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1970 Canadian Grand Prix
Race details
Date	September 20, 1970
Official name	X Player's Grand Prix Canada
Location	Circuit Mont-Tremblant, Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.265 km (2.650 miles)
Distance	90 laps, 383.850 km (238.501 miles)
Weather	Mild with temperatures approaching 23.3 °C (73.9 °F); winds gusting up to 10.1 kilometres per hour (6.3 mph)
Pole position
Driver	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford
Time	1:31.5
Fastest lap
Driver	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Time	1:32.2
Podium
First	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Second	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Third	Chris Amon	March-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1970 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Mont-Tremblant on September 20, 1970. It was race 11 of 13 in both the 1970 World Championship of Drivers and the 1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 90-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx after he started from second position. His teammate Clay Regazzoni finished second and March driver Chris Amon came in third. This race marked the debut of Tyrrell Racing as a constructor. Stewart took pole position for the race in the first outing for the team. Tim Schenken finishing the race only 11 laps behind is the best a De Tomaso built car ever achieved.

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Grid
1	3	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	1:31.5	—	1
2	18	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1:31.6	+0.1	2
3	19	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1:31.9	+0.4	3
4	2	François Cevert	March-Ford	1:32.4	+0.9	4
5	4	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	1:32.6	+1.1	5
6	20	Chris Amon	March-Ford	1:32.6	+1.1	6
7	14	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	1:32.7	+1.2	7
8	24	Henri Pescarolo	Matra	1:32.9	+1.4	8
9	16	George Eaton	BRM	1:32.9	+1.4	9
10	15	Jackie Oliver	BRM	1:33.1	+1.6	10
11	6	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford	1:33.2	+1.7	11
12	8	Andrea de Adamich	McLaren-Alfa Romeo	1:33.2	+1.7	12
13	23	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	1:33.4	+1.9	13
14	21	Jo Siffert	March-Ford	1:33.5	+2.0	14
15	5	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1:33.9	+2.4	15
16	26	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1:34.4	+2.9	16
17	10	Tim Schenken	De Tomaso-Ford	1:34.6	+3.1	17
18	12	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	1:34.7	+3.2	18
19	11	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	1:35.4	+3.9	19
20	9	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford	1:35.8	+4.3	20
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Race

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	18	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	90	2:21:18.4	2	9
2	19	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	90	+ 14.8	3	6
3	20	Chris Amon	March-Ford	90	+ 57.9	6	4
4	14	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	89	+ 1 lap	7	3
5	4	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	89	+ 1 lap	5	2
6	6	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford	88	+ 2 laps	11	1
7	24	Henri Pescarolo	Matra	87	+ 3 laps	8
8	23	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	85	Clutch	13
9	2	François Cevert	March-Ford	85	+ 5 laps	4
10	16	George Eaton	BRM	85	+ 5 laps	9
NC	10	Tim Schenken	De Tomaso-Ford	79	+ 11 laps	17
NC	9	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford	77	+ 13 laps	20
Ret	8	Andrea de Adamich	McLaren-Alfa Romeo	69	Oil Pressure	12
NC	26	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	65	+ 25 laps	16
Ret	5	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	58	Engine	15
Ret	11	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	57	Oil Leak	19
NC	15	Jackie Oliver	BRM	52	+ 38 laps	10
Ret	3	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	31	Axle	1
Ret	12	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	22	Handling	18
Ret	21	Jo Siffert	March-Ford	21	Engine	14
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Notes

• This was the 100th race for a Belgian driver. In those 100 races, Belgian drivers had won 5 Grands Prix, achieved 18 podium finishes, 6 pole positions, 6 fastest laps and 2 Grand Slams.
• After winning last year's Canadian Grand Prix, Jacky Ickx now was the sole record holder with two Canadian Grand Prix wins, breaking the record set by Jack Brabham at the 1967 Canadian Grand Prix.
• This was the first pole position for British constructor Tyrrell.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jochen Rindt 45 4 2 Jacky Ickx 28 2 3 Clay Regazzoni 27 2 4 Jackie Stewart 25 2 5 Jack Brabham 25 Source:

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Lotus-Ford 50 2 2 Ferrari 43 1 3 March-Ford 43 1 4 Brabham-Ford 35 5 McLaren-Ford 31 Source:

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

1. "Weather information for the 1970 Canadian Grand Prix". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
2. "Canada 1970 - Qualification • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
3. "1970 Canadian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
4. ^ "Canada 1970 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

Further reading

• Lang, Mike (1982). Grand Prix! Vol 2. Haynes Publishing Group. pp. 134–135. ISBN 0-85429-321-3.

• 1970 Formula One races
• Canadian Grand Prix
• 1970 in Canadian motorsport
• September 1970 sports events in Canada