Dutch Grand Prix 1971

 Dutch Grand Prix 1971

Racing data
4th of 11 races of the 1971 automobile world championship
Surname:	Grote Prijs van Nederland
Date:	June 20, 1971
Place:	Zandvoort
Course:	Circuit Park Zandvoort
Length:	293.51 km in 70 laps of 4.193 km
Weather:	rainy and cold
Spectator:	~ 45,000
Pole position
Driver:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Time:	1: 17.42 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Time:	1: 34.95 min
Podium
First:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Second:	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM
Third:	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari

The 1971 Dutch Grand Prix took place on June 20 at Circuit Park Zandvoort and was the fourth race of the 1971 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

Since the Belgian Grand Prix did not take place for the second time since 1969 because of the rejection of the then high-speed track Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps , there was a four-week break between the third round of the World Championship in Monaco and the fourth race in Zandvoort, the Netherlands.

Some of the Formula 1 teams used this break to take part in the "Jochen Rindt Memorial Race" at the Hockenheimring on June 13th, which is not part of the World Championship . Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx won ahead of Ronnie Peterson and John Surtees . However, some regular drivers were not present because they were racing at the Le Mans 24-hour race that same weekend .

With a few exceptions, the teams traveled to the Dutch Grand Prix with the line-up known from previous World Cup races. Lotus factory driver Emerson Fittipaldi had to recover from the effects of a private car accident and was to be represented by Dave Charlton . In addition, a third works car for Formula 1 newcomer Dave Walker was reported. As a Surtees guest starter, Gijs van Lennep also made his Formula 1 debut at his home race.

training

Both a Lotus 72D and a Lotus 56B with gas turbine drive were registered for Dave Walker . In the 72D, he would take turns with Dave Charlton during training sessions. However, since he had an accident and damaged him, Charlton could not drive a timed lap and Walker had to switch to the 56B, which thus came to his first Grand Prix use.

As in the previous races of the season, Jackie Stewart achieved one of the front starting positions between several competitors equipped with twelve-cylinder engines. After pole-setters Jacky Ickx and Pedro Rodríguez , he set the third fastest lap time. The second row was formed by Clay Regazzoni and Chris Amon .

run

Race course

It rained on race day and Ickx immediately took the lead, followed by Rodríguez, Amon and Stewart. Siffert, Amon and Stewart spun at various points during the first few laps on the wet road. Amon was eliminated completely, the other two at least lost touch with the top group. Regazzoni and Surtees initially took third and fourth place there. The fifth-placed Reine Wisell was disqualified a short time later after he had backed into the pit lane because of a loose rear wheel. Rolf Stommelen was also disqualified because of an early start.

While many pilots found it difficult to cope with the weather conditions, Ickx and Rodríguez at the front fought a remarkable duel in which the lead changed several times. It was only towards the end that Ickx was able to easily pull away from his opponent and finally won by almost eight seconds. Regazzoni was more than a lap behind the two in third place.

In order to be able to keep up with the competitor Firestone with regard to the further development of the slick tires, which are new in Grand Prix racing , Goodyear had invested in the development of a slick model especially suitable for the Zandvoort circuit. However, since the race took place in the rain, the tire was not used. Instead, only Firestone pilots triumphed, as their rain tires were clearly superior to those from Goodyear. The best Goodyear driver Jean-Pierre Beltoise finished ninth, five laps behind the winner.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	2	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312B2	Ferrari 001/1 3.0 F12	F.
	3	Clay Regazzoni
	3T 1		Ferrari 312B	Ferrari 001 3.0 F12
	4th	Mario Andretti
Eleven Team Tyrrell	5	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell 003	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	5T 1		Tyrrell 001
	6th	François Cevert	Tyrrell 002
Yardley Team BRM	8th	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM P160	BRM P142 3.0 V12	F.
	9	Jo Siffert
	10	Howden Ganley	BRM P153
Gold Leaf Team Lotus	12	Dave Charlton	Lotus 72D	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
		Dave Walker 2
	14th	Pure Wisell
	15th	Dave Walker 2	Lotus 56B	Pratt & Whitney STN76 tbn
STP March Racing Team	16	Ronnie Peterson	March 711	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	16T 1			Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8
	18th	Nanni Galli
	19th	Àlex Soler-Roig		Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Equipe Matra Sports	20th	Chris Amon	Matra MS120B	Matra MS71 3.0 V12	G
	21st	Jean-Pierre Beltoise
Gene Mason Racing	22nd	Skip Barber	March 711	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
Rob Walker / Team Surtees	23	John Surtees	Surtees TS9		F.
Motor Racing Developments	24	Graham Hill	Brabham BT34		G
	25th	Tim donation	Brabham BT33
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	26th	Denis Hulme	McLaren M19A		G
	28	Peter Gethin
Auto Motor and Sport	29	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees TS9		F.
Stichting Autoraces Nederland	30th	Gijs van Lennep	Surtees TS7
Frank Williams Racing Cars	31	Henri Pescarolo	March 711		G

¹ The cars marked with a "T" after the start number were available to their respective drivers as T- cars , but were not used.
² Dave Walker was registered on two vehicles: on the Lotus 56B with the starting number 15 and (together with Dave Charlton) on the 72D with the number 12. Since he damaged the 72D in practice, he switched to the 56B from then on, while Dave Charlton had to forego participating in the entire race weekend.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1: 17.42	194.973 km / h	01
02	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	1: 17.46	194.872 km / h	02
03	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 17.64	194.420 km / h	03
04th	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 17.98	193.573 km / h	04th
05	Chris Amon	Matra	1: 18.46	192.388 km / h	05
06th	Pure Wisell	Lotus Ford	1: 18.70	191.802 km / h	06th
07th	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	1: 18.71	191.777 km / h	07th
08th	Jo Siffert	BRM	1: 18.91	191.291 km / h	08th
09	Howden Ganley	BRM	1: 19.00	191.073 km / h	09
10	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees-Ford	1: 19.11	190.808 km / h	10
11	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	1: 19.16	190.687 km / h	11
12	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 19.54	189.776 km / h	12
13	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1: 19.73	189.324 km / h	13
14th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 19.74	189.300 km / h	14th
15th	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	1: 20.01	188.661 km / h	15th
16	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	1: 20.07	188.520 km / h	16
17th	Àlex Soler-Roig	March-Ford	1: 20.26	188.074 km / h	17th
18th	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	1: 20.32	187.933 km / h	18th
19th	Tim donation	Brabham-Ford	1: 20.35	187.863 km / h	19th
20th	Nanni Galli	March-Alfa Romeo	1: 20.61	187.257 km / h	20th
21st	Gijs van Lennep	Surtees-Ford	1: 20.79	186.840 km / h	21st
22nd	Dave Walker	Lotus-Pratt & Whitney	1: 21.83	184.465 km / h	22nd
23	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford	1: 22.07	183.926 km / h	23
24	Skip Barber	March-Ford	1: 22.19	183.657 km / h	24
DNS	Dave Charlton	Lotus Ford	no time	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	70	0	1: 56: 20.0	01	1: 34.95
02	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	70	0	+ 7.99	02	1: 35.90
03	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	69	0	+ 1 lap	04th	1: 36.83
04th	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	68	0	+ 2 rounds	13	1: 37.53
05	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	68	0	+ 2 rounds	07th	1: 37.59
06th	Jo Siffert	BRM	68	0	+ 2 rounds	08th	1: 37.90
07th	Howden Ganley	BRM	66	0	+ 4 rounds	09	1: 41.38
08th	Gijs van Lennep	Surtees-Ford	65	0	+ 5 rounds	21st	1: 41.98
09	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	65	0	+ 5 rounds	11	1: 44.72
10	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	65	0	+ 5 rounds	16	1: 44.60
11	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	65	0	+ 5 rounds	03	1: 44.99
12	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	63	0	+ 7 rounds	14th	1: 46.73
-	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	62	0	NC	15th	1: 48.45	Unrated
-	Skip Barber	March-Ford	60	0	NC	24	1: 52.32	Unrated
-	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford	60	0	NC	23	1: 50.84	Unrated
-	Àlex Soler-Roig	March-Ford	57	0	DNF	17th	1: 44.81	Engine failure
-	Tim donation	Brabham-Ford	39	0	DNF	19th	1: 47.88	Suspension damage
-	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	29	0	DNF	12	1: 48.65	accident
-	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees-Ford	19th	0	DSQ	10	1: 41.42	disqualified
-	Pure Wisell	Lotus Ford	17th	0	DSQ	06th	1: 43.42	disqualified
-	Nanni Galli	March-Alfa Romeo	07th	0	DNF	20th	1: 49.66	accident
-	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	05	0	DNF	18th	1: 51.12	defective fuel pump
-	Dave Walker	Lotus-Pratt & Whitney	05	0	DNF	22nd	1: 46.00	accident
-	Chris Amon	Matra	02	0	DNF	05	1: 55.12	accident

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 24 02  Jacky Ickx Ferrari 19th 03  Pedro Rodríguez BRM 9 04th  Ronnie Peterson March 9 05  Mario Andretti Ferrari 9 06th  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 8th 07th  Denis Hulme McLaren 6th

Item driver constructor Points 08th  Chris Amon Matra 6th 09  Pure Wisell lotus 3 10  John Surtees Surtees 2 11  Emerson Fittipaldi lotus 2 12  Jo Siffert BRM 1 13  Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 1 14th  Rolf Stommelen Surtees 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 28 02  Tyrrell 24 03  March 9 04th  BRM 9

Item constructor Points 05  Matra 6th 06th  McLaren 6th 07th  lotus 5 08th  Surtees 3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from December 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 29, 2011)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed June 29, 2011)
3. ↑ Fight at the limit. The Formula 1 Chronicle 1950–2000 , ed. v. Willy Knupp, RTL book edition: Zeitgeist Verlag: Düsseldorf / Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 3-89748-277-0 , p. 159
4. ↑ "World Cup stands"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 29, 2011)