1971 Formula One season
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1971 Formula One season
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The 1971 Formula One season included the 22nd FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on March 6, 1971, and ended on October 3 after eleven races.
After the death of Jochen Rindt the previous year, Lotus had a desultory season, with young and inexperienced drivers such as Emerson Fittipaldi appearing in the cars. The team spent a lot of time experimenting with a gas turbine powered car, and with four wheel drive again. Using their own chassis heavily inspired by the Matra MS80 but with conventional tanks, Tyrrell and Jackie Stewart easily took success in 1971.
Jo Siffert and Pedro Rodríguez both lost their lives racing in 1971.
The Belgian Grand Prix was originally supposed to be held on June 6 (between the Monaco and Dutch Grands Prix), at the notorious 8.7 mile (14.1 km) Spa-Francorchamps circuit, but the failure of the track owners and authorities to bring Spa up to mandatory safety specs meant that the circuit was deemed unsuitable for Formula One cars to race on and the event was promptly cancelled.[1]
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Season review
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the 1971 FIA World Championship.
1971 Drivers Championship final standings
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1971 Constructors Championship final standings
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Points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six finishers at each round, however only the best placed car from each manufacturer was eligible to score points. The best five results from the first six rounds and the best four results from the last five rounds were retained.
| Pos. | Manufacturer | RSA |
ESP |
MON |
NED |
FRA |
GBR |
GER |
AUT |
ITA |
CAN |
USA |
Pts.[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyrrell-Ford |
2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 1 | 73 |
| 2 | BRM |
Ret | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 36 |
| 3 | Ferrari |
1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | March-Ford |
10 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 33 (34) |
| 5 | Lotus-Ford |
4 | NC | 5 | DSQ | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | NC | 21 | |
| 6 | McLaren-Ford |
6 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | Matra |
5 | 3 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 10 | 8 | 9 | |
| 8 | Surtees-Ford |
7 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | Brabham-Ford |
9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 5 |
| — | Lotus-Pratt & Whitney |
Ret | NC | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
| — | March-Alfa Romeo |
13 | Ret | NC | 12 | 12 | Ret | 11 | 0 | ||||
| — |  Bellasi-Ford |
Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pos. | Manufacturer | RSA |
ESP |
MON |
NED |
FRA |
GBR |
GER |
AUT |
ITA |
CAN |
USA |
Pts. |
- Bold results counted to championship totals.
Non-Championship race results
Other Formula One races were also held in 1971, which did not count towards the World Championship.
| Race Name | Circuit | Date | Winning driver | Constructor | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 XIV Argentine Grand Prix |
Buenos Aires | January 24 |  Chris Amon |
Matra |
Report |
| VI Race of Champions |
Brands Hatch | March 21 | Clay Regazzoni |
Ferrari |
Report |
| Questor Grand Prix |
Ontario Motor Speedway, California | March 28 | Mario Andretti |
Ferrari |
Report |
| XII Spring Trophy |
Oulton Park | April 9 |  Pedro Rodriguez |
BRM |
Report |
| XXIII BRDC International Trophy |
Silverstone | May 8 | Graham Hill |
Brabham-Cosworth |
Report |
| VI Rhein-Pokalrennen |
Hockenheim | June 13 |  Jacky Ickx |
Ferrari |
Report |
| XVIII International Gold Cup |
Oulton Park | August 22 | John Surtees |
Surtees-Cosworth |
Report |
| I World Championship Victory Race |
Brands Hatch | October 24 | Peter Gethin |
BRM |
Report |
Notes
- ^ http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr201.html
- ^ Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six finishers in each race.
- ^ Only the best 5 results from the first 6 rounds and the best 4 results from the last 5 rounds counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
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