Season 1970 · Round 1

South African Grand Prix

1970 Season R2 →
1970-03-07 · Kyalami · South Africa · South African Grand Prix · 80Lap · 328.320km
15 Jack Brabham
Brabham 1:49:35.400
Team win 9pt P1 · P11 · P21
8 Denny Hulme
McLaren-Ford +8.100
1 Jackie Stewart
March +17.100
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Jacky Ickx L60 John Surtees L60 George Eaton L58 Johnny Servoz-Gavin L57 Bruce McLaren L39 Piers Courage L39 Mario Andretti L26 Rolf Stommelen L23 Jackie Oliver L22 Chris Amon L14
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 4/20 20%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P41
Circuit Info
Kyalami Midrand, South Africa
80Lap 328.320km 20 races held (1967–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Jackie Stewart 2 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
P6 Jack Brabham 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P6 Graham Hill 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Podiums
P1 Graham Hill 5 · GP #1
P2 Jackie Stewart 4 · → Graham Hill -1
P4 Denny Hulme 3 · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P2 Graham Hill 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
P2 Mario Andretti 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
P2 Emerson Fittipaldi 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L80 Brabham · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Brabham BRA 1 Brabham BRA Hulme · P6 → P2 · +4 6 Hulme HUL 2 Hulme HUL Stewart · P1 → P3 · -2 1 Stewart STE 3 Stewart STE Beltoise · P8 → P4 · +4 8 Beltoise BEL 4 Beltoise BEL Miles · P14 → P5 · +9 14 Miles MIL 5 Miles MIL Hill · P19 → P6 · +13 19 Hill HIL 6 Hill HIL Pescarolo · P18 → P7 · +11 18 Pescarolo PES 7 Pescarolo PES Love · P22 → P8 · +14 22 Love LOV 8 Love LOV Rodríguez · P16 → P9 · +7 16 Rodríguez ROD 9 Rodríguez ROD Siffert · P9 → P10 · -1 9 Siffert SIF 10 Siffert SIF de Klerk · P21 → P11 · +10 21 de Klerk DE 11 de Klerk DE Charlton · P13 → P12 · +1 13 Charlton CHA 12 Charlton CHA Rindt · P4 → P13 · -9 4 Rindt RIN 13 Rindt RIN Ickx · P5 → retired L60 Ickx · retired L60 5 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK Surtees · P7 → retired L60 Surtees · retired L60 7 Surtees SUR R Surtees SUR Eaton · P23 → retired L58 Eaton · retired L58 23 Eaton EAT R Eaton EAT Servoz-Gavin · P17 → retired L57 Servoz-Gavin · retired L57 17 Servoz-Gavin SER R Servoz-Gavin SER McLaren · P10 → retired L39 McLaren · retired L39 10 McLaren MCL R McLaren MCL Courage · P20 → retired L39 Courage · retired L39 20 Courage COU R Courage COU Andretti · P11 → retired L26 Andretti · retired L26 11 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Stommelen · P15 → retired L23 Stommelen · retired L23 15 Stommelen STO R Stommelen STO Oliver · P12 → retired L22 Oliver · retired L22 12 Oliver OLI R Oliver OLI Amon · P2 → retired L14 Amon · retired L14 2 Amon AMO R Amon AMO
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 15 Jack Brabham Brabham 3 80 1:49:35.400 9
2 8 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 6 80 +8.100 6
3 1 Jackie Stewart March 1 80 +17.100 4
4 6 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 8 80 +1:13.100 3
5 24 John Miles Team Lotus 14 79 +1 Lap 2
6 14 Graham Hill Team Lotus 19 79 +1 Lap 1
7 7 Henri Pescarolo Matra 18 78 +2 Laps
8 23 John Love Team Lotus 22 78 +2 Laps
9 19 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 16 76 +4 Laps
10 11 Jo Siffert March 9 75 +5 Laps
11 24 Peter de Klerk Brabham 21 75 +5 Laps
12 25 Dave Charlton Team Lotus 13 73 Engine
13 22 Jochen Rindt Team Lotus 4 72 Engine
R 3 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 5 60 Engine
R 17 John Surtees McLaren-Ford 7 60 Engine
R 21 George Eaton BRM 23 58 Engine
R 16 Johnny Servoz-Gavin March 17 57 Engine
R 12 Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 10 39 Engine
R 4 Piers Courage De Tomaso 20 39 Accident
R 5 Mario Andretti March 11 26 Overheating
R 16 Rolf Stommelen Brabham 15 23 Engine
R 20 Jackie Oliver BRM 12 22 Gearbox
R 12 Chris Amon March 2 14 Overheating
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Jackie Stewart
2
12 Chris Amon
3
15 Jack Brabham
4
22 Jochen Rindt
5
3 Jacky Ickx
6
8 Denny Hulme
7
17 John Surtees
8
6 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
9
11 Jo Siffert
10
12 Bruce McLaren
11
5 Mario Andretti
12
20 Jackie Oliver
13
25 Dave Charlton
14
24 John Miles
15
16 Rolf Stommelen
16
19 Pedro Rodríguez
17
16 Johnny Servoz-Gavin
18
7 Henri Pescarolo
19
14 Graham Hill
20
4 Piers Courage
21
24 Peter de Klerk
22
23 John Love
23
21 George Eaton
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15