The 1970 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Hockenheimring on 2 August 1970. It was race 8 of 13 in both the 1970 World Championship of Drivers and the 1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 50-lap race was won by Lotus driver Jochen Rindt after he started from second position. Jacky Ickx finished second for the Ferrari team and McLaren driver Denny Hulme came in third.
On short notice following the drivers' demand for improved safety at the Nürburgring, the race was moved to Hockenheim for the first time in the history of the German Grand Prix as this track already had been fitted with Armco. F1 returned to an updated Nürburgring in 1971.
This was Rindt's final win in his career before his death at the Italian Grand Prix that year at Monza.
Qualifying
Qualifying classification PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGapGrid1 10 Jacky IckxFerrari1:59.5 —12 2 Jochen RindtLotus-Ford1:59.7 +0.223 15 Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:59.8 +0.334 12 Jo SiffertMarch-Ford2:00.0 +0.545 14 Henri PescaroloMatra2:00.5 +1.056 5 Chris AmonMarch-Ford2:00.9 +1.467 1 Jackie StewartMarch-Ford2:01.0 +1.578 6 Pedro RodríguezBRM2:01.1 +1.689 11 Mario AndrettiMarch-Ford2:01.5 +2.0910 16 John MilesLotus-Ford2:01.6 +2.11011 21 Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford2:01.6 +2.11112 3 Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford2:02.0 +2.51213 17 Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford2:02.0 +2.51314 23 François CevertMarch-Ford2:02.1 +2.61415 7 John SurteesSurtees-Ford2:02.1 +2.61516 4 Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford2:02.1 +2.61617 24 Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford2:02.2 +2.71718 18 Jackie OliverBRM2:02.3 +2.81819 22 Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford2:02.4 +2.919 25 Brian RedmanDe Tomaso-Ford2:02.7 +3.2—21 9 Graham HillLotus-Ford2:03.0 +3.520 20 Andrea de AdamichMcLaren-Alfa Romeo2:03.0 +3.5—23 8 Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra2:05.2 +5.721 27 Silvio MoserBellasi-Ford2:06.2 +6.7— 26 Hubert HahneMarch-Ford2:07.1 +7.6—Source:
Race
Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 50 1:42:00.3 2 9 2 10 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 50 + 0.7 1 6 3 4 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 50 + 1:21.8 16 4 4 17 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 50 + 1:55.1 13 3 5 21 Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Ford 49 + 1 Lap 11 2 6 14 Henri Pescarolo Matra 49 + 1 Lap 5 1 7 23 François Cevert March-Ford 49 + 1 Lap 14 8 12 Jo Siffert March-Ford 47 Ignition 4 9 7 John Surtees Surtees-Ford 46 Engine 15 9 Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 37 Engine 20 5 Chris Amon March-Ford 34 Engine 6 15 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 30 Engine 3 16 John Miles Lotus-Ford 24 Engine 10 1 Jackie Stewart March-Ford 20 Engine 7 11 Mario Andretti March-Ford 15 Gearbox 9 22 Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 11 Engine 19 6 Pedro Rodriguez BRM 7 Ignition 8 18 Jackie Oliver BRM 5 Engine 18 3 Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 4 Oil Leak 12 8 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 4 Suspension 21 24 Peter Gethin McLaren-Ford 3 Throttle 17 25 Brian Redman De Tomaso-Ford 20 Andrea de Adamich McLaren-Alfa Romeo 27 Silvio Moser Bellasi-Ford 26 Hubert Hahne March-Ford
Notes
This was the 50th pole position for a Ferrari-powered car. This was the 50th race for a Ford-powered car.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jochen Rindt* 45 2 Jack Brabham* 25 1 3 Denny Hulme* 20 1 4 Jackie Stewart* 19 5 Chris Amon* 14Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Lotus-Ford* 50 2 March-Ford* 33 3 Brabham-Ford* 29 4 McLaren-Ford* 27 2 5 Ferrari* 16Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Competitors in bold and marked with an asterisk still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.
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