1970 Formula One season Facts for Kids

The 1970 Formula One season crowned as champion Jochen Rindt.

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	South African Grand Prix	March 7	Kyalami	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	Report
2	Spanish Grand Prix	April 19	Jarama	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford	Report
3	Monaco Grand Prix	May 10	Monaco	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford	Report
4	Belgian Grand Prix	June 7	Spa-Francorchamps	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	Report
5	Dutch Grand Prix	June 21	Zandvoort	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford	Report
6	French Grand Prix	July 5	Charade	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford	Report
7	British Grand Prix	July 18	Brands Hatch	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford	Report
8	German Grand Prix	August 2	Hockenheimring	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford	Report
9	Austrian Grand Prix	August 16	Österreichring	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	Report
10	Italian Grand Prix	September 6	Monza	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	Report
11	Canadian Grand Prix	September 20	Mont-Tremblant	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	Report
12	United States Grand Prix	October 4	Watkins Glen	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	Report
13	Mexican Grand Prix	October 25	Hermanos Rodriguez	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	Report

Pos.	Driver	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX	Pts.
1	Jochen Rindt	13	Ret	1	Ret	1	1	1	1	Ret	DNS				45
2	Jacky Ickx	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	3	Ret	Ret	2	1	Ret	1	4	1	40
3	Clay Regazzoni					4		4	Ret	2	1	2	13	2	33
4	Denny Hulme	2	Ret	4			4	3	3	Ret	4	Ret	7	3	27
5	Jackie Stewart	3	1	Ret	Ret	2	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	25
6	Jack Brabham	1	Ret	2	Ret	11	3	2	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	25
7	Pedro Rodríguez	9	WD	6	1	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	4	2	6	23
8	Chris Amon	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	2	5	Ret	8	7	3	5	4	23
9	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	4	Ret	Ret	3	5	13	Ret	Ret	6	3	8	Ret	5	16
10	Emerson Fittipaldi							8	4	15	WD		1	Ret	12
11	Rolf Stommelen	Ret	Ret	DNQ	5	DNQ	7		5	3	5	Ret	12	Ret	10
12	Henri Pescarolo	7	Ret	3	6	8	5	Ret	6	14	Ret	7	8	9	8
13	Graham Hill	6	4	5	Ret	NC	10	6	Ret		WD	NC	Ret	Ret	7
14	Bruce McLaren	Ret	2	Ret											6
15	Reine Wisell												3	NC	4
16	Mario Andretti	Ret	3					Ret	Ret	Ret					4
17	Ignazio Giunti				4		14			7	Ret				3
18	John Surtees	Ret	Ret	Ret		6		Ret	9	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	8	3
19	John Miles	5	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	7	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	WD				2
20	Jackie Oliver	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	NC	Ret	7	2
21	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	Ret	5	DNQ											2
22	François Cevert					Ret	11	7	7	Ret	6	9	Ret	Ret	1
23	Peter Gethin					Ret			Ret	10	NC	6	14	Ret	1
24	Dan Gurney					Ret	6	Ret							1
25	Derek Bell				Ret								6		1
26	Jo Siffert	10	DNQ	8	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	9	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	0
27	Ronnie Peterson			7	NC	9	Ret	9	Ret		Ret	NC	11		0
28	Andrea de Adamich		DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	NC	Ret	DNQ	12	8	Ret	DNQ		0
29	John Love	8													0
30	George Eaton	Ret	DNQ	DNQ		Ret	12	Ret		11	Ret	10	Ret		0
31	Peter de Klerk	11													0
32	Dave Charlton	12													0
—	Piers Courage	Ret	DNS	NC	Ret	Ret									0
—	Tim Schenken									Ret	Ret	NC	Ret		0
—	Pete Lovely					DNQ	DNQ	NC					DNQ		0
—	Silvio Moser					DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	Ret	DNQ				0
—	Jo Bonnier										DNQ		Ret		0
—	Gus Hutchison												Ret		0
—	Alex Soler-Roig		DNQ				DNQ								0
—	Brian Redman								DNQ						0
—	Hubert Hahne								DNQ						0
—	Nanni Galli										DNQ				0
—	Peter Westbury												DNQ		0
Pos.	Driver	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX	Pts.

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Jochen Rindt won the World Drivers' Championship posthumously, driving for Lotus
Map of the Belgian track
Jochen Rindt won the Dutch Grand Prix in his new monocoque-chassis Lotus 72 which had only raced twice before, but in a different spec
The Grand Prix was held on the original Charade Circuit
This was the last time the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza was driven for 68 laps; from 1971 onwards, the race would have 55 laps
Lotus Ford won the International Cup for Formula 1 Manufacturers