Nuremberg 200 mile race in 1971

Pedro Rodríguez at the 1970 Dutch Grand Prix

The 200-mile race in Nuremberg in 1971 , also 200 miles from Nuremberg (Interserie), Norisring, Nuremberg , took place on July 11th at the Norisring and was the fourth race of the Interserie of that year.

The race

The 200-mile race at Nuremberg was the fatal accident of the former BRM - Formula 1 -Fahrers Pedro Rodríguez overshadowed. He had an accident in the first of the two races; the exact cause remained unclear. Pedro Pedro Rodríguez drove a Ferrari 512M that Herbert Müller , his friend and racing partner , had reported at the 1971 Targa Florio . In the 11th lap of the first run, the Ferrari hit the bridge wall of the S-curve hard at almost 200 km / h. The badly damaged car caught fire immediately. One theory of what happened comes from a collision of the Rodríguez-Ferrari with the Porsche 910 of Kurt Hild out while lapping. The Porsche, which drives much slower than the Ferrari, surprised Rodríguez, who then hit cobblestones while overtaking with his left wheels and lost control of the car. A tire damage could also have led to a fatal accident after the tire is said to have slowly separated from the rim on the uneven road surface . When braking into the S-curve, the tire burst and the Ferrari hit the wall. Rodríguez was rescued from the burning wreck by the rescue workers, but died a little later in the Nuremberg Clinic .

Despite the serious accident, the race was not canceled. The cars just drove past the burning Ferrari. The second race - the first race was won by Peter Gethin in a McLaren M8E - was started even though the organizers had already been informed of Rodríguez's death. This run ended with the victory of Michel Weber in the Porsche 917 Spyder . Chris Craft won the overall classification in a McLaren .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	Size 7th	10	Ecurie Evergreen	Chris Craft	McLaren M8E	52
2	Size 7th	33	Sid Taylor Team Castrol	Peter Gethin	McLaren M8E	52
3	Size 7th	4th	Ecurie Bonnier	Jo Bonnier	Lola T222	52
4th	Size 7th	20th	Gelo Racing Team	Georg Loos	McLaren M8E	52
5	Size 7th	25th	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Marsilio Pasotti	Ferrari 512M	51
6th	Size 7th	21st	Gelo Racing Team	Franz Pesch	Ferrari 512M	51
7th	Size 7th	14th	Gesipa Racing Team	Michel Weber	Porsche 917 Spyder	48
8th	Size 7th	44	Heimken Automobiles	Alexander Nolte	Porsche 908	48
9	Size 7th	18th	Team Auto Usdau	Hans-Dieter Weigel	Porsche 908/02	46
10	S 2.0	62	Clemens Schickentanz	Clemens Schickentanz	Chevron B19	43
11	S 2.0		Alex Janda	Alex Janda	Lola T212	42
12	S 2.0	66		Barney Barnes	Porsche 906	37
13	S 2.0	61	Harald Link	Harald Link	Porsche 906 2.2	33
Failed
14th	Size 7th	48	Bernd Seidler	Bernd Seidler	Lola T70 Mk.3 GT	35
15th	Size 7th	1	Jürgen Neuhaus	Jürgen Neuhaus	Porsche 917 Spyder	34
16	Size 7th	11	AAW Racing Team	Leo Kinnunen	Porsche 917 Spyder	12
17th	Size 7th	70	Herbert Mueller	Herbert Mueller	Ferrari 512M	12
18th	Size 7th	26th	Herbert Mueller	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari 512M	11
19th	S 2.0	11	Kurt Hild	Kurt Hild	Porsche 910	11
20th	Size 7th	43	Siegfried Rieger	Siegfried Rieger	McLaren M8C	5
21st	Size 7th	27	Ernst Kraus	Ernst Kraus	Porsche 908/02
22nd	S 2.0	69	Lehmann Racing	Hans Schulze-Schwering	Lola T210
Not started
23	Size 7th		Stefan Sklenar	Stefan Sklenar	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT	1

¹ not started

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
24	Size 7th		Racing Team VDS	Teddy Pilette	McLaren M8E

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Size 7th	Chris Craft	McLaren M8E	Overall victory
S 2.0	Clemens Schickentanz	Chevron B19	Rank 10

Racing data

• Registered: 24
• Started: 22
• Rated: 13
• Race classes: 2
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: dry
• Route length: 3.940 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 1:06: 52,900 hours
• Overall laps of the winning team: 52
• Total distance of the winning team: 204.880 km
• Winner's average: 183.600 km / h
• Pole position: Chris Craft - McLaren M8E (# 10) - 1: 15.100
• Fastest race lap: Peter Gethin - McLaren M8E (# 33) - 1: 13.800 = 192.200 km / h
• Racing series: 4th round of the Interseries 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

• Race results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About the Rodríguez accident
2. ↑ The collision theory
3. ↑ Tire damage as the cause of the accident
4. ↑ The impact in the wall

Previous race 200 km race at Hockenheim 1971

Interseries

Successor 200 km race from Keimola 1971