1970 Monaco Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 3 of 13 in the 1970 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | May 10, 1970 | ||
| Official name | XXVIII Grand Prix de Monaco | ||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco | ||
| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.145 km (1.954 mi) | ||
| Distance | 80 laps, 251.600 km (156.337 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny and warm | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | March-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:24.0 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Jochen Rindt
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Lotus-Ford | |
| Time | 1:23.2 on lap 80 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Second | Brabham-Ford | ||
| Third | Matra | ||
Coordinates: 43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E
The 1970 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Monaco on May 10, 1970. It was the third race of the 1970 Formula One season. 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.
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.
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