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Lotus-Ford	Report
4	Belgian Grand Prix	June 7	Spa-Francorchamps	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Pedro Rodríguez	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg BRM	Report
5	Dutch Grand Prix	June 21	Zandvoort	Jochen Rindt	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Lotus-Ford	Report
6	French Grand Prix	July 5	Charade	Jochen Rindt	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Lotus-Ford	Report
7	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg British Grand Prix	July 18	Brands Hatch	Jochen Rindt	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Lotus-Ford	Report
8	File:Flag of Germany.svg German Grand Prix	August 2	Hockenheimring	Jochen Rindt	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg 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	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Lotus-Ford	Report
13	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexican Grand Prix	October 25	Hermanos Rodriguez	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	Report

1970 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos.	Driver	RSA 23x15px	ESP 23x15px	MON File:Flag of Monaco.svg	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg	GER File:Flag of Germany.svg	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX File:Flag of Mexico.svg	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	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Jackie Stewart	3	1	Ret	Ret	2	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	25
6	23x15px Jack Brabham	1	Ret	2	Ret	11	3	2	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	25
7	File:Flag of Mexico.svg 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	File:Flag of Germany.svg 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	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg 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	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg John Surtees	Ret	Ret	Ret		6		Ret	9	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	8	3
19	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg John Miles	5	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	7	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	WD				2
20	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg 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	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Peter Gethin					Ret			Ret	10	NC	6	14	Ret	1
24	Dan Gurney					Ret	6	Ret							1
25	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg 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	23x15px Peter de Klerk	11													0
32	23x15px Dave Charlton	12													0
—	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Piers Courage	Ret	DNS	NC	Ret	Ret									0
—	23x15px 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
—	23x15px Alex Soler-Roig		DNQ				DNQ								0
—	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Brian Redman								DNQ						0
—	File:Flag of Germany.svg Hubert Hahne								DNQ						0
—	Nanni Galli										DNQ				0
—	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Peter Westbury												DNQ		0
Pos.	Driver	RSA 23x15px	ESP 23x15px	MON File:Flag of Monaco.svg	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg	GER File:Flag of Germany.svg	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX File:Flag of Mexico.svg	Pts.

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

1970 Formula One Season Media

Jochen Rindt won the World Drivers' Championship despite having died in an accident during practice for the Italian Grand Prix, driving for Lotus
Spa 1950.jpg

Diagram of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, which hosted the Belgian Grand Prix from 1950 to 1954.
Rindt at 1970 Dutch Grand Prix.jpg

Jochen Rindt won the Dutch Grand Prix in his new monocoque-chassis Lotus 72 which had only raced twice before, but in a different spec
Circuit Charade 1958 1988.png

The Grand Prix was held on the original Charade Circuit
Circuit Hockenheimring-1970.svg

This was the first race to use this version of the Hockenheimring, used from 1970 to 1981
This was the last time the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza was driven for 68 laps; from 1971 onwards, the race would have 55 laps
Lotus 72 Ford Cosworth.jpg

Lotus Ford won the International Cup for Formula 1 Manufacturers