Sunday 7th June 1970

The last race around the fearsome ‘Old Spa’, the Belgium Grand Prix, was somewhat surprisingly won by Pedro Rodriguez. Although his BRM’s V12 engine produced plenty of power the car wasn’t exactly competitive the team hadn’t won a race for four years. However, Rodriguez was something of a Spa master and made his way through the field from sixth on the grid, passing Jochen Rindt, Jackie Stewart and Chris Amon to take the lead on lap five and never looked back. Amon finished a close second with Jean-Pierre Beltoise third in what was Rodriguez’s last win – and the last win (to date) by a Mexican driver in F1.