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1971 Austrian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitOsterreichring, 54 laps
Round8 of 11
Race numbers

The 1971 Austrian Grand Prix was the:

  • 205th World Championship race
  • 3rd World Championship Austrian Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Osterreichring
  • 1971 Drivers’ title decider
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (CHE) Jo SiffertBRM541hr 30m 23.910s9
2+3(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth54+4.120s6
3+4(AUS) Tim SchenkenBrabham-Ford Cosworth54+19.770s4
4+6(SWE) Reine WisellLotus-Ford Cosworth54+31.870s3
5+3(GBR) Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth54+48.430s2
6+7(FRA) Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)54+1m 24.510s1
7+5(DEU) Rolf StommelenSurtees-Ford Cosworth54+1m 37.420s 
8+3(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth53+1 lap 
9+13(GBR) Jackie OliverMcLaren-Ford Cosworth53+1 lap 
10+6(GBR) Peter GethinBRM52+2 laps 
11+6(AUT) Helmut MarkoBRM52+2 laps 
12+3(ITA) Nanni GalliMarch-Alfa Romeo51+3 laps 
NC (GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)47+7 laps 
R (FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth42DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth35DNF 
R (BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari31DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaMarch-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R (GBR) John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth12DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari8DNF 
R (NZL) Howden GanleyBRM6DNF 
R (NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth4DNF 
Did not start
  (SWE) Jo BonnierMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)   

Notes

  • Jo Bonnier did not start due to a fuel leak.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:37.440

PosDriverConstructor
1(CHE) Jo SiffertBRM
2(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
3(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
4(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari
5(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth
6(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari
7(AUS) Tim SchenkenBrabham-Ford Cosworth
8(GBR) Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth
9(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
10(SWE) Reine WisellLotus-Ford Cosworth
11(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth
12(DEU) Rolf StommelenSurtees-Ford Cosworth
13(FRA) Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
14(NZL) Howden GanleyBRM
15(ITA) Nanni GalliMarch-Alfa Romeo
16(GBR) Peter GethinBRM
17(AUT) Helmut MarkoBRM
18(GBR) John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth
19(GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
20  
21(AUT) Niki LaudaMarch-Ford Cosworth
22(GBR) Jackie OliverMcLaren-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Jackie Stewart51
2(BEL) Jacky Ickx19
3(SWE) Ronnie Peterson17
4(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi16
5(CHE) Jo Siffert13
6(USA) Mario Andretti12
7(FRA) Francois Cevert12
8(CHE) Clay Regazzoni12
9(MEX) Pedro Rodriguez9
10(NZL) Chris Amon8
11(SWE) Reine Wisell7
12(NZL) Denny Hulme6
13(AUS) Tim Schenken5
14(FRA) Henri Pescarolo4
15(GBR) John Surtees3
=(DEU) Rolf Stommelen3
17(GBR) Graham Hill2
18(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth51
2Ferrari32
3BRM21
4Lotus-Ford Cosworth19
5March-Ford Cosworth18
6Matra8
7McLaren-Ford Cosworth6
8Brabham-Ford Cosworth5
9Surtees-Ford Cosworth5

Stats & 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)