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1971 British Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSilverstone, 68 laps
Round6 of 11
Race numbers

The 1971 British Grand Prix was the:

  • 203rd World Championship race
  • 22nd World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 13th World Championship race at Silverstone
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth681hr 31m 31.500s9
2+3(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth68+36.100s6
3+1(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth68+50.500s4
4+13(FRA) Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)67+1 lap3
5+7(DEU) Rolf StommelenSurtees-Ford Cosworth67+1 lap2
6+12(GBR) John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth67+1 lap1
7+8(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra66+2 laps 
8+3(NZL) Howden GanleyBRM66+2 laps 
9-6(CHE) Jo SiffertBRM66+2 laps 
10 (FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth65+3 laps 
11+10(ITA) Nanni GalliMarch-Ford Cosworth65+3 laps 
12-5(AUS) Tim SchenkenBrabham-Ford Cosworth63DNF 
NC (SWE) Reine WisellLotus-Pratt & Whitney57+11 laps 
NC (ITA) Andrea de AdamichMarch-Alfa Romeo56+12 laps 
R (GBR) Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford Cosworth53DNF 
R (BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari51DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari48DNF 
R (NZL) Chris AmonMatra35DNF 
R (NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth32DNF 
R (GBR) Derek BellSurtees-Ford Cosworth23DNF 
R (GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)21DNF 
R (ZAF) Dave CharltonLotus-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie OliverMcLaren-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (GBR) Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Tim Schenken ended lap 63 in P3 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:18.100

PosDriverConstructor
1(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari
2(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
3(CHE) Jo SiffertBRM
4(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth
5(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth
6(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari
7(AUS) Tim SchenkenBrabham-Ford Cosworth
8(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
9(NZL) Chris AmonMatra
10(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
11(NZL) Howden GanleyBRM
12(DEU) Rolf StommelenSurtees-Ford Cosworth
13(ZAF) Dave CharltonLotus-Ford Cosworth
14(GBR) Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
15(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra
16(GBR) Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth
17(FRA) Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
18(GBR) John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth
19(SWE) Reine WisellLotus-Pratt & Whitney
20(GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
21(ITA) Nanni GalliMarch-Ford Cosworth
22(GBR) Jackie OliverMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
23(GBR) Derek BellSurtees-Ford Cosworth
24(ITA) Andrea de AdamichMarch-Alfa Romeo

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Jackie Stewart42
2(BEL) Jacky Ickx19
3(SWE) Ronnie Peterson15
4(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi10
5(USA) Mario Andretti9
6(MEX) Pedro Rodriguez9
7(CHE) Clay Regazzoni8
8(NZL) Chris Amon8
9(FRA) Francois Cevert6
10(NZL) Denny Hulme6
11(SWE) Reine Wisell4
=(CHE) Jo Siffert4
13(FRA) Henri Pescarolo3
14(GBR) John Surtees3
=(DEU) Rolf Stommelen3
16(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth42
2Ferrari28
3March-Ford Cosworth15
4Lotus-Ford Cosworth13
5BRM12
6Matra8
7McLaren-Ford Cosworth6
8Surtees-Ford Cosworth5

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Mike Beuttler
Wins
16th for Jackie Stewart (1st driver to win the British Grand Prix for Tyrrell)
4th for Tyrrell
Podiums
28th for Jackie Stewart
3rd for Emerson Fittipaldi
2nd for Ronnie Peterson
71st for Lotus
10th for March (12th constructor to score ten podiums)
6th for Tyrrell
Poles
2nd for Clay Regazzoni (last until 1973)
56th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
10th for Jackie Stewart (9th driver to set ten fastest laps, 5th British driver)
3rd for Tyrrell
Front row starts
30th for Jackie Stewart (6th driver to achieve 30 front row starts, 4th British driver)
6th for Clay Regazzoni
3rd for Jo Siffert (first since 1968; first for BRM)
Points finishes
40th and last for John Surtees
Win & fastest lap
9th for Jackie Stewart