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1970 Mexican Grand Prix

FieldValue
TypeF1
CountryMexico
Grand PrixMexican
DateOctober 25
Year1970
ImageAutodromo Hermanos Rodriguez 1963.svg
CaptionThe Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca
Official nameMexican Grand Prix
LocationCiudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca, Mexico City, Mexico
CoursePermanent racing facility
Course_mi3.107
Course_km5.000
Distance_laps65
Distance_mi201.946
Distance_km325.000
Pole_DriverClay Regazzoni
Pole_TeamFerrari
Pole_Time1:41.86
Pole_CountrySwitzerland
Fast_DriverJacky Ickx
Fast_TeamFerrari
Fast_Time1:43.11 on lap 46
Fast_CountryBelgium
First_DriverJacky Ickx
First_TeamFerrari
First_CountryBelgium
Second_DriverClay Regazzoni
Second_TeamFerrari
Second_CountrySwitzerland
Third_DriverDenny Hulme
Third_TeamMcLaren-Ford
Third_CountryNew Zealand
Lapchart

The 1970 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca in Mexico City on October 25, 1970. It was race 13 of 13 in both the 1970 World Championship of Drivers and the 1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 65-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx after he started from third position. His teammate Clay Regazzoni finished second and McLaren driver Denny Hulme came in third.

Ickx was not able to close the points gap to the late Jochen Rindt in the final races of the season, and as a result, Rindt became the first Austrian Formula One World Champion and the only driver ever to win the championship posthumously.

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGapGrid123456789101112131415161718Source:
4SUI Clay RegazzoniFerrari**1:41.86**—1
1GBR Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford1:41.88+0.022
3BEL Jacky IckxFerrari1:42.41+0.553
15AUS Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford1:43.57+1.714
12NZL Chris AmonMarch-Ford1:43.71+1.855
6FRA Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra1:43.82+1.966
19MEX Pedro RodríguezBRM1:44.01+2.157
14GBR Graham HillLotus-Ford1:44.13+2.278
2FRA François CevertMarch-Ford1:44.21+2.359
9GBR Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford1:44.46+2.6010
7FRA Henri PescaroloMatra1:44.55+2.6911
23SWE Reine WisellLotus-Ford1:44.59+2.7312
20GBR Jackie OliverBRM1:44.70+2.8413
8NZL Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford1:44.95+3.0914
17GBR John SurteesSurtees-Ford1:45.03+3.1715
11SUI Jo SiffertMarch-Ford1:46.15+4.2916
16GER Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford1:46.30+4.4417
24BRA Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford1:48.13+6.2718

Race

The race was originally scheduled to start at 2:30pm but the crowd of 200,000 was difficult to control and almost forced the cancellation of the race. They were crammed in front of the guard-rails, sat at the trackside and ran across the track itself. Despite appeals from Jackie Stewart and local hero Pedro Rodríguez they still remained troublesome. It cause the start to be delayed to 4:00pm.

From the start, Jacky Ickx led from Stewart and Clay Regazzoni, but dropped back with steering column trouble. Later, a collision with a dog which had escaped onto the track damaged Stewart's suspension and forced his retirement, leaving the Ferraris dominant in first and second. Jack Brabham retired from third place in his final Grand Prix when the engine blew on lap 53. The Ferraris romped home with Ickx leading Regazzoni and Denny Hulme claiming the third podium spot.

The crowd control issues led to the Mexican Grand Prix being dropped from the 1971 calendar. It returned to the Formula One calendar fifteen years later in 1986.

Classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints123456789NCRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRet
3Belgium **Jacky Ickx****Ferrari**651:53:28.363**9**
4Switzerland **Clay Regazzoni****Ferrari**65+ 24.641**6**
8New Zealand **Denny Hulme****McLaren-Ford**65+ 45.9714**4**
12New Zealand **Chris Amon****March-Ford**65+ 47.055**3**
6France **Jean-Pierre Beltoise****Matra**65+ 50.116**2**
19Mexico **Pedro Rodriguez****BRM**65+ 1:24.767**1**
20UK Jackie OliverBRM64+ 1 lap13
17UK John SurteesSurtees-Ford64+ 1 lap15
7France Henri PescaroloMatra61+ 4 laps11
23Sweden Reine WisellLotus-Ford56+ 9 laps12
15Australia Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford52Engine4
1UK Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford33Suspension2
9UK Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford27Engine10
16Germany Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford15Fuel system17
2France François CevertMarch-Ford8Engine9
14UK Graham HillLotus-Ford4Overheating8
11Switzerland Jo SiffertMarch-Ford3Engine16
24Brazil Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford1Engine18

Notes

  • This was the 10th podium finish for a Swiss driver.
  • This was the 50th fastest lap set by a Ferrari (as a constructor and as an engine supplier); a record.
  • This race marked the 126th and last Grand Prix start for Jack Brabham; a record that would be broken by Graham Hill at the 1971 Monaco Grand Prix.

Final championship standings

;Drivers' Championship standings

PosDriverPointsSource:
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]1AUT **Jochen Rindt**45
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]2BEL Jacky Ickx40
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]3Switzerland Clay Regazzoni33
[[File:1uparrow green.svg10px]] 24NZL Denny Hulme27
[[File:1downarrow red.svg10px]] 15United Kingdom Jackie Stewart25

;Constructors' Championship standings

PosConstructorPointsSource:
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]1UK **Lotus-Ford**59
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]2ITA Ferrari52 (55)
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]3UK March-Ford48
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]4UK Brabham-Ford35
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]5UK McLaren-Ford35
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 6 results from the first 7 rounds and the best 5 results from the last 6 rounds counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
  • Competitors in bold are the 1970 World Champions.

References

Name_of_race = Mexican Grand Prix | Year_of_race = 1970 | Previous_race_in_season = 1970 United States Grand Prix | Next_race_in_season = 1971 South African Grand Prix | Previous_year's_race = 1969 Mexican Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1986 Mexican Grand Prix

References

  1. "Mexico 1970 - Qualification • STATS F1".
  2. "1970 Mexican Grand Prix". formula1.com.
  3. "Mexico 1970 - Championship • STATS F1".
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