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1971 German Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitNurburgring, 12 laps
Round7 of 11
Race numbers

The 1971 German Grand Prix was the:

  • 204th World Championship race
  • 19th World Championship German Grand Prix
  • 17th World Championship race at Nurburgring
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth121hr 29m 15.700s9
2+3(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth12+30.100s6
3+1(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari12+37.100s4
4+7(USA) Mario AndrettiFerrari12+2m 05.000s3
5+2(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth12+2m 29.100s2
6+3(AUS) Tim SchenkenBrabham-Ford Cosworth12+2m 58.600s1
7+8(GBR) John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth12+3m 19.000s 
8+9(SWE) Reine WisellLotus-Ford Cosworth12+6m 31.700s 
9+4(GBR) Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth12+6m 37.000s 
10+2(DEU) Rolf StommelenSurtees-Ford Cosworth11+1 lap 
11+7(GBR) Vic ElfordBRM11+1 lap 
12+9(ITA) Nanni GalliMarch-Alfa Romeo10+2 laps 
R (BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
DQ (CHE) Jo SiffertBRM6DSQ 
R (NZL) Chris AmonMatra6DNF 
R (GBR) Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
R (FRA) Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)5DNF 
DQ (GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)3DSQ 
R (NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de AdamichMarch-Alfa Romeo2DNF 
R (NZL) Howden GanleyBRM2DNF 
R (BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari1DNF 

Notes

  • Jo Siffert and Mike Beuttler were disqualified for entering the pits via an incorrect route.

Starting grid

Pole time: 7:19.000

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
2(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari
3(CHE) Jo SiffertBRM
4(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari
5(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
6(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
7(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth
8(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth
9(AUS) Tim SchenkenBrabham-Ford Cosworth
10(FRA) Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
11(USA) Mario AndrettiFerrari
12(DEU) Rolf StommelenSurtees-Ford Cosworth
13(GBR) Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth
14(NZL) Howden GanleyBRM
15(GBR) John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth
16(NZL) Chris AmonMatra
17(SWE) Reine WisellLotus-Ford Cosworth
18(GBR) Vic ElfordBRM
19(GBR) Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
20(ITA) Andrea de AdamichMarch-Alfa Romeo
21(ITA) Nanni GalliMarch-Alfa Romeo
22(GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(SWE) Jo BonnierMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(AUT) Helmut MarkoMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Jackie Stewart51
2(BEL) Jacky Ickx19
3(SWE) Ronnie Peterson17
4(USA) Mario Andretti12
5(FRA) Francois Cevert12
6(CHE) Clay Regazzoni12
7(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi10
8(MEX) Pedro Rodriguez9
9(NZL) Chris Amon8
10(NZL) Denny Hulme6
11(CHE) Jo Siffert4
=(SWE) Reine Wisell4
13(FRA) Henri Pescarolo3
14(DEU) Rolf Stommelen3
=(GBR) John Surtees3
16(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise1
=(AUS) Tim Schenken1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth51
2Ferrari32
3March-Ford Cosworth17
4Lotus-Ford Cosworth13
5BRM12
6Matra8
7McLaren-Ford Cosworth6
8Surtees-Ford Cosworth5
9Brabham-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Last start
Vic Elford
Wins
17th for Jackie Stewart
5th for Tyrrell
Race 1-2
2nd for Tyrrell
Podiums
29th for Jackie Stewart
7th for Clay Regazzoni
2nd for Francois Cevert
177th for Ferrari
7th & 8th for Tyrrell
Poles
10th for Jackie Stewart (8th driver to take ten pole positions, 4th British driver)
5th for Tyrrell
Fastest laps
1st for Francois Cevert (49th different fastest lap setter, 4th French driver; last until 1973)
4th for Tyrrell
Front row starts
31st for Jackie Stewart
18th for Jacky Ickx
Points finishes
1st for Tim Schenken (163rd different point scorer, 2nd Australian driver)
Pole & win
4th for Jackie Stewart