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1971 British Grand Prix
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | F1 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Grand Prix | British |
| Date | 17 July |
| Year | 1971 |
| Race_No | 6 |
| Season_No | 11 |
| Image | Silverstone Circuit 1952 to 1974.png |
| Caption | The Silverstone Circuit (1952–1974) |
| Official name | XXIV The Woolmark British Grand Prix |
| Location | Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England |
| Course | Permanent racing facility |
| Course_mi | 2.927 |
| Course_km | 4.711 |
| Distance_laps | 68 |
| Distance_mi | 199.036 |
| Distance_km | 320.348 |
| Weather | Overcast, dry |
| Pole_Driver | Clay Regazzoni |
| Pole_Team | Ferrari |
| Pole_Time | 1:18.1 |
| Pole_Country | Switzerland |
| Fast_Driver | Jackie Stewart |
| Fast_Team | Tyrrell-Ford |
| Fast_Time | 1:19.9 |
| Fast_Country | United Kingdom |
| First_Driver | Jackie Stewart |
| First_Team | Tyrrell-Ford |
| First_Country | United Kingdom |
| Second_Driver | Ronnie Peterson |
| Second_Team | March-Ford |
| Second_Country | Sweden |
| Third_Driver | Emerson Fittipaldi |
| Third_Team | Lotus-Ford |
| Third_Country | Brazil |
| Lapchart |
The 1971 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 17 July 1971. It was race 6 of 11 in both the 1971 World Championship of Drivers and the 1971 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 68-lap race was won by Tyrrell driver Jackie Stewart after he started from second position. Ronnie Peterson finished second for the March team and Lotus driver Emerson Fittipaldi came in third.
Race report
On one of the fastest circuits on the calendar, horsepower counted for everything. Clay Regazzoni, driving for Ferrari, gained pole with a scorching lap of 1 min 18.1 secs, beating Jackie Stewart in a Tyrrell and Jo Siffert in a BRM by just a couple of hundredths of a second. BRM were mourning the loss of Pedro Rodríguez in a sports car race a few days earlier.
The start itself was a shambles, with a bungled flag drop causing a collision between Jackie Oliver and Graham Hill, for which Oliver was fined £50. Regazzoni led away from Jacky Ickx and Stewart, but after just one lap Stewart had passed Ickx, with Siffert following him. On lap 4, Stewart passed Regazzoni and disappeared into the distance. By lap 10 he was over 3 seconds ahead. In the points positions, Emerson Fittipaldi, Ronnie Peterson and Tim Schenken were having a memorable tussle. Regazzoni repassed Siffert who was suffering from vibration problems on lap 15, but the BRM driver managed to hang on to the back of the Ferrari for several more laps. Stewart increased his lead to 14 seconds and by lap 20 he was ahead by 18 seconds. Ickx dropped out of fourth place with rubber breaking off from his front left tyre, and Siffert dropped way down with a broken coil bracket. The battle between Peterson, Schenken and Fittipaldi moved up into 3rd, 4th and 5th places.
On lap 48, tyre problems struck Regazzoni and further problems ensued when he tried to leave the pits after his tyre change to find his engine had no oil pressure. Schenken too dropped down the field with gearbox problems and retired completely when it jammed for good 4 laps from home.
Henri Pescarolo and Rolf Stommelen thus moved up into the battle for 4th and 5th, duelling right to the line, with Pescarolo winning out by just 0.5 seconds. John Surtees gained 6th place.
Stewart took a commanding home win and extended his lead in the Championship to 23 points.
Classification
Qualifying
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Source: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Switzerland Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 1:18.1 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | United Kingdom Jackie Stewart | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:18.1 | +0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Switzerland Jo Siffert | BRM | 1:18.2 | +0.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi | Lotus-Ford | 1:18.3 | +0.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Sweden Ronnie Peterson | March-Ford | 1:19.0 | +0.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Belgium Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | 1:19.5 | +1.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Australia Tim Schenken | Brabham-Ford | 1:19.5 | +1.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | New Zealand Denny Hulme | McLaren-Ford | 1:19.6 | +1.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | New Zealand Chris Amon | Matra | 1:19.7 | +1.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | France François Cevert | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:19.8 | +1.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | New Zealand Howden Ganley | BRM | 1:19.84 | +1.74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Germany Rolf Stommelen | Surtees-Ford | 1:19.88 | +1.78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | South Africa Dave Charlton | Lotus-Ford | 1:20.05 | +1.95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | United Kingdom Peter Gethin | McLaren-Ford | 1:20.1 | +2.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | France Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Matra | 1:20.2 | +2.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | United Kingdom Graham Hill | Brabham-Ford | 1:20.3 | +2.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | France Henri Pescarolo | March-Ford | 1:20.5 | +2.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | United Kingdom John Surtees | Surtees-Ford | 1:20.6 | +2.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sweden Reine Wisell | Lotus-Pratt & Whitney | 1:20.66 | +2.56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | United Kingdom Mike Beuttler | March-Ford | 1:20.7 | +2.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Italy Nanni Galli | March-Ford | 1:20.9 | +2.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | UK Jackie Oliver | McLaren-Ford | 1:21.0 | +2.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | United Kingdom Derek Bell | Surtees-Ford | 1:22.3 | +4.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Italy Andrea de Adamich | March-Alfa Romeo | 1:23.2 | +5.1 |
Race
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | NC | NC | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | United Kingdom **Jackie Stewart** | **Tyrrell-Ford** | 68 | 1:31:31.5 | 2 | **9** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Sweden **Ronnie Peterson** | **March-Ford** | 68 | + 36.1 | 5 | **6** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Brazil **Emerson Fittipaldi** | **Lotus-Ford** | 68 | + 50.5 | 4 | **4** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | France **Henri Pescarolo** | **March-Ford** | 67 | + 1 lap | 17 | **3** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Germany **Rolf Stommelen** | **Surtees-Ford** | 67 | + 1 lap | 12 | **2** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | United Kingdom **John Surtees** | **Surtees-Ford** | 67 | + 1 lap | 18 | **1** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | France Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Matra | 66 | + 2 laps | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | New Zealand Howden Ganley | BRM | 66 | + 2 laps | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Switzerland Jo Siffert | BRM | 66 | + 2 laps | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | France François Cevert | Tyrrell-Ford | 65 | + 3 laps | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Italy Nanni Galli | March-Ford | 65 | + 3 laps | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Australia Tim Schenken | Brabham-Ford | 63 | Gearbox | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sweden Reine Wisell | Lotus-Pratt & Whitney | 57 | + 11 laps | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Italy Andrea de Adamich | March-Alfa Romeo | 56 | + 12 laps | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | United Kingdom Peter Gethin | McLaren-Ford | 53 | Engine | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Belgium Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | 51 | Engine | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Switzerland Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 48 | Oil pressure | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | New Zealand Chris Amon | Matra | 35 | Engine | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | New Zealand Denny Hulme | McLaren-Ford | 32 | Engine | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | United Kingdom Derek Bell | Surtees-Ford | 23 | Suspension | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | United Kingdom Mike Beuttler | March-Ford | 21 | Oil pressure | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | South Africa Dave Charlton | Lotus-Ford | 1 | Engine | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | United Kingdom Graham Hill | Brabham-Ford | 0 | Accident | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | UK Jackie Oliver | McLaren-Ford | 0 | Accident | 16 |
Notes
- This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British driver Mike Beuttler.
- This race saw the 10th podium finish for a March.
Championship standings after the race
;Drivers' Championship standings
| Pos | Driver | Points | Source: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg | 10px]] | 1 | United Kingdom **Jackie Stewart*** | 42 |
| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg | 10px]] | 2 | BEL **Jacky Ickx*** | 19 |
| [[File:1uparrow green.svg | 10px]] 2 | 3 | SWE **Ronnie Peterson*** | 15 |
| [[File:1uparrow green.svg | 10px]] 5 | 4 | BRA **Emerson Fittipaldi*** | 10 |
| [[File:1downarrow red.svg | 10px]] 2 | 5 | USA **Mario Andretti*** | 9 |
;Constructors' Championship standings
| Pos | Constructor | Points | Source: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg | 10px]] | 1 | UK **Tyrrell-Ford*** | 42 |
| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg | 10px]] | 2 | ITA **Ferrari*** | 28 |
| [[File:1uparrow green.svg | 10px]] 1 | 3 | UK **March-Ford*** | 15 |
| [[File:1uparrow green.svg | 10px]] 1 | 4 | UK **Lotus-Ford*** | 13 |
| [[File:1downarrow red.svg | 10px]] 2 | 5 | UK **BRM*** | 12 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
- Competitors in bold and marked with an asterisk still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.
References
Name_of_race = British Grand Prix | Year_of_race = 1971 | Previous_race_in_season = 1971 French Grand Prix | Next_race_in_season = 1971 German Grand Prix | Previous_year's_race = 1970 British Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1972 British Grand Prix
References
- "1971 Formula 1 World Championship Programmes".
- Pritchard, Anthony. (1972). "The Motor Racing Year No3".
- "1971 British Grand Prix". formula1.com.
- "Britain 1971 - Championship • STATS F1".
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