Gran Premio Republica de Colombia 1971
The Gran Premio Republica de Colombia 1971 (German: Grand Prix of the Republic of Colombia ) was one of two races in the Colombian Formula 2 series that took place at the beginning of 1971 in the Colombian capital Bogotá . The invitation race was international. It attracted numerous drivers and teams from the Formula 2 European Championship , but had no influence on the European Championship in 1971, which began two months later .
background
The Grand Prix of the Republic of Colombia took place on the occasion of the inauguration of Autódromo Internacional Ricardo Mejía , the first permanent automobile race track in Colombia. The operator of the track hired a number of racing drivers from the Formula 2 European Championship environment through an Italian agency , who were to contest two races with their teams on the new track in Bogotá. For the teams this meant an opportunity to test their new material for the 1971 season under competitive conditions. The Grand Prix of the Republic of Colombia was the first of the two races, followed a week later by the Gran Premio Ciudad de Bogotá (Grand Prix of the City of Bogotá), which was contested in the same place with a largely identical starting field.
Registration list
Results
The Grand Prix of the Republic of Colombia consisted of two runs of 30 rounds each. Each lap was 3.925 km in length. The total distance was 235.505 km. Pole position went to Alan Rollinson, who drove a 1969 Brabham BT30 for the Irish Racing Cars team . Jo Siffert won both races with the new Chevron B18 and was the overall winner.
The results of both runs have been merged. The following results were then obtained:
Item | driver | constructor | Round | time |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jo Siffert | Chevron | 60 | 1: 34: 27.7 |
2 | Graham Hill | lotus | 60 | 1: 36: 42.7 |
3 | Peter Westbury | Brabham | 59 | |
4th | Alistair Walker | Brabham | 59 | |
5 | Rolf Stommelen | Brabham | 59 | |
6th | Xavier Perrot | Chevron | 58 | |
7th | Derek Bell | March | 57 | |
8th | Silvio Moser | Brabham | 57 | |
10 | Enzo Corti | lotus | 47 | |
11 | Juerg Dubler | Brabham | 43 | |
12 | Cyd Williams | Brabham | 39 | |
13 | John Blades | lotus | 30th | |
14th | Brian Cullen | Brabham | 29 | |
15th | Alan Rollinson | Brabham | 25th | |
16 | Henri Pescarolo | March | 23 | |
17th | Tetsu Ikuzawa | Crosslé | 22nd | |
18th | Spartaco Dini | De Tomaso | 2 |
Web links
- Gran Premio Republica de Colombia statistics on www.formula2.net
- History of the Gran Premio Republica de Colombia on the website www.motor.com.co
Individual evidence
- ↑ NN: 45 años del Autódromo Ricardo Mejía. www.motor.com.co, accessed December 17, 2016 .
- ^ NN: Columbian F2 Series , Motorsport Magazine, March 1973, p. 23.