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

team	chassis	engine	No.	driver
Jochen Rindt Racing	Lotus 69	Cosworth FVA	1	Graham Hill
			20th	Enzo Corti
Frank Williams Racing Cars	March 712	Cosworth FVA	2	Derek Bell
			5	Henri Pescarolo
Tecno Racing Team	Tecno TF / 71	Cosworth FVA	3	Clay Regazzoni
			17th	Patrick Depailler Jean-Pierre Jabouille Jean-Pierre Jarier
Eifelland caravan construction	March 702	Cosworth FVA	4th	Hannelore Werner
	Brabham BT30		21st	Rolf Stommelen
Scuderia Brescia Corse	De Tomaso 103	Cosworth FVA	6th	Spartaco Dini
Scuderia Jolly Club	Brabham BT30	Cosworth FVA	7th	Silvio Moser
Jo Siffert Racing	Chevron B18	Cosworth FVA	8th	Xavier Perrot
			11	Jo Siffert
Alistair Walker Racing	Brabham BT30	Cosworth FVA	9	Alistair Walker
Paul Watson Racing Organization	Crosslé 18F	Cosworth FVA	10	Tetsu Ikuzawa
	Lotus 59B		12	John Blades
	Brabham BT30		14th	Brian Cullen
FIRST	Brabham BT30	Cosworth FVA	15th	Peter Westbury
Ian Bannen	Brabham BT30	Cosworth FVA	16	Cyd Williams
Irish Racing Cars	Brabham BT30	Cosworth FVA	18th	Alan Rollinson
Team Obrist	Brabham BT30	Cosworth FVA	19th	Juerg Dubler

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
01	Jo Siffert	Chevron	60	1: 34: 27.7
02	Graham Hill	lotus	60	1: 36: 42.7
03	Peter Westbury	Brabham	59
04th	Alistair Walker	Brabham	59
05	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham	59
06th	Xavier Perrot	Chevron	58
07th	Derek Bell	March	57
08th	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

1. ↑ NN: 45 años del Autódromo Ricardo Mejía. www.motor.com.co, accessed December 17, 2016 . 
2. ^ NN: Columbian F2 Series , Motorsport Magazine, March 1973, p. 23.