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

1971 French Grand Prix

DateSunday, 4 July 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
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
CircuitLe Castellet, 55 laps
Round5 of 11
Race numbers

The 1971 French Grand Prix was the

  • 202nd World Championship race
  • 21st World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 1st World Championship race at Le Castellet
More 1971 season
More French Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth551hr 46m 41.680s9
2+5France flag lazyload Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth55+28.120s6
3+14Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth55+34.070s4
4+2Switzerland flag Jo SiffertBRM55+37.170s3
5+4New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMatra55+41.080s2
6+9Sweden flag lazyload Reine WisellLotus-Ford Cosworth55+1m 16.020s1
7+1France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra55+1m 16.930s 
8+5United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth55+1m 24.910s 
9+10United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford Cosworth54+1 lap 
10+6New Zealand flag lazyload Howden GanleyBRM54+1 lap 
11-1Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenSurtees-Ford Cosworth53+2 laps 
12+2Australia flag lazyload Tim SchenkenBrabham-Ford Cosworth50DNF 
13+10France flag lazyload Francois MazetMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)50+5 laps 
NC France flag lazyload Max JeanMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)46+9 laps 
R France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)45DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth34DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Andrea de AdamichMarch-Alfa Romeo31DNF 
R Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezBRM27DNF 
R Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari20DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Alfa Romeo19DNF 
R New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth16DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari4DNF 
R Spain flag lazyload Alex Soler-RoigMarch-Alfa Romeo4DNF 
Did not start
  Italy flag lazyload Nanni GalliMarch-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Tim Schenken ended lap 50 in P6 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:50.710

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
2Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari
3Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth
5Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezBRM
6Switzerland flag Jo SiffertBRM
7France flag lazyload Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
8France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra
9New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMatra
10Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenSurtees-Ford Cosworth
11New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
12Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Alfa Romeo
13United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth
14Australia flag lazyload Tim SchenkenBrabham-Ford Cosworth
15Sweden flag lazyload Reine WisellLotus-Ford Cosworth
16New Zealand flag lazyload Howden GanleyBRM
17Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth
18France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
20Italy flag lazyload Andrea de AdamichMarch-Alfa Romeo
21Spain flag lazyload Alex Soler-RoigMarch-Ford Cosworth
22France flag lazyload Max JeanMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23France flag lazyload Francois MazetMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart33
2Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx19
3USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti9
4Mexico flag lazyload Pedro Rodriguez9
=Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie Peterson9
6Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni8
7New Zealand flag lazyload Chris Amon8
8France flag lazyload Francois Cevert6
9Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi6
10New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme6
11Switzerland flag Jo Siffert4
=Sweden flag lazyload Reine Wisell4
13United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees2
14France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Beltoise1
=Germany flag lazyload Rolf Stommelen1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth33
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari28
3United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM12
4United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Ford Cosworth9
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth9
6France flag lazyload Matra8
7United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth6
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Surtees-Ford Cosworth3

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

See also

  • French Grand Prix
  • Le Castellet circuit
  • 1971 World Championship season

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