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Home / Seasons / 1971 F1 World Championship Season / 1971 Canadian Grand Prix

1971 Canadian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 19 September 1971
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth
CircuitMosport, 64 laps
Round10 of 11
Race numbers

The 1971 Canadian Grand Prix was the

  • 207th World Championship race
  • 5th World Championship Canadian Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Mosport
More 1971 season
More Canadian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth641hr 55m 12.900s9
2+4Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth64+38.300s6
3+5USA flag lazyload Mark DonohueMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)64+1m 35.800s4
4+6New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth63+1 lap3
5+2Sweden flag lazyload Reine WisellLotus-Ford Cosworth63+1 lap2
6-3France flag lazyload Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth62+2 laps1
7-3Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth62+2 laps 
8+4Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari62+2 laps 
9-7Switzerland flag Jo SiffertBRM61+3 laps 
10-5New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMatra61+3 laps 
11+3United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth60+4 laps 
12+7Austria flag lazyload Helmut MarkoBRM60+4 laps 
13 USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiFerrari60+4 laps 
14+2United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter GethinBRM59+5 laps 
15+6Canada flag lazyload George EatonBRM59+5 laps 
16+4Italy flag lazyload Nanni GalliMarch-Ford Cosworth57+7 laps 
NC United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth56+8 laps 
NC USA flag lazyload Pete LovelyLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)55+9 laps 
R Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenSurtees-Ford Cosworth26DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra15DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Skip BarberMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)13DNF 
R Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari7DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Tim SchenkenBrabham-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
Did not start
  New Zealand flag lazyload Howden GanleyBRM   
  United Kingdom flag lazyload Chris CraftBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)   
  France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:15.300

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
2Switzerland flag Jo SiffertBRM
3France flag lazyload Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
4Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth
5New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMatra
6Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth
7Sweden flag lazyload Reine WisellLotus-Ford Cosworth
8USA flag lazyload Mark DonohueMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
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10New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
11France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra
12Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari
13USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiFerrari
14United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter GethinBRM
17Australia flag lazyload Tim SchenkenBrabham-Ford Cosworth
18Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari
19Austria flag lazyload Helmut MarkoBRM
20Italy flag lazyload Nanni GalliMarch-Ford Cosworth
21Canada flag lazyload George EatonBRM
22United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth
23Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenSurtees-Ford Cosworth
24USA flag lazyload Skip BarberMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
25USA flag lazyload Pete LovelyLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart60
2Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie Peterson29
3Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx19
4France flag lazyload Francois Cevert17
5Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi16
6Switzerland flag Jo Siffert13
7USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti12
8Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni12
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Gethin9
10Mexico flag lazyload Pedro Rodriguez9
11New Zealand flag lazyload Chris Amon9
12New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme9
=Sweden flag lazyload Reine Wisell9
14Australia flag lazyload Tim Schenken5
15USA flag lazyload Mark Donohue4
16France flag lazyload Henri Pescarolo4
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hailwood3
18Germany flag lazyload Rolf Stommelen3
=United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees3
20United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill2
=New Zealand flag lazyload Howden Ganley2
22France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Beltoise1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth64
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari32
3United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM30
4United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Ford Cosworth30
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth21
6United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth10
7France flag lazyload Matra9
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Surtees-Ford Cosworth8
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Ford Cosworth5

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Mark Donohue
Last start
George Eaton
Wins
18th for Jackie Stewart
6th for Tyrrell
Podiums
30th for Jackie Stewart (5th driver to score 30 podiums, 3rd British driver), 4th for Ronnie Peterson, 1st and only for Mark Donohue (110th different podium finisher, 32nd American driver)
17th for McLaren, 12th for March, 10th for Tyrrell (13th constructor to score ten podiums)
Poles
11th for Jackie Stewart
6th for Tyrrell
Fastest laps
4th for Denny Hulme (first since 1967; first for McLaren)
2nd for McLaren
Front row starts
33rd for Jackie Stewart, 5th and last for Jo Siffert, 1st for Francois Cevert (77th different front row starter, 6th French driver; last until 1973)
Points finishes
5th and last for Reine Wisell, 1st for Mark Donohue (165th different point scorer, 46th American driver)
Pole & win
5th for Jackie Stewart

See also

  • Canadian Grand Prix
  • Mosport circuit
  • 1971 World Championship season

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