The 1970 French Grand Prix was Round 6 of the 1970 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at the Charade circuit in France on Sunday, 5 July 1970. Jacky Ickx started on pole position for Ferrari and Jochen Rindt was the race winner in the Lotus Ford.
1970 French Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Jochen Rindt | Austria | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 38 | 1:55:57.000 | 1:55:57.000 | - | - | 3:00.960 | 21 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | 14 | Chris Amon | New Zealand | March Ford | Firestone | 38 | +7.610 | 1:56:04.610 | +7.610 | +7.610 | 3:01.310 | 27 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 23 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | 38 | +44.830 | 1:56:41.830 | +44.830 | +37.220 | 3:00.750 | 29 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 19 | Denny Hulme | New Zealand | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 38 | +45.660 | 1:56:42.660 | +45.660 | +0.830 | 3:01.140 | 20 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | 20 | Henri Pescarolo | France | Matra | Goodyear | 38 | +1:19.420 | 1:57:16.420 | +1:19.420 | +33.760 | 3:03.620 | 16 | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | 17 | Dan Gurney | United States | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 38 | +1:19.650 | 1:57:16.650 | +1:19.650 | +0.230 | 17 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 22 | Rolf Stommelen | Germany | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | 38 | +2:20.160 | 1:58:17.160 | +2:20.160 | +1:00.510 | 3:03.690 | 24 | 14 | |
| 8 | 7 | John Miles | Great Britain | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 38 | +2:47.170 | 1:58:44.170 | +2:47.170 | +27.010 | 3:03.680 | 20 | 18 | |
| 9 | 1 | Jackie Stewart | Great Britain | March Ford | Dunlop | 38 | +3:09.610 | 1:59:06.610 | +3:09.610 | +22.440 | 3:02.280 | 3 | 4 | |
| 10 | 8 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 37 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 3:04.120 | 34 | 20 | ||
| 11 | 2 | François Cévert | France | March Ford | Dunlop | 37 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 3:05.920 | 28 | 13 | |||
| 12 | 4 | George Eaton | Canada | BRM | Dunlop | 36 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 3:07.070 | 20 | 19 | ||
| 13 | 21 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | France | Matra | Goodyear | 35 | Out of fuel | 3 laps | 1 lap | 3:01.230 | 18 | 2 | ||
| 14 | 11 | Ignazio Giunti | Italy | Ferrari | Firestone | 35 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 3:02.760 | 21 | 11 | |||
| NCL | 16 | Andrea de Adamich | Italy | McLaren Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 29 | +9 laps | 3:10.790 | 23 | 15 | ||||
| DNF | 12 | Jo Siffert | Switzerland | March Ford | Firestone | 23 | Accident | 3:06.020 | 20 | 16 | ||||
| DNF | 18 | Ronnie Peterson | Sweden | March Ford | Goodyear | 17 | Differential | 3:03.580 | 16 | 9 | ||||
| DNF | 10 | Jacky Ickx | Belgium | Ferrari | Firestone | 16 | Engine | 3:02.080 | 9 | 1 | ||||
| DNF | 3 | Pedro Rodríguez | Mexico | BRM | Dunlop | 6 | Gearbox | 3:04.380 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| DNF | 5 | Jackie Oliver | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 5 | Engine | 3:09.590 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| DNQ | 24 | Silvio Moser | Switzerland | Bellasi Ford | Goodyear | |||||||||
| DNQ | 9 | Alex Soler-Roig | Spain | Lotus Ford | - | |||||||||
| DNQ | 25 | Pete Lovely | United States | Lotus Ford | - |