1971 French Grand Prix

 1971 French Grand Prix

Racing data
5th of 11 races of the 1971 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	Grand Prix de France
Date:	4th July 1971
Place:	Le Castellet
Course:	Circuit Paul Ricard
Length:	319.55 km in 55 laps of 5.81 km
Weather:	sunny and hot
Spectator:	~ 35,000
Pole position
Driver:	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell
Time:	1: 50.71 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell
Time:	1: 54.09 min
Podium
First:	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell
Second:	François Cevert	Tyrrell
Third:	Emerson Fittipaldi	lotus

The 1971 French Grand Prix took place on July 4th at the Paul Ricard Circuit in Le Castellet and was the fifth race of the 1971 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

For the first time, the French Grand Prix took place at the Circuit Paul Ricard, which opened last year and which set new standards in terms of safety with its run-off zones, which were modern for the time.

Emerson Fittipaldi returned to the Lotus factory team after a full recovery from the consequences of a private car accident , where the Lotus 56 turbine car was not used in this race , as the damage from the Dutch Grand Prix two weeks earlier had not been repaired.

At March , Andrea de Adamich and Ronnie Peterson were the first two works drivers to compete in a car equipped with an Alfa Romeo engine.

The two French guest starters Max Jean and François Mazet drove their first and only Grand Prix this weekend in two non-factory-supported March.

Mario Andretti was absent from a USAC race at Pocono Raceway .

training

As has been the case several times this season, the front row was composed of Jackie Stewart and the two Ferraris of Jacky Ickx and Clay Regazzoni , who had dominated the training session. Graham Hill and Pedro Rodríguez qualified for the second row . The two Lotus from Fittipaldi and Reine Wisell , with ranks 15 and 17, once again only reached the back of the starting positions.

run

Race course

Stewart immediately took the lead, followed by Regazzoni. Since Ickx had to struggle with engine problems right from the start of the race, which led to retirement after only four laps, he was unable to intervene in the duel for third place between Rodríguez and Jean-Pierre Beltoise .

On lap 20, Peterson's Alfa Romeo engine exploded. Regazzoni then turned on its lost oil and was eliminated. The same thing happened to Hill shortly afterwards. However, he did manage to pits his car for repairs. Second place went to Rodríguez without a fight, who was eliminated a short time later with a defective ignition. Since Cevert was then in second place, there was ultimately a Tyrrell double victory. Third place went to Emerson Fittipaldi, who started in a hopeless position after an impressive race to catch up.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Gold Leaf Team Lotus	1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus 72D	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	2	Pure Wisell
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	4th	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312B2	Ferrari 001/1 3.0 F12	F.
	5	Clay Regazzoni
Motor Racing Developments	7th	Graham Hill	Brabham BT34	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	8th	Tim donation	Brabham BT33
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	9	Denis Hulme	McLaren M19A		G
	10	Peter Gethin
Eleven Team Tyrrell	11	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell 003		G
	11T		Tyrrell 001 1
	12	François Cevert	Tyrrell 002
Yardley Team BRM	14th	Jo Siffert	BRM P160	BRM P142 3.0 V12	F.
	15th	Pedro Rodríguez
	16	Howden Ganley	BRM P153
STP March Racing Team	17th	Ronnie Peterson	March 711	Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8	F.
	19th	Andrea de Adamich
	18th	Àlex Soler-Roig		Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
	33	Nanni Galli
Equipe Matra Sports	20th	Chris Amon	Matra MS120B	Matra MS71 3.0 V12	G
	21st	Jean-Pierre Beltoise
Rob Walker / Team Surtees	22nd	John Surtees	Surtees TS9	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
Auto Motor and Sport	24	Rolf Stommelen
Frank Williams Racing Cars	27	Henri Pescarolo	March 711		G
	28	Max Jean			F.
Jo Siffert Automobiles	34	François Mazet			F.

¹ The Tyrrell 001 marked with a "T" behind the start number was available to Jackie Stewart as a T-Car , but was never used.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 50.71	188.926 km / h	01
02	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 51.53	187.537 km / h	02
03	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1: 51.88	186.950 km / h	03
04th	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	1: 52.32	186.218 km / h	04th
05	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	1: 52.46	185.986 km / h	05
06th	Jo Siffert	BRM	1: 52.50	185.920 km / h	06th
07th	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 52.69	185.607 km / h	07th
08th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	1: 52.92	185.228 km / h	08th
09	Chris Amon	Matra	1: 52.94	185.196 km / h	09
10	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees-Ford	1: 53.10	184.934 km / h	10
11	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 53.24	184.705 km / h	11
12	Ronnie Peterson	March-Alfa Romeo	1: 53.36	184.510 km / h	12
13	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	1: 53.57	184.168 km / h	13
14th	Tim donation	Brabham-Ford	1: 53.58	184.152 km / h	14th
15th	Pure Wisell	Lotus Ford	1: 53.75	183.877 km / h	15th
16	Howden Ganley	BRM	1: 53.77	183.845 km / h	16
17th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	1: 54.22	183.120 km / h	17th
18th	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	1: 54.27	183.040 km / h	18th
19th	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford	1: 54.90	182.037 km / h	19th
20th	Andrea de Adamich	March-Alfa Romeo	1: 56.17	180.046 km / h	20th
21st	Àlex Soler-Roig	March-Ford	1: 57.07	178.662 km / h	21st
22nd	Max Jean	March-Ford	1: 59.79	174.606 km / h	22nd
23	François Mazet	March-Ford	2: 00.51	173.562 km / h	23
DNQ	Nanni Galli	March-Ford	no time	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	55	0	1: 46: 42.3	01	1: 54.09
02	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	55	0	+ 28.12	07th	1: 56.07
03	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	55	0	+ 34.07	17th	1: 55.48
04th	Jo Siffert	BRM	55	0	+ 37.17	06th	1: 55.70
05	Chris Amon	Matra	55	0	+ 41.08	09	1: 55.20
06th	Pure Wisell	Lotus Ford	55	0	+1: 16.02	15th	1: 56.07
07th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	55	0	+1: 16.93	08th	1: 55.91
08th	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	55	0	+1: 24.91	13	1: 56.37
09	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford	54	0	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 57.41
10	Howden Ganley	BRM	54	0	+ 1 lap	16	1: 56.66
11	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees-Ford	53	0	+ 2 rounds	10	1: 56.60
12	Tim donation	Brabham-Ford	50	0	DNF	14th	1: 55.75	Oil pressure loss
13	François Mazet	March-Ford	50	0	+ 5 rounds	23	2: 05.40
-	Max Jean	March-Ford	46	0	NC	22nd	2: 03.50	Unrated
-	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	45	0	DNF	18th	1: 57.01	Gearbox damage
-	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	34	1	DNF	04th	1: 55.75	defective oil pump
-	Andrea de Adamich	March-Alfa Romeo	31	0	DNF	20th	1: 59.83	Engine failure
-	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	27	0	DNF	05	1: 55.86	defective ignition
-	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	20th	0	DNF	02	1: 54.81	Lathe operator
-	Ronnie Peterson	March-Alfa Romeo	19th	0	DNF	12	1: 57.05	Engine failure
-	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	16	0	DNF	11	1: 57.20	defective ignition
-	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	04th	0	DNF	03	1: 55.55	Engine failure
-	Àlex Soler-Roig	March-Ford	04th	0	DNF	21st	2: 00.06	defective fuel pump

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 33 02  Jacky Ickx Ferrari 19th 03  Pedro Rodríguez BRM 9 04th  Ronnie Peterson March 9 05  Mario Andretti Ferrari 9 06th  Chris Amon Matra 8th 07th  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 8th 08th  François Cevert Tyrrell 6th

Item driver constructor Points 09  Denis Hulme McLaren 6th 10  Emerson Fittipaldi lotus 6th 11  Jo Siffert BRM 4th 12  Pure Wisell lotus 4th 13  John Surtees Surtees 2 14th  Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 1 15th  Rolf Stommelen Surtees 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Tyrrell 33 02  Ferrari 28 03  BRM 12 04th  March 9

Item constructor Points 05  lotus 9 06th  Matra 8th 07th  McLaren 6th 08th  Surtees 3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training"  ( 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)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed June 29, 2011)
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