# March 701 (F1)

- Source: https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/march-701/
- Publisher: Racing Car Network (racingcarnetwork.com), the race car marketplace
- Type: car · Brand: March
- Discipline: formula, historic-racing
- Series: f1-historic
- Era: 1970s
- Last updated: 2026-07-06

The 701 is the instant-F1 miracle: March's first grand-prix car — Stewart's 1970 win, Amon's poles — the brand-new constructor that armed a quarter of the grid in its first season.

## Specifications

| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Engine | 3.0 Cosworth DFV V8 |
| Power | ~440 hp |
| Model | Customer-fleet F1 strategy |
| House | March (founding season) |
| Ledger | 1970 Spanish GP win, Amon poles |
| Diligence | Chassis biography + fleet scholarship |
| Years | 1970 |
| Class | Instant-F1 miracle |

## History

March Engineering's audacious birth produced the 701 (1970): the instant-F1 miracle — the four-founders start-up (the Mosley-Rees-Coaker-Herd operation building grand-prix cars months after incorporation — the sport's most audacious constructor launch), the customer-fleet strategy (the 701s sold to Tyrrell-and-privateer entries the business model's proof: a quarter of the 1970 grid in the new marque's iron), and the DFV-kit grammar (the Cosworth-Hewland template the volume strategy leaned on) — flashing immediate success: the Stewart victory (the Tyrrell-run 701's Spanish GP win — the new constructor winning in its first months), the Amon-era works poles-and-podiums, and the season's fade (the development war outrunning the start-up's resources as Lotus's 72 matured) that set the marque's pattern — brilliant customer volume, works-effort struggles.

The start-up economics frame the type: the customer-constructor audacity (selling F1 cars like Formula Ford stock — the volume model the sport hadn't seen), the founders' pedigree beneath, and the instant-credibility gamble the first season's results bought.

The miracle identity structures the market: the Stewart-provenance summit (the Spanish-GP chassis the crown biography), the per-chassis scholarship the customer fleet's spread demands, and the birth-story romance the marque's history opens with.

The present is historic-F1 custody: chassis-biography law, DFV economics, and the audacious-birth story throughout.

## Palmarès

Stewart's 1970 Spanish GP win in Tyrrell's 701, Amon's works poles — the instant miracle's ledger in the constructor's first season.

## What to check before you buy

Instant-miracle law: per-chassis scholarship first (the customer fleet's spread — Tyrrell-run versus works versus privateer biographies the provenance's frame, the Stewart-win chassis the summit), DFV-Hewland rationality (the kit custody's sane economics), season-specification precision (the 1970 development steps per car), and restoration honesty per the era. Historic-F1 eligibility structures the racing life; the birth-story romance prices the marque's opening chapter — the start-up that armed a quarter of the grid and won in its first months, trading on audacity's legend.

## Did you know

- A quarter of the grid was March: the 1970 entry lists carrying the months-old marque's iron.
- Stewart won in the customer car: Tyrrell's 701 taking Spain before the works effort matured.
- The audacity was the business: selling F1 cars like customer stock — the model the sport hadn't seen.

## Related entries

- March 711 (F1) — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/march-711/
- March 721 (F1) — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/march-721/
- Lotus 72 — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/lotus-72/
- Brabham BT33 — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/brabham-bt33/