The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 6

French Grand Prix

1970  ·  Charade Circuit  ·  5 July 1970  ·  38 laps

  1. 1st Jochen Rindt Team Lotus · 01:55:57
  2. 2nd Chris Amon March · +7.61
  3. 3rd Jack Brabham Brabham · +44.83

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Jacky Ickx

Ferrari  —  Pole position

02 Lap 16

Jacky Ickx

Retirement Ferrari  —  Engine

03 Lap 29

Andrea de Adamich

Retirement McLaren-Alfa Romeo  —  Not classified

04 On the Charge

Dan Gurney

McLaren-Ford  —  P17 → P6

05 Victory

Jochen Rindt

Team Lotus  —  Won from P6

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Jochen Rindt Team Lotus 6 38 01:55:57 9
2 Chris Amon March 3 38 +7.61 6
3 Jack Brabham Brabham 5 38 +44.83 4
4 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 7 38 +45.66 3
5 Henri Pescarolo Matra 8 38 +1:19.420 2
6 Dan Gurney McLaren-Ford 17 38 +1:19.650 1
7 Rolf Stommelen Brabham 14 38 +2:20.160
8 John Miles Team Lotus 18 38 +2:47.170
9 Jackie Stewart March 4 38 +3:09.610
10 Graham Hill Team Lotus 20 37 +1 Lap
11 François Cevert March 13 37 +1 Lap
12 George Eaton BRM 19 36 +2 Laps
13 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 2 35 Out of fuel
14 Ignazio Giunti Ferrari 11 35 +3 Laps
15 Andrea de Adamich McLaren-Alfa Romeo 15 29 Not classified
16 Jo Siffert March 16 23 Accident
17 Ronnie Peterson March 9 17 Differential
18 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 1 16 Engine
19 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 10 6 Gearbox
20 Jackie Oliver BRM 12 5 Engine

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