1971 F1 World Championship Season

Season:	22nd World Championship season
Drivers’ Champion:	Jackie Stewart (2nd title)
Constructors’ Champion:	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth (only title for Tyrrell, 8th different world champion constructor)
Reigning drivers’ champion:	Jochen Rindt
Reigning constructors’ champion:	Lotus
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
Other seasons:

Calendar

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

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	South Africa	Kyalami	06 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	Le Castellet	04 July	1971 French Grand Prix
6	Britain	Silverstone	17 July	1971 British Grand Prix
7	Germany	Nurburgring	01 August	1971 German Grand Prix
8	Austria DT	Osterreichring	15 August	1971 Austrian Grand Prix
9	Italy CT	Monza	05 September	1971 Italian Grand Prix
10	Canada	Mosport	19 September	1971 Canadian Grand Prix
11	USA	Watkins Glen	03 October	1971 United States Grand Prix

Driver and constructor entries

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
Bellasi (privateer)	Silvio Moser	9
Brabham (works team)	Dave Charlton	1
	Graham Hill	All
	Tim Schenken	2-11
Brabham (privateer)	Chris Craft	10-11
Brabham (privateer)	Jackie Pretorius	1
BRM (works team)	John Cannon	11
	George Eaton	10
	Vic Elford	7
	Howden Ganley	All
	Peter Gethin	8-11
	Helmut Marko	8-11
	Pedro Rodriguez	1-5
	Jo Siffert	All
Ferrari (works team)	Mario Andretti	1-4, 7, 10-11
	Jacky Ickx	All
	Clay Regazzoni	All
Lotus (works team)	Dave Charlton	4, 6
	Emerson Fittipaldi	1-3, 5-11
	Dave Walker	4
	Reine Wisell	1-8, 10-11
Lotus (privateer)	Pete Lovely	10-11
March (works team)	Mike Beuttler	10
	Andrea de Adamich	1-2, 5-7, 9, 11
	Nanni Galli	3-11
	Niki Lauda	8
	Ronnie Peterson	All
	Alex Soler-Roig	1-5
March (privateers)	Skip Barber	3-4, 10-11
	Mike Beuttler	6-9
	Jean-Pierre Jarier	9
	Max Jean	5
	John Love	1
	Francois Mazet	5
	Henri Pescarolo	All
Matra (works team)	Chris Amon	1-7, 9-11
Matra (works team)	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	2-6, 10-11
McLaren (works team)	Peter Gethin	1-7
	Denny Hulme	1-8, 10-11
	Jackie Oliver	6, 8-9
McLaren (privateers)	Jo Bonnier	1, 7-9, 11
	Mark Donohue	10-11
	David Hobbs	11
	Helmut Marko	7
Surtees (works team)	Derek Bell	6
	Mike Hailwood	9, 11
	Sam Posey	11
	Brian Redman	1
	Rolf Stommelen	1-10
	John Surtees	All
	Gijs van Lennep	11
Surtees (privateer)	Gijs van Lennep	4
Tyrrell (works team)	Francois Cevert	All
	Peter Revson	11
	Jackie Stewart	All

Race winners

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

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	Le Castellet	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	Le Castellet	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/constructor

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	Le Castellet	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

Qualifying results

See: 1971 F1 World Championship Qualifying Statistics

World Drivers’ Championship standings

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (9), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), 6th (1)

Only the best five results from the first six races and the best four results from the last five races counted towards the championship.

Highlight: Rookie
Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

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
No.	Driver	ZAF	ESP	MCO	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1971.

World Constructors’ Championship standings

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (9), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), 6th (1)

Constructors only received points for its highest placed car. Only the best five results from the first six races and the best four results from the 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.

Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Constructor	ZAF	ESP	MCO	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	Points
1	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	2	1	1	11	1	1	1	R	3	1	1	73
2	BRM	R	4	9	2	4	8	11	1	1	9	2	36
3	Ferrari	1	2	3	1	R	R	3	R	R	8	6	33
4	March-Ford Cosworth	10	R	2	4	13	2	5	6	2	2	3	33 (34)
5	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	4	NC	5	DSQ	3	3	8	2		5	NC	21
6	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	6	5	4	12	9	R	R	9	7	3	10	10
7	Matra	5	3	R	9	5	7	R		6	10	8	9
8	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	7	11	6	5	8	5	7	7	4	11	15^R	8
9	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	9	9	10	10	12^R	12	6	3	R	R	7	5
10	Lotus-Pratt & Whitney				R		NC			8
11	March-Alfa Romeo	13	R	DNQ	R	R	NC	12	12	R		11
12	Bellasi-Ford Cosworth									R
No.	Constructor	ZAF	ESP	MCO	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five constructors of 1971.

Season statistics

See: 1971 F1 World Championship Season Statistics