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Formula 1 season

1970

13 championship rounds

World Drivers' Championship

Driver standings

38 classified

1 Jochen Rindt Team Lotus 45 points · 5 wins

2 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 40 points · 3 wins

3 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 33 points · 1 wins

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4 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 27 points · 0 wins

5 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 25 points · 1 wins

6 Jack Brabham Brabham 25 points · 1 wins

7 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 23 points · 1 wins

8 Chris Amon March 23 points · 0 wins

9 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 16 points · 0 wins

10 Emerson Fittipaldi Team Lotus 12 points · 1 wins

11 Rolf Stommelen Brabham 10 points · 0 wins

12 Henri Pescarolo Matra 8 points · 0 wins

13 Graham Hill Team Lotus 7 points · 0 wins

14 Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 6 points · 0 wins

15 Reine Wisell Team Lotus 4 points · 0 wins

16 Mario Andretti March 4 points · 0 wins

17 Ignazio Giunti Ferrari 3 points · 0 wins

18 John Surtees Surtees 3 points · 0 wins

19 John Miles Team Lotus 2 points · 0 wins

20 Jackie Oliver BRM 2 points · 0 wins

21 Johnny Servoz-Gavin March 2 points · 0 wins

22 François Cevert March 1 points · 0 wins

23 Peter Gethin McLaren-Ford 1 points · 0 wins

24 Dan Gurney McLaren-Ford 1 points · 0 wins

25 Derek Bell Surtees 1 points · 0 wins

- Jo Siffert March 0 points · 0 wins

- Ronnie Peterson March 0 points · 0 wins

- Andrea de Adamich McLaren-Alfa Romeo 0 points · 0 wins

- John Love Team Lotus 0 points · 0 wins

- George Eaton BRM 0 points · 0 wins

- Peter de Klerk Brabham 0 points · 0 wins

- Dave Charlton Team Lotus 0 points · 0 wins

- Piers Courage De Tomaso 0 points · 0 wins

- Pete Lovely Team Lotus 0 points · 0 wins

- Tim Schenken De Tomaso 0 points · 0 wins

- Jo Bonnier McLaren-Ford 0 points · 0 wins

- Silvio Moser Bellasi 0 points · 0 wins

- Gus Hutchison Brabham 0 points · 0 wins

World Constructors' Championship

Team standings

12 classified

1 Team Lotus British 59 points · 6 wins

2 Ferrari Italian 55 points · 4 wins

3 March British 48 points · 1 wins

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4 Brabham British 35 points · 1 wins

5 McLaren-Ford British 35 points · 0 wins

6 BRM British 23 points · 1 wins

7 Matra French 23 points · 0 wins

8 Surtees British 3 points · 0 wins

- McLaren-Alfa Romeo British 0 points · 0 wins

- De Tomaso Italian 0 points · 0 wins

- Tyrrell British 0 points · 0 wins

- Bellasi Swiss 0 points · 0 wins

Season story

Championship progression

Position after each round

Follow how the Drivers' Championship order changed throughout 1970. First place is shown at the top.

Championship calendar

Race results

13 rounds

01 South African Grand Prix Kyalami · Midrand, South Africa 7 March 1970 → 02 Spanish Grand Prix Jarama · Madrid, Spain 19 April 1970 → 03 Monaco Grand Prix Circuit de Monaco · Monte Carlo, Monaco 10 May 1970 → 04 Belgian Grand Prix Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Spa, Belgium 7 June 1970 → 05 Dutch Grand Prix Circuit Park Zandvoort · Zandvoort, Netherlands 21 June 1970 → 06 French Grand Prix Charade Circuit · Clermont-Ferrand, France 5 July 1970 → 07 British Grand Prix Brands Hatch · Kent, UK 18 July 1970 → 08 German Grand Prix Hockenheimring · Hockenheim, Germany 2 August 1970 → 09 Austrian Grand Prix Red Bull Ring · Spielberg, Austria 16 August 1970 → 10 Italian Grand Prix Autodromo Nazionale di Monza · Monza, Italy 6 September 1970 → 11 Canadian Grand Prix Circuit Mont-Tremblant · Quebec, Canada 20 September 1970 → 12 United States Grand Prix Watkins Glen · New York State, USA 4 October 1970 → 13 Mexican Grand Prix Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez · Mexico City, Mexico 25 October 1970 →