6 Hours of Watkins Glen 1971
The fourth 6-hour race of Watkins Glen , also Six-Hours and The Can-Am, The Glen, Watkins Glen , took place on July 24, 1971 in Watkins Glen and was the eleventh round of the sports car world championship of that year.
The race
By the time the race started at Watkins Glen, the 1971 World Sports Car Championship had long been decided. With Vic Elford and Gérard Larrousse's victory in the Porsche 908/03 at the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring , Porsche won the one-make cup for the third time in a row. The last time the Porsche 917K was used in a world championship race was Watkins Glen . The team of John Wyer reported two 917K. The team had lost their regular driver Pedro Rodríguez in his fatal accident on July 11th in an Interseries race at the Norisring . Richard Attwood was signed for him . He contested the race with Derek Bell , who was originally Jo Siffert's teammate . With Gijs van Lennep , Siffert also got a new partner. He came to Wyer for Jackie Oliver . Van Lennep was part of Hans-Dieter Dechent's racing team in 1971 , which no longer made the trip to North America and was in the process of dissolution. Vic Elford, also a former Dechent driver, came to Alfa Romeo . His racing partner in the Alfa Romeo T33 / 3 was Nanni Galli . Two more T33 / 3s were driven by Andrea de Adamich , Ronnie Peterson , Henri Pescarolo and Rolf Stommelen . For the Scuderia Ferrari went Jacky Ickx and Mario Andretti in Ferrari 312PB into the race.
The race took place on a partially wet track and was influenced by technical problems at Wyer and Ferrari. Derek Bell lost many laps because he got stuck on the track with a broken accelerator pedal. After fixing the pedal in place, he drove back to the pits, where the team could fix the defect. At the long leading works 312PB, the starter went on strike after a pit stop. The race was decided by the better choice of tires on the de Adamich / Peterson-Alfa Romeo. They contested the race with intermediates and thus saved themselves the need to switch from wet tires to slicks . At the finish they were two laps ahead of Siffert and van Lennep's Porsche.
Results
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
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1 | P | 30th |
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Alfa Romeo T33 / 3 | 279 | ||
2 | S. | 1 |
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Porsche 917K | 277 | ||
3 | S. | 2 |
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Porsche 917K | 259 | ||
4th | S. | 63 |
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Ferrari 512M | 253 | ||
5 | GT + 2.5 | 49 |
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Chevrolet Corvette | 229 | ||
6th | GT 2.5 | 59 |
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Porsche 914/6 | 228 | ||
7th | GT + 2.5 | 57 |
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Chevrolet Corvette | 221 | ||
8th | GT + 2.5 | 41 |
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Chevrolet Corvette | 210 | ||
9 | GT 2.5 | 31 |
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Porsche 911T | 168 | ||
10 | GT 2.5 | 68 |
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Porsche 911S | 162 | ||
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11 | S. | 43 |
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Porsche 917K | 191 | ||
12 | S. | 46 |
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Porsche 906K | 180 | ||
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13 | P | 36 |
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Alfa Romeo T33 / 3 | 258 | ||
14th | P | 67 |
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Lola T212 | 226 | ||
15th | S. | 14th |
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Ferrari 512M | 126 | ||
16 | P | 61 |
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Lola T212 | 104 | ||
17th | P | 33 |
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Alfa Romeo T33 / 3 | 97 | ||
18th | GT + 2.5 | 64 |
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Chevrolet Corvette | 90 | ||
19th | P | 40 |
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Ferrari 312PB | 55 | ||
20th | S. | 6th |
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Ferrari 512M | 53 | ||
21st | P | 87 |
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Porsche 908/02 | 47 | ||
22nd | GT 2.5 | 32 |
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Porsche 911S | 25th | ||
23 | S. | 48 |
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Ferrari 512M | 17th | ||
24 | GT 2.5 | 16 |
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Porsche 911T | 13 | ||
25th | GT + 2.5 | 50 |
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Chevrolet Corvette | 6th | ||
26th | S. | 60 |
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Lola T70 Mk.3B GT | 2 | ||
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27 | S. | 21st |
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Ferrari 512M | 1 | ||
28 | P | 35 |
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Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 3 | 2 | ||
29 | GT 2.5 | 80 |
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Porsche 911 | 3 | ||
30th | S. | T |
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Porsche 917K | 4th | ||
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31 | GT 2.5 | 5 |
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Porsche 914/6 | 5 | ||
32 | GT 2.5 | 12 |
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Porsche 914/6 | 6th | ||
33 | GT 2.5 | 37 |
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Porsche 911 | 7th | ||
34 | GT 2.5 | 70 |
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Porsche 911 | 8th | ||
35 | GT + 2.5 | 31 |
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Chevrolet Corvette | 9 |
1 Leak in the tank 2 Accident during training 3 not started 4 Training car 5 not qualified 6 not qualified 7 not qualified 8 not qualified 9 not qualified
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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36 | P | 3 |
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Lola T212 |
37 | GT 2.5 | 10 |
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Porsche 914/6 |
38 | GT 2.5 | 11 |
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Porsche 914/6 |
39 | GT 2.5 | 13 |
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Porsche 911S |
40 | GT + 2.5 | 18th |
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Chevrolet Corvette |
41 | S. | 22nd |
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Chevron B8 |
42 | P | 45 |
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Porsche 908/02 |
43 | P | 53 |
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Lola T212 |
Class winner
Racing data
- Registered: 43
- Started: 26
- Valued: 10
- Race classes: 4
- Spectator: unknown
- Race day weather: warm and light rain
- Route length: 3.907 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 6:00: 25,000 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 279
- Total distance of the winning team: 1090.189 km
- Winner's average: 181.487 km / h
- Pole position: Mark Donohue - Ferrari 512M (# 6) - 1: 07.740 = 207.662 km / h
- Fastest race lap: Derek Bell - Porsche 917K (# 2) - 1: 08.297 = 205.967 km / h
- Racing series: 11th round of the Sports Car World 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
Predecessor race 1000 km race from Zeltweg 1971 |
Sports car world championship |
Successor to the 1000 km race in Buenos Aires 1972 |