F1 driver standings
Standings
| # | Driver | ZAF | ESP | MCO | NLD | FRA | GBR | DEU | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (GBR) Jackie Stewart (Tyrrell) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | R | R | 1 | 5 | 62 |
| 2 | (SWE) Ronnie Peterson (March) | 10 | R | 2 | 4 | R | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 33 |
| 3 | (FRA) Francois Cevert (Tyrrell) | R | 7 | R | R | 2 | 10 | 2 | R | 3 | 6 | 1 | 26 |
| 4 | (BEL) Jacky Ickx (Ferrari) | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | R | R | R | R | R | 8 | R | 19 |
| = | (CHE) Jo Siffert (BRM) | R | R | R | 6 | 4 | 9 | DSQ | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | (BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi (Lotus) | R | R | 5 | 3 | 3 | R | 2 | 8 | 7 | NC | 16 | |
| 7 | (CHE) Clay Regazzoni (Ferrari) | 3 | R | R | 3 | R | R | 3 | R | R | R | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | (USA) Mario Andretti (Ferrari) | 1 | R | DNQ | R | 4 | 13 | DNS | 12 | ||||
| 9 | (GBR) Peter Gethin (McLaren, BRM) | R | 8 | R | NC | 9 | R | R | 10 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 |
| = | (MEX) Pedro Rodriguez (BRM) | R | 4 | 9 | 2 | R | 9 | ||||||
| = | (NZL) Chris Amon (Matra) | 5 | 3 | R | R | 5 | R | R | 6 | 10 | 12 | 9 | |
| = | (SWE) Reine Wisell (Lotus) | 4 | NC | R | DSQ | 6 | NC | 8 | 4 | 5 | R | 9 | |
| = | (NZL) Denny Hulme (McLaren) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 | R | R | R | R | 4 | R | 9 | |
| 14 | (AUS) Tim Schenken (Brabham) | 9 | 10 | R | 12R | 12R | 6 | 3 | R | R | R | 5 | |
| = | (NZL) Howden Ganley (BRM) | R | 10 | DNQ | 7 | 10 | 8 | R | R | 5 | DNS | 4 | 5 |
| 16 | (USA) Mark Donohue (McLaren) | 3 | DNS | 4 | |||||||||
| = | (FRA) Henri Pescarolo (March) | 11 | R | 8 | NC | R | 4 | R | 6 | R | DNS | R | 4 |
| 18 | (GBR) Mike Hailwood (Surtees) | 4 | 15R | 3 | |||||||||
| = | (GBR) John Surtees (Surtees) | R | 11 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | R | R | 11 | 17 | 3 |
| = | (DEU) Rolf Stommelen (Surtees) | 12 | R | 6 | DSQ | 11 | 5 | 10 | 7 | DNS | R | 3 | |
| 21 | (GBR) Graham Hill (Brabham) | 9 | R | R | 10 | R | R | 9 | 5 | R | R | 7 | 2 |
| 22 | (FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise (Matra) | 6 | R | 9 | 7 | 7 | R | 8 | 1 | ||||
| (GBR) Jackie Oliver (McLaren) | R | 9 | 7 | ||||||||||
| (GBR) Brian Redman (Surtees) | 7 | ||||||||||||
| (NLD) Gijs van Lennep (Surtees) | 8 | DNS | |||||||||||
| (SWE) Jo Bonnier (McLaren) | R | DNQ | DNS | 10 | 16R | ||||||||
| (GBR) David Hobbs (McLaren) | 10 | ||||||||||||
| (ITA) Nanni Galli (March) | DNQ | R | DNS | 11 | 12 | 12 | R | 16 | R | ||||
| (AUT) Helmut Marko (McLaren, BRM) | DNQ | 11 | R | 12 | 13 | ||||||||
| (ITA) Andrea de Adamich (March) | 13 | R | R | NC | R | R | 11 | ||||||
| (GBR) Vic Elford (BRM) | 11 | ||||||||||||
| (FRA) Francois Mazet (March) | 13 | ||||||||||||
| (CAN) John Cannon (BRM) | 14 | ||||||||||||
| (CAN) George Eaton (BRM) | 15 | ||||||||||||
| (GBR) Mike Beuttler (March) | R | DSQ | NC | R | NC | ||||||||
| (USA) Skip Barber (March) | DNQ | NC | R | NC | |||||||||
| (USA) Pete Lovely (Lotus) | NC | NC | |||||||||||
| (FRA) Max Jean (March) | NC | ||||||||||||
| (FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier (March) | NC | ||||||||||||
| (ESP) Alex Soler-Roig (March) | R | R | DNQ | R | R | ||||||||
| (ZAF) Dave Charlton (Brabham, Lotus) | R | R | |||||||||||
| (GBR) Chris Craft (Brabham) | DNS | R | |||||||||||
| (RHO) John Love (March) | R | ||||||||||||
| (ZAF) Jackie Pretorius (Brabham) | R | ||||||||||||
| (AUS) Dave Walker (Lotus) | R | ||||||||||||
| (GBR) Derek Bell (Surtees) | R | ||||||||||||
| (AUT) Niki Lauda (March) | R | ||||||||||||
| (CHE) Silvio Moser (Bellasi) | R | ||||||||||||
| (USA) Peter Revson (Tyrrell) | R | ||||||||||||
| (USA) Sam Posey (Surtees) | R | ||||||||||||
| # | Driver | ZAF | ESP | MCO | NLD | FRA | GBR | DEU | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA | Points |
Table key, points system and championship rules
- Highlight: Rookie
- Bold: pole position
- Underline: fastest lap
- Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
- DNQ: Did not qualify
- NC: Not classified
- DSQ: Disqualified
- DNS: Did not start
The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:
- 1st (9)
- 2nd (6)
- 3rd (4)
- 4th (3)
- 5th (2)
- 6th (1)
Only the best five results from the first six races and the best four results from the last five races counted towards the championship.
Race to the title
The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1971.
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