1970 Spanish Grand Prix

  1970 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 13 in the 1970 Formula One season
Jarama Permanent Circuit (1967-1990)
Date	April 19, 1970
Official name	XVI Gran Premio de España
Location	Circuito Permanente del Jarama, Madrid, Spain
Course	Race track
Course length	3.404 km (2.115 mi)
Distance	90 laps, 306.360 km (190.363 mi)
Weather	Very hot, Dry
Pole position
Driver	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford
Time	1:23.90
Fastest lap
Driver	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford
Time	1:24.3 on lap 19
Podium
First	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford
Second	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford
Third	Mario Andretti	March-Ford

The 1970 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Jarama circuit on April 19, 1970. It was the second round of the 1970 Formula One season.^[1]

Prior to the race, the organisers of the Grand Prix sparked anger amongst the members of FOCA when they limited the number of starters to only sixteen. To add to the chaos, none of the laps set on Friday were counted towards qualifying. On the morning before the race, the matter seemed resolved and the organisers initially reversed their decision, and those who failed to qualify looked as if they would be allowed to start. The Commission Sportive Internationale then stepped in and forced the Spanish organisers to revert to the original limit of sixteen starters, and the cars that failed to qualify were wheeled off the grid.^[2]

The race was won by defending world champion Jackie Stewart, driving a March 701. American driver Mario Andretti took his first Formula One podium in third place.^[1] The race was marred by a serious accident involving Jackie Oliver and Jacky Ickx. Both of their cars burst into a fireball, and Ickx was slightly burned. He would recover in time for the next race at Monaco. Bruce McLaren scored his last podium, points and race finish.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford	90	2:10:58.2	3	9
2	11	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	89	+ 1 Lap	11	6
3	18	Mario Andretti	March-Ford	89	+ 1 Lap	16	4
4	6	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford	89	+ 1 Lap	15	3
5	16	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	March-Ford	88	+ 2 Laps	14	2
Ret	8	John Surtees	McLaren-Ford	76	Gearbox	12
Ret	7	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	61	Engine	1
Ret	24	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	43	Engine	17
Ret	22	Henri Pescarolo	Matra	33	Engine	9
Ret	4	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	31	Engine	4
Ret	5	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	10	Ignition	2
Ret	9	Chris Amon	March-Ford	10	Engine	6
Ret	3	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford	9	Ignition	8
WD	10	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	4	Withdrew	5
Ret	2	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	0	Accident	7
Ret	15	Jackie Oliver	BRM	0	Accident	10
DNS	12	Piers Courage	De Tomaso-Ford	0	Not Started	13
DNQ	20	Andrea de Adamich	McLaren-Alfa Romeo
DNQ	19	John Miles	Lotus-Ford
DNQ	14	Jo Siffert	March-Ford
DNQ	21	George Eaton	BRM
DNQ	23	Alex Soler-Roig	Lotus-Ford
Source:[3]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 2 1 Jackie Stewart 13 1 2 Jack Brabham 9 1 3 Denny Hulme 6 10 4 Bruce McLaren 6 9 5 Mario Andretti 4

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 2 1 March-Ford 13 2 McLaren-Ford 12 2 3 Brabham-Ford 9 1 4 Lotus-Ford 5 1 5 Matra 3

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

References

1. "The Grand Prix of Spain". Motor Sport: 30. May 1970. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
2. "Poachers turned gamekeepers: how the FOCA became the new FIA - Part 1: Introduction and timeline". Forix.com. 21 November 2007.
3. "1970 Spanish Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2015.

External links

• "chicanef1.com". Retrieved 2009-07-04.