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1970 French Grand Prix

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1970 French Grand Prix
The Circuit de Charade (1958-1988)
The Circuit de Charade (1958-1988)
Race details
Date 5 July 1970
Official name LVI Grand Prix de France
Location Circuit de Charade
Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 8.055 km (5.005 miles)
Distance 38 laps, 306.090 km (190.196 miles)
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
Lap leaders

The 1970 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Charade, Clermont-Ferrand on 5 July 1970. It was race 6 of 13 in both the 1970 World Championship of Drivers and the 1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. This was the third French Grand Prix to be held at the Circuit de Charade and the second in succession, after plans to hold the race at the Circuit d'Albi near Toulouse fell through.[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.

Qualifying

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Qualifying classification

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Pos. Driver Constructor Time Grid
1 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 2:58.22 1
2 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 2:58.70 2
3 New Zealand Chris Amon March-Ford 2:59.14 3
4 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart March-Ford 2:59.24 4
5 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 2:59.67 5
6 Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 2:59.74 6
7 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 3:00.42 7
8 France Henri Pescarolo Matra 3:00.59 8
9 Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 3:01.21 9
10 Mexico Pedro Rodríguez BRM 3:01.29 10
11 Italy Ignazio Giunti Ferrari 3:01.85 11
12 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver BRM 3:02.77 12
13 France François Cevert March-Ford 3:02.87 13
14 Germany Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Ford 3:03.41 14
15 Italy Andrea de Adamich McLaren-Alfa Romeo 3:03.48 15
16 Switzerland Jo Siffert March-Ford 3:03.78 16
17 United States Dan Gurney McLaren-Ford 3:04.04 17
18 United Kingdom John Miles Lotus-Ford 3:04.16 18
19 Canada George Eaton BRM 3:04.92 19
20 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 3:07.84 20
DNQ Switzerland Silvio Moser Bellasi-Ford 3:08.10
DNQ Spain Alex Soler-Roig Lotus-Ford 3:14.49
DNQ United States Pete Lovely Lotus-Ford 3:15.58
Source: [2]

Race

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Classification

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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 17 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 + 9 Laps 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:[3]

Notes

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  • This was the last F1 race to be held on public roads with no Armco lined around the circuit. When F1 returned to the Charade circuit in 1972, Armco had already been installed there.
  • Last Points: Dan Gurney
  • For the first time since the 1968 Canadian Grand Prix, a Ford-powered car did not start on pole position. This race ended a record streak of 18 consecutive pole positions for Ford-Cosworth-powered cars.

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ Rive, Franck. "A Brief History of Charade". theracingline.net. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  2. ^ "France 1970 - Qualification • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  3. ^ "1970 French Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b "France 1970 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.


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