1971 French Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 4 July 1971
Winner:	Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
Pole position:	Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap:	Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
Circuit:	Paul Ricard, 55 laps
Round:	5 of 11

Race Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	55	1hr 46m 41.680s	9
2	+5	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	55	+28.120s	6
3	+14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	55	+34.070s	4
4	+2	Jo Siffert	BRM	55	+37.170s	3
5	+4	Chris Amon	Matra	55	+41.080s	2
6	+9	Reine Wisell	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	55	+1m 16.020s	1
7	+1	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	55	+1m 16.930s
8	+5	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	55	+1m 24.910s
9	+10	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	54	+1 lap
10	+6	Howden Ganley	BRM	54	+1 lap
11	-1	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	53	+2 laps
12	+2	Tim Schenken	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	50	DNF
13	+10	Francois Mazet	March-Ford Cosworth (P)	50	+5 laps
NC		Max Jean	March-Ford Cosworth (P)	46	+9 laps
R		Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford Cosworth (P)	45	DNF
R		Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	34	DNF
R		Andrea de Adamich	March-Alfa Romeo	31	DNF
R		Pedro Rodriguez	BRM	27	DNF
R		Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	20	DNF
R		Ronnie Peterson	March-Alfa Romeo	19	DNF
R		Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	16	DNF
R		Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	4	DNF
R		Alex Soler-Roig	March-Alfa Romeo	4	DNF
Did not start
		Nanni Galli	March-Ford Cosworth

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place
• (P): privateer entry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:50.710
2	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1:51.530
3	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1:51.880
4	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	1:52.320
5	Pedro Rodriguez	BRM	1:52.460
6	Jo Siffert	BRM	1:52.500
7	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:52.690
8	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	1:52.920
9	Chris Amon	Matra	1:52.940
10	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	1:53.100
11	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:53.240
12	Ronnie Peterson	March-Alfa Romeo	1:53.360
13	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	1:53.570
14	Tim Schenken	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	1:53.580
15	Reine Wisell	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:53.750
16	Howden Ganley	BRM	1:53.770
17	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:54.220
18	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford Cosworth (P)	1:54.270
19	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:54.900
20	Andrea de Adamich	March-Alfa Romeo	1:56.170
21	Alex Soler-Roig	March-Ford Cosworth	1:57.070
22	Max Jean	March-Ford Cosworth (P)	1:59.790
23	Francois Mazet	March-Ford Cosworth (P)	2:00.510

Qualifying Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:50.710
2	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1:51.530	0.820
3	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1:51.880	1.170
4	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	1:52.320	1.610
5	Pedro Rodriguez	BRM	1:52.460	1.750
6	Jo Siffert	BRM	1:52.500	1.790
7	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:52.690	1.980
8	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	1:52.920	2.210
9	Chris Amon	Matra	1:52.940	2.230
10	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	1:53.100	2.390
11	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:53.240	2.530
12	Ronnie Peterson	March-Alfa Romeo	1:53.360	2.650
13	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	1:53.570	2.860
14	Tim Schenken	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	1:53.580	2.870
15	Reine Wisell	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:53.750	3.040
16	Howden Ganley	BRM	1:53.770	3.060
17	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:54.220	3.510
18	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford Cosworth (P)	1:54.270	3.560
19	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:54.900	4.190
20	Nanni Galli	March-Ford Cosworth	1:55.520	4.810
21	Andrea de Adamich	March-Alfa Romeo	1:56.170	5.460
22	Alex Soler-Roig	March-Ford Cosworth	1:57.070	6.360
23	Max Jean	March-Ford Cosworth (P)	1:59.790	9.080
24	Francois Mazet	March-Ford Cosworth (P)	2:00.510	9.800

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jackie Stewart	33
2	Jacky Ickx	19
3	Mario Andretti	9
4	Pedro Rodriguez	9
=	Ronnie Peterson	9
6	Clay Regazzoni	8
7	Chris Amon	8
8	Francois Cevert	6
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	6
10	Denny Hulme	6
11	Jo Siffert	4
=	Reine Wisell	4
13	John Surtees	2
14	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	1
=	Rolf Stommelen	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	33
2	Ferrari	28
3	BRM	12
4	March-Ford Cosworth	9
5	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	9
6	Matra	8
7	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	6
8	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	3

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut

Driver: Max Jean (only start), Francois Mazet (only start)

Last start

Driver: Pedro Rodriguez

Wins

Driver: 15th for Jackie Stewart

Constructor: 3rd for Tyrrell

Race 1-2

Constructor: 1st for Tyrrell (14th different constructor to finish 1-2)

Podiums

Driver: 27th for Jackie Stewart, 2nd for Emerson Fittipaldi, 1st for Francois Cevert (107th different podium finisher, 8th French driver)

Constructor: 70th for Lotus, 4th & 5th for Tyrrell

Poles

Driver: 9th for Jackie Stewart

Constructor: 4th for Tyrrell

Fastest laps

Driver: 9th for Jackie Stewart

Constructor: 2nd for Tyrrell

Front row starts

Driver: 29th for Jackie Stewart, 17th for Jacky Ickx, 5th for Clay Regazzoni

Pole & win

Driver: 3rd for Jackie Stewart

Win & fastest lap

Driver: 8th for Jackie Stewart

Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)

Driver: 3rd for Jackie Stewart

See also

• French Grand Prix
• Paul Ricard Circuit
• 1971 World Championship season