Race details | |||
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Race 7 of 13 in the 1970 Formula One season | |||
Date | 18 July 1970 | ||
Official name | XXIII RAC British Grand Prix | ||
Location | Brands Hatch, Kent, England | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 4.265 km (2.650 mi) | ||
Distance | 80 laps, 341.200 km (212.012 mi) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Lotus-Ford | ||
Time | 1:24.8 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Jack Brabham | Brabham-Ford | |
Time | 1:25.9 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Lotus-Ford | ||
Second | Brabham-Ford | ||
Third | McLaren-Ford |
The 1970 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch on 18 July 1970. It was the seventh race of the 1970 Formula One season. This was the debut race of the future world champion Emerson Fittipaldi.
Jack Brabham held a substantial lead until his car ran out of fuel at the last bend and allowed Jochen Rindt to win the race.