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Race details
Race 10 of 13 in the 1970 Formula One season
Monza 1957
Date September 6, 1970
Official name XLI Gran Premio d'Italia
Location Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
5.750 km (3.573 mi)
Distance 68 laps, 391.000 km (242.956 mi)
Weather Sunny, Dry
Pole position
Driver 25px Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari
Time 1:24.14
Fastest lap
Driver 25px Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari
Time 1:25.2
Podium
First 25px Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari
Second 25px UK Jackie Stewart March-Ford
Third 25px France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra

The 1970 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza on September 6, 1970. The race was marred by the death of Jochen Rindt, who died during the qualifying session on September 5. He went on to be Formula One's first (and to this day, only) posthumous World Champion.

Classification[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 25px Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 68 1:39:07.1 3 9
2 18 25px UK Jackie Stewart March-Ford 68 5.73 4 6
3 40 25px France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 68 5.8 14 4
4 30 25px New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 68 6.15 9 3
5 46 25px Germany Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Ford 68 6.41 17 2
6 20 25px France François Cevert March-Ford 68 + 1:03.46 11 1
7 48 25px New Zealand Chris Amon March-Ford 67 + 1 Lap 18  
8 34 25px Italy Andrea de Adamich McLaren-Alfa Romeo 61 + 7 Laps 12  
NC 32 25px UK Peter Gethin McLaren-Ford 60 Not Classified 16  
Ret 8 25px UK Jackie Oliver BRM 36 Engine 6  
Ret 52 25px Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 35 Engine 13  
Ret 44 25px Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 31 Accident 8  
Ret 2 25px Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 25 Clutch 1  
Ret 12 25px Canada George Eaton BRM 21 Overheating 20  
Ret 54 25px Australia Tim Schenken De Tomaso-Ford 17 Engine 19  
Ret 6 25px Italy Ignazio Giunti Ferrari 14 Fuel system 15  
Ret 42 25px France Henri Pescarolo Matra 14 Engine 5  
Ret 10 25px Mexico Pedro Rodríguez BRM 12 Engine 2  
Ret 50 25px Switzerland Jo Siffert March-Ford 3 Engine 7  
Ret 14 25px UK John Surtees Surtees-Ford 0 Electrical 10  
WD 28 25px UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford   Withdrew    
WD 24 25px UK John Miles Lotus-Ford   Withdrew    
DNS 22 25px Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford   Fatal accident    
DNQ 38 25px Sweden Jo Bonnier McLaren-Ford        
WD 26 25px Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford        
DNQ 36 25px Italy Nanni Galli McLaren-Alfa Romeo        
DNQ 56 25px Switzerland Silvio Moser Bellasi-Ford        

Notes[]

  • Pole Position: Jacky Ickx - 1:24.14
  • Fastest Lap: Clay Regazzoni - 1:25.2
  • First Grand Prix win for Clay Regazzoni.
  • Jacky Ickx, Clay Regazzoni, Jackie Stewart and Pedro Rodríguez all led the race at some point; during the entire race, the lead changed 28 times.

Standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1rightarrow blue.svg 1 25px Austria Jochen Rindt 45
1uparrow green.svg 4 2 25px Belgium Jacky Ickx 28
1uparrow green.svg 2 3 25px Switzerland Clay Regazzoni 27
1downarrow red.svg 2 4 25px United Kingdom Jackie Stewart 25
1downarrow red.svg 2 5 25px Australia Jack Brabham 25
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1rightarrow blue.svg 1 25px UK Lotus-Ford 50
1uparrow green.svg 2 2 25px Italy Ferrari 43
1downarrow red.svg 1 3 25px UK March-Ford 43
1downarrow red.svg 1 4 25px UK Brabham-Ford 35
1rightarrow blue.svg 5 25px UK McLaren-Ford 31
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]



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1970 Austrian Grand Prix
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