Great Britain Grand Prix 1971

 Great Britain Grand Prix 1971

Racing data
6th of 11 races of the 1971 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	British Grand Prix
Date:	17th July 1971
Place:	Silverstone
Course:	Silverstone Circuit
Length:	320.348 km in 68 laps of 4.711 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Spectator:	~ 58,000
Pole position
Driver:	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Time:	1: 18.1 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell
Time:	1: 19.9 min
Podium
First:	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell
Second:	Ronnie Peterson	March
Third:	Emerson Fittipaldi	lotus

The 1971 British Grand Prix took place on July 17th at Silverstone , England and was the sixth race of the 1971 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

On the weekend before the British Grand Prix, Pedro Rodríguez had a fatal accident in an Interserie race at the Norisring . Initially, it was not replaced at BRM , so only two works cars were entered for the sixth World Championship round.

Meanwhile, Lotus continued testing the turbine-powered Type 56 . Factory driver Reine Wisell drove the car this weekend while his ancestral Lotus 72 was taken over by Dave Charlton .

McLaren and Surtees each registered a third works car for the race, driven by Jackie Oliver and Derek Bell respectively . Another addition to the field was Mike Beuttler , who contested his first Grand Prix in a private March.

training

The training ended without any big surprises with Clay Regazzoni on pole position next to Jackie Stewart and Jo Siffert on the front row in front of Emerson Fittipaldi and Ronnie Peterson in row two.

run

Race course

Shortly after the start, Graham Hill and Jackie Oliver collided in the back of the field . For both of them this already meant the end of the race, while the two Ferraris of Clay Regazzoni and Jacky Ickx, who started from the third row, took the lead.

On the second lap, Stewart and Siffert were both able to overtake Ickx. On lap four Stewart also overtook Regazzoni and took the lead. While he was already gaining a lead there, Siffert also passed Regazzoni. The resulting ranking of the first three remained constant over several laps. Fittipaldi, who fought his way through the field after a bad start, caused the most attention.

On lap 17, Siffert had to give Regazzoni defenseless second place due to technical difficulties. The up to then fourth placed Ickx headed for the pit on lap 37 due to engine problems and gave up a few laps later. Since Siffert fell further and further behind, Peterson took third position.

After Regazzoni was also eliminated on lap 48, Peterson took second place, followed by Tim Schenken and Fittipaldi.

A few laps before the end, Schenken had to give up due to transmission problems, but was still classified in twelfth place because of the distance covered. Third place went to Emerson Fittipaldi for the second time in a row.

Henri Pescarolo scored his first World Championship points of the season in fourth. The two Surtees regular drivers John Surtees and Rolf Stommelen also achieved the points.

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	Dave Charlton
	3	Pure Wisell	Lotus 56B	Pratt & Whitney STN76 tbn
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	4th	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312B2	Ferrari 001/1 3.0 F12	F.
	5	Clay Regazzoni
Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing	6th	Mike Beuttler	March 711	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
Motor Racing Developments	7th	Graham Hill	Brabham BT34		G
	8th	Tim donation	Brabham BT33
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	9	Denis Hulme	McLaren M19A		G
	10	Peter Gethin
	11	Jackie Oliver	McLaren M14A
Eleven Team Tyrrell	12	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell 003		G
	14th	François Cevert	Tyrrell 002
Yardley Team BRM	16	Jo Siffert	BRM P160	BRM P142 3.0 V12	F.
	17th	Howden Ganley	BRM P153
STP March Racing Team	18th	Ronnie Peterson	March 711	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	19th	Andrea de Adamich		Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8
	20th	Nanni Galli		Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Equipe Matra Sports	21st	Chris Amon	Matra MS120B	Matra MS71 3.0 V12	G
	22nd	Jean-Pierre Beltoise
Rob Walker / Team Surtees	23	John Surtees	Surtees TS9	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
Auto Motor and Sport	24	Rolf Stommelen
Team Surtees	25th	Derek Bell	Surtees TS7
Frank Williams Racing Cars	26th	Henri Pescarolo	March 711		G

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 18.1	217.152 km / h	01
02	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 18.1	217.152 km / h	02
03	Jo Siffert	BRM	1: 18.2	216.875 km / h	03
04th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	1: 18.3	216.598 km / h	04th
05	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1: 19.0	214.678 km / h	05
06th	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1: 19.5	213.328 km / h	06th
07th	Tim donation	Brabham-Ford	1: 19.5	213.328 km / h	07th
08th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 19.6	213.060 km / h	08th
09	Chris Amon	Matra	1: 19.7	212.793 km / h	09
10	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 19.8	212.526 km / h	10
11	Howden Ganley	BRM	1: 19.84	212.420 km / h	11
12	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees-Ford	1: 19.88	212.313 km / h	12
13	Dave Charlton	Lotus Ford	1: 20.05	211.863 km / h	13
14th	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford	1: 20.1	211.730 km / h	14th
15th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	1: 20.2	211.466 km / h	15th
16	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	1: 20.3	211.203 km / h	16
17th	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	1: 20.5	210.678 km / h	17th
18th	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	1: 20.61	210.391 km / h	18th
19th	Pure Wisell	Lotus-Pratt & Whitney	1: 20.66	210.260 km / h	19th
20th	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	1: 20.7	210.156 km / h	20th
21st	Nanni Galli	March-Ford	1: 20.9	209.637 km / h	21st
22nd	Jackie Oliver	McLaren-Ford	1: 21.0	209.378 km / h	22nd
23	Derek Bell	Surtees-Ford	1: 22.3	206.070 km / h	23
24	Andrea de Adamich	March-Alfa Romeo	1: 23.2	203.841 km / h	24

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	68	0	1: 31: 31.5	02	1: 19.9
02	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	68	0	+ 36.1	05	1: 20.3
03	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	68	0	+ 50.5	04th	1: 20.2
04th	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	67	0	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 21.1
05	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees-Ford	67	0	+ 1 lap	12	1: 21.1
06th	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	67	0	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 21.0
07th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	66	0	+ 2 rounds	15th	1: 21.3
08th	Howden Ganley	BRM	66	0	+ 2 rounds	11	1: 20.0
09	Jo Siffert	BRM	66	1	+ 2 rounds	03	1: 20.1
10	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	65	0	+ 3 rounds	10	1: 20.9
11	Nanni Galli	March-Ford	65	0	+ 3 rounds	21st	1: 22.3
12	Tim donation	Brabham-Ford	63	0	DNF	07th	1: 20.2	Gearbox damage
-	Pure Wisell	Lotus-Pratt & Whitney	57	0	NC	19th	1: 22.6	Unrated
-	Andrea de Adamich	March-Alfa Romeo	56	0	NC	24	1: 24.4	Unrated
-	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford	53	0	DNF	14th	1: 21.5	Engine failure
-	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	51	1	DNF	06th	1: 20.2	Engine failure
-	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	48	0	DNF	01	1: 20.1	Oil pressure loss
-	Chris Amon	Matra	35	0	DNF	09	1: 20.8	Valve damage
-	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	32	0	DNF	08th	1: 20.9	Engine failure
-	Derek Bell	Surtees-Ford	23	0	DNF	23	1: 22.4	Unhinge damage
-	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	21st	0	DNF	20th	1: 22.7	Oil pressure loss
-	Dave Charlton	Lotus Ford	01	0	DNF	13	1: 53.0	Engine failure
-	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	00	0	DNF	22nd	-	collision
-	Jackie Oliver	McLaren-Ford	00	0	DNF	16	-	collision

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 42 02  Jacky Ickx Ferrari 19th 03  Ronnie Peterson March 15th 04th  Emerson Fittipaldi lotus 10 05  Pedro Rodríguez BRM 9 06th  Mario Andretti Ferrari 9 07th  Chris Amon Matra 8th 08th  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 8th

Item driver constructor Points 09  Denis Hulme McLaren 6th 10  François Cevert Tyrrell 6th 11  Pure Wisell lotus 4th 12  Jo Siffert BRM 4th 13  John Surtees Surtees 3 14th  Rolf Stommelen Surtees 3 15th  Henri Pescarolo March 3 16  Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Tyrrell 42 02  Ferrari 28 03  March 15th 04th  lotus 13

Item constructor Points 05  BRM 12 06th  Matra 8th 07th  McLaren 6th 08th  Surtees 5

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from April 8, 2009 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. ↑ “World Cup stands” ( memento of the original from April 8, 2009 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)