1970 Belgian Grand Prix

1970 Belgian Grand Prix
Race details
Date 7 June 1970
Official name XXIX Grand Prix de Belgique
Location Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 14.100 km (8.761 miles)
Distance 28 laps, 394.800 km (245.317 miles)
Pole position
Driver March-Ford
Time 3:28.0
Fastest lap
Driver New Zealand Chris Amon March-Ford
Time 3:27.4 on lap 27
Podium
First BRM
Second March-Ford
Third Matra
Lap leaders

The 1970 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 7 June 1970. It was race 4 of 13 in both the 1970 World Championship of Drivers and the 1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.

March driver Chris Amon set the new lap record at this race, at a speed of 152 miles an hour. Race winner Pedro Rodríguez had set a 160 miles an hour lap in a sports car race the week before the Grand Prix. It was also Rodriguez's last victory in Formula One, and BRM's first victory since Jackie Stewart won the 1966 Monaco Grand Prix. This was the second Formula One win ever for a Mexican driver, and the last until the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix.[1] The race also saw the debut of Ignazio Giunti, who finished fourth in a Ferrari.

This was the last Formula One race to be held on the original Spa circuit. It was also the last Formula One victory for Dunlop.[2]

  1. ^ "Mexico - Wins". statsf1.com. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ^ "F1 tire supplier stats". formula1-dictionary.net. Retrieved 16 October 2021.