The 1970 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Österreichring on 16 August 1970. It was race 9 of 13 in both the 1970 World Championship of Drivers and the 1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. This was the third Austrian Grand Prix, the second as part of the World Championship, and the first at the scenic Österreichring, built to replace the bumpy and bland Zeltweg Airfield circuit.
The 60-lap race was won by Jacky Ickx, driving a Ferrari, after he started from third position. Teammate Clay Regazzoni achieved his first podium finish by coming second, while Rolf Stommelen achieved his only podium finish, coming third in a Brabham-Ford. Local driver and championship leader Jochen Rindt started from pole position in his Lotus-Ford, but retired with an engine failure. It would turn out to be Rindt's final Formula One Grand Prix race start.
Qualifying
Qualifying classification PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGapGrid16 Jochen RindtLotus-Ford1:39.23 —1227 Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:39.70 +0.472312 Jacky IckxFerrari1:39.86 +0.63341 Jackie StewartMarch-Ford1:40.15 +0.924514 Ignazio GiuntiFerrari1:40.21 +0.98564 Chris AmonMarch-Ford1:40.60 +1.376719 Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra1:40.81 +1.587810 Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford1:40.81 +1.58892 François CevertMarch-Ford1:40.89 +1.669107 John MilesLotus-Ford1:41.46 +2.23101121 Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford1:41.49 +2.26111215 John SurteesSurtees-Ford1:41.49 +2.26121320 Henri PescaroloMatra1:41.70 +2.47131416 Jackie OliverBRM1:41.73 +2.50141522 Andrea de AdamichMcLaren-Alfa Romeo1:41.82 +2.5915168 Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford1:41.86 +2.63161711 Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford1:42.09 +2.8617185 Mario AndrettiMarch-Ford1:42.28 +3.05181926 Tim SchenkenDe Tomaso-Ford1:42.41 +3.1819203 Jo SiffertMarch-Ford1:42.56 +3.33202123 Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford1:42.79 +3.56212217 Pedro RodríguezBRM1:43.19 +3.96222318 George EatonBRM1:45.00 +5.77232424 Silvio MoserBellasi-Ford1:45.64 +6.4124Source:
Race
Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 60 1:42:17.3 3 9 2 27 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 60 + 0.61 2 6 3 11 Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Ford 60 + 1:27.88 17 4 4 17 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 59 + 1 Lap 22 3 5 16 Jackie Oliver BRM 59 + 1 Lap 14 2 6 19 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 59 + 1 Lap 7 1 7 14 Ignazio Giunti Ferrari 59 + 1 Lap 5 8 4 Chris Amon March-Ford 59 + 1 Lap 6 9 3 Jo Siffert March-Ford 59 + 1 Lap 20 10 23 Peter Gethin McLaren-Ford 59 + 1 Lap 21 11 18 George Eaton BRM 58 + 2 Laps 23 12 22 Andrea de Adamich McLaren-Alfa Romeo 57 + 3 Laps 15 13 10 Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 56 + 4 Laps 8 14 20 Henri Pescarolo Matra 56 + 4 Laps 13 15 8 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 55 + 5 Laps 16 21 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 30 Engine 11 15 John Surtees Surtees-Ford 27 Engine 12 26 Tim Schenken De Tomaso-Ford 25 Engine 19 6 Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 21 Engine 1 5 Mario Andretti March-Ford 13 Accident 18 24 Silvio Moser Bellasi-Ford 13 Radiator 24 1 Jackie Stewart March-Ford 7 Fuel Pipe 4 7 John Miles Lotus-Ford 4 Brakes 10 2 François Cevert March-Ford 0 Engine 9
Notes
This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Australian driver Tim Schenken. This was the 122nd race start for Jack Brabham, thereby setting a new record.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jochen Rindt* 45 2 Jack Brabham* 25 3 Denny Hulme* 20 3 4 Jacky Ickx* 19 1 5 Jackie Stewart* 19Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Lotus-Ford* 50 2 March-Ford* 33 3 Brabham-Ford* 33 4 McLaren-Ford* 27 5 Ferrari* 25Source:
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