Automobile World Championship 1971

Automobile World Championship 1971

World Champion
Driver:	Jackie Stewart
Constructor:	Tyrrell-Ford
Season dates
Number of races:	11
<1970 season	1972 season>

The 1971 automobile world championship was the 22nd season of the automobile world championship, which is now known as the Formula 1 world championship . The drivers' world championship and the International Cup of Formula 1 Constructors were held in the context of eleven races from March 6, 1971 to October 3, 1971 .

Jackie Stewart won the drivers' championship for the second time. Tyrrell became World Constructors' Champion for the first and only time.

The world championship runs

GP South Africa - Kyalami (March 6, 1971)

→ Main article : 1971 Grand Prix of South Africa

space	driver	team	time
1	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	1: 47: 35,500
2	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell - Ford Cosworth	+ 20.9 s
3	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	+ 31.4 s
4th	Pure Wisell	Lotus - Ford Cosworth	+1: 09.4 min
5	Chris Amon	Matra	+ 1 lap
6th	Denis Hulme	McLaren - Ford Cosworth	+ 1 lap

GP Spain - Montjuïc (April 18, 1971)

→ Main article : Spanish Grand Prix 1971

space	driver	team	time
1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell - Ford Cosworth	1: 49: 03,400
2	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	+ 3.4 s
3	Chris Amon	Matra	+ 58.1 s
4th	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	+1: 17.9 min
5	Denis Hulme	McLaren - Ford Cosworth	+1: 27.0 min
6th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	+ 1 lap

GP Monaco - Monte Carlo (23 May 1971)

→ Main article : Monaco Grand Prix 1971

space	driver	team	time
1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell - Ford Cosworth	1: 52: 21,300
2	Ronnie Peterson	March - Ford Cosworth	+ 25.6 s
3	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	+ 53.3 s
4th	Denis Hulme	McLaren - Ford Cosworth	+1: 06.7 min
5	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus - Ford Cosworth	+ 1 lap
6th	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees - Ford Cosworth	+ 1 lap

GP Netherlands - Zandvoort (June 20, 1971)

→ Main article : Dutch Grand Prix 1971

space	driver	team	time
1	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1: 56: 20.090
2	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	+ 7.990 s
3	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	+ 1 lap
4th	Ronnie Peterson	March - Ford Cosworth	+ 2 rounds
5	John Surtees	Surtees - Ford Cosworth	+ 2 rounds
6th	Jo Siffert	BRM	+ 2 rounds

French GP - Le Castellet (4th July 1971)

→ Main article : 1971 French Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell - Ford Cosworth	1: 46: 41.680
2	François Cevert	Tyrrell - Ford Cosworth	+ 28.120 s
3	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus - Ford Cosworth	+ 34.070 s
4th	Jo Siffert	BRM	+ 37.170 s
5	Chris Amon	Matra	+ 41.080 s
6th	Pure Wisell	Lotus - Ford Cosworth	+1: 16.020 min

British GP - Silverstone (17th July 1971)

→ Main article : Great Britain Grand Prix 1971

space	driver	team	time
1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell - Ford Cosworth	1: 31: 31,500
2	Ronnie Peterson	March - Ford Cosworth	+ 36.1 s
3	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus - Ford Cosworth	+ 50.5 s
4th	Henri Pescarolo	March - Ford Cosworth	+ 1 lap
5	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees - Ford Cosworth	+ 1 lap
6th	John Surtees	Surtees - Ford Cosworth	+ 1 lap

The Mexican Pedro Rodríguez , who was already registered for the British GP, had a fatal accident on July 11th at the Norisring in an interseries race .

GP Germany - Nürburgring (August 1, 1971)

→ Main article : German Grand Prix 1971

space	driver	team	time
1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell - Ford Cosworth	1: 29: 15.700
2	François Cevert	Tyrrell - Ford Cosworth	+ 30.1 s
3	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	+ 37.1 s
4th	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	+ 2: 05.0 min
5	Ronnie Peterson	March - Ford Cosworth	+ 2: 29.1 min
6th	Tim donation	Brabham - Ford Cosworth	+ 2: 58.6 min

GP Austria - Österreichring (August 15, 1971)

→ Main article : Austrian Grand Prix 1971

space	driver	team	time
1	Jo Siffert	BRM	1: 30: 23.910
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus - Ford Cosworth	+ 4.120 s
3	Tim donation	Brabham - Ford Cosworth	+ 19.770 s
4th	Pure Wisell	Lotus - Ford Cosworth	+ 31.870 s
5	Graham Hill	Brabham - Ford Cosworth	+ 48.430 s
6th	Henri Pescarolo	March - Ford Cosworth	+1: 24.510

Jackie Stewart secures the world championship early.

Italian GP - Monza (September 5, 1971)

→ Main article : 1971 Italian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Peter Gethin	BRM	1: 18: 12,600
2	Ronnie Peterson	March - Ford Cosworth	+ 0.010 s
3	François Cevert	Tyrrell - Ford Cosworth	+ 0.090 s
4th	Mike Hailwood	Surtees - Ford Cosworth	+ 0.180 s
5	Howden Ganley	BRM	+ 0.610 s
6th	Chris Amon	Matra	+ 32.360 s

Closest finish in the history of Formula 1: The first four drivers reach the finish line within 0.180 seconds.

Tyrrell secured the constructors championship early.

Canadian GP - Mosport Park (September 19, 1971)

→ Main article : 1971 Canadian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell - Ford Cosworth	1: 55: 12,900
2	Ronnie Peterson	March - Ford Cosworth	+ 38.3 s
3	Mark Donohue	McLaren - Ford Cosworth	+1: 35.8 min
4th	Denis Hulme	McLaren - Ford Cosworth	+ 1 lap
5	Pure Wisell	Lotus - Ford Cosworth	+ 1 lap
6th	François Cevert	Tyrrell - Ford Cosworth	+ 1 lap

GP USA - Watkins Glen (October 3, 1971)

→ Main article : 1971 United States Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	François Cevert	Tyrrell - Ford Cosworth	1: 43: 51.991
2	Jo Siffert	BRM	+ 40.062 s
3	Ronnie Peterson	March - Ford Cosworth	+ 44.070 s
4th	Howden Ganley	BRM	+ 56.749 s
5	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell - Ford Cosworth	+ 1: 00.003 min
6th	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	+1: 16.426 min

François Cevert's only victory in Formula 1 and Jo Siffert's last race .

World championship ratings

Driver ranking

1 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell - Ford 62 2 Ronnie Peterson March - Ford 33 3 François Cevert Tyrrell - Ford 26th 4th Jacky Ickx Ferrari 19th 5 Jo Siffert BRM 19th 6th Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus - Ford 16 7th Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 13 8th Mario Andretti Ferrari 12 9 Peter Gethin BRM 9 10 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 9 11 Chris Amon Matra - Simca 9 12 Pure Wisell Lotus - Ford 9 13 Denis Hulme McLaren - Ford 9 14th Tim donation Brabham - Ford 5 15th Howden Ganley BRM 5 16 Mark Donohue McLaren - Ford 4th 17th Henri Pescarolo March - Ford 4th 18th Mike Hailwood Surtees - Ford 3 19th John Surtees Surtees - Ford 3 20th Rolf Stommelen Surtees - Ford 3 21st Graham Hill Brabham - Ford 2 22nd Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra - Simca 1

The first six places got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 points. The best five results of the first six and the best four of the remaining five races counted towards the championship.

Constructors' championship

1	Tyrrell - Ford	73
2	BRM	36
3	Ferrari	33
4th	March - Ford	33
5	Lotus - Ford	21st
6th	McLaren - Ford	10
7th	Matra	9
8th	Surtees - Ford	8th
9	Brabham - Ford	5

News in brief Formula 1

• Lotus tested a turbine vehicle in Formula 1.
• The Italian Grand Prix in Monza saw the closest finish ever. Winner Peter Gethin separated from fourth placed ( Mike Hailwood ) only 0.16 seconds and fifth Howden Ganley was only 0.6 seconds behind the winner. In this race alone there were more overtaking maneuvers than in the entire 2006 Formula 1 season .
• On January 10, Ignazio Giunti had a fatal accident in a sports car race in Buenos Aires in a serious fire accident.
• On July 11th, Pedro Rodríguez had a fatal accident at the Norisring in an inter-series race. His Ferrari broke out while in the lead on the 13th lap and hit an unprotected bridge wall with full force. The car exploded on the spot and burned out completely.
• On October 24th, Jo Siffert was killed at Brands Hatch in the World Championship Victory Race, which was not part of the Formula 1 World Championship . The vehicle came off the lane, hit an earth wall and went up in flames.

Web links

Commons : Automobile World Championship 1971  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Formula 1 website Results Season 1971 (English)