Monaco Grand Prix

Monte Carlo, 10 May 1970

All cars are 3-litre F1 unless noted.

Sources

Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.

3-litre Formula 1 World Championship events 1966-1985

These 1966 to 1985 results were initially compiled by Allen Brown, but these were in the very basic form required to track individual car histories. Since then further details, such as laps completed, qualifying times and so on, have been added from Rob Ryder's extensive database.

All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen at allen@oldracingcars.com if you can help with our research.

Individual sources for this event

Autosport 14 May 1970 pp12-19 (report by Patrick McNally). Motor Sport June 1970 race report pp575-577 and 'Notes on the Cars at Monaco' p579 (both by DSJ). Motoring News 14 May 1970 pp14-16,21 (report by ARM, Andrew Marriott). Sport Auto Juin 1970 pp92-100, including 'Les Voitures en Course' (by Gérard "Jabby" Crombac). Motor 14 May 1970 pp38-44 (by Philip Turner). The Motor Racing Year No 2 p50-56 (by Anthony Pritchard).

The two-car works teams were again the two Lotuses, two Brabham BT33s, two Tyrrell March 701s, two works March 701s and two Matra MS120s. The three-car teams were McLaren with two M14As and a M7D , and BRM with three P153s. The single-car works teams were Ferrari and De Tomaso. As well as these 18 there were three privateers: Rob Walker's private Lotus 49C, entered by Brooke Bond Oxo Racing with Rob Walker, John Surtees in his McLaren M7C, and Colin Crabbe's new works-assisted March 701 for Ronnie Peterson, which was tended by ex-BRM chief mechanic Cyril Atkins. Another old face in new overalls was former Lotus mechanic Leo Wybrott now working for McLaren. The non-arrivals were Silvio Moser's new Bellasi and Tom Wheatcroft's Brabham BT26A. Spare cars were brought by Tyrrell, STP-March, and Lotus.

Autosport, Motor Sport and Motoring News all reported Beltoise' car as MS120/1 as the company had not yet come clean about it being MS120/3. This was not the only car travelling under the carnet of a wrecked car, as McLaren had a virtually new M14A which was still wearing the chassis plate M14A/1. Crombac called this car "M14A/3". Motoring News mistakenly called Peterson's new March 701/9 instead of 701/8.

Denis Jenkinson - who this author holds in the very highest esteem - was not always in favour of the changes taking place in F1, and during early 1970 he was at his grouchiest. In his "Reflections in Monte Carlo Harbour" he railed against sponsors. He seemed perfectly happy with the very wealthy sons of successful businessmen pouring their inherited wealth into their own teams at the Indy 500, but in F1 he saw people "putting money into a racing team when they have barely seen a racing car", and prophesied that this was "a game that is doomed to failure".