1971 British Grand Prix

November 2020 June 2013 F1 United Kingdom British 17 July 1971 6 11 Silverstone Circuit 1952 to 1974.png The Silverstone Circuit (1952–1974) XXIV The Woolmark British Grand Prix1971 Formula 1 World Championship Programmes http://www.progcovers.com/motor/f11971.html The Programme Covers Project 28 January 2019 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England Permanent racing facility 2.927 4.711 68 199.036 320.348 Overcast, dry Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:18.1 Switzerland Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 1:19.9 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford United Kingdom Ronnie Peterson March-Ford Sweden Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford Brazil GBR The 1971 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 17 July 1971. It was race 6 of 11 in both the 1971 World Championship of Drivers and the 1971 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 68-lap race was won by Tyrrell driver Jackie Stewart after he started from second position. Ronnie Peterson finished second for the March team and Lotus driver Emerson Fittipaldi came in third. Race report On one of the fastest circuits on the calendar, horsepower counted for everything. Clay Regazzoni, driving for Ferrari, gained pole with a scorching lap of 1 min 18.1 secs, beating Jackie Stewart in a Tyrrell and Jo Siffert in a BRM by just a couple of hundredths of a second. BRM were mourning the loss of Pedro Rodríguez in a sports car race a few days earlier. The start itself was a shambles, with a bungled flag drop causing a collision between Jackie Oliver and Graham Hill, for which Oliver was fined £50. Regazzoni led away from Jacky Ickx and Stewart, but after just one lap Stewart had passed Ickx, with Siffert following him. On lap 4, Stewart passed Regazzoni and disappeared into the distance. By lap 10 he was over 3 seconds ahead. In the points positions, Emerson Fittipaldi, Ronnie Peterson and Tim Schenken were having a memorable tussle. Regazzoni repassed Siffert who was suffering from vibration problems on lap 15, but the BRM driver managed to hang on to the back of the Ferrari for several more laps. Stewart increased his lead to 14 seconds and by lap 20 he was ahead by 18 seconds. Ickx dropped out of fourth place with rubber breaking off from his front left tyre, and Siffert dropped way down with a broken coil bracket. The battle between Peterson, Schenken and Fittipaldi moved up into 3rd, 4th and 5th places. On lap 48, tyre problems struck Regazzoni and further problems ensued when he tried to leave the pits after his tyre change to find his engine had no oil pressure. Schenken too dropped down the field with gearbox problems and retired completely when it jammed for good 4 laps from home. Henri Pescarolo and Rolf Stommelen thus moved up into the battle for 4th and 5th, duelling right to the line, with Pescarolo winning out by just 0.5 seconds. John Surtees gained 6th place. Stewart took a commanding home win and extended his lead in the Championship to 23 points. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 5 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:18.1 — 2 12 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 1:18.1 +0.0 3 16 Switzerland Jo Siffert BRM 1:18.2 +0.1 4 1 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 1:18.3 +0.2 5 18 Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 1:19.0 +0.9 6 4 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 1:19.5 +1.4 7 8 Australia Tim Schenken Brabham-Ford 1:19.5 +1.4 8 9 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 1:19.6 +1.5 9 21 New Zealand Chris Amon Matra 1:19.7 +1.6 10 14 France François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 1:19.8 +1.7 11 17 New Zealand Howden Ganley BRM 1:19.84 +1.74 12 24 Germany Rolf Stommelen Surtees-Ford 1:19.88 +1.78 13 2South Africa 1928 Dave Charlton Lotus-Ford 1:20.05 +1.95 14 10 United Kingdom Peter Gethin McLaren-Ford 1:20.1 +2.0 15 22 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 1:20.2 +2.1 16 7 United Kingdom Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 1:20.3 +2.2 17 26 France Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 1:20.5 +2.4 18 23 United Kingdom John Surtees Surtees-Ford 1:20.6 +2.5 19 3 Sweden Reine Wisell Lotus-Pratt & Whitney 1:20.66 +2.56 20 6 United Kingdom Mike Beuttler March-Ford 1:20.7 +2.6 21 20 Italy Nanni Galli March-Ford 1:20.9 +2.8 22 11 UK Jackie Oliver McLaren-Ford 1:21.0 +2.9 23 25 United Kingdom Derek Bell Surtees-Ford 1:22.3 +4.2 24 19 Italy Andrea de Adamich March-Alfa Romeo 1:23.2 +5.1 Source:Pritchard Anthony The Motor Racing Year No3 1972 0393085023 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 68 1:31:31.5 2 9 2 18 Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 68 + 36.1 5 6 3 1 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 68 + 50.5 4 4 4 26 France Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 67 + 1 lap 17 3 5 24 Germany Rolf Stommelen Surtees-Ford 67 + 1 lap 12 2 6 23 United Kingdom John Surtees Surtees-Ford 67 + 1 lap 18 1 7 22 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 66 + 2 laps 15   8 17 New Zealand Howden Ganley BRM 66 + 2 laps 11   9 16 Switzerland Jo Siffert BRM 66 + 2 laps 3   10 14 France François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 65 + 3 laps 10   11 20 Italy Nanni Galli March-Ford 65 + 3 laps 21   12 8 Australia Tim Schenken Brabham-Ford 63 Gearbox 7   NC Not classified 3 Sweden Reine Wisell Lotus-Pratt & Whitney 57 + 11 laps 19   NC Not classified 19 Italy Andrea de Adamich March-Alfa Romeo 56 + 12 laps 24   Ret Retired 10 United Kingdom Peter Gethin McLaren-Ford 53 Engine 14   Ret Retired 4 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 51 Engine 6   Ret Retired 5 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 48 Oil pressure 1   Ret Retired 21 New Zealand Chris Amon Matra 35 Engine 9   Ret Retired 9 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 32 Engine 8   Ret Retired 25 United Kingdom Derek Bell Surtees-Ford 23 Suspension 23   Ret Retired 6 United Kingdom Mike Beuttler March-Ford 21 Oil pressure 20   Ret Retired 2South Africa 1928 Dave Charlton Lotus-Ford 1 Engine 13   Ret Retired 7 United Kingdom Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 0 Accident 22   Ret Retired 11 UK Jackie Oliver McLaren-Ford 0 Accident 16  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1971/519/ 1971 British Grand Prix formula1.com 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20131017004248/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1971/519/ 17 October 2013 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British driver Mike Beuttler. This race saw the 10th podium finish for a March. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart* 42 10px 2 BEL Jacky Ickx* 19 10px 2 3 SWE Ronnie Peterson* 15 10px 5 4 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi* 10 10px 2 5 USA Mario Andretti* 9Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1971/grande-bretagne/championnat.aspx Britain 1971 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK Tyrrell-Ford* 42 10px 2 ITA Ferrari* 28 10px 1 3 UK March-Ford* 15 10px 1 4 UK Lotus-Ford* 13 10px 2 5 UK BRM* 12Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Competitors in bold and marked with an asterisk still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion. 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