October 4, 1970 Watkins Glen | Lap distance 3.702 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (8) | 1970 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 24 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Team Lotus 72C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Firestone | 108 | 1:57'32.79 | 3 | 1'03.67 | 4 | 1'03.50 | (95) | |
| 2 | 6 | 19 | Pedro Rodríguez (MEX) | BRM P153 | BRM P142 | Dunlop | 108 | 1:58'09.18 | +36.39 | 4 | 1'04.18 | 5 | 1'03.66 | (91) |
| 3 | 4 | 23 | Reine Wisell (SWE) | Team Lotus 72C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Firestone | 108 | 1:58'17.96 | +45.17 | 9 | 1'04.79 | 6 | 1'03.75 | (99) |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Jacky Ickx (BEL) | Ferrari 312B | Ferrari 312B | Firestone | 107 | 1:57'39.04 | +1 lap | 1 | 1'03.07 | 1 | 1'02.74 | (105) |
| 5 | 2 | 12 | Chris Amon (NZL) | March 701 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Firestone | 107 | 1:57'44.16 | +1 lap | 5 | 1'04.23 | 7 | 1'03.97 | (95) |
| 6 | 1 | 18 | Derek Bell (GBR) | Surtees TS7 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Firestone | 107 | 1:58'49.43 | +1 lap | 13 | 1'05.00 | 8 | 1'04.50 | (93) |
| 7 | 8 | Denny Hulme (NZL) | McLaren M14A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 106 | 1:58'16.18 | +2 laps | 11 | 1'04.84 | 10 | 1'04.87 | (67) | |
| 8 | 7 | Henri Pescarolo (FRA) | Matra MS120 | Matra MS12T | Goodyear | 105 | 1:57'38.47 | +3 laps | 12 | 1'05.00 | 17 | 1'05.50 | (67) | |
| 9 | 11 | Jo Siffert (SUI) | March 701 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Firestone | 105 | 1:58'06.40 | +3 laps | 23 | 1'06.23 | 15 | 1'05.28 | (104) | |
| 10 | 15 | Jack Brabham (AUS) | Brabham BT33 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 105 | 1:58'26.78 | +3 laps | 16 | 1'05.29 | 14 | 1'05.21 | (62) | |
| 11 | 29 | Ronnie Peterson (SWE) | March 701 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 104 | 1:58'06.59 | +4 laps | 15 | 1'05.18 | 12 | 1'05.18 | (103) | |
| 12 | 16 | Rolf Stommelen (GER) | Brabham BT33 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 104 | 1:58'38.33 | +4 laps | 19 | 1'05.77 | 16 | 1'05.42 | (67) | |
| 13 | 4 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Ferrari 312B | Ferrari 312B | Firestone | 101 | 1:58'01.59 | +7 laps | 6 | 1'04.30 | 2 | 1'02.84 | (80) | |
| 14 | 9 | Peter Gethin (GBR) | McLaren M14A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 100 | 1:57'34.95 | +8 laps | 21 | 1'06.12 | 19 | 1'06.53 | (13) | |
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| oil leak | 1 | Jackie Stewart (GBR) | Tyrrell 001 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Dunlop | 82 | 1:28'55.41 | 2 | 1'03.62 | 3 | 1'03.34 | (49) | ||
| clutch | 14 | Graham Hill (GBR) | Team Lotus 72C | Ford Cosworth DFV | Firestone | 72 | 1:40'12.25 | 10 | 1'04.81 | 13 | 1'05.19 | (50) | ||
| wheel | 2 | François Cevert (FRA) | March 701 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Dunlop | 62 | 1:17'57.32 | 17 | 1'05.30 | 9 | 1'04.59 | (59) | ||
| suspension | 30 | Tim Schenken (AUS) | De Tomaso 308 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Dunlop | 61 | 1:10'35.90 | 20 | 1'06.08 | 18 | 1'05.74 | (54) | ||
| water pipe | 27 | Jo Bonnier (SWE) | McLaren M7C | Ford Cosworth DFV | 50 | 1:18'04.97 | 24 | 1'06.46 | 24 | 1'09.89 | (40) | |||
| handling | 6 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise (FRA) | Matra MS120 | Matra MS12T | Goodyear | 27 | 37'46.89 | 18 | 1'05.44 | 20 | 1'06.59 | (13) | ||
| fuel leak | 31 | Gus Hutchison (USA) | Brabham BT26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | 21 | 25'07.67 | 22 | 1'06.22 | 23 | 1'09.29 | (18) | |||
| engine | 20 | Jackie Oliver (GBR) | BRM P153 | BRM P142 | Dunlop | 14 | 15'43.04 | 7 | 1'04.37 | 11 | 1'05.12 | (13) | ||
| engine | 21 | George Eaton (CAN) | BRM P153 | BRM P142 | Dunlop | 10 | 11'38.62 | 14 | 1'05.14 | 21 | 1'07.44 | (9) | ||
| engine | 17 | John Surtees (GBR) | Surtees TS7 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Firestone | 6 | 7'02.02 | 8 | 1'04.52 | 22 | 1'07.59 | (6) | ||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 32 | Peter Westbury (GBR) | BRM P153 | BRM P142 | Dunlop | 1'07.20 | ||||||||
| -- | 28 | Pete Lovely (USA) | Team Lotus 49B | Ford Cosworth DFV | 1'07.45 | |||||||||
| -- | 10 | Andrea de Adamich (ITA) | McLaren M14D | Alfa Romeo 33/3 | Goodyear | 1'12.24 | ||||||||
