The 1970 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Mont-Tremblant on September 20, 1970. It was race 11 of 13 in both the 1970 World Championship of Drivers and the 1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 90-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx after he started from second position. His teammate Clay Regazzoni finished second and March driver Chris Amon came in third. This race marked the debut of Tyrrell Racing as a constructor. Stewart took pole position for the race in the first outing for the team. Tim Schenken finishing the race only 11 laps behind is the best a De Tomaso built car ever achieved. Also of note Team Lotus still mourning the loss of Jochen Rindt did not enter this race but the Rob Walker team running the Lotus 72 with Graham Hill did.
Qualifying classification PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGapGrid13 Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford1:31.5 —1218 Jacky IckxFerrari1:31.6 +0.12319 Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:31.9 +0.4342 François CevertMarch-Ford1:32.4 +0.9454 John SurteesSurtees-Ford1:32.6 +1.15620 Chris AmonMarch-Ford1:32.6 +1.16714 Pedro RodríguezBRM1:32.7 +1.27824 Henri PescaroloMatra1:32.9 +1.48916 George EatonBRM1:32.9 +1.491015 Jackie OliverBRM1:33.1 +1.610116 Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford1:33.2 +1.711128 Andrea de AdamichMcLaren-Alfa Romeo1:33.2 +1.7121323 Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra1:33.4 +1.9131421 Jo SiffertMarch-Ford1:33.5 +2.014155 Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford1:33.9 +2.4151626 Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford1:34.4 +2.9161710 Tim SchenkenDe Tomaso-Ford1:34.6 +3.1171812 Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford1:34.7 +3.2181911 Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford1:35.4 +3.919209 Graham HillLotus-Ford1:35.8 +4.320Source:
Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 18 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 90 2:21:18.4 2 9 2 19 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 90 + 14.8 3 6 3 20 Chris Amon March-Ford 90 + 57.9 6 4 4 14 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 89 + 1 lap 7 3 5 4 John Surtees Surtees-Ford 89 + 1 lap 5 2 6 6 Peter Gethin McLaren-Ford 88 + 2 laps 11 1 7 24 Henri Pescarolo Matra 87 + 3 laps 8 8 23 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 85 Clutch 13 9 2 François Cevert March-Ford 85 + 5 laps 4 10 16 George Eaton BRM 85 + 5 laps 9 10 Tim Schenken De Tomaso-Ford 79 + 11 laps 17 9 Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 77 + 13 laps 20 8 Andrea de Adamich McLaren-Alfa Romeo 69 Oil Pressure 12 26 Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 65 + 25 laps 16 5 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 58 Engine 15 11 Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 57 Oil Leak 19 15 Jackie Oliver BRM 52 + 38 laps 10 3 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 31 Axle 1 12 Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Ford 22 Handling 18 21 Jo Siffert March-Ford 21 Engine 14
Notes
This was the 100th race for a Belgian driver. In those 100 races, Belgian drivers had won 5 Grands Prix, achieved 18 podium finishes, 6 pole positions, 6 fastest laps and 2 Grand Slams. After winning last year's Canadian Grand Prix, Jacky Ickx now was the sole record holder with two Canadian Grand Prix wins, breaking the record set by Jack Brabham at the 1967 Canadian Grand Prix. This was the first pole position for British constructor Tyrrell.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jochen Rindt* 45 4 2 Jacky Ickx* 28 2 3 Clay Regazzoni 27 2 4 Jackie Stewart 25 2 5 Jack Brabham 25Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Lotus-Ford* 50 2 2 Ferrari* 43 1 3 March-Ford* 43 1 4 Brabham-Ford* 35 5 McLaren-Ford 31Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Competitors in bold and marked with an asterisk still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.
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