Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course Watkins Glen, New York
Course
Permanent road course
Course length
3.78 km (2.35 miles)
Distance
108 laps, 408.2 km (253.8 miles)
Weather
Cloudy and dry with temperatures reaching up to 10 °C (50 °F); Wind speeds up to 29.5 km/h (18.3 mph)[1]
Pole position
Driver
Jacky Ickx
Ferrari
Time
1:03.07
Fastest lap
Driver
Jacky Ickx
Ferrari
Time
1:02.74 on lap 105
Podium
First
Emerson Fittipaldi
Lotus-Ford
Second
Pedro Rodríguez
BRM
Third
Reine Wisell
Lotus-Ford
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 1970 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on October 4, 1970 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York. It was race 12 of 13 in both the 1970 World Championship of Drivers and the 1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.[2]
The 108-lap race was won by Emerson Fittipaldi, driving a Lotus-Ford, after he started from third position. Fittipaldi achieved his first Formula One victory, and the first for a Brazilian driver, in only his fourth Grand Prix start. Mexican driver Pedro Rodríguez finished second in a BRM, having led before a late pit stop for fuel, while Fittipaldi's Swedish team-mate Reine Wisell, making his F1 debut, finished third, which would turn out to be his only podium finish.
Belgian driver Jacky Ickx finished fourth in his Ferrari, having started from pole position before pitting to repair a broken fuel line. This result meant that Jochen Rindt became the first and, to date, only posthumous Formula One World Champion.
This would be the final Grand Prix for the circuit in this original fast configuration. 1971 would see a new longer layout presenting more of a challenge.
^"Weather information for the 1970 United States Grand Prix". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
^"1970 United States Grand Prix Entry list".
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