1970 French Grand Prix

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Race details

The Charade Circuit (1958-1988)
Date July 5, 1970
Official name LVI Grand Prix de France
Location Charade Circuit, Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 8.055 km (5.005 mi)
Distance 38 laps, 306.090 km (190.196 mi)
Weather Overcast
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 2:58.22
Fastest lap
Driver Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford
Time 3:00.75
Podium
First Lotus-Ford
Second March-Ford
Third Brabham-Ford

The 1970 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Charade Circuit on July 5, 1970. It was race 6 of 13 in both the 1970 World Championship of Drivers and the 1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. When plans to hold the Grand Prix at the Circuit d'Albi fell through, the race returned for the third time to the Charade Circuit.[1]

The 38-lap race was won by Lotus driver Jochen Rindt after he started from sixth position. Chris Amon finished second for the March team and Brabham driver Jack Brabham came in third.

Classification

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6 Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 38 1:55:57.0 6 9
2 14 New Zealand Chris Amon March-Ford 38 + 7.61 3 6
3 23 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 38 + 44.83 5 4
4 19 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 38 + 45.66 7 3
5 20 France Henri Pescarolo Matra 38 + 1:19.42 8 2
6 32 United States Dan Gurney McLaren-Ford 38 + 1:19.65 17 1
7 22 Germany Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Ford 38 + 2:20.16 14  
8 7 United Kingdom John Miles Lotus-Ford 38 + 2:47.17 18  
9 1 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart March-Ford 38 + 3:09.61 4  
10 8 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 37 + 1 Lap 20  
11 2 France François Cevert March-Ford 37 +1 Lap 13  
12 4 Canada George Eaton BRM 36 + 2 Laps 19  
13 21 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 35 Out of Fuel 2  
14 11 Italy Ignazio Giunti Ferrari 35 + 3 Laps 11  
NC 16 Italy Andrea de Adamich McLaren-Alfa Romeo 29 Not Classified 15  
Ret 12 Switzerland Jo Siffert March-Ford 23 Accident 16  
Ret 18 Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 17 Differential 9  
Ret 10 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 16 Engine 1  
Ret 3 Mexico Pedro Rodríguez BRM 6 Gearbox 10  
Ret 5 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver BRM 5 Engine 12  
DNQ 24 Switzerland Silvio Moser Bellasi-Ford    
DNQ 9 Spain Alex Soler-Roig Lotus-Ford    
DNQ 25 United States Pete Lovely Lotus-Ford        
Source:[2]

Notes

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 1 Austria Jochen Rindt 27
1 2 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart 19
3 Australia Jack Brabham 19
3 4 New Zealand Chris Amon 12
5 New Zealand Denny Hulme 12

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 1 United Kingdom Lotus-Ford 32
1 2 United Kingdom March-Ford 31
3 United Kingdom Brabham-Ford 21
4 United Kingdom McLaren-Ford 19
5 France Matra 15

References

  1. "A Brief History of Charade". theracingline.net. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  2. "1970 French Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
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