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Race details
Race 5 of 13 in the 1970 Formula One season
Zandvoort original layout
Zandvoort original layout
Date June 21, 1970
Official name XVIII Grote Prijs van Nederland
Location Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course Permanent racing facility
4.193 km (2.605 mi)
Distance 90 laps, 377.370 km (234.487 mi)
Pole position
Driver 25px Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford
Time 1:18.5
Fastest lap
Driver 25px Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari
Time 1:19.23
Podium
First 25px Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford
Second 25px United Kingdom Jackie Stewart March-Ford
Third 25px Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari

The 1970 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Zandvoort on June 21, 1970. The race was won by Lotus-Ford driver Jochen Rindt in his new monocoque-chassis Type 72, which had only raced twice before (but in a different spec); and this came 3 years after the 72's predecessor; DFV-debutant Type 49 won in 1967 won first time out at exactly the same track with the late Jim Clark driving. The race however was marred by the fatal accident of British driver Piers Courage driving the Frank Williams-entered De Tomaso-Ford.

Classification[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 10 25px Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 80 1:50:43.4 1 9
2 5 25px UK Jackie Stewart March-Ford 80 30 2 6
3 25 25px Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 79 + 1 Lap 3 4
4 26 25px Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 79 + 1 Lap 6 3
5 23 25px France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 79 + 1 Lap 10 2
6 16 25px UK John Surtees McLaren-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 14 1
7 12 25px UK John Miles Lotus-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 8  
8 24 25px France Henri Pescarolo Matra 78 + 2 Laps 13  
9 22 25px Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 16  
10 1 25px Mexico Pedro Rodríguez BRM 77 + 3 Laps 7  
11 18 25px Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 76 + 4 laps 12  
NC 15 25px UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 71 Not Classified 20  
Ret 6 25px France François Cevert March-Ford 31 Engine 15  
Ret 3 25px Canada George Eaton BRM 26 Oil Leak 18  
Ret 2 25px UK Jackie Oliver BRM 23 Engine 5  
Ret 4 25px UK Piers Courage De Tomaso-Ford 22 Fatal Accident 9  
Ret 9 25px Switzerland Jo Siffert March-Ford 22 Engine 17  
Ret 20 25px UK Peter Gethin McLaren-Ford 18 Accident 11  
Ret 32 25px USA Dan Gurney McLaren-Ford 2 Engine 19  
Ret 8 25px New Zealand Chris Amon March-Ford 1 Clutch 4  
DNQ 21 25px Italy Andrea de Adamich McLaren-Alfa Romeo    
DNQ 19 25px Germany Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Ford    
DNQ 31 25px USA Pete Lovely Lotus-Ford    
DNQ 29 25px Switzerland Silvio Moser Bellasi-Ford        

Notes[]

  • Pole Position: Jochen Rindt - 1:18.5
  • Fastest Lap: Jacky Ickx - 1:19.23
  • This was the first race for future-grand prix winners Clay Regazzoni and François Cevert.
  • Piers Courage was killed in a violent accident on lap 22, at Tunnel Oost, when his car's suspension was damaged after hitting a curb, and the car went straight up a grass embankment. It then somersaulted and exploded, and Courage had died instantly on impact. The flames were so intense, that trees surrounding the accident site, were lit up as a result. A similar accident occurred at the 1973 race, which claimed the life of Roger Williamson.

Championship standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1uparrow green.svg 1 1 25px United Kingdom Jackie Stewart 19
1uparrow green.svg 2 2 25px Austria Jochen Rindt 18
1downarrow red.svg 2 3 25px Australia Jack Brabham 15
1downarrow red.svg 1 4 25px Mexico Pedro Rodríguez 10
1rightarrow blue.svg 5 25px New Zealand Denny Hulme 9
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1rightarrow blue.svg 1 25px UK March-Ford 25
1uparrow green.svg 2 2 25px UK Lotus-Ford 23
1downarrow red.svg 1 3 25px UK Brabham-Ford 17
1downarrow red.svg 1 4 25px UK McLaren-Ford 16
1rightarrow blue.svg 5 25px France Matra 13
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]



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