1971 British Grand Prix

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1971 British Grand Prix
Silverstone Circuit 1952 to 1974.png
The Silverstone Circuit (1952–1974)
Race details
Date17 July 1971
Official name XXIV The Woolmark British Grand Prix [1]
Location Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.711 km (2.927 miles)
Distance 68 laps, 320.348 km (199.036 miles)
Weather Overcast, dry
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:18.1
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford
Time 1:19.9
Podium
First Tyrrell-Ford
Second March-Ford
Third Lotus-Ford
Lap leaders
  • 1971 British Grand Prix

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.

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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

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
15 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:18.1
212 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 1:18.1+0.0
316 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jo Siffert BRM 1:18.2+0.1
41 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 1:18.3+0.2
518 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 1:19.0+0.9
64 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx Ferrari 1:19.5+1.4
78 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Schenken Brabham-Ford 1:19.5+1.4
89 Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 1:19.6+1.5
921 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Amon Matra 1:19.7+1.6
1014 Flag of France.svg François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 1:19.8+1.7
1117 Flag of New Zealand.svg Howden Ganley BRM 1:19.84+1.74
1224 Flag of Germany.svg Rolf Stommelen Surtees-Ford 1:19.88+1.78
132 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Dave Charlton Lotus-Ford 1:20.05+1.95
1410 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Gethin McLaren-Ford 1:20.1+2.0
1522 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 1:20.2+2.1
167 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 1:20.3+2.2
1726 Flag of France.svg Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 1:20.5+2.4
1823 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Surtees Surtees-Ford 1:20.6+2.5
193 Flag of Sweden.svg Reine Wisell Lotus-Pratt & Whitney 1:20.66+2.56
206 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Beuttler March-Ford 1:20.7+2.6
2120 Flag of Italy.svg Nanni Galli March-Ford 1:20.9+2.8
2211 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Oliver McLaren-Ford 1:21.0+2.9
2325 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Bell Surtees-Ford 1:22.3+4.2
2419 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Adamich March-Alfa Romeo 1:23.2+5.1
Source: [2]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
112 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 681:31:31.529
218 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 68+ 36.156
31 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 68+ 50.544
426 Flag of France.svg Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 67+ 1 Lap173
524 Flag of Germany.svg Rolf Stommelen Surtees-Ford 67+ 1 Lap122
623 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Surtees Surtees-Ford 67+ 1 Lap181
722 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 66+ 2 Laps15 
817 Flag of New Zealand.svg Howden Ganley BRM 66+ 2 Laps11 
916 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jo Siffert BRM 66+ 2 laps3 
1014 Flag of France.svg François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 65+ 3 Laps10 
1120 Flag of Italy.svg Nanni Galli March-Ford 65+ 3 Laps21 
128 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Schenken Brabham-Ford 63Gearbox7 
NC3 Flag of Sweden.svg Reine Wisell Lotus-Pratt & Whitney 57Not classified19 
NC19 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Adamich March-Alfa Romeo 56Not classified24 
Ret10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Gethin McLaren-Ford 53Engine14 
Ret4 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx Ferrari 51Engine6 
Ret5 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 48Oil pressure1 
Ret21 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Amon Matra 35Engine9 
Ret9 Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 32Engine8 
Ret25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Bell Surtees-Ford 23Suspension23 
Ret6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Beuttler March-Ford 21Oil pressure20 
Ret2 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Dave Charlton Lotus-Ford 1Engine13 
Ret7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 0Accident22 
Ret11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Oliver McLaren-Ford 0Accident16 
Source: [3]

Notes

Championship standings after the race

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References

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