1971 Spring Trophy

NC United Kingdom Spring Trophy 1971 04 09 y 1971 Oulton Park.svg Rothmans/Daily Express Spring Trophy Oulton Park, Cheshire, United Kingdom Permanent racing facility 2.760 4.441 40 110.40 177.634 Jackie Stewart UK Tyrrell-Cosworth 1:25.8 Pedro Rodriguez BRM 1:25.06 MEX Peter Gethin BRM UK Pedro Rodriguez MEX BRM Peter Gethin UK McLaren-Cosworth Jackie Stewart UK Tyrrell-Cosworth The Rothmans/Daily Express Spring Trophy was a non-championship Formula One race held on 9 April 1971 at Oulton Park. GP '71 - Rothmans/Daily Express International Spring Trophy http://second-a-lap.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/gp-71-rothmansdaily-express.html 2015-11-25 Spring Trophy on OldRacingCars.com https://www.oldracingcars.com/f1/results/1971/spring-trophy/ 2021-04-18 Only twelve cars took part. Team Lotus entered three different chassis types - a 49C, a 72D and the Pratt & Whitney gas-turbine-engined 56B. Local favourite and Formula 3 driver Cyd Williams was entrusted with a Frank Williams Racing Cars March but crashed heavily during untimed practice and did not start the race. Jackie Stewart set pole position in the spare car but in the race itself he struggled with his regular car's handling. Pedro Rodriguez won ahead of Peter Gethin, the two of them sharing fastest lap. Stewart finished third. Classification Qualifying Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car Lap Gap 1 16 GBR Jackie Stewart Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 001 1:25.8 – 2 6 GBR Peter Gethin Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M14A 1:25.8 + 0.0 3 3 MEX Pedro Rodriguez Yardley Team BRM BRM P160 1:27.0 + 1.2 4 4 SUI Jo Siffert Yardley Team BRM BRM P153 1:27.4 + 1.6 5 5 GBR John Surtees Brooke-Bond-Oxo/Rob Walker/Team Surtees Surtees TS9 1:27.6 + 1.8 6 2 NZL Howden Ganley Yardley Team BRM BRM P153 1:28.2 + 2.4 7 10 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 72C 1:29.4 + 3.6 8 8 GBR Mike Beuttler Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing March 701 1:32.2 + 6.4 9 11 SWE Reine Wisell Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 56B 1:33.6 + 7.8 10 17 GBR Tony Trimmer Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 49C 1:34.6 + 8.8 11 14 GBR Cyd Williams Motul/Frank Williams Racing Cars March 701 1:37.2 + 11.4 12 15 GBR Alan Rollinson Jo Siffert Automobiles March 701 1:38.0 + 12.2 DNA 1 SWE Jo Bonnier Ecurie Bonnier McLaren M7C – – DNA 7 NZL Denis Hulme Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M19A – – DNA 12 SWE Ronnie Peterson STP March Engineering March 711 – – Race Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 3 MEX Pedro Rodriguez BRM 40 57:33.4 3 2 6 GBR Peter Gethin McLaren-Cosworth 40 + 4.6 2 3 16 GBR Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Cosworth 40 + 12.2 1 4 2 NZL Howden Ganley BRM 39 + 1 lap 6 5 15 GBR Alan Rollinson March-Cosworth 36 + 4 laps 12 6 17 GBR Tony Trimmer Lotus-Cosworth 31 + 9 laps 10 7 10 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Cosworth 27 + 13 laps 7 Ret 11 SWE Reine Wisell Lotus-Pratt & Whitney 17 Puncture 9 Ret 8 GBR Mike Beuttler March-Cosworth 16 Nose cone 8 Ret 4 SUI Jo Siffert BRM 13 Ignition 4 Ret 5 GBR John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth 5 Engine 5 DNS 14 GBR Cyd Williams March-Cosworth Practice Crash 11 DNS 9 GBR Jackie Stewart1 Tyrrell-Cosworth Drove No. 16Source:http://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F171_8.htm XII Rothmans/Daily Express International Spring Trophy 1971 F2register November 7, 2019http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1971/1971.html#str Rothmans/Daily Express International Spring Trophy The Formula One Archives November 7, 2019 1 Stewart practiced in the spare Tyrrell 002 but opted to race Tyrrell 001. References Spring Trophy 1971 1971 Questor Grand Prix 1971 BRDC International Trophy None None June 2017 Category:1971 Formula One races Spring