The 5th Race of Champions was a non-Championship Formula One motor race held on 22 March 1970 at Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, England. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by Jackie Stewart in a March 701; Stewart having qualified in pole position. Jochen Rindt was second in a Lotus 49C and Denny Hulme third in a McLaren M14A. Jack Brabham set fastest lap in his Brabham BT33, finishing fourth.
Classification Driver Entrant Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 1 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell Racing Organisation March-Cosworth 50 1:12:51.800 1 2 8 Jochen Rindt Team Lotus Ltd Lotus-Cosworth 50 +36.200 4 3 5 Denny Hulme Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd McLaren-Cosworth 50 +1:22.400 5 4 16 Jack Brabham Motor Racing Developments Ltd Brabham-Cosworth 49 +1 lap 2 5 9 Graham Hill Rob Walker Racing Team Lotus-Cosworth 49 +1 lap 8 6 6 Peter Gethin Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd McLaren-Cosworth 49 +1 lap 9 Ret 12 George Eaton BRM Ltd BRM 23 Electrical 11 Ret 4 Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd McLaren-Cosworth 21 Accident 6 Ret 11 Jackie Oliver BRM Ltd BRM 12 Rear hub shaft 3 Ret 10 Pete Lovely Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc. Lotus-Cosworth 11 Accident 12 Ret 3 Chris Amon March Engineering Ltd March-Cosworth 10 Camshaft 7 Ret 7 John Surtees Team Surtees Ltd McLaren-Cosworth 10 Throttle 10 DNS 14 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Equipe Matra Matra Practice accident DNS 15 Derek Bell Tom Wheatcroft Racing Brabham-Cosworth Practice accident
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