1970 Mexican Grand Prix | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | October 25, 1970 | ||
Official name | Mexican Grand Prix | ||
Location | Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca, Mexico City, Mexico | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 5.000 km (3.107 miles) | ||
Distance | 65 laps, 325.000 km (201.946 miles) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Ferrari | ||
Time | 1:41.86 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | |
Time | 1:43.11 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Ferrari | ||
Second | Ferrari | ||
Third | McLaren-Ford | ||
Lap leaders |
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 only driver ever to win the championship posthumously.