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| 1970 Monaco Grand Prix | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 10 May 1970 | ||
| Official name | XXVIIIGrand Prix de Monaco | ||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco,Monte Carlo,Monaco | ||
| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.145 km (1.954 miles) | ||
| Distance | 80 laps, 251.600 km (156.337 miles) | ||
| Weather | Sunny and warm | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | March-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:24.0 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |  Jochen Rindt | Lotus-Ford | |
| Time | 1:23.2 on lap 80 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Second | Brabham-Ford | ||
| Third | Matra | ||
Lap leaders | |||
The1970 Monaco Grand Prix was aFormula One motor race held at theCircuit de Monaco on 10 May 1970. It was race 3 of 13 in both the1970 World Championship of Drivers and the1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.Jochen Rindt scored the last victory for the famousLotus 49.
This wasBruce McLaren's final Formula One race - as he was killed 5 days before the next race atBelgium - andRonnie Peterson's first.
There were no significant changes in the drivers' lineup for Monaco, and the only new driver wasRonnie Peterson, entering in a non-worksMarch. TheLotus team decided to bring the old49C chassis instead of the new72, despite testing the new car in a non-championship race atSilverstone a couple of weeks earlier.[1] In qualifying March swept the front row, withJackie Stewart on pole (for theTyrrell team) andChris Amon alongside him. Third wasDenny Hulme'sMcLaren, and fourth theBrabham ofJack Brabham; behind them was theFerrari ofJacky Ickx. The first Lotus driver wasJochen Rindt, qualifying in eighth place.[2]
Despite heavy rain during the practice laps, the drivers raced in clear conditions and on a dry track. Stewart led the field with Amon, Brabham, Ickx andJean-Pierre Beltoise behind him; Hulme got a poor start and was way down the order after the first corner. On the second lap, Beltoise passed Ickx, who retired on lap 12 with a driveshaft failure. On lap 22 Beltoise, now in fourth, retired with transmission problems; on the same lap Brabham passed Amon to take second place. Stewart remained the race leader until his car began misfiring on lap 27. After a long pit stop, Stewart returned to the race only to eventually retire. This left Brabham in the lead, with Amon, Hulme and Rindt following. The engine failed onJackie Oliver'sBRM, who retired due to quickly falling oil pressure.[2] At around the same time, Hulme developed problems with the gearing of his McLaren and so dropped back behind Rindt andHenri Pescarolo.[2]
On lap 62 Amon's suspension failed; he was forced to retire, leaving Rindt in second place nine seconds behind Brabham. Rindt increased his pace, able to close the gap to Brabham. On the final corner of the last lap, however, Brabham defended the inside line to prevent Rindt from passing. There was less traction on the dusty surface off the racing line, and Brabham locked the wheels under braking and the car skidded across the track towards the barriers. Rindt passed behind him and won the race. Brabham quickly reversed and finished the race in second position. Third was Pescarolo in aMatra, while the remaining points positions were rounded out by Hulme,Graham Hill (who worked his way up from the last spot on the grid) andPedro Rodríguez.[2]
| Pos. | Driver | Constructor | Time | Grid | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jackie Stewart | March-Ford | 1:24.0 | 1 | |||
| 2 |  Chris Amon | March-Ford | 1:24.6 | 2 | |||
| 3 | Denny Hulme | McLaren-Ford | 1:25.1 | 3 | |||
| 4 |  Jack Brabham | Brabham-Ford | 1:25.4 | 4 | |||
| 5 |  Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | 1:25.5 | 5 | |||
| 6 |  Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Matra | 1:25.6 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Henri Pescarolo | Matra | 1:25.7 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Jochen Rindt | Lotus-Ford | 1:25.9 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Piers Courage | De Tomaso-Ford | 1:26.1 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Bruce McLaren | McLaren-Ford | 1:26.1 | 10 | |||
| 11 |  Jo Siffert | March-Ford | 1:26.2 | 11 | |||
| DNQ |  Rolf Stommelen | Brabham-Ford | 1:26.3 | — | |||
| DNQ |  Andrea de Adamich | McLaren-Alfa Romeo | 1:26.3 | — | |||
| 14 | Graham Hill | Lotus-Ford | 1:26.8 | 16 | |||
| 15 |  Ronnie Peterson | March-Ford | 1:26.8 | 12 | |||
| DNQ |  George Eaton | BRM | 1:27.0 | — | |||
| 17 | John Surtees | McLaren-Ford | 1:27.4 | 13 | |||
| DNQ | John Miles | Lotus-Ford | 1:27.4 | — | |||
| 19 | Jackie Oliver | BRM | 1:27.5 | 14 | |||
| DNQ | Johnny Servoz-Gavin | March-Ford | 1:28.1 | — | |||
| 21 |  Pedro Rodríguez | BRM | 1:28.8 | 15 | |||
Source:[3] | |||||||
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Jochen Rindt | Lotus-Ford | 80 | 1:54:37.4 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | 5 | Jack Brabham | Brabham-Ford | 80 | + 23.1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 | Henri Pescarolo | Matra | 80 | + 51.4 | 7 | 4 |
| 4 | 11 | Denny Hulme | McLaren-Ford | 80 | + 1:28.3 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | Graham Hill | Lotus-Ford | 79 | + 1 Lap | 16 | 2 |
| 6 | 17 | Pedro Rodríguez | BRM | 78 | + 2 Laps | 15 | 1 |
| 7 | 23 | Ronnie Peterson | March-Ford | 78 | + 2 Laps | 12 | |
| 8 | 19 | Jo Siffert | March-Ford | 76 | Out of Fuel | 11 | |
| Ret | 28 | Chris Amon | March-Ford | 60 | Suspension | 2 | |
| NC | 24 | Piers Courage | De Tomaso-Ford | 58 | + 22 Laps | 9 | |
| Ret | 21 | Jackie Stewart | March-Ford | 57 | Engine | 1 | |
| Ret | 16 | Jackie Oliver | BRM | 42 | Engine | 14 | |
| Ret | 8 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Matra | 21 | Differential | 6 | |
| Ret | 12 | Bruce McLaren | McLaren-Ford | 19 | Suspension | 10 | |
| Ret | 14 | John Surtees | McLaren-Ford | 14 | Oil Pressure | 13 | |
| Ret | 26 | Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | 11 | Halfshaft | 5 | |
| DNQ | 10 | Andrea de Adamich | McLaren-Alfa Romeo | ||||
| DNQ | 6 | Rolf Stommelen | Brabham-Ford | ||||
| DNQ | 15 | George Eaton | BRM | ||||
| DNQ | 2 | John Miles | Lotus-Ford | ||||
| DNQ | 20 | Johnny Servoz-Gavin | March-Ford | ||||
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