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Home / Seasons / 1971 F1 World Championship Season / 1971 United States Grand Prix

1971 United States Grand Prix

DateSunday, 3 October 1971
Winner
  • France flag lazyload Francois Cevert
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitWatkins Glen, 59 laps
Round11 of 11
Race numbers

The 1971 United States Grand Prix was the

  • 208th World Championship race
  • 13th World Championship United States Grand Prix
  • 11th World Championship race at Watkins Glen
More 1971 season
More United States Grands Prix
Next race1972 Argentine Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+4France flag lazyload Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth591hr 43m 51.991s9
2+5Switzerland flag Jo SiffertBRM59+40.062s6
3+8Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth59+44.070s4
4+8New Zealand flag lazyload Howden GanleyBRM59+56.749s3
5-4United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth59+1m 00.003s2
6-2Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari59+1m 16.426s1
7+11United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth58+1 lap 
8+2France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra58+1 lap 
9+12United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter GethinBRM58+1 lap 
10+12United Kingdom flag lazyload David HobbsMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)58+1 lap 
11+15Italy flag lazyload Andrea de AdamichMarch-Alfa Romeo57+2 laps 
12-4New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMatra57+2 laps 
13+3Austria flag lazyload Helmut MarkoBRM57+2 laps 
14+10Canada flag lazyload John CannonBRM56+3 laps 
15 United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth54DNF 
16+12Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)54DNF 
17-4United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth54+5 laps 
NC USA flag lazyload Skip BarberMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)52+7 laps 
NC Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth49+10 laps 
NC USA flag lazyload Pete LovelyLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)49+10 laps 
R Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari49DNF 
R New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth47DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Tim SchenkenBrabham-Ford Cosworth41DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Chris CraftBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)30DNF 
R France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)23DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Sam PoseySurtees-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Nanni GalliMarch-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Reine WisellLotus-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Peter RevsonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
Did not start
  USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiFerrari   
  USA flag lazyload Mark DonohueMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)   
  Netherlands flag lazyload Gijs van LennepSurtees-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Mike Hailwood ended lap 54 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Jo Bonnier ended lap 54 in P16 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:42.642

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
2Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth
3New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
4Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari
5France flag lazyload Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
6Switzerland flag Jo SiffertBRM
7Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari
8New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMatra
9Sweden flag lazyload Reine WisellLotus-Ford Cosworth
10France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra
11Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth
12New Zealand flag lazyload Howden GanleyBRM
13United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth
15Australia flag lazyload Tim SchenkenBrabham-Ford Cosworth
16Austria flag lazyload Helmut MarkoBRM
17USA flag lazyload Sam PoseySurtees-Ford Cosworth
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth
19USA flag lazyload Peter RevsonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
20France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
21United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter GethinBRM
22United Kingdom flag lazyload David HobbsMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23Italy flag lazyload Nanni GalliMarch-Ford Cosworth
24Canada flag lazyload John CannonBRM
25USA flag lazyload Skip BarberMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
26Italy flag lazyload Andrea de AdamichMarch-Alfa Romeo
27United Kingdom flag lazyload Chris CraftBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
28Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
29USA flag lazyload Pete LovelyLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1971 United States Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart62
2Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie Peterson33
3France flag lazyload Francois Cevert26
4Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx19
5Switzerland flag Jo Siffert19
6Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi16
7Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni13
8USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti12
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Gethin9
10Mexico flag lazyload Pedro Rodriguez9
11New Zealand flag lazyload Chris Amon9
12Sweden flag lazyload Reine Wisell9
=New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme9
14Australia flag lazyload Tim Schenken5
15New Zealand flag lazyload Howden Ganley5
16USA flag lazyload Mark Donohue4
17France flag lazyload Henri Pescarolo4
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hailwood3
19Germany flag lazyload Rolf Stommelen3
=United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees3
21United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill2
22France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Beltoise1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth73
2United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM36
3Italy flag lazyload Ferrari33
4United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Ford Cosworth33
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth21
6United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth10
7France flag lazyload Matra9
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Surtees-Ford Cosworth8
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Ford Cosworth5

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
John Cannon (only start), Chris Craft (only start), Sam Posey
Last start
Jo Bonnier, Pete Lovely, Jo Siffert
Milestone race start
100th for Brabham (5th constructor to start 100 races)
Wins
1st and only for Francois Cevert (47th different winner, 2nd French driver; first French winner since 1958)
7th for Tyrrell
Podiums
6th and last for Jo Siffert, 5th for Ronnie Peterson, 4th for Francois Cevert
59th for BRM, 13th for March, 11th for Tyrrell
Poles
12th for Jackie Stewart
7th for Tyrrell
Fastest laps
11th for Jacky Ickx
55th for Ferrari
Front row starts
34th for Jackie Stewart, 14th for Denny Hulme, 1st for Emerson Fittipaldi (78th different front row starter, 1st Brazilian driver)
Points finishes
20th and last for Jo Siffert

See also

  • United States Grand Prix
  • Watkins Glen circuit
  • 1971 World Championship season

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