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1970 United States Grand Prix

The United States Grand Prix 1970 was the 12th round of the 1970 F1 season, and took place at the Watkins Glen in New York State, USA, on October 4th.

Emerson Fittipaldi won the race after starting in the 3rd position, followed by Pedro Rodríguez, and Reine Wisell completing the podium.

Jacky Ickx started from the pole position, but only managed to finish 4th.

Final results

1
2
Emerson Fittipaldi
Team Lotus
1:57:32.79
Finished
2
2
Pedro Rodríguez
BRM
+36.39
Finished
3
6
Reine Wisell
Team Lotus
+45.17
Finished
4
3
Jacky Ickx
Ferrari
+1 Lap
5
-
Chris Amon
March
+1 Lap
6
7
Derek Bell
Surtees
+1 Lap
7
4
Denny Hulme
McLaren-Ford
+2 Laps
8
4
Henri Pescarolo
Matra
+3 Laps
9
14
Jo Siffert
March
+3 Laps
10
6
Jack Brabham
Brabham
+3 Laps
11
4
Ronnie Peterson
March
+4 Laps
12
7
Rolf Stommelen
Brabham
+4 Laps
13
7
Clay Regazzoni
Ferrari
+7 Laps
14
7
Peter Gethin
McLaren-Ford
+8 Laps
15
13
Jackie Stewart
Tyrrell
Oil leak
16
6
Graham Hill
Team Lotus
Clutch
17
-
François Cevert
March
Wheel
18
2
Tim Schenken
De Tomaso
Suspension
19
5
Jo Bonnier
McLaren-Ford
Water pipe
20
2
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
Matra
Handling
21
1
Gus Hutchison
Brabham
Fuel leak
22
15
Jackie Oliver
BRM
Engine
23
9
George Eaton
BRM
Engine
24
16
John Surtees
Surtees
Engine
25
25
Peter Westbury
BRM
Did not qualify
26
26
Pete Lovely
Team Lotus
Did not qualify
27
27
Andrea de Adamich
McLaren-Alfa Romeo
Did not qualify
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Race evolution

We do not have lap by lap information for this race, therefore we can't analyze the evolution of the reace.

Pit Stops

Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 14 drivers out of the original 27 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Jackie Stewart, who had an oil leak on lap 82, Graham Hill, who had a problem with the clutch on lap 72, François Cevert, who had a wheel problem on lap 62, Tim Schenken, who suffered a suspension problem on lap 61, Jo Bonnier, who had problems with the water pipe on lap 50, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, who on lap 27, Gus Hutchison, who had a fuel leak on lap 21, and Jackie Oliver, George Eaton, and John Surtees, all of whom suffered an engine malfunction.

Oil leak

  • Jackie Stewart
    Lap 82

Clutch

  • Graham Hill
    Lap 72

Wheel

  • François Cevert
    Lap 62

Suspension

  • Tim Schenken
    Lap 61

Water pipe

  • Jo Bonnier
    Lap 50

Handling

  • Jean-Pierre Beltoise
    Lap 27

Fuel leak

  • Gus Hutchison
    Lap 21

Engine

  • Jackie Oliver
    Lap 14
  • George Eaton
    Lap 10
  • John Surtees
    Lap 6

Qualifying

We do not have qualifying data for this race.