Brands Hatch 1000km race 1971

Alfa Romeo T33 / 3-71

The 1971 Brands Hatch 1000 km race , also known as the BOAC 1000 Kilometers World Championship Sports Car Race, Brands Hatch , took place on April 4 at Brands Hatch and was the fourth round of the World Sports Car Championship of that year.

Before the race

The 1971 race at Brands Hatch was the fourth round of the championship. The season began in January with the Buenos Aires 1000 km race at the Autódromo Municipal de Buenos Aires . During the race, Ignazio Giunti had a fatal accident in the Ferrari 312PB after colliding with the Matra MS660 pushed by Jean-Pierre Beltoise . Overall winners were Jo Siffert and Derek Bell in a Porsche 917K .

The two spring races in the United States followed . The 24 Hours of Daytona won Pedro Rodríguez and Jackie Oliver in the Porsche 917 and the 12 Hours of Sebring remained Vic Elford and Gerard Larrousse (also in the Porsche 917) victorious.

The race

John Wyer's team also traveled to the Brands Hatch race with two Porsche 917Ks and the regular crews Jo Siffert / Derek Bell and Pedro Rodríguez / Jackie Oliver. Hans-Dieter Dechent registered two more 917Ks for his Martini Rossi Racing Team. In addition to Gijs van Lennep , Gérard Larrousse and Vic Elford, Brian Redman was also part of the driver team. Redman suddenly resigned at the end of the 1970 season and made a comeback as a driver after only three months as Volkswagen sales manager in South Africa . Ferrari reported a 312PB for Jacky Ickx and Clay Regazzoni and Autodelta two Alfa Romeo T33 / 3-71 for Henri Pescarolo / Andrea de Adamich and Rolf Stommelen / Toine Hezemans .

For Alfa Romeo , the 1000 km race ended with an unexpected success. Since the Italian manufacturer withdrew from Formula 1 at the end of 1951 after Juan Manuel Fangio's victory at the Spanish Grand Prix , there was no notable victory until Brands Hatch. The success was favored by technical problems of the competition. When Henri Pescarolo was the first to be flagged after a driving time of 6: 24: 32.200 hours, he and team-mate de Adamich had a lead of three laps on the Ferrari of Ickx and Regazzoni. Third place went to Siffert and Bell in a Porsche 917K. After a pit stop, Siffert had lost a badly mounted bike and lost seven laps at the next stop. The duo was able to make up one lap by the end of the race. Rolf Stommelen and Toine Hezemans were already one lap ahead of their Alfa Romeo teammates when their T33 / 3-71 rolled out on lap 183 with an engine failure.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P 3.0	54	Autodelta SpA	Andrea de Adamich Henri Pescarolo	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3-71	235
2	P 3.0	51	Ferrari SpASEFAC	Jacky Ickx Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari 312PB	232
3	S 5.0	6th	JW Automotive Engineering	Jo Siffert Derek Bell	Porsche 917K	229
4th	S 5.0	1	Herbert Müller Racing	Herbert Müller René Herzog	Ferrari 512M	228
5	S 5.0	3	Escuderia Montjuich	David Hobbs José Juncadella	Ferrari 512M	227
6th	S 5.0	10	Team Auto Usdau	Reinhold Joest Willi Kauhsen	Porsche 917K	221
7th	P 2.0	74	DART Racing with Castrol	John Miles Graham Birrell	Chevron B19	219
8th	P 2.0	69	Filipinetti	Jo Bonnier Peter Westbury	Lola T212	218
9	S 5.0	9	Martini Rossi Racing Team	Gijs van Lennep Gérard Larrousse	Porsche 917K	216
10	P 3.0	53	Team Auto Usdau	Hans-Dieter Weigel Dieter Spoerry	Porsche 908/02	210
11	P 2.0	71	The Paul Watson Race Organization	David Farnell Peter Crossley	Lola T210	209
12	S 2.0	24	The Paul Watson Race Organization	Andrew Fletcher Willie Tuckett	Chevron B16	205
13	S 2.0	21st	Brian Robinson	Brian Robinson Barrie Maskell	Chevron B16	202
14th	P 2.0	68	Ecurie Evergreen	David Weir Mike Walton	Lola T210	199
15th	S 2.0	22nd	Red Rose Racing	Ken Walker John Bridges	Chevron B16	185
16	P 3.0	55	Autodelta SpA	Rolf Stommelen Toine Hezemans	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3-71	183
Failed
17th	P 2.0	79	Speed ​​Sport Motorbooks	Roger Heavens Mike Garton	Chevron B16	114
18th	S 5.0	8th	Martini Rossi Racing Team	Vic Elford Brian Redman	Porsche 917K	104
19th	S 2.0	25th	Intertech Steering Wheels	Trevor Twaites Peter Smith	Chevron B16	90
20th	S 5.0	7th	JW Automotive Engineering	Pedro Rodríguez Jackie Oliver	Porsche 917K	79
21st	P 2.0	73	Worcestershire Racing Association	John Burton John Bamford	Chevron B19	63
22nd	P 2.0	66	Huron Auto Racing Developments Ltd.	Shaun Jackson Roger Enever	Huron 4A	57
23	P 2.0	63	Speed ​​Sport Motobooks	Bill McGovern Martin Ridehalgh	Dulon LD11P	47
24	P 2.0	77	Martin Racing Developments	Brian Martin Ed Swart	Martin BM8	28
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25th	P 2.0	67	Ecurie Evergreen	Alain de Cadenet Francesco Ghezzi	Lola T210	1
26th	P 2.0	75	The Paul Watson Race Organization	Terry Croker Richard Shardlow	Chevron B19	2
27	S 5.0	T	JW Automotive	Derek Bell	Porsche 917K	3
28	S 5.0	4th	Mike Coombe	Brian Muir Guy Edwards	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT	4th
29	S 5.0	5	Grand Bahama Racing	Ray Allen Tony Trimmer Tim Stock	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT	5

¹ Accident during training ² Engine damage during training ³ Training vehicle ⁴ Engine damage during training ⁵ Rejected by the organizer

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
30th	S 5.0	2	Herbert Müller Racing	Roland Kistler	Ferrari 512M
31	P 3.0	52	Son car	Guy Chasseuil Claude Ballot-Léna	Porsche 908/02
32	P 3.0	56	Lenham-Hurst Racing	Ray Calcutt Roger Hurst	Lenham P71
33	P 2.0	61	Tony Beeson	Tony Beeson	Gropa CMC
34	P 2.0	62	Jack Wheeler	Hugh Dibley Martin Davidson Jack Wheeler	Daren Mk.3
35	P 2.0	64	Herbert Müller Racing	Syd Fox	Huron 4A
36	P 2.0	65	Camel Filters Team Huron	Roger Enever Clive Baker	Huron 4A
37	P 2.0	70	Phillips car radio	Guy Edwards Mike Franey	Lola T212
38	P 2.0	72	Chevron Racing Team	Chris Craft	Chevron B19
39	P 2.0	76	Martin Racing Developments	Peter Gaydon Edward Negus	Martin BM8
40	P 2.0	78	Ken Appleby	Ken Appleby	Costin Amigo

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P 3.0	Andrea de Adamich	Henri Pescarolo	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3-71	Overall victory
P 2.0	John Miles	Graham Birrell	Chevron B19	Rank 7
S 5.0	Jo Siffert	Derek Bell	Porsche 917K	Rank 3
S 2.0	Andrew Fletcher	Willie Tuckett	Chevron B12	Rank 12

Racing data

• Registered: 40
• Started: 24
• Valued: 16
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cold and hazy
• Route length: 4.265 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6: 24: 32,200 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 235
• Total distance of the winning team: 1612.912 km
• Winner's average: 156.378 km / h
• Pole position: Clay Regazzoni - Ferrari 312PB (# 51) - 1: 27.400 = 175.655 km / h
• Fastest race lap: unknown
• Racing series: 4th round of the 1971 Sports Car World Championship
• Racing series: 2nd round of the Spanish Circuit Championship in 1971

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Report at Motorsport Magazine
• Race results

Previous race of the Sebring 12-hour race in 1971

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 1000 km Monza race in 1971