1970 European Formula Two Championship

1970 European Formula Two season

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The 1970 European Formula Two season was contested over 8 rounds. Tecno Racing Team driver Clay Regazzoni clinched the championship title.

Calendar

Race No	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	Thruxton	30 March	46	3.791=174.386 km	0'57:41.0 1 lap down	181.390 km/h -	Jackie Stewart	Jochen Rindt	Jochen Rindt Derek Bell
2	Hockenheim	14 April	20+20	6.769=270.76 km	1'22:01.3	198.065 km/h	Jochen Rindt	Dieter Quester	Clay Regazzoni
3	Barcelona	26 April	45	3.79=170.55 km	1'08:07.6	150.205 km/h	Derek Bell	Derek Bell	Derek Bell
4	Rouen	31 May	25	6.541=163.525 km	0'51:24.0 0'51:24.4	190.885 km/h 190.860 km/h	Ronnie Peterson	Tim Schenken	Jo Siffert Clay Regazzoni
5	Pergusa-Enna	23 August	31+31	4.845=300.39 km	1'28:03.5	204.676 km/h	Jacky Ickx	Clay Regazzoni	Clay Regazzoni
6	Tulln-Langenlebarn	13 September	35+35	2.7=189.0 km	1'13:45.82 1'14:17.33	153.734 km/h 152.647 km/h	Clay Regazzoni	François Cevert	Jacky Ickx François Cevert
7	Imola	27 September	28+28	5.018=281.008 km	1'30:50.4	185.606 km/h	Clay Regazzoni	Jacky Ickx	Clay Regazzoni
8	Hockenheim	10 October	35	6.789=237.615 km	1'16:34.4	186.186 km/h	Ronnie Peterson	Dieter Quester	Dieter Quester

Note:

Race 2, 5, 6 and 7 were held in two heats, with results shown in aggregate.

Race 1 and 4 were held with two semi-final heats and the final run, with time only shown for the final.

Race 1, 4 and 6 was won by a graded driver, all graded drivers are shown in Italics.

Final point standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. The best 6 results count. One driver had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place	Name	Team	Chassis	Engine	THR	HOC	MNT	ROU	EMM	TUL	IMO	HOC	Points
1	Clay Regazzoni	Tecno Racing	Tecno	Ford	2	9	-	9	9	-	9	6	44
2	Derek Bell	Wheatcroft Racing	Brabham	Ford	9	4	9	(2)	3	6	4		35
		BMW	BMW	BMW								(1)
3	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Bardahl	Lotus	Ford	-	2	4	6	4	-	6	3	25
4	Dieter Quester	BMW	BMW	BMW	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	9	14
	Ronnie Peterson	Guthrie Racing	March	Ford	-	-	-	3	-	4	3	4	14
6	Robin Widdows	Walker Racing	Brabham	Ford	6	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	9
	François Cevert	Tecno Racing	Tecno	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	9
	Tetsu Ikuzawa	Ikuzawa Racing	Lotus	Ford	-	6	-	-	-	2	1	-	9
9	Peter Westbury	FIRST	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	1	6	-	-	-	7
10	Henri Pescarolo	Gerard Racing	Brabham	Ford	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6
11	Alistair Walker	Walker Racing	Brabham	Ford	4	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5
12	Tim Schenken	Sports Motor International	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4
13	Hubert Hahne	BMW	BMW	BMW	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Vittorio Brambilla	North Italian Racing	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3
	Carlos Reutemann	Automovil Club Argentino	Brabham	Ford	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	3
16	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Pygmée	Pygmée	Ford	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2
	Mike Goth	private entry	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
18	Tommy Reid	Irish Racing	Brabham	Ford	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Peter Gaydon	Gerard Racing	Brabham	Ford	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

Note:

Only drivers which were not graded were able to score points.

Race 5 not all points were awarded (not enough finishers).