1971 Austrian Grand Prix

F1 Austria Austrian Österreichring 1969-1976.svg The Österreichring (in 1971) 15 August 1971 IX Großer Preis von Österreich Österreichring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria Permanent racing facility 3.673 5.911 54 198.686 317.347 Dry Jo Siffert BRM 1:37.44 SUI Jo Siffert BRM 1:38.47 SUI Jo Siffert BRM SUI Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford BRA Tim Schenken Brabham-Ford AUS AUT The 1971 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Österreichring on 15 August 1971. It was race 8 of 11 in both the 1971 World Championship of Drivers and the 1971 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.http://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Zeltweg-1971-08-15e.jpg 1971 Austrian Grand Prix Entry list The 54-lap race was won by BRM driver Jo Siffert after he started from pole position. Emerson Fittipaldi finished second for the Lotus team and Brabham driver Tim Schenken came in third, which turned out to be the first and only podium finish in his Formula One career. This was the debut race of the future world champion Niki Lauda. It was Siffert's last pole position and victory before he died during a non-championship race at Brands Hatch. As Jacky Ickx retired on lap 32 with an engine failure and Ronnie Peterson could only muster an 8th place finish, Jackie Stewart was consequently crowned World Champion for the second time in his career, despite retiring with a halfshaft issue four laps later. Stewart maintained a 32-point-lead over second-placed Ickx with three rounds to go, which was enough to retain his crown after two years. Race report Jo Siffert in a BRM P160 took a surprise pole position from Jackie Stewart and led away at the start from Clay Regazzoni and Jacky Ickx. The front two drew away from the pack, where Regazzoni was duelling with François Cevert and Ickx was dropping back with mechanical problems. On lap 21, Stewart with a poorly handling car allowed Cevert through so he could chase Siffert. Further down the field, there were two Brabham-Lotus battles, with Tim Schenken duelling with Emerson Fittipaldi and Reine Wisell trading places with Graham Hill. By lap 32, Ickx had retired with a spark plug problem, Regazzoni had an engine blow up and Fittipaldi had passed Schenken and set about catching Stewart. On lap 36, Stewart's race ended with a violent accident - his left rear driveshaft broke and the wheel was torn off. He emerged unhurt to be greeted as World Champion following Ickx's retirement. Cevert was chasing down Siffert, but with 12 laps to go his gearbox exploded. Fittipaldi was now carving chunks out the BRM's lead, due to a left-rear puncture for the Swiss. However he managed to nurse the ailing car home for a popular victory by 4 seconds. Schenken was 3rd, with Wisell pipping Hill for 4th place - the Englishman was another to suffer a puncture in the dying stages and Henri Pescarolo finished 6th in his March. Stewart won the Drivers' Championship with 3 races left to go. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 14 Switzerland Jo Siffert BRM 1:37.44 — 2 11 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 1:37.65 +0.21 3 12 France François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 1:37.86 +0.42 4 5 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:37.90 +0.46 5 2 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 1:37.90 +0.46 6 4 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 1:38.27 +0.83 7 8 Australia Tim Schenken Brabham-Ford 1:38.64 +1.20 8 7 United Kingdom Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 1:38.70 +1.26 9 9 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 1:38.80 +1.36 10 3 Sweden Reine Wisell Lotus-Ford 1:38.95 +1.51 11 17 Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 1:39.01 +1.57 12 24 Germany Rolf Stommelen Surtees-Ford 1:39.08 +1.64 13 25 France Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 1:39.09 +1.65 14 15 New Zealand Howden Ganley BRM 1:39.46 +2.02 15 19 Italy Nanni Galli March-Alfa Romeo 1:39.54 +2.10 16 23 United Kingdom Peter Gethin BRM 1:39.67 +2.23 17 16 Austria Helmut Marko BRM 1:39.80 +2.36 18 22 United Kingdom John Surtees Surtees-Ford 1:40.37 +2.93 19 27 United Kingdom Mike Beuttler March-Ford 1:41.46 +4.02 20 28 Sweden Jo Bonnier McLaren-Ford 1:41.66 +4.22 21 26 Austria Niki Lauda March-Ford 1:43.68 +6.24 22 10 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver McLaren-Ford 1:44.22 +6.78 Source:Pritchard Anthony The Motor Racing Year No3 1972 0393085023 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 14 Switzerland Jo Siffert BRM 54 1:30:23.91 1 9 2 2 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 54 + 4.12 5 6 3 8 Australia Tim Schenken Brabham-Ford 54 + 19.77 7 4 4 3 Sweden Reine Wisell Lotus-Ford 54 + 31.87 10 3 5 7 United Kingdom Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 54 + 48.43 8 2 6 25 France Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 54 + 1:24.51 13 1 7 24 Germany Rolf Stommelen Surtees-Ford 54 + 1:37.42 12   8 17 Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 53 + 1 lap 11   9 10 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver McLaren-Ford 53 + 1 lap 22   10 23 United Kingdom Peter Gethin BRM 52 + 2 laps 16   11 16 Austria Helmut Marko BRM 52 + 2 laps 17   12 19 Italy Nanni Galli March-Alfa Romeo 51 + 3 laps 15   NC Not classified 27 United Kingdom Mike Beuttler March-Ford 47 + 7 laps 19   Ret Retired 12 France François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 42 Engine 3   Ret Retired 11 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 35 Halfshaft 2   Ret Retired 4 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 31 Engine 6   Ret Retired 26 Austria Niki Lauda March-Ford 20 Handling 21   Ret Retired 22 United Kingdom John Surtees Surtees-Ford 12 Engine 18   Ret Retired 5 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 8 Engine 4   Ret Retired 15 New Zealand Howden Ganley BRM 5 Ignition 14   Ret Retired 9 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 4 Engine 9   DNS Did not start 28 Sweden Jo Bonnier McLaren-Ford 0 Fuel leak 20  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1971/521/ 1971 Austrian Grand Prix formula1.com 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20131017005208/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1971/521/ 17 October 2013 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for future World Champion and Austrian driver Niki Lauda. This race saw the first Grand Slam for a Swiss driver. This was the 10th pole position for a BRM and for a BRM-powered car. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart 51 10px 2 BEL Jacky Ickx 19 10px 3 SWE Ronnie Peterson 17 10px 3 4 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi 16 10px 7 5 SUI Jo Siffert 13Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1971/autriche/championnat.aspx Austria 1971 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 7 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK Tyrrell-Ford* 51 10px 2 ITA Ferrari* 32 10px 2 3 UK BRM 21 10px 4 UK Lotus-Ford 19 10px 2 5 UK March-Ford 18Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Bold text indicates the 1971 World Drivers' Champion. Competitors in bold and marked with an asterisk still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion. 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