Season 1970 · Round 6

French Grand Prix

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1970-07-05 · Charade Circuit · France · French Grand Prix · 38Lap · 306.090km
22 Jochen Rindt
Team Lotus 1:55
Team win 9pt P1 · P8 · P10
12 Chris Amon
March +7.610
15 Jack Brabham
Brabham +44.830
Fastest Lap
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DNF
6
Andrea de Adamich L29 Jo Siffert L23 Ronnie Peterson L17 Jacky Ickx L16 Pedro Rodríguez L6 Jackie Oliver L5
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Circuit Info
Charade Circuit Clermont-Ferrand, France
38Lap 306.090km 4 races held (1965–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Jack Brabham 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P4 Jackie Stewart 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P7 Dan Gurney 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
Starts
P1 Graham Hill 17 starts · GP #1
P12 Jack Brabham 12 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P20 Bruce McLaren 10 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 L38 Rindt · P6 → P1 · +5 6 Rindt RIN 1 Rindt RIN Amon · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Amon AMO 2 Amon AMO Brabham · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Brabham BRA 3 Brabham BRA Hulme · P7 → P4 · +3 7 Hulme HUL 4 Hulme HUL Pescarolo · P8 → P5 · +3 8 Pescarolo PES 5 Pescarolo PES Gurney · P17 → P6 · +11 17 Gurney GUR 6 Gurney GUR Stommelen · P14 → P7 · +7 14 Stommelen STO 7 Stommelen STO Miles · P18 → P8 · +10 18 Miles MIL 8 Miles MIL Stewart · P4 → P9 · -5 4 Stewart STE 9 Stewart STE Hill · P20 → P10 · +10 20 Hill HIL 10 Hill HIL Cevert · P13 → P11 · +2 13 Cevert CEV 11 Cevert CEV Eaton · P19 → P12 · +7 19 Eaton EAT 12 Eaton EAT Beltoise · P2 → P13 · -11 2 Beltoise BEL 13 Beltoise BEL Giunti · P11 → P14 · -3 11 Giunti GIU 14 Giunti GIU de Adamich · P15 → retired L29 de Adamich · retired L29 15 de Adamich DE R de Adamich DE Siffert · P16 → retired L23 Siffert · retired L23 16 Siffert SIF R Siffert SIF Peterson · P9 → retired L17 Peterson · retired L17 9 Peterson PET R Peterson PET Ickx · P1 → retired L16 Ickx · retired L16 1 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK Rodríguez · P10 → retired L6 Rodríguez · retired L6 10 Rodríguez ROD R Rodríguez ROD Oliver · P12 → retired L5 Oliver · retired L5 12 Oliver OLI R Oliver OLI
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 22 Jochen Rindt Team Lotus 6 38 1:55 9
2 12 Chris Amon March 3 38 +7.610 6
3 15 Jack Brabham Brabham 5 38 +44.830 4
4 8 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 7 38 +45.660 3
5 7 Henri Pescarolo Matra 8 38 +1:19.420 2
6 32 Dan Gurney McLaren-Ford 17 38 +1:19.650 1
7 16 Rolf Stommelen Brabham 14 38 +2:20.160
8 24 John Miles Team Lotus 18 38 +2:47.170
9 1 Jackie Stewart March 4 38 +3:09.610
10 14 Graham Hill Team Lotus 20 37 +1 Lap
11 2 François Cevert March 13 37 +1 Lap
12 21 George Eaton BRM 19 36 +2 Laps
13 6 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 2 35 Out of fuel
14 6 Ignazio Giunti Ferrari 11 35 +3 Laps
R 8 Andrea de Adamich McLaren-Alfa Romeo 15 29 Not classified
R 11 Jo Siffert March 16 23 Accident
R 29 Ronnie Peterson March 9 17 Differential
R 3 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 1 16 Engine
R 19 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 10 6 Gearbox
R 20 Jackie Oliver BRM 12 5 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
3 Jacky Ickx
2
6 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
3
12 Chris Amon
4
1 Jackie Stewart
5
15 Jack Brabham
6
22 Jochen Rindt
7
8 Denny Hulme
8
7 Henri Pescarolo
9
29 Ronnie Peterson
10
19 Pedro Rodríguez
11
6 Ignazio Giunti
12
20 Jackie Oliver
13
2 François Cevert
14
16 Rolf Stommelen
15
8 Andrea de Adamich
16
11 Jo Siffert
17
32 Dan Gurney
18
24 John Miles
19
21 George Eaton
20
14 Graham Hill
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.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
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 22:50