1971 Rothmans F5000 European Championship

Motor Racing Series in Europe February 2015 February 2015 1971 Rothmans F5000 European Championship 1970 1972 The 1971 Rothmans F5000 European Championship Programme, Rothmans F5000 European Championship & Evening News Car Races, Brands Hatch, Monday 12 April 1971Programme, Rothmans F5000 European Championship Car Races, Mallory Park, Monday 31 May 1971Programme, Rothmans F5000 European Championship Car Races, Brands Hatch, Monday 26 September 1971 was a motor racing series for Formula 5000 cars.Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, pages 67 to 89 The series was organized in the United Kingdom by the British Racing and Sports Car Club but also included European rounds.European Formula 5000 races 1969-1977, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 16 October 2014 It was the third of seven annual European Formula 5000 Championships to be contested between 1969 and 1975,Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, Table of Contents and the first to carry the Rothmans F5000 European Championship name. The championship was won by Frank Gardner, driving a Lola T192 and a Lola T300. Calendar thumb|Frank Gardner won the championship driving a Lola T300, similar to that pictured above, and a Lola T192. The championship was contested over seventeen rounds. Round Name Circuit Date Winning driver Car 1 GBR Mallory Park 28 March GBR Mike Hailwood Surtees TS8 Chevrolet 2 GBR Snetterton 9 April AUS Frank Gardner Lola T192 Chevrolet 3 Yellow Pages Trophy Programme, Brands Hatch, Monday 12 April 1971, page 8 GBR Brands Hatch 12 April GBR Brian Redman McLaren M18 Chevrolet 4 Dublin Grand Prix F5000 championship races in Europe, jpgleize.perso.neuf.fr https://web.archive.org/web/20141020022915/http://jpgleize.perso.neuf.fr/gp/gb5mod.htm 20 October 2014 Retrieved on 16 October 2014 IRE Mondello Park 2 May AUS Frank Gardner Lola T192 Chevrolet 5 Daily Express International TrophyAnthony Prichard, The Non-Championship Races, The Motor Racing Year No3, 1972, pages 118 to 147(Report) GBR Silverstone 8 May GBR Mike Hailwood ‡ Surtees TS8 Chevrolet 6 GBR Castle Combe 15 May AUS Frank Gardner Lola T192 Chevrolet 7 GBR Mallory Park 31 May NZL Graham McRae McLaren M10B Chevrolet 8 GP della Lotteria di Monza ITA Monza 20 June GBR Alan Rollinson Surtees TS8 Chevrolet 9 Yellow Pages Trophy GBR Mallory Park 4 July GBR Mike Hailwood Surtees TS8 Chevrolet 10 Kodak Super 8 Trophy GBR Thruxton 1 August NZL Graham McRae McLaren M10B Chevrolet 11 Uniflo Trophy GBR Silverstone 14 August GBR Mike Hailwood Surtees TS8 Chevrolet 12 Rothmans International Gold Cup GBR Oulton Park 21 August AUS Frank Gardner # Lola T300 Chevrolet 13 The Rothmans Trophy Race Programme, Rothmans F5000 European Championship Car Races, Snetterton, Monday 30 August 1971, page 12 Retrieved on 29 June 2022 GBR Snetterton 30 August NZL Graham McRae McLaren M10B Chevrolet 14 Nations Grand Prix FRG Hockenheim 12 September AUS Frank Gardner Lola T300 Chevrolet 15 GBR Oulton Park 18 September AUS Frank Gardner Lola T300 Chevrolet 16 GBR Brands Hatch 26 September GBR Brian Redman McLaren M18 Chevrolet 17 Rothmans World Championship Victory Race (Report) GBR Brands Hatch 24 October GBR Alan Rollinson @ Surtees TS8 Chevrolet ‡ Mike Hailwood was the highest placed Formula 5000 driver at Round 5 in a combined field of Formula 5000 and Formula One cars. # Frank Gardner was the highest placed Formula 5000 driver at Round 12 in a combined field of Formula 5000 and Formula One cars.1971 XVIII International Gold Cup, www.statsf1.com Retrieved 9 February 2024 @ Alan Rollinson was the highest placed Formula 5000 driver at Round 17 in a combined field of Formula 5000 and Formula One cars. Points system Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places at each round. Final championship positions were determined from the best six results from the longer rounds (i.e. those contested over a distance of 100 to 150 miles) and the best six results from the shorter rounds. Championship standings Position Driver Car Entrant Points 1 AUS Frank Gardner Lola T192 Chevrolet Lola T300 Chevrolet Lola Cars Limited 95 2 GBR Mike Hailwood Surtees TS8 Chevrolet Team Surtees 58 3 GBR Mike Walker Lola T192 Chevrolet Doug Hardwick 40 4 GBR Alan Rollinson Surtees TS8 Chevrolet Alan McKechnie Racing 35 5 GBR Brian Redman McLaren M18 Chevrolet Syd Taylor Team Castrol 34 6 NZL Graham McRae McLaren M10B Chevrolet Crown Lynn Potteries 33 7 GBR Ray Allen McLaren M10B Chevrolet Team Trojan 30 8 BEL Teddy Pilette McLaren M10B Chevrolet Racing Team VDS 18 9 GBR Trevor Taylor Leda LT25 Chevrolet Malaya Garage Racing Division 16 10 GBR David Prophet McLaren M10B Chevrolet Bugie Prophet 10 11 GBR Tony Dean McLaren M7A Chevrolet Barry Newman Racing Rothmans European Formula 5000 Championship - Points Position, Programme, Snetterton, Monday, 30 August 1971, page 11 9 12 GBR Peter Gethin McLaren M18 Chevrolet Syd Taylor 7 13 SWE Ulf Norinder McLaren M18 Chevrolet Team Trojan 6 14 GBR Fred Saunders Crosslé 15F Rover Mermaid Racing 5 = GBR John Myerscough McLaren M10B Chevrolet John Butterworth 5 16 FRA Jean-Pierre Jaussaud McLaren M18 Chevrolet Barry Newman 4 = NZL Howden Ganley McLaren M18 Chevrolet Barry Newman 4 = GBR Keith Holland McLaren M10B Chevrolet Keith Holland 4 = GBR Tony Trimmer Surtees TS5A Chevrolet Lola T190 Chevrolet Kaye Griffiths 4 = GBR Gordon Spice McLaren M10B Chevrolet Gordon Spice Cash and Carry 4 21 GBR Jock Russell Lotus 70 Ford Jock Russell 2 22 GBR Rob Taylor Kitchiner K3A Ford 1 23 GBR David Berry Brabham BT16 Rover David Berry 1 References Category:European Formula 5000 Championship seasons Rothmans