1970 Season

13 rounds. Rindt won the title by 5 points over Ickx; Team Lotus won the constructors' championship by 7.

1970 race calendar with winners
RdGrand PrixDateWinnerTeamLapsTime
1South African Grand Prix7 MarJack BrabhamBrabham801:49:35.4
2Spanish Grand Prix19 AprJackie StewartMarch902:10:58.2
3Monaco Grand Prix10 MayJochen RindtTeam Lotus801:54:37.4
4Belgian Grand Prix7 JunPedro RodríguezBRM281:38:10.1
5Dutch Grand Prix21 JunJochen RindtTeam Lotus801:50:43.4
6French Grand Prix5 JulJochen RindtTeam Lotus381:55:57.0
7British Grand Prix18 JulJochen RindtTeam Lotus801:57:02.0
8German Grand Prix2 AugJochen RindtTeam Lotus501:42:00.3
9Austrian Grand Prix16 AugJacky IckxFerrari601:42:17.3
10Italian Grand Prix6 SepClay RegazzoniFerrari681:39:07.1
11Canadian Grand Prix20 SepJacky IckxFerrari901:21:18.4
12United States Grand Prix4 OctEmerson FittipaldiTeam Lotus1081:57:32.79
13Mexican Grand Prix25 OctJacky IckxFerrari651:53:28.3
1970 drivers' championship standings
PosDriverNationalityTeamPtsGap
1Jochen RindtAustrianTeam Lotus45
2Jacky IckxBelgianFerrari40−5
3Clay RegazzoniSwissFerrari33−12
4Denny HulmeNew ZealanderMcLaren-Ford27−18
5Jackie StewartBritishTyrrell25−20
6Jack BrabhamAustralianBrabham25−20
7Pedro RodríguezMexicanBRM23−22
8Chris AmonNew ZealanderMarch23−22
9Jean-Pierre BeltoiseFrenchMatra16−29
10Emerson FittipaldiBrazilianTeam Lotus12−33
11Rolf StommelenGermanBrabham10−35
12Henri PescaroloFrenchMatra8−37
13Graham HillBritishTeam Lotus7−38
14Bruce McLarenNew ZealanderMcLaren-Ford6−39
15Reine WisellSwedishTeam Lotus4−41
16Mario AndrettiAmericanMarch4−41
17Ignazio GiuntiItalianFerrari3−42
18John SurteesBritishSurtees3−42
19John MilesBritishTeam Lotus2−43
20Jackie OliverBritishBRM2−43
21Johnny Servoz-GavinFrenchMarch2−43
22François CevertFrenchMarch1−44
23Peter GethinBritishMcLaren-Ford1−44
24Dan GurneyAmericanMcLaren-Ford1−44
25Derek BellBritishSurtees1−44
26Jo SiffertSwissMarch0−45
27Ronnie PetersonSwedishMarch0−45
28Andrea de AdamichItalianMcLaren-Alfa Romeo0−45
29John LoveRhodesianTeam Lotus0−45
30George EatonCanadianBRM0−45
31Peter de KlerkSouth AfricanBrabham0−45
32Dave CharltonSouth AfricanTeam Lotus0−45
33Piers CourageBritishDe Tomaso0−45
34Pete LovelyAmericanTeam Lotus0−45
35Tim SchenkenAustralianDe Tomaso0−45
36Jo BonnierSwedishMcLaren-Ford0−45
37Silvio MoserSwissBellasi0−45
38Gus HutchisonAmericanBrabham0−45
39Alex Soler-RoigSpanishTeam Lotus0−45
40Brian RedmanBritishDe Tomaso0−45
41Hubert HahneGermanMarch0−45
42Peter WestburyBritishBRM0−45
43Nanni GalliItalianMcLaren-Alfa Romeo0−45
1970 constructors' championship standings
PosTeamPtsGap
1Team Lotus59
2Ferrari52−7
3March48−11
4Brabham35−24
5McLaren-Ford35−24
6BRM23−36
7Matra23−36
8Surtees3−56
9McLaren-Alfa Romeo0−59
10De Tomaso0−59
11Tyrrell0−59
12Bellasi0−59