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. 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 PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGapGrid15 Jochen RindtLotus-Ford1:24.8 —1217 Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford1:24.8 +0.0233 Jacky IckxFerrari1:25.1 +0.33423 Jackie OliverBRM1:25.6 +0.8459 Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford1:25.6 +0.8564 Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:25.8 +1.0676 John MilesLotus-Ford1:25.9 +1.1781 Jackie StewartMarch-Ford1:26.0 +1.28926 Mario AndrettiMarch-Ford1:26.2 +1.491018 Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford1:26.3 +1.5117 Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra1:26.5 +1.7101210 Dan GurneyMcLaren-Ford1:26.6 +1.811138 Henri PescaroloMatra1:26.7 +1.9121427 Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford1:26.8 +2.013152 François CevertMarch-Ford1:26.8 +2.0141622 Pedro RodríguezBRM1:26.9 +2.1151724 George EatonBRM1:26.9 +2.1161816 Chris AmonMarch-Ford1:27.0 +2.2171911 Andrea de AdamichMcLaren-Alfa Romeo1:27.1 +2.3182020 John SurteesSurtees-Ford1:27.7 +2.9192115 Jo SiffertMarch-Ford1:28.0 +3.2202228 Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford1:28.1 +3.3212314 Graham HillLotus-Ford1:28.4 +3.6222429 Pete LovelyLotus-Ford1:30.3 +5.5232525 Brian RedmanDe Tomaso-Ford1:32.8 +8.0Source:
Race
Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 80 1:57:02.0 1 9 2 17 Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 80 + 32.9 2 6 3 9 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 80 + 54.4 5 4 4 4 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 80 + 54.8 6 3 5 16 Chris Amon March-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 17 2 6 14 Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 22 1 7 2 François Cevert March-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 14 8 28 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 21 9 27 Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 72 + 8 Laps 13 29 Pete Lovely Lotus-Ford 69 + 11 Laps 23 10 Dan Gurney McLaren-Ford 60 Oil Pressure 11 22 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 58 Accident 15 23 Jackie Oliver BRM 54 Engine 4 1 Jackie Stewart March-Ford 52 Clutch 8 20 John Surtees Surtees-Ford 51 Oil Pressure 19 8 Henri Pescarolo Matra 41 Accident 12 7 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 24 Wheel 10 26 Mario Andretti March-Ford 21 Suspension 9 15 Jo Siffert March-Ford 19 Suspension 20 6 John Miles Lotus-Ford 15 Engine 7 24 George Eaton BRM 10 Oil Pressure 16 3 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 6 Transmission 3 11 Andrea de Adamich McLaren-Alfa Romeo Fuel Leak 18 18 Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Ford 25 Brian Redman De Tomaso-Ford
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 1 Jochen Rindt 36 1 2 Jack Brabham 25 1 3 Jackie Stewart 19 1 4 Denny Hulme 16 1 5 Chris Amon 14Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Lotus-Ford 41 2 March-Ford 33 3 Brabham-Ford 27 4 McLaren-Ford 23 5 Matra 15Source:
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