Hockenheim 200 km race in 1971

Track layout 1971

The Hockenheim 200 km race in 1971 , also known as the Südwest-Pokal (Interserie), Hockenheim , took place on July 4th at the Hockenheimring and was the third race of the Interseries of that year.

The race

The race in Hockenheim was the third race on the race track south of Mannheim since the racing series was introduced in 1970 . The 1970 Hockenheim 200 km race was won by Vic Elford in a McLaren M6B . The 1970 season ended with the success of Helmut Kelleners in March 707 .

The 1971 200 km race ended with Derek Bell's overall victory in a McLaren M8E . The second placed Leo Kinnunen took the lead in the overall championship standings.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	Size 7th	33	Sid Taylor Racing Castrol	Derek Bell	McLaren M8E	30th
2	Size 7th	11	Racing Team AAW	Leo Kinnunen	Porsche 917 Spyder	30th
3	Size 7th	4th	Ecurie Bonnier	Vic Elford	Lola T222	30th
4th	Size 7th	13	Gesipa Racing Team	Michel Weber	Porsche 917 Spyder	30th
5	Size 7th	1	Jürgen Neuhaus	Jürgen Neuhaus	Porsche 917 Spyder	30th
6th	Size 6th	27	Ernst Kraus	Ernst Kraus	Porsche 908/02	28
7th	Size 6th	44	Heimken Automobiles	Alexander Nolte	Porsche 908/01	27
8th	Size 6th	18th	Team Auto Usdau	Hans-Dieter Weigel	Porsche 908/02	27
9	Size 7th	20th	Gelo Racing Team	Georg Loos	McLaren M8E	22nd
10	Size 7th	6th	Racing Team VDS	Teddy Pilette	McLaren M8E	14th
Failed
11	Size 5	9	GS tuning	Dieter Basche	Lola T212	9
12	Size 5	48	Bernd Seidler	Bernd Seidler	Lola T70 Mk.3 GT	4th
13	Size 7th	10	Ecurie Evergreen	Chris Craft	McLaren M8E	3
14th	Size 6th	50	C. Graemiger Racing	Gérard Larrousse	Lola T222	2
15th	Size 7th	3	Fields Racing Team	Helmut Kelleners	March 717
16	Size 7th	43	Siegfried Rieger	Siegfried Rieger	McLaren M8C

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.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
17th	Size 7th	6th	Racing Team VDS	Teddy Pilette	McLaren M8C
18th	Size 7th	16	Ecurie Bonnier	Giampiero Moretti	Lola T222
19th	Size 5	25th	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Marsilio Pasotti	Ferrari 512M
20th	Size 7th	38	Gesipa Racing Team	Helmut Krause	McLaren M8C
21st	Size 7th	45	Sid Taylor Team Castrol	Brian Redman	McLaren M8E
22nd	Size 5	47	Snake speed	David Weir	Ferrari 512M
23	Size 5	51	Team Auto Usdau	Reinhold Joest	Porsche 917K
24	Size 5	52	Stefan Sklenar	Stefan Sklenar	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT
25th	Size 5	53	Herbert Müller Racing	Herbert Mueller	Ferrari 512M
26th	Size 6th	55	Bosch Racing Team Vienna	Otto Stuppacher	Porsche 908/02

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Size 7th	Derek Bell	McLaren M8E	Overall victory
Size 6th	Ernst Kraus	Porsche 908/02	Rank 6
Size 5	no participant in the finish

Racing data

• Registered: 26
• Started: 16
• Valued: 10
• Race classes: 3
• Spectators: 40,000
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 6.789 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 1: 01: 44,600 hours
• Overall laps of the winning team: 30
• Total distance of the winning team: 203.658 km
• Winner's average: 197.900 km / h
• Pole position: Derek Bell - Mclaren M8E (# 33) - 1: 59.800
• Fastest race lap: Derek Bell - McLaren M8E (# 33) - 2: 01.600 = 200.780 km / h
• Racing series: 3rd round of the Interseries 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

Previous race 300 km race in Zolder 1971

Interseries

Successor to the 200-mile race in Nuremberg in 1971