1971 Australian Grand Prix

September 2020 January 2012 CUST Australian Formula 1 & Australian Formula 2 race Australian Australia Warwick Farm Raceway.png XXXVI Australian Grand Prix Warwick Farm Raceway, Sydney, New South Wales 21 November 1971 Permanent racing facility 2.25 3.621 45 101.25 162.945 Fine, mild36th Australian Grand Prix - Information Sheet No. 14 Frank Matich AUS Matich-Repco Holden 1'24.3 Frank Matich Matich-Repco Holden 1'24.6 AUS Frank Matich AUS Matich-Repco Holden Kevin Bartlett AUS McLaren-Chevrolet Alan Hamilton AUS McLaren-Chevrolet The 1971 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Warwick Farm Raceway in New South Wales, Australia on 21 November 1971. It was open to Racing Cars complying with either Australian Formula 1 or Australian Formula 2 regulations.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1971 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 79 The race was the thirty sixth running of the Australian Grand Prix. Frank Matich won his second straight AGP and, as in 1970, he started the race on pole and also set the fastest race lap. The race marked the debut of Matich's self designed and built Matich A50 which was powered by a Repco Holden V8 engine. Matich won the race by 58.7 seconds from Kevin Bartlett driving a McLaren M10B-Chevrolet, with Alan Hamilton, also driving McLaren M10B-Chevrolet, 1.1 seconds behind Bartlett in third place. Other than two New Zealanders, the only international driver in the event was 1964 Formula One World Drivers' Champion John Surtees. The Englishman started ninth in his Surtees TS8-Chevrolet, and battled with Bartlett, Hamilton, and, until his retirement, Colin Bond in the McLaren M10B in which Matich had won the 1970 Australian Grand Prix. Surtees ultimately placed 14th after suffering two punctures late in the race.Wilson Stewart Graham Howard The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix 1986 R & T Publishing Gordon, NSW 0-9588464-0-5 354–361 1971 1971 Rothmans F5000 European Championship winner Frank Gardner was unable to start the race after damaging his Lola T300 in the first practice session on the Saturday. Classification Results as follows: Official practice thumb|Frank Matich won the race driving a Matich A50 similar to the above Grid positions for the race were determined during "official practice".Official Programme, 36th Australian Grand Prix, Warwick Farm, 21 November 1971 Pos No Driver Car/Engine Time Gap 1 1 AUS Frank Matich Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 1:24.3 — 2 8 AUS Bob Muir Mildren Mono / Waggott TC 4V 2.0L I4 1:25.4 +0.9 3 7 AUS John Harvey Brabham BT36 / Waggott TC 4V 2.0L I4 1:25.6 +1.3 4 6 AUS Max Stewart Mildren / Waggott TC 4V 2.0L I4 1:25.8 +1.5 5 14 NZL Graeme Lawrence Brabham BT30 / Cosworth FVC 1.8L I4 1:26.0 +1.7 6 9 AUS Alan Hamilton McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 1:26.3 +2.0 7 2 AUS Colin Bond McLaren M10B / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 1:26.4 +2.1 8 5 AUS Kevin Bartlett McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 1:26.8 +2.5 9 3 GBR John Surtees Surtees TS8 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 1:27.2 +2.9 10 11 AUS John McCormack Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 1:27.6 +3.3 11 12 AUS Warwick Brown McLaren M4A / Cosworth FVC 1.9L I4 1:29.3 +5.0 12 26 AUS Jack Bono Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L I4 (AF2) 1:29.7 +5.4 13 15 AUS Don O'Sullivan McLaren M18 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 1:29.7 +5.4 14 17 AUS Gary Campbell Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L I4 (AF2) 1:30.1 +5.8 15 20 AUS Alfredo Costanzo Elfin AC1 / Ford T/C 1.6L I4 (AF2) 1:30.1 +5.8 16 16 NZL Henk Woelders Elfin 600C / Waggott T/C 1.6L I4 (AF2) 1:31.2 +6.9 17 10 AUS Colin Hyams Lola T192 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 1:31.4 +7.1 18 19 AUS Terry Quartly Lotus 32B / Ford T/C 1.6L I4 (AF2) 1:31.8 +7.5 19 25 AUS Ian Fergusson Bowin P3A / Ford T/C 1.6L I4 (AF2) 1:33.0 +8.7 20 21 NZL Ian Cook Devione LC2 / Ford T/C 1.6L I4 (AF2) 1:33.8 +9.5 21 24 AUS Ross Ambrose Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L I4 (AF2) 1:34.2 +9.9 22 18 AUS Clive Mills Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L I4 (AF2) 1:34.8 +10.5 23 23 AUS Chris Farrell Brabham BT6 / BRM Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2) DNP – 4 AUS Frank Gardner Lola T300 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 DNP – Race Pos No. Driver Car Entrant Laps Time / Reason 1 1 AUS Frank Matich Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Rothmans Team Matich 45 1h 05m 09.5s 2 5 AUS Kevin Bartlett McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Kevin Bartlett Shell Racing 45 1h 06m 08.2s 3 9 AUS Alan Hamilton McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Porsche Distributors Racing Pty Ltd 45 1h 06m 09.3s 4 14 NZL Graeme Lawrence Brabham BT30 / Cosworth FVC 1.8L 4cyl Air New Zealand 45 1h 06m 09.7s 5 6 AUS Max Stewart Mildren / Waggott TC 4V 2.0L 4cyl Max Stewart Motors – Waggott Engineering 45 1h 06m 10.2s 6 11 AUS John McCormack Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Elfin Sports Cars 44 7 12 AUS Warwick Brown McLaren M4A / Cosworth FVC 1.9L 4cyl Pat Burke Racing 43 8 17 AUS Gary Campbell Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2) Provincial Motors 43 9 16 AUS Henk Woelders Elfin 600C / Waggott T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2) Bill Patterson Racing 43 10 26 AUS Jack Bono Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2) Graham Collier 43 11 25 AUS Ian Fergusson Bowin P3A / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2) Ian Ferguson 42 12 21 NZL Ian Cook Devione LC2 / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2) Autocorse 42 13 18 AUS Clive Mills Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2) Clive Millis Motors Pty Ltd 41 14 3 GBR John Surtees Surtees TS8 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Team Surtees 38 15 18 AUS Terry Quartly Lotus 32 / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2) Jeff Noblett 38 Ret 7 AUS John Harvey Brabham BT36 / Waggott TC 4V 2.0L 4cyl Bob Jane Racing 23Alan Wood, Matich takes his second A.G.P.!, Racing Car News, January 1972, pages 24–25 ExhaustXXXVI Australian Grand Prix 1971, www.formula2.net, as archived at web.archive.org Ret 15 AUS Don O'Sullivan McLaren M18 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Don O'Sullivan Racing Pty Ltd 21 Crash Ret 2 AUS Colin Bond McLaren M10B / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Rothmans Team Matich 20 Oil pressure Ret 20 AUS Alfredo Costanzo Elfin AC1 / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2) Alfredo Costanzo Engine Ret 10 AUS Colin Hyams Lola T192 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Colin Hyams Wheels Ret 24 AUS Ross Ambrose Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2) Ross Ambrose Ret 23 AUS Chris Farrell Brabham BT6 / BRM Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2) BP Cordon Service Station Oil pressure Ret 8 AUS Bob MuirWilson Stewart Graham Howard The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix 1986 R & T Publishing Gordon, NSW 0-9588464-0-5 358 1971 Mildren Mono / Waggott TC 4V 2.0L I4 Robert Muir Motors Pty Ltd 0 Bent valveJohn Smailes, Matich's mighty AGP win, Australian Auto Action, 26 November 1971, pages 8&9 DNS 4 AUS Frank Gardner Lola T300 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Amalgamated Scooters – Team Lola – Practice accident (AF2) indicates Australian Formula 2 car Notes Pole position: Frank Matich – 1'24.3 Starters: 23 Finishers: 15 Winner's average speed: 93.32 m.p.h. Australian Formula 2 Class winner: Gary Campbell Fastest lap: Frank Matich – 1'24.6 (94.75 mph / 154.08 km/h) (New outright lap record) References External links Australian Grand Prix, Warwick Farm, 21 Nov 1971, www.oldracingcars.com Formula 5000 1971, autopics.com.au Australian Grand Prix 1970 Australian Grand Prix 1971 1972 Australian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:Australian Grand Prix Category:Formula 5000 race reports Category:Motorsport at Warwick Farm Australian Grand Prix