Great Britain Grand Prix 1971
Racing data | ||
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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
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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
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
Classifications
Starting grid
Item | driver | constructor | time | Ø speed | begin |
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1 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 1: 18.1 | 217.152 km / h | 1 |
2 | Jackie Stewart | Tyrrell-Ford | 1: 18.1 | 217.152 km / h | 2 |
3 | Jo Siffert | BRM | 1: 18.2 | 216.875 km / h | 3 |
4th | Emerson Fittipaldi | Lotus Ford | 1: 18.3 | 216.598 km / h | 4th |
5 | Ronnie Peterson | March-Ford | 1: 19.0 | 214.678 km / h | 5 |
6th | Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | 1: 19.5 | 213.328 km / h | 6th |
7th | Tim donation | Brabham-Ford | 1: 19.5 | 213.328 km / h | 7th |
8th | Denis Hulme | McLaren-Ford | 1: 19.6 | 213.060 km / h | 8th |
9 | Chris Amon | Matra | 1: 19.7 | 212.793 km / h | 9 |
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 |
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1 | Jackie Stewart | Tyrrell-Ford | 68 | 0 | 1: 31: 31.5 | 2 | 1: 19.9 | |
2 | Ronnie Peterson | March-Ford | 68 | 0 | + 36.1 | 5 | 1: 20.3 | |
3 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Lotus Ford | 68 | 0 | + 50.5 | 4th | 1: 20.2 | |
4th | Henri Pescarolo | March-Ford | 67 | 0 | + 1 lap | 17th | 1: 21.1 | |
5 | Rolf Stommelen | Surtees-Ford | 67 | 0 | + 1 lap | 12 | 1: 21.1 | |
6th | John Surtees | Surtees-Ford | 67 | 0 | + 1 lap | 18th | 1: 21.0 | |
7th | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Matra | 66 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 15th | 1: 21.3 | |
8th | Howden Ganley | BRM | 66 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 11 | 1: 20.0 | |
9 | Jo Siffert | BRM | 66 | 1 | + 2 rounds | 3 | 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 | 7th | 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 | 6th | 1: 20.2 | Engine failure |
- | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 48 | 0 | DNF | 1 | 1: 20.1 | Oil pressure loss |
- | Chris Amon | Matra | 35 | 0 | DNF | 9 | 1: 20.8 | Valve damage |
- | Denis Hulme | McLaren-Ford | 32 | 0 | DNF | 8th | 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 | 1 | 0 | DNF | 13 | 1: 53.0 | Engine failure |
- | Graham Hill | Brabham-Ford | 0 | 0 | DNF | 22nd | - | collision |
- | Jackie Oliver | McLaren-Ford | 0 | 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
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "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)
- ^ "Report" (accessed June 29, 2011)
- ↑ “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)