1971 International Gold Cup

NC United Kingdom International Gold Cup 1971 08 22 y 1971 Oulton Park.svg XVIII International Gold Cup Oulton Park, Cheshire, United Kingdom Permanent racing facility 2.760 4.441 40 110.40 177.634 Peter Gethin UK BRM 1:24.6 John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth 1:24.8 UK John Surtees UK Surtees-Cosworth Howden Ganley NZ BRM Frank Gardner AUS Lola-Chevrolet The XVIII International Gold Cup was a non-championship Formula One race, and also a round of the European Formula 5000 Championship, held on 22 August 1971 at Oulton Park. Eight Formula 1 cars turned up, with a full complement of F5000 cars making up the rest of the grid. Peter Gethin set pole position for the first heat, which was won by Henri Pescarolo. The grid for the second heat was arranged according to the finishing order of the first heat. John Surtees took the lead from Pescarolo and held it to the end, setting fastest lap, and a new circuit record, in the process. His win and his third place in the first heat made him the aggregate winner, just ahead of Howden Ganley. Frank Gardner was the highest F5000 finisher in both heats, his performance being good enough for third overall. Qualifying Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car Lap Gap1 34 UK Peter Gethin Yardley Team BRM BRM P160 1:24.6 2 37 FRA Henri Pescarolo Motul/Frank Williams Racing Cars March 711 1:25.0 +0.43 33 NZ Howden Ganley Yardley Team BRM BRM P153 1:25.0 +0.04 32 UK John Surtees Brooke Bond Oxo/Rob Walker/Team Surtees Surtees TS9 1:25.8 +0.85 35 UK Mike Beuttler Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing March 711 1:25.8 +0.06 3 AUS Frank Gardner Motor Racing Research/Lola Cars Ltd. Lola T300 1:26.0 +0.27 26 UK Alan Rollinson Alan McKechnie Racing Surtees TS8 1:26.8 +0.88 1 UK Brian Redman Sid Tayor/Castrol Racing McLaren M18 1:28.2 +1.49 22 NZ Graham McRae Crown Lynn Properties McLaren M10B 1:28.8 +0.610 15 UK Mike Hailwood Team Surtees Ltd. Surtees TS8 1:28.8 +0.011 11 UK Trevor Taylor Malaya Garages Leda LT25 1:29.0 +0.212 39 UK Chris Craft Alain de Cadenet Brabham BT33 1:29.2 +0.213 77 UK Mike Walker Doug Hardwick Lola T192 1:29.8 +0.614 38 UK Tony Trimmer Motul/Frank Williams Racing Cars March 701 1:31.0 +1.215 21 UK David Prophet Bugle-Prophet Racing McLaren M10B 1:31.8 +0.816 44 UK Gordon Spice Gordon Spice Cash'n'Carry McLaren M10B 1:32.4 +0.617 66 IRL Fred Saunders Fred Saunders/London School of Flying Crosslé 15F 1:34.4 +2.018 41 UK Bob Miller Bob Miller Dulon LD8 1:37.8 +3.419 5 UK Jock Russell Jock Russell Lotus 70 1:39.6 +1.820 4 UK John Myerscough John Butterworth Racing McLaren M10B 1:39.8 +0.221 8 UK Ray Allen Pink Stamps/Epstein Team Trojan McLaren M10B 1:41.0 +1.222 36 FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier Shell Arnold Team March 701 2:14.0 +33.0DNQ 29 UK "Ippocastano" Peter J Hawtin Cooper T90 broken halfshaft DSQ 16 GER Roland Heller Rallye und Race Gemeinschaft Lola T190 failed scrutineering Source:1971 International Gold Cup – Heat 1 Qualification https://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1971&gp=International%20Gold%20Cup&r=1&type=h1q ChicaneF1 28 February 2024 Classification Pos. No. Driver Constructor Heat 1 Heat 2 Aggregate Grid 1 32 UK John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth 0:28:54.0 0:28:44.6 0:57:39.0 4 2 33 NZ Howden Ganley BRM 0:28:52.6 0:28:57.4 0:57:50.0 3 3 3 AUS Frank Gardner Lola-Chevrolet 0:29:19.6 0:29:27.0 0:58:46.6 6 4 26 UK Alan Rollinson Surtees-Chevrolet 0:29:42.2 0:29:33.0 0:59:15.2 7 5 39 UK Chris Craft Brabham-Cosworth 0:29:57.0 0:29:33.8 0:59:30.8 12 6 77 UK Mike Walker Lola-Chevrolet 0:30:16.2 0:30:2.0 1:00:18.2 13 7 21 UK David Prophet McLaren-Chevrolet +1 lap +1 lap 38 laps 15 8 66 IRL Fred Saunders Crosslé-Rover +2 laps +2 laps 36 laps 17 9 22 NZ Graham McRae McLaren-Chevrolet 15 laps/fire 0:29:41.0 35 laps 9 10 36 FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier March-Cosworth +4 laps +2 laps 34 laps 22 11 15 UK Mike Hailwood Surtees-Chevrolet 0:29:27.8 13 laps/accident 33 laps 10 12 41 UK Bob Miller Dulon-Chevrolet +3 laps 16 laps/spin 33 laps 18 13 37 FRA Henri Pescarolo March-Cosworth 0:28:48.2 6 laps/accident 26 laps 2 14 34 UK Peter Gethin BRM 0:29:19.8 3 laps/accident 23 laps 1 15 44 UK Gordon Spice McLaren-Chevrolet 0 laps/accident +1 lap 19 laps 16 16 38 UK Tony Trimmer March-Cosworth 17 laps/accident DNS 17 laps 14 17 1 UK Brian Redman McLaren-Chevrolet 14 laps/overheating DNS 14 laps 8 18 11 UK Trevor Taylor Leda LT25-Chevrolet 4 laps/accident DNS 4 laps 11 19 8 UK Ray Allen McLaren-Chevrolet 1 laps/oil pump DNS 1 lap 21 20 35 UK Mike Beuttler March-Cosworth 0 laps/fuel injection DNS 0 laps 5 21 5 UK Jock Russell Lotus-Ford 0 laps/camshaft DNS 0 laps 19 NC 4 UK John Myerscough McLaren-Chevrolet DNS/practice accident DNS 20Sources:1971 International Gold Cup – Heat 1 Classification https://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1971&gp=International%20Gold%20Cup&r=1&type=heat1 ChicaneF1 28 February 20241971 International Gold Cup – Heat 2 Classification https://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1971&gp=International%20Gold%20Cup&r=1&type=heat2 ChicaneF1 28 February 20241971 International Gold Cup – Aggregate Timings https://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1971&gp=International%20Gold%20Cup&r=1&type=agg1 ChicaneF1 28 February 20241971 – XVIII International Gold Cup https://www.statsf1.com/en/1971-hc/grand-prix-273.aspx StatsF1 28 February 2024 References International Gold Cup 1971 1971 Jochen Rindt Gedächtnisrennen 1971 World Championship Victory Race 1970 International Gold Cup 1972 International Gold Cup June 2017 Category:1971 Formula One races Category:August 1971 sports events in Europe International Gold Cup