1971 Austrian Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Jo Siffert	BRM	54	1hr 30m 23.910s	9
2	+3	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	54	+4.120s	6
3	+4	Tim Schenken	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	54	+19.770s	4
4	+6	Reine Wisell	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	54	+31.870s	3
5	+3	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	54	+48.430s	2
6	+7	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	54	+1m 24.510s	1
7	+5	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	54	+1m 37.420s
8	+3	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford Cosworth	53	+1 lap
9	+13	Jackie Oliver	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	53	+1 lap
10	+6	Peter Gethin	BRM	52	+2 laps
11	+6	Helmut Marko	BRM	52	+2 laps
12	+3	Nanni Galli	March-Alfa Romeo	51	+3 laps
NC		Mike Beuttler	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	47	+7 laps
R		Francois Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	42	DNF
R		Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	35	DNF
R		Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	31	DNF
R		Niki Lauda	March-Ford Cosworth	20	DNF
R		John Surtees	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	12	DNF
R		Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	8	DNF
R		Howden Ganley	BRM	6	DNF
R		Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	4	DNF
Did not start
		Jo Bonnier	McLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:37.440

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	Jo Siffert	BRM
2	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
3	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
4	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
5	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
6	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
7	Tim Schenken	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
8	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
9	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
10	Reine Wisell	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
11	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford Cosworth
12	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
13	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
14	Howden Ganley	BRM
15	Nanni Galli	March-Alfa Romeo
16	Peter Gethin	BRM
17	Helmut Marko	BRM
18	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
19	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
20
21	Niki Lauda	March-Ford Cosworth
22	Jackie Oliver	McLaren-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1971 Austrian Grand Prix.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jackie Stewart	51
2	Jacky Ickx	19
3	Ronnie Peterson	17
4	Emerson Fittipaldi	16
5	Jo Siffert	13
6	Mario Andretti	12
7	Francois Cevert	12
8	Clay Regazzoni	12
9	Pedro Rodriguez	9
10	Chris Amon	8
11	Reine Wisell	7
12	Denny Hulme	6
13	Tim Schenken	5
14	Henri Pescarolo	4
15	John Surtees	3
=	Rolf Stommelen	3
17	Graham Hill	2
18	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	51
2	Ferrari	32
3	BRM	21
4	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	19
5	March-Ford Cosworth	18
6	Matra	8
7	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	6
8	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	5
9	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	5

Statistics & milestones

Race debut

Niki Lauda, Helmut Marko

World Champion

2nd title for Jackie Stewart (6th driver to win two championships, 3rd British driver)

Wins

2nd and last for Jo Siffert (first win since 1968; last Swiss winner until 1974; only win for BRM)

15th for BRM

Podiums

5th for Jo Siffert (first for BRM), 4th for Emerson Fittipaldi, 1st and only for Tim Schenken (108th different podium finisher, 2nd Australian driver; last Australian driver to finish on the podium until 1977)

72nd for Lotus, 57th for BRM, 56th for Brabham

Poles

2nd and last for Jo Siffert (first since 1968; only pole for BRM)

10th for BRM (6th constructor to take ten pole positions; first since 1965)

Fastest laps

4th and last for Jo Siffert (first since 1968; first for BRM)

14th for BRM (first since 1968)

Front row starts

32nd for Jackie Stewart, 4th for Jo Siffert

Points finishes

6th and last for Henri Pescarolo

Pole & win

1st and only for Jo Siffert (19th different driver to win from pole, 1st Swiss driver; last Swiss driver to win from pole until 1976)

Win & fastest lap

2nd for Jo Siffert (first since 1968; last Swiss driver to win and set the fastest lap until 1975; only win and fastest lap for BRM)

Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)

1st and only for Jo Siffert (16th different driver to complete a hat-trick, 1st Swiss driver; last Swiss driver to complete a hat-trick until 1976)

See also

• Austrian Grand Prix
• Osterreichring circuit
• 1971 World Championship season