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

1971 Italian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 5 September 1971
Winner
  • Peter Gethin
  • BRM
Pole position
  • Chris Amon
  • Matra
Fastest lap
  • Henri Pescarolo
  • March-Ford Cosworth
CircuitMonza, 55 laps
Round9 of 11
Race numbers

The 1971 Italian Grand Prix was the:

  • 206th World Championship race
  • 22nd World Championship Italian Grand Prix
  • 22nd World Championship race at Monza
  • 1971 Constructors’ title decider
More 1971 season
More Italian Grands Prix

On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+10(GBR) Peter GethinBRM551hr 18m 12.600s9
2+4(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth55+0.010s6
3+2(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth55+0.090s4
4+13(GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth55+0.180s3
5-1(NZL) Howden GanleyBRM55+0.610s2
6-5(NZL) Chris AmonMatra55+32.360s1
7+6(GBR) Jackie OliverMcLaren-Ford Cosworth55+1m 24.830s 
8+10(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Pratt & Whitney54+1 lap 
9-6(CHE) Jo SiffertBRM53+2 laps 
10+11(SWE) Jo BonnierMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)51+4 laps 
R (GBR) Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth47DNF 
NC (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)47+8 laps 
R (GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)41DNF 
R (FRA) Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)40DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de AdamichMarch-Alfa Romeo33DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari17DNF 
R (BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari15DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R (ITA) Nanni GalliMarch-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
R (CHE) Silvio MoserBellasi-Ford Cosworth (privateer)5DNF 
R (AUS) Tim SchenkenBrabham-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
R (AUT) Helmut MarkoBRM3DNF 
R (GBR) John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
Did not start
  (DEU) Rolf StommelenSurtees-Ford Cosworth   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:22.400

PosDriverConstructor
1(NZL) Chris AmonMatra
2(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari
3(CHE) Jo SiffertBRM
4(NZL) Howden GanleyBRM
5(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
6(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth
7(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
8(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari
9(AUS) Tim SchenkenBrabham-Ford Cosworth
10(FRA) Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
11(GBR) Peter GethinBRM
12(AUT) Helmut MarkoBRM
13(GBR) Jackie OliverMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
14(GBR) Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth
15(GBR) John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth
16(GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
17(GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth
18(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Pratt & Whitney
19(ITA) Nanni GalliMarch-Ford Cosworth
20(ITA) Andrea de AdamichMarch-Alfa Romeo
21(SWE) Jo BonnierMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22(CHE) Silvio MoserBellasi-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23  
24(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Jackie Stewart51
2(SWE) Ronnie Peterson23
3(BEL) Jacky Ickx19
4(FRA) Francois Cevert16
5(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi16
6(CHE) Jo Siffert13
7(USA) Mario Andretti12
8(CHE) Clay Regazzoni12
9(GBR) Peter Gethin9
10(MEX) Pedro Rodriguez9
11(NZL) Chris Amon9
12(SWE) Reine Wisell7
13(NZL) Denny Hulme6
14(AUS) Tim Schenken5
15(FRA) Henri Pescarolo4
16(GBR) Mike Hailwood3
17(GBR) John Surtees3
=(DEU) Rolf Stommelen3
19(GBR) Graham Hill2
=(NZL) Howden Ganley2
21(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth55
2Ferrari32
3BRM30
4March-Ford Cosworth24
5Lotus-Ford Cosworth19
6Matra9
7Surtees-Ford Cosworth8
8McLaren-Ford Cosworth6
9Brabham-Ford Cosworth5

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Last start
Silvio Moser
Bellasi
World Champion
1st title for Tyrrell (8th constructor world champion)
Wins
1st and only for Peter Gethin (46th different winner, 10th British driver)
16th for BRM
Podiums
3rd for Ronnie Peterson & Francois Cevert
1st and only for Peter Gethin (109th different podium finisher, 25th British driver)
58th for BRM
11th for March
9th for Tyrrell
Poles
4th for Chris Amon (first since 1968; first New Zealander polesitter since 1968; first for Matra)
3rd for Matra
Fastest laps
1st and only for Henri Pescarolo (50th different fastest lap setter, 5th French driver)
2nd for March
Front row starts
19th for Jacky Ickx
17th for Chris Amon
Points finishes
1st for Howden Ganley (164th different point scorer, 4th New Zealander driver)

See also

  • Italian Grand Prix
  • Monza circuit
  • 1971 World Championship season

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