The 1971 Formula One season included the 22nd FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on March 6, 1971, and ended on October 3 after eleven races.

[edit] Season summary

After the death of Rindt the previous year, Lotus had a desultory season, with young and inexperienced drivers such as Emerson Fittipaldi appearing in the cars. The team spent a lot of time experimenting with a gas turbine powered car, and with four wheel drive again. Using their own chassis heavily inspired by the Matra MS80 but with conventional tanks, Tyrrell and Stewart easily took success in 1971.

Jo Siffert and Pedro Rodriguez both lost their lives racing in 1971.

[edit] Season review

Round	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	South African Grand Prix	March 6	Kyalami	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	Report
2	Spanish Grand Prix	April 18	Montjuïc	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
3	Monaco Grand Prix	May 23	Monaco	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
4	Dutch Grand Prix	June 20	Zandvoort	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	Report
5	French Grand Prix	July 4	Paul Ricard	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
6	British Grand Prix	July 17	Silverstone	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
7	German Grand Prix	August 1	Nürburgring	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
8	Austrian Grand Prix	August 15	Österreichring	Jo Siffert	BRM	Report
9	Italian Grand Prix	September 5	Monza	Peter Gethin	BRM	Report
10	Canadian Grand Prix	September 19	Mosport Park	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
11	United States Grand Prix	October 3	Watkins Glen	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	Report

[edit] 1971 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Points[1]	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Tyrrell-Ford	001 002 003	Ford Cosworth DFV		73	7	11	6
2	BRM	P153 P160	BRM P142		36	2	4	1
3	Ferrari	312B 312B2	Ferrari 001 Ferrari 001/1		33	2	7	3
4	March-Ford	711	Ford Cosworth DFV		33 (34)		5
5	Lotus-Ford	72C 72D	Ford Cosworth DFV		21		3
6	McLaren-Ford	M14A M19A	Ford Cosworth DFV		10		1
7	Matra	MS120 MS120B	Matra MS12		9		1	1
8	Surtees-Ford	TS7 TS9 TS9A	Ford Cosworth DFV		8
9	Brabham-Ford	BT33 BT34	Ford Cosworth DFV		5		1
10	March-Alfa Romeo	711	Alfa Romeo T33
11	Bellasi-Ford	F1	Ford Cosworth DFV
12	Lotus-Pratt & Whitney	56B	Pratt & Whitney STN76 (turbine)

[edit] 1971 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos. Driver RSA ESP MON NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA CAN USA Pts.[2] 1 Jackie Stewart 2 1 1 11 1 1 1 Ret Ret 1 5 62 2 Ronnie Peterson 10 Ret 2 4 Ret 2 5 8 2 2 3 33 3 François Cevert Ret 7 Ret Ret 2 10 2 Ret 3 6 1 26 4 Jacky Ickx 8 2 3 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 19 5 Jo Siffert Ret Ret Ret 6 4 9 Ret 1 9 9 2 19 6 Emerson Fittipaldi Ret Ret 5 3 3 Ret 2 8 7 NC 16 7 Clay Regazzoni 3 Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret 6 13 8 Mario Andretti 1 Ret DNQ Ret 4 13 DNS 12 9 Peter Gethin Ret 8 Ret NC 9 Ret Ret 10 1 14 9 9 10 Pedro Rodríguez Ret 4 9 2 Ret 9 11 Chris Amon 5 3 Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret 6 10 12 9 12 Reine Wisell 4 NC Ret DSQ 6 NC 8 4 5 Ret 9 13 Denny Hulme 6 5 4 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret 9 14 Tim Schenken 9 10 Ret 12 12 6 3 Ret Ret Ret 5 15 Howden Ganley Ret 10 DNQ 7 10 8 Ret Ret 5 DNS 4 5 16 Mark Donohue 3 DNS 4 17 Henri Pescarolo 11 Ret 8 NC Ret 4 Ret 6 Ret DNS Ret 4 18 Mike Hailwood 4 15 3 19 John Surtees Ret 11 7 5 8 6 7 Ret Ret 11 17 3 20 Rolf Stommelen 12 Ret 6 DSQ 11 5 10 7 DNS Ret 3 21 Graham Hill 9 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 9 5 Ret Ret 7 2 22 Jean-Pierre Beltoise 6 Ret 9 7 7 Ret 8 1 23 Jackie Oliver Ret 9 7 0 24 Brian Redman 7 0 25 Gijs Van Lennep 8 DNS 0 26 Jo Bonnier Ret DNQ DNS 10 16 0 27 David Hobbs 10 0 28 Nanni Galli DNQ Ret DNS 11 12 12 Ret 16 Ret 0 29 Helmut Marko DNQ 11 Ret 12 13 0 30 Andrea de Adamich 13 Ret Ret NC Ret Ret 11 0 31 Vic Elford 11 0 32 François Mazet 13 0 33 John Cannon 14 0 34 George Eaton 15 0 — Mike Beuttler Ret DSQ NC Ret NC 0 — Skip Barber DNQ NC Ret NC 0 — Pete Lovely NC NC 0 — Max Jean NC 0 — Jean-Pierre Jarier NC 0 — Alex Soler-Roig Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret 0 — Dave Charlton Ret Ret 0 — Chris Craft DNS Ret 0 — John Love Ret 0 — Jackie Pretorius Ret 0 — David Walker Ret 0 — Derek Bell Ret 0 — Niki Lauda Ret 0 — Silvio Moser Ret 0 — Sam Posey Ret 0 — Peter Revson Ret 0 Pos. Driver RSA ESP MON NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA CAN USA Pts.

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (from 2003 onwards) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

[edit] Non-Championship race results

Other Formula One races were also held in 1971, which did not count towards the World Championship.

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
XIV Argentine Grand Prix	Buenos Aires	January 24	Chris Amon	Matra	Report
VI Race of Champions	Brands Hatch	March 21	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	Report
Questor Grand Prix	Ontario Motor Speedway, California	March 28	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	Report
XII Spring Trophy	Oulton Park	April 9	Pedro Rodriguez	BRM	Report
XXIII BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	May 8	Graham Hill	Brabham-Cosworth	Report
VI Rhein-Pokalrennen	Hockenheim	June 13	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	Report
XVIII International Gold Cup	Oulton Park	August 22	John Surtees	Surtees-Cosworth	Report
I World Championship Victory Race	Brands Hatch	October 24	Peter Gethin	BRM	Report

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Only the best 5 results from the first 6 races and the best 4 results from the last 5 races counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
2. ^ Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six finishers in each race.