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1970 Belgian Grand Prix

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1970 Belgian Grand Prix
Race details
Date 7 June 1970
Official name XXIX Grand Prix de Belgique
Location Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 14.100 km (8.761 miles)
Distance 28 laps, 394.800 km (245.317 miles)
Pole position
Driver March-Ford
Time 3:28.0
Fastest lap
Driver New Zealand Chris Amon March-Ford
Time 3:27.4 on lap 27
Podium
First BRM
Second March-Ford
Third Matra
Lap leaders

The 1970 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 7 June 1970. It was race 4 of 13 in both the 1970 World Championship of Drivers and the 1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.

March driver Chris Amon set the new lap record at this race, at a speed of 152 miles an hour. Race winner Pedro Rodríguez had set a 160 miles an hour lap in a sports car race the week before the Grand Prix. It was also Rodriguez's last victory in Formula One, and BRM's first victory since Jackie Stewart won the 1966 Monaco Grand Prix. This was the second Formula One win ever for a Mexican driver, and the last until the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix.[1] The race also saw the debut of Ignazio Giunti, who finished fourth in a Ferrari.

This was the last Formula One race to be held on the original Spa circuit. It was also the last Formula One victory for Dunlop.[2]

Qualifying

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Qualifying classification

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Pos. Driver Constructor Time Grid
1 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart March-Ford 3:28.0 1
2 Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 3:30.1 2
3 New Zealand Chris Amon March-Ford 3:30.3 3
4 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 3:30.7 4
5 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 3:31.5 5
6 Mexico Pedro Rodríguez BRM 3:31.6 6
7 Germany Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Ford 3:32.0 7
8 Italy Ignazio Giunti Ferrari 3:32.4 8
9 Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 3:32.8 9
10 Switzerland Jo Siffert March-Ford 3:32.9 10
11 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 3:32.9 11
12 United Kingdom Piers Courage De Tomaso-Ford 3:33.0 12
13 United Kingdom John Miles Lotus-Ford 3:33.8 13
14 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver BRM 3:34.2 14
15 United Kingdom Derek Bell Brabham-Ford 3:36.2 15
16 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 3:37.0 16
17 France Henri Pescarolo Matra 3:37.1 17
DNQ Spain Alex Soler-Roig Lotus-Ford 3:52.7
Source: [3]

Race

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Classification

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Mexico Pedro Rodríguez BRM 28 1:38:09.9 6 9
2 10 New Zealand Chris Amon March-Ford 28 + 1.1 3 6
3 25 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 28 + 1:43.7 11 4
4 28 Italy Ignazio Giunti Ferrari 28 + 2:38.5 8 3
5 19 Germany Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Ford 28 + 3:31.8 7 2
6 26 France Henri Pescarolo Matra 27 Electrical 17 1
7 9 Switzerland Jo Siffert March-Ford 26 Fuel Pressure 10  
8 27 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 26 + 2 Laps 4  
NC 14 Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 20 Not Classified 9  
Ret 18 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 19 Clutch 5  
Ret 23 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 19 Engine 16  
Ret 11 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart March-Ford 14 Engine 1  
Ret 21 United Kingdom John Miles Lotus-Ford 13 Gearbox 13  
Ret 20 Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 10 Engine 2  
Ret 2 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver BRM 7 Engine 14  
Ret 7 United Kingdom Piers Courage De Tomaso-Ford 4 Oil Pressure 12  
Ret 8 United Kingdom Derek Bell Brabham-Ford 1 Gearbox 15  
DNS 22 Spain Alex Soler-Roig Lotus-Ford Completed insufficient laps in practice
Source:[4]

Notes

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  • This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Italian driver Ignazio Giunti.
  • This was the 100th Formula One World Championship Grand Prix for a Swedish driver. In those 100 races, Swedish drivers had won 1 Grand Prix, had achieved 1 podium finish and 1 pole position.
  • This race marked the 5th podium finish for a Mexican driver.
  • This was the first fastest lap set by a March.
  • For the first time since the 1968 French Grand Prix, a Ford-powered car did not win the race. This ended a record streak of 20 consecutive Grand Prix wins by a Ford-powered car.

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ "Mexico - Wins". statsf1.com. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ^ "F1 tire supplier stats". formula1-dictionary.net. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Belgium 1970 - Qualification • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  4. ^ "1970 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Belgium 1970 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.


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