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Race details
Race 7 of 13 in the 1970 Formula One season
Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit 1960-1975
Date 18 July 1970
Official name XXIII RAC British Grand Prix
Location Brands Hatch, Kent, England
Course Permanent racing facility
4.265 km (2.650 mi)
Distance 80 laps, 341.200 km (212.012 mi)
Pole position
Driver 25px Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford
Time 1:24.8
Fastest lap
Driver 25px Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford
Time 1:25.9
Podium
First 25px Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford
Second 25px Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford
Third 25px New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford

The 1970 British Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Brands Hatch on 18 July 1970. It was the seventh race of the 1970 Formula One season.

Jack Brabham had a substantial lead in this race, however his car ran out of fuel at the last bend and Jochen Rindt went on to win the race.

Classification[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 25px Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 80 1:57:02.0 1 9
2 17 25px Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 80 + 32.9 2 6
3 9 25px New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 80 + 54.4 5 4
4 4 25px Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 80 + 54.8 6 3
5 16 25px New Zealand Chris Amon March-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 17 2
6 14 25px UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 22 1
7 2 25px France François Cevert March-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 14  
8 28 25px Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 21  
9 27 25px Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 72 + 8 Laps 13  
NC 29 25px UK Pete Lovely Lotus-Ford 69 Not Classified 23  
Ret 32 25px USA Dan Gurney McLaren-Ford 60 Oil Pressure 11  
Ret 22 25px Mexico Pedro Rodríguez BRM 58 Accident 15  
Ret 23 25px UK Jackie Oliver BRM 54 Engine 4  
Ret 1 25px UK Jackie Stewart March-Ford 52 Clutch 8  
Ret 20 25px UK John Surtees Surtees-Ford 51 Oil Pressure 19  
Ret 8 25px France Henri Pescarolo Matra 41 Accident 12  
Ret 7 25px France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 24 Wheel 10  
Ret 26 25px USA Mario Andretti March-Ford 21 Suspension 9  
Ret 15 25px Switzerland Jo Siffert March-Ford 19 Suspension 20  
Ret 6 25px UK John Miles Lotus-Ford 15 Engine 7  
Ret 24 25px Canada George Eaton BRM 10 Oil Pressure 16  
Ret 3 25px Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 6 Transmission 3  
Ret 11 25px Italy Andrea de Adamich McLaren-Alfa Romeo 0 Fuel Leak 18  

Notes[]

  • Pole Position: Jochen Rindt - 1:24.8
  • Fastest Lap: Jack Brabham - 1:25.9
  • Rindt was initially disqualified but within minutes reinstated
  • First race: Emerson Fittipaldi
  • Last race: Dan Gurney
  • Last podium and last points finish for Jack Brabham.

Championship standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1rightarrow blue.svg 1 25px Austria Jochen Rindt 36
1uparrow green.svg 1 2 25px Australia Jack Brabham 25
1downarrow red.svg 1 3 25px United Kingdom Jackie Stewart 19
1uparrow green.svg 1 4 25px New Zealand Denny Hulme 16
1downarrow red.svg 1 5 25px New Zealand Chris Amon 14
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1rightarrow blue.svg 1 25px UK Lotus-Ford 41
1rightarrow blue.svg 2 25px UK March-Ford 33
1rightarrow blue.svg 3 25px UK Brabham-Ford 27
1rightarrow blue.svg 4 25px UK McLaren-Ford 23
1rightarrow blue.svg 5 25px France Matra 15
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.


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