1971 Spanish Grand Prix

 1971 Spanish Grand Prix

Racing data
2nd of 11 races of the 1971 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	Gran Premio de España
Date:	April 18th 1971
Place:	Barcelona
Course:	Circuit de Montjuïc
Length:	284.325 km in 75 laps of 3.791 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Pole position
Driver:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Time:	1: 25.9 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Time:	1: 25.1 min
Podium
First:	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell
Second:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Third:	Chris Amon	Matra

The 1971 Spanish Grand Prix took place on April 18 at the Circuit de Montjuïc in Barcelona and was the second race of the 1971 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

During the six weeks that had passed since the first World Championship round in South Africa , three Formula 1 races that were not part of the World Championship had taken place. With the Ferrari -Werksfahrern Clay Regazzoni at the Race of Champions in Brands Hatch and Mario Andretti when Questor Grand Prix in California and BRM -Pilot Pedro Rodríguez at the traditional race at Oulton Park drivers were each victorious, whose racing cars were equipped with twelve-cylinder engines. Thus, in the first half of the 1971 season it became apparent that the previous predominance of V8 engines might seem to be coming to an end. This development was viewed with concern above all by those teams that were using the Ford Cosworth V8, which has been successful in recent years and is still the most widely used.

In response, the Lotus team broke new ground and experimented with the Lotus 56 , which was powered by a gas turbine. With Emerson Fittipaldi at the wheel, the car was first used at Brands Hatch. During the training, which took place in damp conditions, the car initially proved to be a sensation for many observers. However, this was mainly due to the all-wheel drive of the car and not to the unusual motorization. In the race, which took place in dry weather, the vehicle was ultimately unable to convince.

For the second world championship round at Montjuïc , a field of drivers that was very similar to that of the first round in South Africa, apart from the local guest starters that were common there. Other significant changes were that from now on Rolf Stommelen did not appear in the second factory Surtees under the actual team name, but, as in the previous year at Brabham , under the name of his main sponsor, the German magazine Auto Motor und Sport . In addition, Tim Schenken was signed as the second regular driver alongside Graham Hill for the Brabham works team from this race . Jean-Pierre Beltoise was now also there in the second Matra , whose blocking period, which he had been imposed by Ignazio Giunti because of his involvement in the fatal accident , had now expired.

The tire manufacturer Firestone brought the new development "B25" to the race track for the first time. These were the first slick tires in Formula 1 history. Some drivers from the Firestone-equipped teams tested the tires over the course of the weekend, with some initially having them fitted to just one of the two axles of their racing car.

The teams Ferrari and Tyrrell each reported a copy of a new or further development of their racing car as a T-Car . In both cases, however, these vehicles were not used in the race.

training

During the training, the assumption expressed by experts that the twelve-cylinder engines were becoming more dominant appeared to be confirmed. Only two V8-powered cars made it into the top eight, although most vehicles were still equipped with this engine. Jacky Ickx and Clay Regazzoni formed the front row with their Ferrari 312B .

run

Race course

What had been suggested in training was not continued in the race. Jackie Stewart, who started from third place in a Tyrrell with a Ford V8 engine, took the lead after five laps, which he initially steadily expanded. Jacky Ickx was able to maintain second place, while Chris Amon had already overtaken Regazzoni on the third lap and took third place. Nothing changed in the placements of this top group until the finish line.

While the other two Ferraris were out, Ickx was able to get significantly closer to the leading Stewart towards the end of the race, but could no longer prevent him from winning. The feared dominance of the V12 machines was put into perspective by this victory.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Gold Leaf Team Lotus	2	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus 72C	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	3	Pure Wisell
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	4th	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312B	Ferrari 001 3.0 F12	F.
	5	Clay Regazzoni
	5T		Ferrari 312B2 1	Ferrari 001/1 3.0 F12
	6th	Mario Andretti	Ferrari 312B	Ferrari 001 3.0 F12
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	McLaren M14A
Eleven Team Tyrrell	11	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell 003 1		G
	11T		Tyrrell 002
	12	François Cevert
Yardley Team BRM	14th	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM P160	BRM P142 3.0 V12	F.
	15th	Jo Siffert
	16	Howden Ganley	BRM P153
STP March Racing Team	17th	Andrea de Adamich	March 711	Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8	F.
	18th	Ronnie Peterson		Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
	19th	Àlex Soler-Roig
Equipe Matra Sports	20th	Chris Amon	Matra MS120B	Matra MS71 3.0 V12	G
	21st	Jean-Pierre Beltoise
Rob Walker / Team Surtees	24	John Surtees	Surtees TS9	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
Auto Motor and Sport	25th	Rolf Stommelen
Frank Williams Racing Cars	27	Henri Pescarolo	March 711		G

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	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1: 25.9	158.878 km / h	01
02	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 26.0	158.693 km / h	02
03	Chris Amon	Matra	1: 26.0	158.693 km / h	03
04th	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 26.2	158.325 km / h	04th
05	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	1: 26.5	157.776 km / h	05
06th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	1: 26.6	157.594 km / h	06th
07th	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford	1: 26.8	157.230 km / h	07th
08th	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	1: 26.9	157.049 km / h	08th
09	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 27.1	156.689 km / h	09
10	Jo Siffert	BRM	1: 27.3	156.330 km / h	10
11	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	1: 27.5	155.973 km / h	11
12	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 27.7	155.617 km / h	12
13	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1: 27.8	155.440 km / h	13
14th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	1: 27.9	155.263 km / h	14th
15th	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	1: 28.4	154.385 km / h	15th
16	Pure Wisell	Lotus Ford	1: 28.6	154.036 km / h	16
17th	Howden Ganley	BRM	1: 28.6	154.036 km / h	17th
18th	Andrea de Adamich	March-Alfa Romeo	1: 29.5	152.487 km / h	18th
19th	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees-Ford	1: 29.6	152.317 km / h	19th
20th	Àlex Soler-Roig	March-Ford	1: 29.8	151.978 km / h	20th
21st	Tim donation	Brabham-Ford	1: 30.6	150.636 km / h	21st
22nd	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	1: 30.8	150.304 km / h	22nd

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	75	0	1: 49: 03.4	04th	1: 25.6
02	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	75	0	+ 3.4	01	1: 25.1
03	Chris Amon	Matra	75	0	+ 58.1	03	1: 26.6
04th	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	75	0	+1: 17.9	05	1: 27.0
05	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	75	0	+1: 27.0	09	1: 27.0
06th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	74	0	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 26.8
07th	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	74	0	+ 1 lap	12	1: 26.9
08th	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford	73	0	+ 2 rounds	07th	1: 28.0
09	Tim donation	Brabham-Ford	72	0	+ 3 rounds	21st	1: 28.9
10	Howden Ganley	BRM	71	0	+ 4 rounds	17th	1: 28.9
11	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	67	0	+ 8 rounds	22nd	1: 31.2
-	Pure Wisell	Lotus Ford	58	1	NC	16	1: 30.7	Unrated
-	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	54	1	DNF	14th	1: 28.4	Suspension damage
-	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	53	0	DNF	11	1: 29.5	Engine failure
-	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	50	1	DNF	08th	1: 27.4	Engine failure
-	Àlex Soler-Roig	March-Ford	46	0	DNF	20th	1: 29.6	defective fuel pump
-	Andrea de Adamich	March-Alfa Romeo	26th	0	DNF	18th	1: 31.6	Differential damage
-	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	24	0	DNF	13	1: 29.7	defective ignition
-	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	13	0	DNF	02	1: 28.5	Engine failure
-	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees-Ford	09	0	DNF	19th	1: 32.3	Fuel pressure drop
-	Jo Siffert	BRM	05	0	DNF	15th	1: 31.2	Gearbox damage
-	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	05	0	DNF	10	1: 32.3	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

Item driver constructor Points 01  Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 15th 02  Mario Andretti Ferrari 9 03  Chris Amon Matra 6th 04th  Jacky Ickx Ferrari 6th 05  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 4th

Item driver constructor Points 06th  Pedro Rodríguez BRM 3 07th  Pure Wisell lotus 3 08th  Denis Hulme McLaren 3 09  Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Tyrrell 15th 02  Ferrari 15th 03  Matra 6th

Item constructor Points 04th  BRM 3 05  lotus 3 06th  McLaren 3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. 159
2. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from November 26, 2015 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)  
3. ^ "Report" (accessed June 29, 2011)
4. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 4, 2011)