1970 Italian Grand Prix

  1970 Italian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 13 in the 1970 Formula One season
Date	September 6, 1970
Official name	XLI Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.750 km (3.573 mi)
Distance	68 laps, 391.000 km (242.956 mi)
Weather	Sunny, Dry
Pole position
Driver	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Time	1:24.14
Fastest lap
Driver	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Time	1:25.2
Podium
First	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Second	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford
Third	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra

The 1970 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza on September 6, 1970.^[1] The race was marred by the death of Jochen Rindt, who died during the qualifying session on September 5 and went on to be Formula One's only as to date posthumous World Champion. The 68-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni after he started from third position. Jackie Stewart finished second for the March team and Matra driver Jean-Pierre Beltoise came in third.

This was the last time that Monza was driven for 68 laps. From 1971 onwards, the race distance would be 55 laps.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	68	1:39:07.1	3	9
2	18	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford	68	+ 5.73	4	6
3	40	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	68	+ 5.80	14	4
4	30	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	68	+ 6.15	9	3
5	46	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	68	+ 6.41	17	2
6	20	François Cevert	March-Ford	68	+ 1:03.46	11	1
7	48	Chris Amon	March-Ford	67	+ 1 Lap	18
8	34	Andrea de Adamich	McLaren-Alfa Romeo	61	+ 7 Laps	12
NC	32	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford	60	Not Classified	16
Ret	8	Jackie Oliver	BRM	36	Engine	6
Ret	52	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	35	Engine	13
Ret	44	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	31	Accident	8
Ret	2	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	25	Clutch	1
Ret	12	George Eaton	BRM	21	Overheating	20
Ret	54	Tim Schenken	De Tomaso-Ford	17	Engine	19
Ret	6	Ignazio Giunti	Ferrari	14	Fuel system	15
Ret	42	Henri Pescarolo	Matra	14	Engine	5
Ret	10	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	12	Engine	2
Ret	50	Jo Siffert	March-Ford	3	Engine	7
Ret	14	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	0	Electrical	10
WD	28	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford		Withdrew
WD	24	John Miles	Lotus-Ford		Withdrew
DNS	22	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford		Fatal accident in qualifying
DNQ	38	Jo Bonnier	McLaren-Ford
WD	26	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford
DNQ	36	Nanni Galli	McLaren-Alfa Romeo
DNQ	56	Silvio Moser	Bellasi-Ford
Source:[2]

Notes

• First Grand Prix win for Clay Regazzoni.
• Jacky Ickx, Clay Regazzoni, Jackie Stewart and Pedro Rodríguez all led the race at some point; during the entire race, the lead changed 28 times.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jochen Rindt 45 3 2 Jackie Stewart 25 1 3 Jack Brabham 25 1 4 Denny Hulme 23 3 5 Clay Regazzoni 21

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Lotus-Ford 50 2 March-Ford 39 3 Brabham-Ford 35 1 4 Ferrari 34 1 5 McLaren-Ford 30

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

1. "41st Italian Grand Prix". Motor Sport: 32. October 1970. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
2. "1970 Italian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.