1971 F1 World Championship Season

1970 F1 World Championship

1972 F1 World Championship

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Jackie Stewart (2nd title)
Constructors’ Champion:	Tyrrell (1st title, 8th different world champion)
Races:	11
Winning drivers:	Jackie Stewart (6) Mario Andretti (1) Jacky Ickx (1) Jo Siffert (1) Peter Gethin (1) Francois Cevert (1)
Winning constructors:	Tyrrell (7) Ferrari (2) BRM (2)
First-time winners (driver):	Mario Andretti Peter Gethin Francois Cevert
First-time winners (constructor):	Tyrrell

1971 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	South Africa	Kyalami	6 March	1971 South African Grand Prix
2	Spain	Montjuic Park	18 April	1971 Spanish Grand Prix
3	Monaco	Monte Carlo	23 May	1971 Monaco Grand Prix
4	Netherlands	Zandvoort	20 June	1971 Dutch Grand Prix
5	France	Paul Ricard	4 July	1971 French Grand Prix
6	Britain	Silverstone	17 July	1971 British Grand Prix
7	Germany	Nurburgring	1 August	1971 German Grand Prix
8	Austria DT	Osterreichring	15 August	1971 Austrian Grand Prix
9	Italy CT	Monza	5 September	1971 Italian Grand Prix
10	Canada	Mosport	19 September	1971 Canadian Grand Prix
11	USA	Watkins Glen	3 October	1971 United States Grand Prix

Race Winners

Highlight: Home driver race winner

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	South Africa	Kyalami	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	4	20.900s
2	Spain	Montjuic Park	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	4	3.400s
3	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1	25.600s
4	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1	7.990s
5	France	Paul Ricard	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1	28.120s
6	Britain	Silverstone	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	2	36.100s
7	Germany	Nurburgring	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1	30.100s
8	Austria	Osterreichring	Jo Siffert	BRM	1	4.120s
9	Italy	Monza	Peter Gethin	BRM	11	0.010s
10	Canada	Mosport	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1	38.300s
11	USA	Watkins Glen	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	5	40.062s

Polesitters

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	South Africa	Kyalami	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	2	0.600s
2	Spain	Montjuic Park	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	2	0.100s
3	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1	1.200s
4	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1	0.040s
5	France	Paul Ricard	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1	0.820s
6	Britain	Silverstone	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	DNF	0.000s
7	Germany	Nurburgring	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1	0.200s
8	Austria	Osterreichring	Jo Siffert	BRM	1	0.210s
9	Italy	Monza	Chris Amon	Matra	6	0.420s
10	Canada	Mosport	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1	0.200s
11	USA	Watkins Glen	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	5	0.017s

Fastest Laps

Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	South Africa	Kyalami	Mario Andretti	Ferrari
2	Spain	Montjuic Park	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
3	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
4	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
5	France	Paul Ricard	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
6	Britain	Silverstone	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
7	Germany	Nurburgring	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
8	Austria	Osterreichring	Jo Siffert	BRM
9	Italy	Monza	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford Cosworth
10	Canada	Mosport	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
11	USA	Watkins Glen	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari

1971 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell	62
2	Ronnie Peterson	March	33	-29
3	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell	26	-36
4	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	19	-43
=	Jo Siffert	BRM	19	-43
6	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus	16	-46
7	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	13	-49
8	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	12	-50
9	Peter Gethin	McLaren BRM	9	-53
=	Pedro Rodriguez	BRM	9	-53
=	Chris Amon	Matra	9	-53
=	Reine Wisell	Lotus	9	-53
=	Denny Hulme	McLaren	9	-53
14	Tim Schenken	Brabham	5	-57
=	Howden Ganley	BRM	5	-57
16	Mark Donohue	McLaren	4	-58
=	Henri Pescarolo	March	4	-58
18	Mike Hailwood	Surtees	3	-59
=	John Surtees	Surtees	3	-59
=	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees	3	-59
21	Graham Hill	Brabham	2	-60
22	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	1	-61

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Only the best five results from the first six races and best four results from last five races counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	73
2	BRM	36	-37
3	Ferrari	33	-40
4	March-Ford Cosworth	33 (34)	-40
5	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	21	-52
6	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	10	-63
7	Matra	9	-64
8	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	8	-65
9	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	5	-68

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Constructors only received points for their highest placed car.
Only the best five results from the first six races and best four results from last five races counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	ZAF	ESP	MCO	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	Avg.	Best
1	Jackie Stewart	1	4	1	3	1	2	1	2	7	1	1	2.18	1
2	Jacky Ickx	8	1	2	1	3	6	2	6	2	12	8	4.64	1
3	Pedro Rodriguez	10	5	5	2	5							5.40	2
4	Clay Regazzoni	3	2	11	4	2	1	4	4	8	18	4	5.55	1
5	Jo Siffert	16	10	3	8	6	3	3	1	3	2	7	5.64	1
6	Chris Amon	2	3	4	5	9	9	16		1	5	9	6.30	1
7	Francois Cevert	9	12	15	12	7	10	5	3	5	3	5	7.82	3
8	Denny Hulme	7	9	6	14	11	8	6	9		10	3	8.30	3
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	5	14	17		17	4	8	5	18	4	2	9.40	2
10	Ronnie Peterson	13	13	8	13	12	5	7	11	6	6	12	9.64	5
11	Jean-Pierre Beltoise		6	7	11	8	15				11	11	9.86	6
12	Mario Andretti	4	8	20	18			11			13	6	11.43	4
13	Dave Charlton	12					13						12.50	12
14	Reine Wisell	14	16	12	6	15	19	17	10		7	10	12.60	6
15	Mark Donohue										8	19	13.50	8
16	Graham Hill	19	15	9	16	4	16	13	8	14	15	20	13.55	4
17	Howden Ganley	24	17	19	9	16	11	14	14	4	9	13	13.64	4
18	Tim Schenken		21	18	19	14	7	9	7	9	17	16	13.70	7
19	John Surtees	6	22	10	7	13	18	15	18	15	14	14	13.82	6
20	Rolf Stommelen	15	19	16	10	10	12	12	12	23	23		15.20	10
21	Peter Gethin	11	7	14	23	19	14	19	16	11	16	23	15.73	7
22	Henri Pescarolo	18	11	13	15	18	17	10	13	10	27	22	15.82	10
23	Mike Hailwood									17		15	16.00	15
24	Brian Redman	17											17.00	17
25	Helmut Marko							24	17	12	19	17	17.80	12
26	Vic Elford							18					18.00	18
27	Sam Posey											18	18.00	18
28	Jackie Oliver						22		22	13			19.00	13
29	Mike Beuttler						20	22	19	16	22		19.80	16
30	Jackie Pretorius	20											20.00	20
31	Nanni Galli			21	20	20	21	21	15	19	20	25	20.22	15
32	John Love	21											21.00	21
33	Niki Lauda								21				21.00	21
34	George Eaton										21		21.00	21
35	Peter Revson											21	21.00	21
36	Alex Soler-Roig	25	20	22	17	22							21.20	17
37	Andrea de Adamich	22	18			21	24	20		20		28	21.86	18
38	Dave Walker				22								22.00	22
39	Silvio Moser									22			22.00	22
40	Max Jean					23							23.00	23
41	Derek Bell						23						23.00	23
42	Jo Bonnier	23						23	20	21		31	23.60	20
43	Francois Mazet					24							24.00	24
44	Jean-Pierre Jarier									24			24.00	24
45	David Hobbs											24	24.00	24
46	Skip Barber			23	24						24	27	24.50	23
47	Gijs van Lennep				21							29	25.00	21
48	John Cannon											26	26.00	26
49	Chris Craft										25	30	27.50	25
50	Pete Lovely										26	32	29.00	26

Race Results Overview

Pos	Driver	ZAF	ESP	MCO	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	Points
1	Jackie Stewart	2	1	1	11	1	1	1	R	R	1	5	62
2	Ronnie Peterson	10	R	2	4	R	2	5	8	2	2	3	33
3	Francois Cevert	R	7	R	R	2	10	2	R	3	6	1	26
4	Jacky Ickx	8	2	3	1	R	R	R	R	R	8	R	19
=	Jo Siffert	R	R	R	6	4	9	DSQ	1	9	9	2	19
6	Emerson Fittipaldi	R	R	5		3	3	R	2	8	7	NC	16
7	Clay Regazzoni	3	R	R	3	R	R	3	R	R	R	6	13
8	Mario Andretti	1	R	DNQ	R			4			13	DNS	12
9	Peter Gethin	R	8	R	NC	9	R	R	10	1	14	9	9
=	Pedro Rodriguez	R	4	9	2	R							9
=	Chris Amon	5	3	R	R	5	R	R		6	10	12	9
=	Reine Wisell	4	NC	R	DSQ	6	NC	8	4		5	R	9
=	Denny Hulme	6	5	4	12	R	R	R	R		4	R	9
14	Tim Schenken		9	10	R	12^R	12^R	6	3	R	R	R	5
=	Howden Ganley	R	10	DNQ	7	10	8	R	R	5	DNS	4	5
16	Mark Donohue										3	DNS	4
=	Henri Pescarolo	11	R	8	NC	R	4	R	6	R	DNS	R	4
18	Mike Hailwood									4		15^R	3
=	John Surtees	R	11	7	5	8	6	7	R		11	17	3
=	Rolf Stommelen	12	R	6	DSQ	11	5	10	7	DNS	R		3
21	Graham Hill	9	R	R	10	R	R	9	5	R	R	7	2
22	Jean-Pierre Beltoise		6	R	9	7	7				R	8	1
	Jackie Oliver						R		9	7
	Brian Redman	7
	Gijs van Lennep				8							DNS
	Jo Bonnier	R						DNQ	DNS	10		16^R
	David Hobbs											10
	Nanni Galli			DNQ	R	DNS	11	12	12	R	16	R
	Helmut Marko							DNQ	11	R	12	13
	Andrea de Adamich	13	R			R	NC	R		R		11
	Vic Elford							11
	Francois Mazet					13
	John Cannon											14
	George Eaton										15
	Mike Beuttler						R	DSQ	NC	R	NC
	Skip Barber			DNQ	NC						R	NC
	Pete Lovely										NC	NC
	Max Jean					NC
	Jean-Pierre Jarier									NC
	Alex Soler-Roig	R	R	DNQ	R	R
	Dave Charlton	R					R
	Chris Craft										DNS	R
	John Love	R
	Jackie Pretorius	R
	Dave Walker				R
	Derek Bell						R
	Niki Lauda								R
	Silvio Moser									R
	Peter Revson											R
	Sam Posey											R

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

1971 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1971 F1 World Championship Season Statistics