1971 French Grand Prix
Date | Sunday, 4 July 1971 |
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Pole position |
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Fastest lap |
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Circuit | Le Castellet, 55 laps |
Round | 5 of 11 |
Race numbers | The 1971 French Grand Prix was the
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | ![]() | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 55 | 1hr 46m 41.680s | 9 | |
2 | +5 | ![]() | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 55 | +28.120s | 6 |
3 | +14 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 55 | +34.070s | 4 |
4 | +2 | ![]() | BRM | 55 | +37.170s | 3 |
5 | +4 | ![]() | Matra | 55 | +41.080s | 2 |
6 | +9 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 55 | +1m 16.020s | 1 |
7 | +1 | ![]() | Matra | 55 | +1m 16.930s | |
8 | +5 | ![]() | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 55 | +1m 24.910s | |
9 | +10 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 54 | +1 lap | |
10 | +6 | ![]() | BRM | 54 | +1 lap | |
11 | -1 | ![]() | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 53 | +2 laps | |
12 | +2 | ![]() | Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 50 | DNF | |
13 | +10 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 50 | +5 laps | |
NC | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 46 | +9 laps | ||
R | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 45 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 34 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | March-Alfa Romeo | 31 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | BRM | 27 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Ferrari | 20 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | March-Alfa Romeo | 19 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 16 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Ferrari | 4 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | March-Alfa Romeo | 4 | DNF | ||
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![]() | March-Ford Cosworth |
Notes
- Tim Schenken ended lap 50 in P6 before retiring on the following lap.
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:50.710
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | ![]() | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
2 | ![]() | Ferrari |
3 | ![]() | Ferrari |
4 | ![]() | Brabham-Ford Cosworth |
5 | ![]() | BRM |
6 | ![]() | BRM |
7 | ![]() | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
8 | ![]() | Matra |
9 | ![]() | Matra |
10 | ![]() | Surtees-Ford Cosworth |
11 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
12 | ![]() | March-Alfa Romeo |
13 | ![]() | Surtees-Ford Cosworth |
14 | ![]() | Brabham-Ford Cosworth |
15 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
16 | ![]() | BRM |
17 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
18 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
19 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
20 | ![]() | March-Alfa Romeo |
21 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth |
22 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
23 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1971 French Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 33 |
2 | ![]() | 19 |
3 | ![]() | 9 |
4 | ![]() | 9 |
= | ![]() | 9 |
6 | ![]() | 8 |
7 | ![]() | 8 |
8 | ![]() | 6 |
9 | ![]() | 6 |
10 | ![]() | 6 |
11 | ![]() | 4 |
= | ![]() | 4 |
13 | ![]() | 2 |
14 | ![]() | 1 |
= | ![]() | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 33 |
2 | ![]() | 28 |
3 | ![]() | 12 |
4 | ![]() | 9 |
5 | ![]() | 9 |
6 | ![]() | 8 |
7 | ![]() | 6 |
8 | ![]() | 3 |
Statistics & milestones
- Race debut
- Max Jean (only start), Francois Mazet (only start)
- Last start
- Pedro Rodriguez (last Mexican driver to start a race until 1977)
- Milestone race start
- 50th for McLaren (7th constructor to start 50 races)
- Wins
- 15th for Jackie Stewart
- 3rd for Tyrrell
- Race 1-2
- 1st for Tyrrell (14th different constructor to finish 1-2)
- Podiums
- 27th for Jackie Stewart, 2nd for Emerson Fittipaldi, 1st for Francois Cevert (107th different podium finisher, 8th French driver)
- 70th for Lotus (2nd constructor to score 70 podiums), 4th & 5th for Tyrrell
- Poles
- 9th for Jackie Stewart
- 4th for Tyrrell
- Fastest laps
- 9th for Jackie Stewart
- 2nd for Tyrrell
- Front row starts
- 29th for Jackie Stewart, 17th for Jacky Ickx, 5th for Clay Regazzoni
- Pole & win
- 3rd for Jackie Stewart
- Win & fastest lap
- 8th for Jackie Stewart
- Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
- 3rd for Jackie Stewart