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1971 French Grand Prix

FieldValue
TypeF1
CountryFrance
Grand PrixFrench
ImagePaul Ricard 1970.png
Date4 July
Year1971
LocationCircuit Paul Ricard
Le Castellet, Var, France
CoursePermanent racing facility
Course_mi3.610
Course_km5.809
Distance_laps55
Distance_mi198.525
Distance_km319.495
Pole_DriverJackie Stewart
Pole_CountryUK
Pole_TeamTyrrell-Ford
Pole_Time1:50.71
Fast_DriverJackie Stewart
Fast_CountryUK
Fast_TeamTyrrell-Ford
Fast_Time1:54.09 on lap 2
First_DriverJackie Stewart
First_CountryUK
First_TeamTyrrell-Ford
Second_DriverFrançois Cevert
Second_CountryFrance
Second_TeamTyrrell-Ford
Third_DriverEmerson Fittipaldi
Third_CountryBrazil
Third_TeamLotus-Ford
Lapchart

Le Castellet, Var, France

The 1971 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit Paul Ricard on 4 July 1971. It was race 5 of 11 in both the 1971 World Championship of Drivers and the 1971 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 55-lap race was won by Tyrrell driver Jackie Stewart after he started from pole position. His teammate François Cevert finished second and Lotus driver Emerson Fittipaldi came in third.

Race report

This was the first French Grand Prix to be held at the new Circuit Paul Ricard near Marseille. The Tyrrell team had new front bodywork for Jackie Stewart's car, and the Briton gained pole position with this revised car – also helped by extensive tyre testing in the weeks before – from Clay Regazzoni, Jacky Ickx and Graham Hill. Stewart led away from Regazzoni, Pedro Rodríguez and Jean-Pierre Beltoise, whilst Ickx was jostled through the first chicane and dropped back. Stewart streaked ahead, setting fastest lap on lap 2 and pulling out a 10-second lead by lap 7. His only real challenger, Regazzoni, hit a patch of oil and sailed into the guardrail, breaking a wheel on lap 20. On lap 28 Rodríguez dropped out with a faulty coil, leaving the Tyrrells in 1–2 formation, with François Cevert proving his worth on his home ground. Hill dropped out of fifth place with a broken oil pipe, having previously hit the guardrail whilst avoiding Regazzoni.

This left Jo Siffert in third place, holding off Emerson Fittipaldi, who was in pain and heavily bandaged after a road accident. Despite this, the Brazilian took 3rd on lap 39. Siffert retook this briefly, but Fittipaldi held on for the final podium place from the Swiss. Chris Amon took 5th in an unconvincing performance by home team Matra, duelling with Tim Schenken until Schenken ran out of oil 6 laps from the end.

It was a 1–2 success for the Tyrrells on a tricky circuit, the Cosworth DFV engine providing extra power down the very long Mistral straight.

This was to be Pedro Rodríguez's last Formula One race. He was killed a week later while driving a privately entered Ferrari 512 at an Interserie sports car race at the Norisring in Germany.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap123456789101112131415161718192021222324Source:
11UK Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford1:50.71—
5SUI Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:51.53+0.82
4BEL Jacky IckxFerrari1:51.88+1.17
7UK Graham HillBrabham-Ford1:52.32+1.61
15MEX Pedro RodríguezBRM1:52.46+1.75
14SUI Jo SiffertBRM1:52.50+1.79
12FRA François CevertTyrrell-Ford1:52.69+1.98
21FRA Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra1:52.92+2.21
20NZL Chris AmonMatra1:52.94+2.23
24GER Rolf StommelenSurtees-Ford1:53.10+2.39
9NZL Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford1:53.24+2.53
17SWE Ronnie PetersonMarch-Alfa Romeo1:53.36+2.65
22UK John SurteesSurtees-Ford1:53.57+2.86
8AUS Tim SchenkenBrabham-Ford1:53.58+2.87
2SWE Reine WisellLotus-Ford1:53.75+3.04
16NZL Howden GanleyBRM1:53.77+3.06
1BRA Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford1:54.22+3.51
27FRA Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford1:54.27+3.56
10UK Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford1:54.90+4.19
33ITA Nanni GalliMarch-Ford1:55.52+4.81
19ITA Andrea de AdamichMarch-Alfa Romeo1:56.17+5.46
18Spain Alex Soler-RoigMarch-Ford1:57.07+6.36
28FRA Max JeanMarch-Ford1:59.79+9.08
34FRA François MazetMarch-Ford2:00.51+9.80

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints12345678910111213NCRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetDNS
11UK **Jackie Stewart****Tyrrell-Ford**551:46:42.31**9**
12FRA **François Cevert****Tyrrell-Ford**55+ 28.127**6**
1BRA **Emerson Fittipaldi****Lotus-Ford**55+ 34.0717**4**
14SUI **Jo Siffert****BRM**55+ 37.176**3**
20NZL **Chris Amon****Matra**55+ 41.089**2**
2SWE **Reine Wisell****Lotus-Ford**55+ 1:16.0215**1**
21FRA Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra55+ 1:16.938
22UK John SurteesSurtees-Ford55+ 1:24.9113
10UK Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford54+ 1 Lap19
16NZL Howden GanleyBRM54+ 1 Lap16
24GER Rolf StommelenSurtees-Ford53+ 2 Laps10
8AUS Tim SchenkenBrabham-Ford50Oil Pressure14
34FRA François MazetMarch-Ford50+ 5 Laps23
28FRA Max JeanMarch-Ford46+ 9 Laps22
27FRA Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford45Gearbox18
7UK Graham HillBrabham-Ford34Oil Pipe4
19ITA Andrea de AdamichMarch-Alfa Romeo31Engine20
15MEX Pedro RodríguezBRM27Ignition5
5SUI Clay RegazzoniFerrari20Accident2
17SWE Ronnie PetersonMarch-Alfa Romeo19Engine12
9NZL Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford16Ignition11
4BEL Jacky IckxFerrari4Engine3
18Spain Alex Soler-RoigMarch-Ford4Fuel Pump21
33ITA Nanni GalliMarch-FordEngine

Notes

  • This was the Formula One World Championship debut for French drivers Max Jean and François Mazet.
  • This race saw the 25th Grand Slam set by a British driver.
  • This race marked the 5th podium finish for British constructor Tyrrell.

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

PosDriverPointsSource:
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]1United Kingdom Jackie Stewart33
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]2BEL Jacky Ickx19
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]3USA Mario Andretti9
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]4MEX Pedro Rodríguez9
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]5SWE Ronnie Peterson9

;Constructors' Championship standings

PosConstructorPointsSource:
[[File:1uparrow green.svg10px]] 11UK Tyrrell-Ford33
[[File:1downarrow red.svg10px]] 12ITA Ferrari28
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]3UK BRM12
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]4UK March-Ford9
[[File:1uparrow green.svg10px]] 25UK Lotus-Ford9
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1970 French Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1972 French Grand Prix

References

  1. Pritchard, Anthony. (1972). "The Motor Racing Year No3".
  2. "1971 French Grand Prix". formula1.com.
  3. "France 1971 - Championship • STATS F1".
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