1971 International Gold Cup

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1971 International Gold Cup
Non-championship race in the 1971 Formula One season
Oulton Park.svg
Race details
Date 22 August 1971 (1971-08-22)
Official name XVIII International Gold Cup
Location Oulton Park, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.441 km (2.760 miles)
Distance 40 laps, 177.634 km (110.40 miles)
Pole position
Driver BRM
Time 1:24.6
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth
Time 1:24.8
Podium
First Surtees-Cosworth
Second BRM
Third Lola-Chevrolet

The XVIII International Gold Cup was a non-championship Formula One race, and also a round of the European Formula 5000 Championship, held on 22 August 1971 at Oulton Park.

Contents

Eight Formula 1 cars turned up, with a full complement of F5000 cars making up the rest of the grid. Peter Gethin set pole position for the first heat, which was won by Henri Pescarolo. The grid for the second heat was arranged according to the finishing order of the first heat. John Surtees took the lead from Pescarolo and held it to the end, setting fastest lap, and a new circuit record, in the process. His win and his third place in the first heat made him the aggregate winner, just ahead of Howden Ganley.

Frank Gardner was the highest F5000 finisher in both heats, his performance being good enough for third overall.

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverEntrantCarLapGap
134 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Gethin Yardley Team BRM BRM P160 1:24.6
237 Flag of France.svg Henri Pescarolo Motul/Frank Williams Racing Cars March 711 1:25.0+0.4
333 Flag of New Zealand.svg Howden Ganley Yardley Team BRM BRM P153 1:25.0+0.0
432 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Surtees Brooke Bond Oxo/Rob Walker/Team Surtees Surtees TS9 1:25.8+0.8
535 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Beuttler Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing March 711 1:25.8+0.0
63 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank Gardner Motor Racing Research/Lola Cars Ltd. Lola T300 1:26.0+0.2
726 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Rollinson Alan McKechnie Racing Surtees TS8 1:26.8+0.8
81 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brian Redman Sid Tayor/Castrol Racing McLaren M18 1:28.2+1.4
922 Flag of New Zealand.svg Graham McRae Crown Lynn Properties McLaren M10B 1:28.8+0.6
1015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Hailwood Team Surtees Ltd. Surtees TS8 1:28.8+0.0
1111 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Trevor Taylor Malaya Garages Leda LT25 1:29.0+0.2
1239 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Craft Alain de Cadenet Brabham BT33 1:29.2+0.2
1377 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike WalkerDoug Hardwick Lola T192 1:29.8+0.6
1438 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Trimmer Motul/Frank Williams Racing Cars March 701 1:31.0+1.2
1521 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Prophet Bugle-Prophet Racing McLaren M10B 1:31.8+0.8
1644 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gordon Spice Gordon Spice Cash'n'Carry McLaren M10B 1:32.4+0.6
1766 Flag of Ireland.svg Fred SaundersFred Saunders/London School of Flying Crosslé 15F 1:34.4+2.0
1841 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob MillerBob MillerDulon LD81:37.8+3.4
195 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jock RussellJock Russell Lotus 70 1:39.6+1.8
204 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John MyerscoughJohn Butterworth Racing McLaren M10B 1:39.8+0.2
218 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ray AllenPink Stamps/Epstein Team Trojan McLaren M10B 1:41.0+1.2
2236 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier Shell Arnold Team March 701 2:14.0+33.0
DNQ29 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg "Ippocastano"Peter J Hawtin Cooper T90broken halfshaft
DSQ16 Flag of Germany.svg Roland HellerRallye und Race Gemeinschaft Lola T190 failed scrutineering

Classification

Pos.No.DriverConstructorHeat 1Heat 2AggregateGrid
132 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth 0:28:54.00:28:44.60:57:39.04
233 Flag of New Zealand.svg Howden Ganley BRM 0:28:52.60:28:57.40:57:50.03
33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank Gardner Lola-Chevrolet 0:29:19.60:29:27.00:58:46.66
426 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Rollinson Surtees-Chevrolet 0:29:42.20:29:33.00:59:15.27
539 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Craft Brabham-Cosworth 0:29:57.00:29:33.80:59:30.812
677 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Walker Lola-Chevrolet 0:30:16.20:30:2.01:00:18.213
721 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Prophet McLaren-Chevrolet +1 lap+1 lap38 laps15
866 Flag of Ireland.svg Fred Saunders Crosslé-Rover +2 laps+2 laps36 laps17
922 Flag of New Zealand.svg Graham McRae McLaren-Chevrolet 15 laps/fire0:29:41.035 laps9
1036 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier March-Cosworth +4 laps+2 laps34 laps22
1115 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Hailwood Surtees-Chevrolet 0:29:27.813 laps/accident33 laps10
1241 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob MillerDulon-Chevrolet +3 laps16 laps/spin33 laps18
1337 Flag of France.svg Henri Pescarolo March-Cosworth 0:28:48.26 laps/accident26 laps2
1434 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Gethin BRM 0:29:19.83 laps/accident23 laps1
1544 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gordon Spice McLaren-Chevrolet 0 laps/accident+1 lap19 laps16
1638 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Trimmer March-Cosworth 17 laps/accidentDNS17 laps14
171 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brian Redman McLaren-Chevrolet 14 laps/overheatingDNS14 laps8
1811 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Trevor Taylor Leda LT25-Chevrolet 4 laps/accidentDNS4 laps11
198 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ray Allen McLaren-Chevrolet 1 laps/oil pumpDNS1 lap21
2035 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Beuttler March-Cosworth 0 laps/fuel injectionDNS0 laps5
215 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jock Russell Lotus-Ford 0 laps/camshaftDNS0 laps19
NC4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Myerscough McLaren-Chevrolet DNS/practice accidentDNS20

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