1970 French Grand Prix

1970 French Grand Prix
1970 French Grand Prix
	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	Jacky Ickx;
Time	2:58.22
Fastest lap
Driver	Jack Brabham
Time	3:00.75 on lap 29
Podium
First	Jochen Rindt;
Second	Chris Amon;
Third	Jack Brabham;
	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]

Date 5 July 1970

Course Permanent racing facility

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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.

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

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford	38	1:55:57.0	6	9
2	14	Chris Amon	March-Ford	38	+ 7.61	3	6
3	23	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	38	+ 44.83	5	4
4	19	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	38	+ 45.66	7	3
5	20	Henri Pescarolo	Matra	38	+ 1:19.42	8	2
6	17	Dan Gurney	McLaren-Ford	38	+ 1:19.65	17	1
7	22	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	38	+ 2:20.16	14
8	7	John Miles	Lotus-Ford	38	+ 2:47.17	18
9	1	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford	38	+ 3:09.61	4
10	8	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford	37	+ 1 Lap	20
11	2	François Cevert	March-Ford	37	+ 1 Lap	13
12	4	George Eaton	BRM	36	+ 2 Laps	19
13	21	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	35	Out of Fuel	2
14	11	Ignazio Giunti	Ferrari	35	+ 3 Laps	11
NC	16	Andrea de Adamich	McLaren-Alfa Romeo	29	+ 9 Laps	15
Ret	12	Jo Siffert	March-Ford	23	Accident	16
Ret	18	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	17	Differential	9
Ret	10	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	16	Engine	1
Ret	3	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	6	Gearbox	10
Ret	5	Jackie Oliver	BRM	5	Engine	12
DNQ	24	Silvio Moser	Bellasi-Ford
DNQ	9	Alex Soler-Roig	Lotus-Ford
DNQ	25	Pete Lovely	Lotus-Ford
Source:^[3]

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