1971 Monaco Grand Prix
| Racing data | ||
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| 3rd of 11 races of the 1971 Automobile World Championship | ||
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| Surname: | Grand Prix de Monaco | |
| Date: | May 23, 1971 | |
| Place: | Monaco | |
| Course: | Circuit de Monaco | |
| Length: | 251.6 km in 80 laps of 3.145 km
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| Weather: | cloudy but dry | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
 Jackie Stewart
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Tyrrell
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| Time: | 1: 23.2 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
Jackie Stewart
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Tyrrell
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| Time: | 1: 22.2 min | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
Jackie Stewart
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Tyrrell
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| Second: |
 Ronnie Peterson
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March
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| Third: |
 Jacky Ickx
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 Ferrari
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The 1971 Monaco Grand Prix took place on May 23rd at the Circuit de Monaco and was the third race of the 1971 Automobile World Championship .
Reports
background
Five weeks lay between the Spanish Grand Prix and the third round of the World Championship in Monaco, the 200th Grand Prix in Formula 1 history. During this break, a non-World Championship race had taken place at Silverstone , which was held in two runs. Jackie Stewart was victorious in the first run , Graham Hill won the second . In both cases, V8-powered vehicles were at the top, which relativized the V12 dominance that was threatening after the previous season.
At Ferrari , the two regular drivers Jacky Ickx and Clay Regazzoni competed in Monaco with the car that had been further developed into the Ferrari 312B2 under the direction of chief designer Mauro Forghieri , while a conventional 312B was reported for the third works driver, Mario Andretti . Instead of Andrea de Adamich, Nanni Galli drove the third works March with an Alfa Romeo engine. Skip Barber also wanted to make his Grand Prix debut in a private March 711, but clearly failed to qualify. Otherwise there were no significant changes in terms of teams and drivers compared to the previous World Championship run.
training
For the first time since 1955 , the limitation to a maximum of 16 starters, which was then introduced for safety reasons, was lifted or increased to 18 drivers in Monaco. In addition, at the beginning of the season, the regulation of the so-called "seeded" drivers, who definitely got a starting place, was abolished. Before the training, all drivers were classified as equivalent, regardless of whether they were world champions, works drivers or guest starters. The first to suffer from this new regulation was Mario Andretti , who had previously been second in the world championship standings , and who was unable to qualify among the top 18 drivers due to a defect in his car.
Since the first training session on Thursday was completely rainy and there was hardly any time improvement on Saturday due to the damp track conditions, the times achieved on Friday largely determined the starting grid.
Stewart achieved pole position with a lap time 1.2 seconds faster than second-placed Jacky Ickx . The two BRM drivers Jo Siffert and Pedro Rodríguez also presented themselves well in the BRM P160 with starting positions three and five, while the third works driver Howden Ganley with the significantly older BRM P153 could not qualify.
The reigning constructors' world championship team Lotus disappointed with starting positions 12 for Reine Wisell and 17 for Emerson Fittipaldi .
run
After the start, Stewart, Ickx and Siffert almost simultaneously reached the first corner that three cars could not pass through side by side. Siffert managed to overtake the Ferrari and take second place behind Stewart. Graham Hill , who was an absolute Monaco specialist with five wins on this track, retired on the second lap due to a driving error in the Tabac corner. His team-mate Tim Schenken also touched the barrier two laps later when he suddenly had to avoid François Cevert, who was driving slowly due to technical problems . Initially both drivers were able to continue the race, but Cevert retired after another two laps due to a driving error as a result of the defect.
While Stewart gradually increased his lead at the front, Ronnie Peterson drove a strong race that ended with an excellent second place for him. Since Siffert retired with engine failure in the last third of the race, Denis Hulme was fourth behind Jacky Ickx.
Registration list
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 |
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| 1 |
Jackie Stewart
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 23.2 | 136.082 km / h | 1 |
| 2 |
Jacky Ickx
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Ferrari
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1: 24.4 | 134.147 km / h | 2 |
| 3 |
 Jo Siffert
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BRM
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1: 24.8 | 133.514 km / h | 3 |
| 4th |
 Chris Amon
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 Matra
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1: 24.8 | 133.514 km / h | 4th |
| 5 |
 Pedro Rodríguez
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BRM
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1: 25.1 | 133.043 km / h | 5 |
| 6th |
Denis Hulme
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 25.3 | 132.732 km / h | 6th |
| 7th |
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
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Matra
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1: 25.6 | 132.266 km / h | 7th |
| 8th |
Ronnie Peterson
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March-Ford
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1: 25.8 | 131.958 km / h | 8th |
| 9 |
Graham Hill
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Brabham-Ford
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1: 26.0 | 131.651 km / h | 9 |
| 10 |
John Surtees
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Surtees-Ford
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1: 26.0 | 131.651 km / h | 10 |
| 11 |
Clay Regazzoni
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Ferrari
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1: 26.1 | 131.498 km / h | 11 |
| 12 |
Pure Wisell
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Lotus Ford
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1: 26.7 | 130.588 km / h | 12 |
| 13 |
Henri Pescarolo
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March-Ford
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1: 26.7 | 130.588 km / h | 13 |
| 14th |
Peter Gethin
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BRM
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1: 26.9 | 130.288 km / h | 14th |
| 15th |
François Cevert
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 27.2 | 129.839 km / h | 15th |
| 16 |
 Rolf Stommelen
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Surtees-Ford
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1: 27.2 | 129.839 km / h | 16 |
| 17th |
.svg){kind=small} Emerson Fittipaldi
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Lotus Ford
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1: 27.7 | 129.099 km / h | 17th |
| 18th |
 Tim donation
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Brabham-Ford
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1: 28.3 | 128.222 km / h | 18th |
| DNQ |
Howden Ganley
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BRM
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1: 28.8 | 127.500 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
 Mario Andretti
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Ferrari
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1: 29.1 | 127.071 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Nanni Galli
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March-Alfa Romeo
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1: 34.6 | 119.683 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
.svg){kind=small} Àlex Soler-Roig
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March-Ford
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1: 44.4 | 108.448 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Skip Barber
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March-Ford
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2: 48.6 | 67.153 km / h | - |
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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| 1 |
Jackie Stewart
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Tyrrell-Ford
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80 | 0 | 1: 52: 31.3 | 1 | 1: 22.2 | |
| 2 |
Ronnie Peterson
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March-Ford
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80 | 0 | + 25.6 | 6th | 1: 23.0 | |
| 3 |
Jacky Ickx
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Ferrari
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80 | 0 | + 53.3 | 2 | 1: 23.2 | |
| 4th |
Denis Hulme
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McLaren-Ford
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80 | 0 | +1: 06.7 | 8th | 1: 23.0 | |
| 5 |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Lotus Ford
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79 | 0 | + 1 lap | 17th | 1: 23.3 | |
| 6th |
Rolf Stommelen
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Surtees-Ford
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79 | 0 | + 1 lap | 16 | 1: 23.5 | |
| 7th |
John Surtees
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Surtees-Ford
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79 | 0 | + 1 lap | 10 | 1: 23.9 | |
| 8th |
Henri Pescarolo
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March-Ford
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77 | 1 | + 3 rounds | 13 | 1: 24.6 | |
| 9 |
Pedro Rodríguez
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BRM
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76 | 2 | + 4 rounds | 5 | 1: 23.7 | |
| 10 |
Tim donation
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Brabham-Ford
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76 | 1 | + 4 rounds | 18th | 1: 24.4 | |
| - |
Jo Siffert
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BRM
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58 | 0 | DNF | 3 | 1: 23.5 | Oil pressure loss |
| - |
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
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Matra
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47 | 0 | DNF | 7th | 1: 25.0 | Differential damage |
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Chris Amon
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Matra
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45 | 0 | DNF | 4th | 1: 23.4 | Differential damage |
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Clay Regazzoni
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Ferrari
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24 | 0 | DNF | 11 | 1: 26.1 | Driving error |
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Peter Gethin
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McLaren-Ford
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22nd | 0 | DNF | 14th | 1: 26.0 | Driving error |
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Pure Wisell
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Lotus Ford
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21st | 0 | DNF | 12 | 1: 26.3 | Suspension damage |
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François Cevert
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Tyrrell-Ford
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5 | 0 | DNF | 15th | 1: 28.0 | Driving error |
| - |
Graham Hill
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Brabham-Ford
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1 | 0 | DNF | 9 | 1: 35.8 | Driving error |
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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Others
On race weekend of the documentary shot Weekend of a Champion (dt .: Weekend of Champions ), in which the Polish-American director Roman Polanski Jackie Stewart accompanied them. The film premiered the following year at the Berlin International Film Festival and was shown in competition there.
Individual evidence
- ↑ "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)
- ^ "Report" (accessed June 29, 2011)
- ↑ "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 4, 2011)
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