# 1970 French Grand Prix

The 1970 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Charade, Clermont-Ferrand on 5 July 1970. It was race 6 of 13 in both the 1970 World Championship of Drivers and the 1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. This was the third French Grand Prix to be held at the Circuit de Charade and the second in succession, after plans to hold the race at the Circuit d'Albi near Toulouse fell through.
The 38-lap race was won by Lotus driver Jochen Rindt after he started from sixth position. Chris Amon finished second for the March team and Brabham driver Jack Brabham came in third.

## Qualifying
### Qualifying classification

| Pos. | Driver | Constructor | Time | Grid |
| 1 | Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | 2:58.22 | 1 |
| 2 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Matra | 2:58.70 | 2 |
| 3 | Chris Amon | March-Ford | 2:59.14 | 3 |
| 4 | Jackie Stewart | March-Ford | 2:59.24 | 4 |
| 5 | Jack Brabham | Brabham-Ford | 2:59.67 | 5 |
| 6 | Jochen Rindt | Lotus-Ford | 2:59.74 | 6 |
| 7 | Denny Hulme | McLaren-Ford | 3:00.42 | 7 |
| 8 | Henri Pescarolo | Matra | 3:00.59 | 8 |
| 9 | Ronnie Peterson | March-Ford | 3:01.21 | 9 |
| 10 | Pedro Rodríguez | BRM | 3:01.29 | 10 |
| 11 | Ignazio Giunti | Ferrari | 3:01.85 | 11 |
| 12 | Jackie Oliver | BRM | 3:02.77 | 12 |
| 13 | François Cevert | March-Ford | 3:02.87 | 13 |
| 14 | Rolf Stommelen | Brabham-Ford | 3:03.41 | 14 |
| 15 | Andrea de Adamich | McLaren-Alfa Romeo | 3:03.48 | 15 |
| 16 | Jo Siffert | March-Ford | 3:03.78 | 16 |
| 17 | Dan Gurney | McLaren-Ford | 3:04.04 | 17 |
| 18 | John Miles | Lotus-Ford | 3:04.16 | 18 |
| 19 | George Eaton | BRM | 3:04.92 | 19 |
| 20 | Graham Hill | Lotus-Ford | 3:07.84 | 20 |
| DNQ | Silvio Moser | Bellasi-Ford | 3:08.10 | — |
| DNQ | Alex Soler-Roig | Lotus-Ford | 3:14.49 | — |
| DNQ | Pete Lovely | Lotus-Ford | 3:15.58 | — |
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## Race
### Classification

| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 6 | Jochen Rindt | Lotus-Ford | 38 | 1:55:57.0 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | 14 | Chris Amon | March-Ford | 38 | + 7.61 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 23 | Jack Brabham | Brabham-Ford | 38 | + 44.83 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 19 | Denny Hulme | McLaren-Ford | 38 | + 45.66 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | 20 | Henri Pescarolo | Matra | 38 | + 1:19.42 | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | 17 | Dan Gurney | McLaren-Ford | 38 | + 1:19.65 | 17 | 1 |
| 7 | 22 | Rolf Stommelen | Brabham-Ford | 38 | + 2:20.16 | 14 | |
| 8 | 7 | John Miles | Lotus-Ford | 38 | + 2:47.17 | 18 | |
| 9 | 1 | Jackie Stewart | March-Ford | 38 | + 3:09.61 | 4 | |
| 10 | 8 | Graham Hill | Lotus-Ford | 37 | + 1 Lap | 20 | |
| 11 | 2 | François Cevert | March-Ford | 37 | + 1 Lap | 13 | |
| 12 | 4 | George Eaton | BRM | 36 | + 2 Laps | 19 | |
| 13 | 21 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Matra | 35 | Out of Fuel | 2 | |
| 14 | 11 | Ignazio Giunti | Ferrari | 35 | + 3 Laps | 11 | |
| NC | 16 | Andrea de Adamich | McLaren-Alfa Romeo | 29 | + 9 Laps | 15 | |
| Ret | 12 | Jo Siffert | March-Ford | 23 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 18 | Ronnie Peterson | March-Ford | 17 | Differential | 9 | |
| Ret | 10 | Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | 16 | Engine | 1 | |
| Ret | 3 | Pedro Rodríguez | BRM | 6 | Gearbox | 10 | |
| Ret | 5 | Jackie Oliver | BRM | 5 | Engine | 12 | |
| DNQ | 24 | Silvio Moser | Bellasi-Ford | | | | |
| DNQ | 9 | Alex Soler-Roig | Lotus-Ford | | | | |
| DNQ | 25 | Pete Lovely | Lotus-Ford | | | | |
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