1971 French Grand Prix | GP Racing Stats

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	Le Castellet, 55 laps
Round	5 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
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Race result

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 (privateer)	50	+5 laps
NC		Max Jean	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	46	+9 laps
R		Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	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

Notes

Pole time: 1:50.710

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
2	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
3	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
4	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
5	Pedro Rodriguez	BRM
6	Jo Siffert	BRM
7	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
8	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra
9	Chris Amon	Matra
10	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
11	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
12	Ronnie Peterson	March-Alfa Romeo
13	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
14	Tim Schenken	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
15	Reine Wisell	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
16	Howden Ganley	BRM
17	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
18	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
19	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
20	Andrea de Adamich	March-Alfa Romeo
21	Alex Soler-Roig	March-Ford Cosworth
22	Max Jean	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23	Francois Mazet	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

How the championship standings stood post-race.

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