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

1971 Italian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 5 September 1971
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Gethin
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM
Pole position
  • New Zealand flag lazyload Chris Amon
  • France flag lazyload Matra
Fastest lap
  • France flag lazyload Henri Pescarolo
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload 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

Race result

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

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:22.400

PosDriverConstructor
1New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMatra
2Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari
3Switzerland flag Jo SiffertBRM
4New Zealand flag lazyload Howden GanleyBRM
5France flag lazyload Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
6Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
8Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari
9Australia flag lazyload Tim SchenkenBrabham-Ford Cosworth
10France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter GethinBRM
12Austria flag lazyload Helmut MarkoBRM
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie OliverMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth
15United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth
18Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Pratt & Whitney
19Italy flag lazyload Nanni GalliMarch-Ford Cosworth
20Italy flag lazyload Andrea de AdamichMarch-Alfa Romeo
21Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22Switzerland flag Silvio MoserBellasi-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23  
24France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart51
2Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie Peterson23
3Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx19
4France flag lazyload Francois Cevert16
5Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi16
6Switzerland flag Jo Siffert13
7USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti12
8Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni12
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Gethin9
10Mexico flag lazyload Pedro Rodriguez9
11New Zealand flag lazyload Chris Amon9
12Sweden flag lazyload Reine Wisell7
13New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme6
14Australia flag lazyload Tim Schenken5
15France flag lazyload Henri Pescarolo4
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hailwood3
17United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees3
=Germany flag lazyload Rolf Stommelen3
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill2
=New Zealand flag lazyload Howden Ganley2
21France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Beltoise1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth55
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari32
3United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM30
4United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Ford Cosworth24
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth19
6France flag lazyload Matra9
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Surtees-Ford Cosworth8
8United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth6
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-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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