Brands Hatch 1000km race 1971
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 | ||
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1 | P 3.0 | 54 |
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Alfa Romeo T33 / 3-71 | 235 | ||
2 | P 3.0 | 51 |
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Ferrari 312PB | 232 | ||
3 | S 5.0 | 6th |
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Porsche 917K | 229 | ||
4th | S 5.0 | 1 |
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Ferrari 512M | 228 | ||
5 | S 5.0 | 3 |
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Ferrari 512M | 227 | ||
6th | S 5.0 | 10 |
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Porsche 917K | 221 | ||
7th | P 2.0 | 74 |
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Chevron B19 | 219 | ||
8th | P 2.0 | 69 |
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Lola T212 | 218 | ||
9 | S 5.0 | 9 |
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Porsche 917K | 216 | ||
10 | P 3.0 | 53 |
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Porsche 908/02 | 210 | ||
11 | P 2.0 | 71 |
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Lola T210 | 209 | ||
12 | S 2.0 | 24 |
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Chevron B16 | 205 | ||
13 | S 2.0 | 21st |
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Chevron B16 | 202 | ||
14th | P 2.0 | 68 |
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Lola T210 | 199 | ||
15th | S 2.0 | 22nd |
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Chevron B16 | 185 | ||
16 | P 3.0 | 55 |
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Alfa Romeo T33 / 3-71 | 183 | ||
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17th | P 2.0 | 79 |
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Chevron B16 | 114 | ||
18th | S 5.0 | 8th |
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Porsche 917K | 104 | ||
19th | S 2.0 | 25th |
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Chevron B16 | 90 | ||
20th | S 5.0 | 7th |
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Porsche 917K | 79 | ||
21st | P 2.0 | 73 |
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Chevron B19 | 63 | ||
22nd | P 2.0 | 66 |
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Huron 4A | 57 | ||
23 | P 2.0 | 63 |
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Dulon LD11P | 47 | ||
24 | P 2.0 | 77 |
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Martin BM8 | 28 | ||
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25th | P 2.0 | 67 |
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Lola T210 | 1 | ||
26th | P 2.0 | 75 |
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Chevron B19 | 2 | ||
27 | S 5.0 | T |
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Porsche 917K | 3 | ||
28 | S 5.0 | 4th |
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Lola T70 Mk.3B GT | 4th | ||
29 | S 5.0 | 5 |
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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 |
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30th | S 5.0 | 2 |
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Ferrari 512M |
31 | P 3.0 | 52 |
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Porsche 908/02 |
32 | P 3.0 | 56 |
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Lenham P71 |
33 | P 2.0 | 61 |
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Gropa CMC |
34 | P 2.0 | 62 |
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Daren Mk.3 |
35 | P 2.0 | 64 |
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Huron 4A |
36 | P 2.0 | 65 |
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Huron 4A |
37 | P 2.0 | 70 |
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Lola T212 |
38 | P 2.0 | 72 |
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Chevron B19 |
39 | P 2.0 | 76 |
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Martin BM8 |
40 | P 2.0 | 78 |
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Costin Amigo |
Class winner
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
Previous race of the Sebring 12-hour race in 1971 |
Sports car world championship |
Successor to the 1000 km Monza race in 1971 |