1970 French Grand Prix

 1970 French Grand Prix

Racing data
6th of 13 races in the 1970 World Automobile Championship
Surname:	LVI Grand Prix de France
Date:	5th July 1970
Place:	Clermont-Ferrand
Course:	Circuit de Charade
Length:	306.09 km in 38 laps of 8.055 km
Weather:	cloudy and warm
Pole position
Driver:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Time:	2: 58.22 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jack Brabham	Brabham
Time:	3: 00.75 min
Podium
First:	Jochen Rindt	lotus
Second:	Chris Amon	March
Third:	Jack Brabham	Brabham

The 1970 French Grand Prix took place on July 5th at the Circuit de Charade near Clermont-Ferrand and was the sixth race of the 1970 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

The starting field was limited to 20 vehicles for safety reasons due to the relatively narrow and winding course. Since 23 cars were registered for the race, it was clear from the start that the three slowest of the training would not be allowed to race.

Because of Piers Courage's fatal accident two weeks earlier at the Dutch Grand Prix , Frank Williams decided against his private team taking part. John Surtees was absent as he was preparing for the first start of his own racing car at the next race in Great Britain .

training

Jochen Rindt qualified for sixth starting position. He didn't like the course as the many jerky changes in direction and uphill / downhill sections made him nauseous. The fact that a blown stone hit him in the face from the insufficiently paved track edge during training strengthened his negative attitude towards the racetrack.

Jacky Ickx took pole position ahead of Jean-Pierre Beltoise , who secured the best starting position of his Formula 1 career in his home race.

run

Jacky Ickx initially took the lead, but already suspected that his engine might not survive the race distance, as problems had appeared shortly before the race. On lap 15 he actually retired with engine failure and Jean-Pierre Beltoise, who had been second up to that point, took the lead, which he held until lap 26, when he had to head into the pits because of a flat tire. Now Jochen Rindt took over the lead and won ahead of Chris Amon and Jack Brabham .

In the final phase, the former leading Beltoise retired with problems with the fuel supply, but was still classified as 13th due to the distance covered.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Tyrrell Racing Organization	1	Jackie Stewart	March 701	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	D.
	2	François Cevert
Yardley Team BRM	3	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM P153	BRM P142 3.0 V12	D.
	4th	George Eaton
	5	Jackie Oliver
Gold Leaf Team Lotus	6th	Jochen Rindt	Lotus 72C	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	7th	John Miles	Lotus 72B
Rob Walker Racing Team	8th	Graham Hill	Lotus 49C
World Wide Racing	9	Àlex Soler-Roig
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	10	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312B	Ferrari 001 3.0 F12	F.
	11	Ignazio Giunti
March engineering	12	Jo Siffert	March 701	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	14th	Chris Amon
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	16	Andrea de Adamich	McLaren M7D	Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8	G
	17th	Dan Gurney	McLaren M14A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
	19th	Denis Hulme	McLaren M14D
Colin Crabbe Racing	18th	Ronnie Peterson	March 701		G
Equipe Matra Elf	20th	Henri Pescarolo	Matra MS120	Matra MS12 3.0 V12	G
	21st	Jean-Pierre Beltoise
Auto Motor and Sport	22nd	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham BT33	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
Motor Racing Developments	23	Jack Brabham
Silvio Moser Racing Team	24	Silvio Moser	Bellasi F1 70		G
Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc.	25th	Pete Lovely	Lotus 49B		F.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	2: 58.22	162.709 km / h	01
02	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	2: 58.70	162.272 km / h	02
03	Chris Amon	March-Ford	2: 59.14	161.873 km / h	03
04th	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford	2: 59.24	161.783 km / h	04th
05	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	2: 59.67	161.396 km / h	05
06th	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	2: 59.74	161.333 km / h	06th
07th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	3: 00.42	160.725 km / h	07th
08th	Henri Pescarolo	Matra	3: 00.59	160.574 km / h	08th
09	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	3: 01.21	160.024 km / h	09
10	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	3: 01.29	159.954 km / h	10
11	Ignazio Giunti	Ferrari	3: 01.85	159.461 km / h	11
12	Jackie Oliver	BRM	3: 02.77	158.658 km / h	12
13	François Cevert	March-Ford	3: 02.87	158.572 km / h	13
14th	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	3: 03.41	158.105 km / h	14th
15th	Andrea de Adamich	McLaren-Alfa Romeo	3: 03.48	158.044 km / h	15th
16	Jo Siffert	March-Ford	3: 03.78	157.786 km / h	16
17th	Dan Gurney	McLaren-Ford	3: 04.04	157.564 km / h	17th
18th	John Miles	Lotus Ford	3: 04.16	157.461 km / h	18th
19th	George Eaton	BRM	3: 04.92	156.814 km / h	19th
20th	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	3: 07.84	154.376 km / h	20th
DNQ	Silvio Moser	Bellasi-Ford	3: 08.10	154.163 km / h	-
DNQ	Àlex Soler-Roig	Lotus Ford	3: 14.49	149.098 km / h	-
DNQ	Pete Lovely	Lotus Ford	3: 15.58	148.267 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	38	0	1: 55: 57.0	06th	3: 00.96
02	Chris Amon	March-Ford	38	0	+ 7.61	03	3: 01.31
03	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	38	0	+ 44.83	05	3: 00.75
04th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	38	0	+ 45.66	07th	3: 01.14
05	Henri Pescarolo	Matra	38	0	+1: 19.42	08th	3: 03.62
06th	Dan Gurney	McLaren-Ford	38	0	+1: 19.65	17th	3: 02.41
07th	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	38	0	+ 2: 20.16	14th	3: 03.69
08th	John Miles	Lotus Ford	38	0	+ 2: 47.17	18th	3: 03.68
09	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford	38	1	+ 3: 09.61	04th	3: 02.28
10	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	37	0	+ 1 lap	20th	3: 04.12
11	François Cevert	March-Ford	37	0	+ 1 lap	13	3: 05.92
12	George Eaton	BRM	36	1	+ 2 rounds	19th	3: 07.07
13	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	35	1	DNF	02	3: 01.23	Fuel pressure drop
14th	Ignazio Giunti	Ferrari	35	0	+ 3 rounds	11	3: 02.76
-	Andrea de Adamich	McLaren-Alfa Romeo	29	1	NC	15th	3: 10.79	Unrated
-	Jo Siffert	March-Ford	23	0	DNF	16	3: 06.02	Driving error
-	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	17th	0	DNF	09	3: 03.58	Differential damage
-	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	16	0	DNF	01	3: 02.08	Engine failure
-	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	06th	0	DNF	10	3: 04.38	Gearbox damage
-	Jackie Oliver	BRM	05	0	DNF	12	3: 09.59	Engine failure

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Jochen Rindt lotus 27 02  Jackie Stewart March 19th 03  Jack Brabham Brabham 19th 04th  Denis Hulme McLaren 12 05  Chris Amon March 12 06th  Pedro Rodríguez BRM 10 07th  Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 9 08th  Henri Pescarolo Matra 7th 09  Bruce McLaren McLaren 6th 10  Graham Hill lotus 6th

Item driver constructor Points 11  Jacky Ickx Ferrari 4th 12  Mario Andretti March 4th 13  Ignazio Giunti Ferrari 3 14th  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 3 15th  Johnny Servoz-Gavin March 2 16  John Miles lotus 2 17th  Rolf Stommelen Brabham 2 18th  Dan Gurney McLaren 1 20th  John Surtees McLaren 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  lotus 32 02  March 31 03  Brabham 21st 04th  McLaren 19th

Item constructor Points 05  Matra 15th 06th  BRM 10 07th  Ferrari 7th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 11, 2011)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed June 11, 2011)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 11, 2011)