The 1970 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Monaco on 10 May 1970. It was race 3 of 13 in both the 1970 World Championship of Drivers and the 1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. Jochen Rindt scored the last victory for the famous Lotus 49.
This was Bruce McLaren's final Formula One race - as he was killed 5 days before the next race at Belgium - and Ronnie Peterson's first.
Report
There were no significant changes in the drivers' lineup for Monaco, and the only new driver was Ronnie Peterson, entering in a non-works March. The Lotus team decided to bring the old 49C chassis instead of the new 72, despite testing the new car in a non-championship race at Silverstone a couple of weeks earlier. In qualifying March swept the front row, with Jackie Stewart on pole (for the Tyrrell team) and Chris Amon alongside him. Third was Denny Hulme's McLaren, and fourth the Brabham of Jack Brabham; behind them was the Ferrari of Jacky Ickx. The first Lotus driver was Jochen Rindt, qualifying in eighth place.
Qualifying
Qualifying classification
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Pos.
!Driver
!Constructor
!Time
!Grid
|-
!1
| Jackie Stewart
|March-Ford
|1:24.0
|1
|-
!2
| Chris Amon
|March-Ford
|1:24.6
|2
|-
!3
| Denny Hulme
|McLaren-Ford
|1:25.1
|3
|-
!4
| Jack Brabham
|Brabham-Ford
|1:25.4
|4
|-
!5
| Jacky Ickx
|Ferrari
|1:25.5
|5
|-
!6
| Jean-Pierre Beltoise
|Matra
|1:25.6
|6
|-
!7
| Henri Pescarolo
|Matra
|1:25.7
|7
|-
!8
| Jochen Rindt
|Lotus-Ford
|1:25.9
|8
|-
!9
| Piers Courage
|De Tomaso-Ford
|1:26.1
|9
|-
!10
| Bruce McLaren
|McLaren-Ford
|1:26.1
|10
|-
!11
| Jo Siffert
|March-Ford
|1:26.2
|11
|-
!
| Rolf Stommelen
|Brabham-Ford
|1:26.3
|—
|-
!
| Andrea de Adamich
|McLaren-Alfa Romeo
|1:26.3
|—
|-
!14
| Graham Hill
|Lotus-Ford
|1:26.8
|16
|-
!15
| Ronnie Peterson
|March-Ford
|1:26.8
|12
|-
!
| George Eaton
|BRM
|1:27.0
|—
|-
!17
| John Surtees
|McLaren-Ford
|1:27.4
|13
|-
!
| John Miles
|Lotus-Ford
|1:27.4
|—
|-
!19
| Jackie Oliver
|BRM
|1:27.5
|14
|-
!
| Johnny Servoz-Gavin
|March-Ford
|1:28.1
|—
|-
!21
| Pedro Rodríguez
|BRM
|1:28.8
|15
|-
!colspan="8"|
|}
Race
Classification
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Points
|-
! 1
| 3
| Jochen Rindt
| Lotus-Ford
| 80
| 1:54:37.4
| 8
| 9
|-
! 2
| 5
| Jack Brabham
| Brabham-Ford
| 80
| + 23.1
| 4
| 6
|-
! 3
| 9
| Henri Pescarolo
| Matra
| 80
| + 51.4
| 7
| 4
|-
! 4
| 11
| Denny Hulme
| McLaren-Ford
| 80
| + 1:28.3
| 3
| 3
|-
! 5
| 1
| Graham Hill
| Lotus-Ford
| 79
| + 1 Lap
| 16
| 2
|-
! 6
| 17
| Pedro Rodríguez
| BRM
| 78
| + 2 Laps
| 15
| 1
|-
! 7
| 23
| Ronnie Peterson
| March-Ford
| 78
| + 2 Laps
| 12
|
|-
! 8
| 19
| Jo Siffert
| March-Ford
| 76
| Out of Fuel
| 11
|
|-
!
| 28
| Chris Amon
| March-Ford
| 60
| Suspension
| 2
|
|-
!
| 24
| Piers Courage
| De Tomaso-Ford
| 58
| + 22 Laps
| 9
|
|-
!
| 21
| Jackie Stewart
| March-Ford
| 57
| Engine
| 1
|
|-
!
| 16
| Jackie Oliver
| BRM
| 42
| Engine
| 14
|
|-
!
| 8
| Jean-Pierre Beltoise
| Matra
| 21
| Differential
| 6
|
|-
!
| 12
| Bruce McLaren
| McLaren-Ford
| 19
| Suspension
| 10
|
|-
!
| 14
| John Surtees
| McLaren-Ford
| 14
| Oil Pressure
| 13
|
|-
!
| 26
| Jacky Ickx
| Ferrari
| 11
| Halfshaft
| 5
|
|-
!
| 10
| Andrea de Adamich
| McLaren-Alfa Romeo
|
|
|
|
|-
!
| 6
| Rolf Stommelen
| Brabham-Ford
|
|
|
|
|-
!
| 15
| George Eaton
| BRM
|
|
|
|
|-
!
| 2
| John Miles
| Lotus-Ford
|
|
|
|
|-
!
| 20
| Johnny Servoz-Gavin
| March-Ford
|
|
|
|
|-
!colspan="8"|
|}
Notes
- This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Swedish driver and future Grand Prix winner Ronnie Peterson.
- This was the 5th win of a Monaco Grand Prix by Lotus. It broke the old record set by BRM at the 1966 Monaco Grand Prix.
Championship standings after the race
;Drivers' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Driver
! Points
|-
|align="left"| 10px 1
|align="center"| 1
| Jack Brabham
| align="left"| 15
|-
|align="left"| 10px 1
|align="center"| 2
| Jackie Stewart
| align="left"| 13
|-
|align="left"| 10px 13
|align="center"| 3
| Jochen Rindt
| align="left"| 9
|-
|align="left"| 10px 1
|align="center"| 4
| Denny Hulme
| align="left"| 9
|-
|align="left"| 10px 1
|align="center"| 5
| Bruce McLaren
| align="left"| 6
|-
!colspan=4|Source:
|}
;Constructors' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Constructor
! Points
|-
|align="left"| 10px 2
|align="center"| 1
| Brabham-Ford
| align="left"| 15
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 2
| McLaren-Ford
| align="left"| 15
|-
|align="left"| 10px 1
|align="center"| 3
| Lotus-Ford
| align="left"| 14
|-
|align="left"| 10px 3
|align="center"| 4
| March-Ford
| align="left"| 13
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 5
| Matra
| align="left"| 7
|-
!colspan=4|Source: