1971 Canadian Grand Prix

 1971 Canadian Grand Prix

Racing data
10th of 11 races of the 1971 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	Canadian Grand Prix
Date:	19th September 1971
Place:	Bowmanville
Course:	Mosport Park
Length:	253.184 km in 64 laps of 3.956 km
Planned:	316.48 km in 80 laps of 3.956 km
Weather:	wet and cold
Pole position
Driver:	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell
Time:	1: 15.3 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Denis Hulme	McLaren
Time:	1: 43.5 min
Podium
First:	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell
Second:	Ronnie Peterson	March
Third:	Mark Donohue	McLaren

The 1971 Canadian Grand Prix took place on September 19 and was the tenth race of the 1971 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

For the first time this season, BRM reported five works cars. In addition to the four vehicles that had contested the Italian Grand Prix two weeks earlier , a fifth car was made available for George Eaton . The Ferrari factory team was increased to three vehicles with Mario Andretti , as already several times during the season.

McLaren only reported Denis Hulme as a works driver, while the second McLaren was driven by the customer team Penske-White with Formula 1 newcomer Mark Donohue . In addition, several private drivers with partially outdated vehicles completed the field.

training

Both Tyrrell qualified for the three-car front row. Jo Siffert's BRM stood between the two. With starting positions 12, 13 and 18, the Ferrari surprisingly turned out to be less than competitive.

Henri Pescarolo was injured in a training accident and therefore had to forego the start of the race. Debutant Chris Craft also did not compete due to engine problems.

run

Race course

After a fatal accident occurred in a Formula Ford frame race , the start of the Grand Prix was delayed for some time. It was raining and Howden Ganley damaged his BRM on one of the warm-up laps so he couldn't start.

Jackie Stewart initially took the lead in front of Ronnie Peterson and Jean-Pierre Beltoise . On the third lap, Graham Hill retired after a driving error on the wet road. Five laps later, Clay Regazzoni did the same . Although his car caught fire, he escaped unharmed.

While Stewart was relatively unrestricted at the front, Peterson fought with Beltoise for second place. The duel only ended after the Frenchman retired on lap 16 through his own fault. Meanwhile, Mark Donohue was the only driver in this race to make a pit stop without losing his third place. The gap between him and the two leaders became almost impossible to catch.

On lap 18, Peterson managed to overtake Stewart and take the lead. The Scot countered on lap 31. The now established ranking of the first three did not change any more, as Peterson damaged the front of his car by a collision while lapping George Eaton and as a result could no longer keep the pace set by Stewart.

The race was canceled after 64 of the planned 80 race laps due to worsening weather conditions and falling darkness. It was the first time in the history of Formula 1 that this measure was taken.

Mark Donohue finished his Formula 1 debut in a respectable third place. The fastest race lap that was set by Denis Hulme was almost half a minute slower than Jackie Stewart's pole time, which was set in dry conditions.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Gold Leaf Team Lotus	2	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus 72D	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	3	Pure Wisell
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	4th	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312B2	Ferrari 001/1 3.0 F12	F.
	6th	Mario Andretti
	5	Clay Regazzoni
	25T		Ferrari 312B 1	Ferrari 001 3.0 F12
Motor Racing Developments	8th	Tim donation	Brabham BT33	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	37	Graham Hill	Brabham BT34
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	9	Denis Hulme	McLaren M19A		G
Penske-White Racing	10	Mark Donohue
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	Peter Gethin
	16	Howden Ganley
	28	George Eaton
	31	Helmut Marko	BRM P153
STP March Racing Team	17th	Ronnie Peterson	March 711	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	18th	Nanni Galli
	19th	Mike Beuttler
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
Ecurie Evergreen	26th	Chris Craft	Brabham BT33		G
Frank Williams Racing Cars	27	Henri Pescarolo	March 711		G
Gene Mason Racing	33	Skip Barber			F.
Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc.	35	Pete Lovely	Lotus 49		F.

¹ The cars marked with a "T" after the start number were available to their respective drivers as T- cars , but were not used.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 15.3	189.131 km / h	01
02	Jo Siffert	BRM	1: 15.5	188.630 km / h	02
03	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 15.7	188.132 km / h	03
04th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	1: 16.1	187.143 km / h	04th
05	Chris Amon	Matra	1: 16.1	187.143 km / h	05
06th	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1: 16.2	186.898 km / h	06th
07th	Pure Wisell	Lotus Ford	1: 16.3	186.653 km / h	07th
08th	Mark Donohue	McLaren-Ford	1: 16.3	186.653 km / h	08th
09	Howden Ganley	BRM	1: 16.3	186.653 km / h	09
10	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 16.4	186.408 km / h	10
11	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	1: 16.5	186.165 km / h	11
12	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1: 16.5	186.165 km / h	12
13	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	1: 16.9	185.196 km / h	13
14th	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	1: 17.1	184.716 km / h	14th
15th	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	1: 17.2	184.477 km / h	15th
16	Peter Gethin	BRM	1: 17.2	184.477 km / h	16
17th	Tim donation	Brabham-Ford	1: 17.4	184,000 km / h	17th
18th	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 17.5	183.763 km / h	18th
19th	Helmut Marko	BRM	1: 17.8	183.054 km / h	19th
20th	Nanni Galli	March-Ford	1: 18.2	182.118 km / h	20th
21st	George Eaton	BRM	1: 18.4	181.653 km / h	21st
22nd	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	1: 18.5	181.422 km / h	22nd
23	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees-Ford	1: 18.8	180.731 km / h	23
24	Skip Barber	March-Ford	1: 19.8	178.466 km / h	24
25th	Chris Craft	Brabham-Ford	1: 20.3	177.355 km / h	DNS
26th	Pete Lovely	Lotus Ford	1: 21.1	175.605 km / h	25th
27	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	1: 21.9	173.890 km / h	DNS

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	64	0	1: 55: 13.1	01	1: 44.1
02	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	64	0	+ 38.3	06th	1: 44.9
03	Mark Donohue	McLaren-Ford	64	1	+1: 35.8	08th	1: 45.6
04th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	63	0	+ 1 lap	10	1: 43.5
05	Pure Wisell	Lotus Ford	63	0	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 44.5
06th	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	62	0	+ 2 rounds	03	1: 45.4
07th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	62	0	+ 2 rounds	04th	1: 45.8
08th	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	62	0	+ 2 rounds	12	1: 47.1
09	Jo Siffert	BRM	61	0	+ 3 rounds	02	1: 48.4
10	Chris Amon	Matra	61	0	+ 3 rounds	05	1: 48.7
11	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	60	0	+ 4 rounds	14th	1: 49.8
12	Helmut Marko	BRM	60	0	+ 4 rounds	19th	1: 48.3
13	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	60	0	+ 4 rounds	13	1: 49.2
14th	Peter Gethin	BRM	59	0	+ 5 rounds	16	1: 51.3
15th	George Eaton	BRM	59	0	+ 5 rounds	21st	1: 51.9
16	Nanni Galli	March-Ford	57	0	+ 7 rounds	20th	1: 53.9
-	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	56	0	NC	22nd	1: 58.2	Unrated
-	Pete Lovely	Lotus Ford	55	0	NC	25th	2: 00.2	Unrated
-	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees-Ford	26th	0	DNF	23	1: 55.0	Oil pressure loss
-	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	15th	0	DNF	11	1: 47.5	Driving error
-	Skip Barber	March-Ford	13	0	DNF	24	1: 50.2	Oil pressure loss
-	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	07th	0	DNF	18th	1: 56.9	Driving error
-	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	02	0	DNF	15th	2: 02.7	Driving error
-	Tim donation	Brabham-Ford	00	0	DNF	17th	-	defective ignition
-	Howden Ganley	BRM	-	0	DNS	09	-	not started

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 60 02  Ronnie Peterson March 29 03  Jacky Ickx Ferrari 19th 04th  François Cevert Tyrrell 17th 05  Emerson Fittipaldi lotus 16 06th  Jo Siffert BRM 13 07th  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 12 08th  Mario Andretti Ferrari 12 09  Denis Hulme McLaren 9 10  Pedro Rodríguez BRM 9 11  Peter Gethin BRM 9

Item driver constructor Points 12  Pure Wisell lotus 9 13  Chris Amon Matra 9 14th  Tim donation Brabham 5 15th  Henri Pescarolo March 4th 16  Mark Donohue McLaren 4th 17th  Rolf Stommelen Surtees 3 18th  John Surtees Surtees 3 19th  Mike Hailwood Surtees 3 20th  Graham Hill Brabham 2 21st  Howden Ganley BRM 2 22nd  Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Tyrrell 64 02  Ferrari 32 03  March 30th 04th  BRM 30th 05  lotus 21st

Item constructor Points 06th  McLaren 10 07th  Matra 9 08th  Surtees 8th 09  Brabham 5

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)
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. 160
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)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website