1971 United States Grand Prix
Date | Sunday, 3 October 1971 |
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Winner |
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Pole position |
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Fastest lap |
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Circuit | Watkins Glen, 59 laps |
Round | 11 of 11 |
Race numbers | The 1971 United States Grand Prix was the
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Next race | 1972 Argentine Grand Prix |
Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +4 | ![]() | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 59 | 1hr 43m 51.991s | 9 |
2 | +5 | ![]() | BRM | 59 | +40.062s | 6 |
3 | +8 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth | 59 | +44.070s | 4 |
4 | +8 | ![]() | BRM | 59 | +56.749s | 3 |
5 | -4 | ![]() | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 59 | +1m 00.003s | 2 |
6 | -2 | ![]() | Ferrari | 59 | +1m 16.426s | 1 |
7 | +11 | ![]() | Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 58 | +1 lap | |
8 | +2 | ![]() | Matra | 58 | +1 lap | |
9 | +12 | ![]() | BRM | 58 | +1 lap | |
10 | +12 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 58 | +1 lap | |
11 | +15 | ![]() | March-Alfa Romeo | 57 | +2 laps | |
12 | -4 | ![]() | Matra | 57 | +2 laps | |
13 | +3 | ![]() | BRM | 57 | +2 laps | |
14 | +10 | ![]() | BRM | 56 | +3 laps | |
15 | ![]() | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 54 | DNF | ||
16 | +12 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 54 | DNF | |
17 | -4 | ![]() | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 54 | +5 laps | |
NC | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 52 | +7 laps | ||
NC | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 49 | +10 laps | ||
NC | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 49 | +10 laps | ||
R | ![]() | Ferrari | 49 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 47 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 41 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Brabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 30 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 23 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 15 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth | 11 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 5 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 1 | DNF | ||
Did not start | ||||||
![]() | Ferrari | |||||
![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | |||||
![]() | Surtees-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
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | ![]() | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
2 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
3 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
4 | ![]() | Ferrari |
5 | ![]() | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
6 | ![]() | BRM |
7 | ![]() | Ferrari |
8 | ![]() | Matra |
9 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
10 | ![]() | Matra |
11 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth |
12 | ![]() | BRM |
13 | ![]() | Surtees-Ford Cosworth |
14 | ![]() | Surtees-Ford Cosworth |
15 | ![]() | Brabham-Ford Cosworth |
16 | ![]() | BRM |
17 | ![]() | Surtees-Ford Cosworth |
18 | ![]() | Brabham-Ford Cosworth |
19 | ![]() | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
20 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
21 | ![]() | BRM |
22 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
23 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth |
24 | ![]() | BRM |
25 | ![]() | March-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
26 | ![]() | March-Alfa Romeo |
27 | ![]() | Brabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
28 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
29 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1971 United States Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 62 |
2 | ![]() | 33 |
3 | ![]() | 26 |
4 | ![]() | 19 |
5 | ![]() | 19 |
6 | ![]() | 16 |
7 | ![]() | 13 |
8 | ![]() | 12 |
9 | ![]() | 9 |
10 | ![]() | 9 |
11 | ![]() | 9 |
12 | ![]() | 9 |
= | ![]() | 9 |
14 | ![]() | 5 |
15 | ![]() | 5 |
16 | ![]() | 4 |
17 | ![]() | 4 |
18 | ![]() | 3 |
19 | ![]() | 3 |
= | ![]() | 3 |
21 | ![]() | 2 |
22 | ![]() | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 73 |
2 | ![]() | 36 |
3 | ![]() | 33 |
4 | ![]() | 33 |
5 | ![]() | 21 |
6 | ![]() | 10 |
7 | ![]() | 9 |
8 | ![]() | 8 |
9 | ![]() | 5 |
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