Season 1970 · Round 7

British Grand Prix

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1970-07-18 · Brands Hatch · UK · British Grand Prix · 80Lap · 341.200km
22 Jochen Rindt
Team Lotus 1:57
Team win 10pt P1 · P6 · P8 · P10 · P20
15 Jack Brabham
Brabham +32.900
8 Denny Hulme
McLaren-Ford +54.400
Fastest Lap
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DNF
14
Pete Lovely L69 Dan Gurney L60 Pedro Rodríguez L58 Jackie Oliver L54 Jackie Stewart L52 John Surtees L51 Henri Pescarolo L41 Jean-Pierre Beltoise L24 Mario Andretti L21 Jo Siffert L19 +4
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 4/14 28.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Brands Hatch Kent, UK
80Lap 341.200km 14 races held (1964–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P5 Jack Brabham 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P8 Jackie Stewart 2 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
Starts
P6 Graham Hill 17 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P9 Jack Brabham 15 starts · → Jenson Button -2
P18 Jo Bonnier 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L80 Rindt · P1 → P1 1 Rindt RIN 1 Rindt RIN Brabham · P2 → P2 2 Brabham BRA 2 Brabham BRA Hulme · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Hulme HUL 3 Hulme HUL Regazzoni · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Regazzoni REG 4 Regazzoni REG Amon · P17 → P5 · +12 17 Amon AMO 5 Amon AMO Hill · P22 → P6 · +16 22 Hill HIL 6 Hill HIL Cevert · P14 → P7 · +7 14 Cevert CEV 7 Cevert CEV Fittipaldi · P21 → P8 · +13 21 Fittipaldi FIT 8 Fittipaldi FIT Peterson · P13 → P9 · +4 13 Peterson PET 9 Peterson PET Lovely · P23 → retired L69 Lovely · retired L69 23 Lovely LOV R Lovely LOV Gurney · P11 → retired L60 Gurney · retired L60 11 Gurney GUR R Gurney GUR Rodríguez · P15 → retired L58 Rodríguez · retired L58 15 Rodríguez ROD R Rodríguez ROD Oliver · P4 → retired L54 Oliver · retired L54 4 Oliver OLI R Oliver OLI Stewart · P8 → retired L52 Stewart · retired L52 8 Stewart STE R Stewart STE Surtees · P19 → retired L51 Surtees · retired L51 19 Surtees SUR R Surtees SUR Pescarolo · P12 → retired L41 Pescarolo · retired L41 12 Pescarolo PES R Pescarolo PES Beltoise · P10 → retired L24 Beltoise · retired L24 10 Beltoise BEL R Beltoise BEL Andretti · P9 → retired L21 Andretti · retired L21 9 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Siffert · P20 → retired L19 Siffert · retired L19 20 Siffert SIF R Siffert SIF Miles · P7 → retired L15 Miles · retired L15 7 Miles MIL R Miles MIL Eaton · P16 → retired L10 Eaton · retired L10 16 Eaton EAT R Eaton EAT Ickx · P3 → retired L6 Ickx · retired L6 3 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK de Adamich · P18 → retired L0 de Adamich · retired L0 18 de Adamich DE R de Adamich DE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 22 Jochen Rindt Team Lotus 1 80 1:57 9
2 15 Jack Brabham Brabham 2 80 +32.900 6
3 8 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 5 80 +54.400 4
4 4 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 6 80 +54.800 3
5 12 Chris Amon March 17 79 +1 Lap 2
6 14 Graham Hill Team Lotus 22 79 +1 Lap 1
7 2 François Cevert March 14 79 +1 Lap
8 24 Emerson Fittipaldi Team Lotus 21 78 +2 Laps
9 29 Ronnie Peterson March 13 72 +8 Laps
R 29 Pete Lovely Team Lotus 23 69 Not classified
R 32 Dan Gurney McLaren-Ford 11 60 Oil pressure
R 19 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 15 58 Accident
R 20 Jackie Oliver BRM 4 54 Engine
R 1 Jackie Stewart March 8 52 Clutch
R 17 John Surtees Surtees 19 51 Oil pressure
R 7 Henri Pescarolo Matra 12 41 Accident
R 6 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 10 24 Wheel
R 5 Mario Andretti March 9 21 Suspension
R 11 Jo Siffert March 20 19 Suspension
R 24 John Miles Team Lotus 7 15 Engine
R 21 George Eaton BRM 16 10 Oil pressure
R 3 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 3 6 Transmission
R 8 Andrea de Adamich McLaren-Alfa Romeo 18 0 Fuel leak
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
22 Jochen Rindt
2
15 Jack Brabham
3
3 Jacky Ickx
4
20 Jackie Oliver
5
8 Denny Hulme
6
4 Clay Regazzoni
7
24 John Miles
8
1 Jackie Stewart
9
5 Mario Andretti
10
6 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
11
32 Dan Gurney
12
7 Henri Pescarolo
13
29 Ronnie Peterson
14
2 François Cevert
15
19 Pedro Rodríguez
16
21 George Eaton
17
12 Chris Amon
18
8 Andrea de Adamich
19
17 John Surtees
20
11 Jo Siffert
21
24 Emerson Fittipaldi
22
14 Graham Hill
23
29 Pete Lovely
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 2023 onwards.
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 14:15