1971 French Grand Prix

April 2021 F1 France French Paul Ricard 1970.png 4 July 1971 Circuit Paul RicardLe Castellet, Var, France Permanent racing facility 3.610 5.809 55 198.525 319.495 Jackie Stewart UK Tyrrell-Ford 1:50.71 Jackie Stewart UK Tyrrell-Ford 1:54.09 on lap 2 Jackie Stewart UK Tyrrell-Ford François Cevert France Tyrrell-Ford Emerson Fittipaldi Brazil Lotus-Ford FRA The 1971 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit Paul Ricard on 4 July 1971. It was race 5 of 11 in both the 1971 World Championship of Drivers and the 1971 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 55-lap race was won by Tyrrell driver Jackie Stewart after he started from pole position. His teammate François Cevert finished second and Lotus driver Emerson Fittipaldi came in third. Race report This was the first French Grand Prix to be held at the new Circuit Paul Ricard near Marseille. The Tyrrell team had new front bodywork for Jackie Stewart's car, and the Briton gained pole position with this revised car – also helped by extensive tyre testing in the weeks before – from Clay Regazzoni, Jacky Ickx and Graham Hill. Stewart led away from Regazzoni, Pedro Rodríguez and Jean-Pierre Beltoise, whilst Ickx was jostled through the first chicane and dropped back. Stewart streaked ahead, setting fastest lap on lap 2 and pulling out a 10-second lead by lap 7. His only real challenger, Regazzoni, hit a patch of oil and sailed into the guardrail, breaking a wheel on lap 20. On lap 28 Rodríguez dropped out with a faulty coil, leaving the Tyrrells in 1–2 formation, with François Cevert proving his worth on his home ground. Hill dropped out of fifth place with a broken oil pipe, having previously hit the guardrail whilst avoiding Regazzoni. This left Jo Siffert in third place, holding off Emerson Fittipaldi, who was in pain and heavily bandaged after a road accident. Despite this, the Brazilian took 3rd on lap 39. Siffert retook this briefly, but Fittipaldi held on for the final podium place from the Swiss. Chris Amon took 5th in an unconvincing performance by home team Matra, duelling with Tim Schenken until Schenken ran out of oil 6 laps from the end. It was a 1–2 success for Tyrrell Racing on a circuit perceived to be difficult, the Cosworth DFV engine providing additional power down the Mistral straight. This was to be Pedro Rodríguez's last Formula One race. He was killed a week later while driving a privately entered Ferrari 512 at an Interserie sports car race at the Norisring in Germany. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 11 UK Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 1:50.71 — 2 5 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:51.53 +0.82 3 4 BEL Jacky Ickx Ferrari 1:51.88 +1.17 4 7 UK Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 1:52.32 +1.61 5 15 MEX Pedro Rodríguez BRM 1:52.46 +1.75 6 14 SUI Jo Siffert BRM 1:52.50 +1.79 7 12 FRA François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 1:52.69 +1.98 8 21 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 1:52.92 +2.21 9 20 NZL Chris Amon Matra 1:52.94 +2.23 10 24 GER Rolf Stommelen Surtees-Ford 1:53.10 +2.39 11 9 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 1:53.24 +2.53 12 17 SWE Ronnie Peterson March-Alfa Romeo 1:53.36 +2.65 13 22 UK John Surtees Surtees-Ford 1:53.57 +2.86 14 8 AUS Tim Schenken Brabham-Ford 1:53.58 +2.87 15 2 SWE Reine Wisell Lotus-Ford 1:53.75 +3.04 16 16 NZL Howden Ganley BRM 1:53.77 +3.06 17 1 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 1:54.22 +3.51 18 27 FRA Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 1:54.27 +3.56 19 10 UK Peter Gethin McLaren-Ford 1:54.90 +4.19 20 33 ITA Nanni Galli March-Ford 1:55.52 +4.81 21 19 ITA Andrea de Adamich March-Alfa Romeo 1:56.17 +5.46 22 18 Spain 1945 Alex Soler-Roig March-Ford 1:57.07 +6.36 23 28 FRA Max Jean March-Ford 1:59.79 +9.08 24 34 FRA François Mazet March-Ford 2:00.51 +9.80 Source:Pritchard Anthony The Motor Racing Year No3 1972 0393085023 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 UK Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 55 1:46:42.3 1 9 2 12 FRA François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 55 + 28.12 7 6 3 1 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 55 + 34.07 17 4 4 14 SUI Jo Siffert BRM 55 + 37.17 6 3 5 20 NZL Chris Amon Matra 55 + 41.08 9 2 6 2 SWE Reine Wisell Lotus-Ford 55 + 1:16.02 15 1 7 21 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 55 + 1:16.93 8   8 22 UK John Surtees Surtees-Ford 55 + 1:24.91 13   9 10 UK Peter Gethin McLaren-Ford 54 + 1 Lap 19   10 16 NZL Howden Ganley BRM 54 + 1 Lap 16   11 24 GER Rolf Stommelen Surtees-Ford 53 + 2 Laps 10   12 8 AUS Tim Schenken Brabham-Ford 50 Oil Pressure 14   13 34 FRA François Mazet March-Ford 50 + 5 Laps 23   NC Not classified 28 FRA Max Jean March-Ford 46 + 9 Laps 22   Ret Retired 27 FRA Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 45 Gearbox 18   Ret Retired 7 UK Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 34 Oil Pipe 4   Ret Retired 19 ITA Andrea de Adamich March-Alfa Romeo 31 Engine 20   Ret Retired 15 MEX Pedro Rodríguez BRM 27 Ignition 5   Ret Retired 5 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 20 Accident 2   Ret Retired 17 SWE Ronnie Peterson March-Alfa Romeo 19 Engine 12   Ret Retired 9 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 16 Ignition 11   Ret Retired 4 BEL Jacky Ickx Ferrari 4 Engine 3   Ret Retired 18 Spain 1945 Alex Soler-Roig March-Ford 4 Fuel Pump 21   DNS Did not start 33 ITA Nanni Galli March-Ford   Engine    Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1971/518/ 1971 French Grand Prix formula1.com 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20131017004753/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1971/518/ 17 October 2013 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for French drivers Max Jean and François Mazet. This race saw the 25th Grand Slam set by a British driver. This race marked the 5th podium finish for British constructor Tyrrell. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart 33 10px 2 BEL Jacky Ickx 19 10px 3 USA Mario Andretti 9 10px 4 MEX Pedro Rodríguez 9 10px 5 SWE Ronnie Peterson 9Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1971/france/championnat.aspx France 1971 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 15 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 1 UK Tyrrell-Ford 33 10px 1 2 ITA Ferrari 28 10px 3 UK BRM 12 10px 4 UK March-Ford 9 10px 2 5 UK Lotus-Ford 9Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em French Grand Prix 1971 1971 Dutch Grand Prix 1971 British Grand Prix 1970 French Grand Prix 1972 French Grand Prix French Grand Prix Category:French Grand Prix Category:1971 in French motorsport