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1969 United States Grand Prix

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{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
|Type = F1
|Country = United States
|Grand Prix = United States
|Image = Watkins Glen International Track Map-1960-1970.svg
|Official name = XII United States Grand Prix
|Date = October 5
|Year = 1969
|Location = [[Watkins Glen International|Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course]] [[Watkins Glen, New York]]
|Course = Permanent road course
|Course_mi = 2.35
|Course_km = 3.78
|Distance_laps = 108
|Distance_mi = 253.8
|Distance_km = 408.2
|Weather = Dry with temperatures reaching up to {{cvt|64|F|C|order=flip}}; Wind speeds up to {{cvt|11.62|mph|km/h|order=flip}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/NY/Watkins%20Glen/1969-10-06|title=Weather information for the "1969 United States Grand Prix"|publisher=The Old Farmers' Almanac|access-date=2013-11-10}}</ref>
|Pole_Driver = {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Jochen Rindt]]
|Pole_Team = [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Pole_Time = 1:03.62
|Fast_Driver = {{flagicon|Austria}} Jochen Rindt
|Fast_Team = Lotus-Ford
|Fast_Time = 1:04.34
|Fast_Lap = 69
|First_Driver = {{flagicon|Austria}} Jochen Rindt
|First_Team = Lotus-Ford
|Second_Driver = {{flagicon|UK}} [[Piers Courage]]
|Second_Team = [[Brabham]]-Ford
|Third_Driver = {{flagicon|UK}} [[John Surtees]]
|Third_Team = [[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
|Lapchart = {{F1Laps1969|USA}}
}}

The '''1969 United States Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] motor race held on October 5, 1969, at the [[Watkins Glen International|Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course]] in [[Watkins Glen, New York]]. It was race 10 of 11 in both the [[1969 World Championship of Drivers]] and the [[1969 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers]]. The 108-lap race was won by [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] driver [[Jochen Rindt]] after he started from pole position. [[Piers Courage]] finished second for the [[Brabham]] team and [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] driver [[John Surtees]] came in third.

== Qualifying ==

=== Qualifying ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
|-
! Pos
! No
! Driver
! Constructor
! Time
! Gap
|-
!1
|2
| {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Jochen Rindt]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:03.62
| align="center" |—
|-
!2
|5
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Denny Hulme]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:03.65
| +0.03
|-
!3
|3
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:03.77
| +0.15
|-
!4
|1
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Graham Hill]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:04.05
| +0.43
|-
!5
|10
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Jo Siffert]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:04.06
| +0.44
|-
!6
| 6
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Bruce McLaren]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:04.22
| +0.60
|-
!7
| 4
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]
| [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:04.29
| +0.67
|-
!8
| 7
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Jacky Ickx]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:04.32
| +0.70
|-
!9
| 18
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Piers Courage]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:04.58
| +0.96
|-
!10
| 8
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jack Brabham]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:04.80
| +1.18
|-
!11
| 14
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[John Surtees]]
| [[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
|1:05.06
| +1.44
|-
!12
| 12
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|1:05.94
| +2.32
|-
!13
| 9
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mario Andretti]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:06.52
| +2.90
|-
!14
| 15
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Oliver]]
| [[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
|1:06.55
| +2.93
|-
!15
| 16
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Johnny Servoz-Gavin]]
| [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:07.13
| +3.51
|-
!16
| 21
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pete Lovely]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:07.55
| +3.93
|-
!17
| 19
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Silvio Moser]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:08.20
| +4.58
|-
!18
| 22
| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[George Eaton (racing driver)|George Eaton]]
| [[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
|1:11.27
| +7.65
|}

== Race ==

=== Summary ===
[[Jochen Rindt]] survived an early duel with newly crowned Champion and close friend [[Jackie Stewart]] and claimed his first Grand Prix victory, the first ever by an Austrian. [[Piers Courage]] finished second, driving a [[Frank Williams (Formula One)|Frank Williams]]-prepared [[Brabham]] and out-racing [[Jack Brabham]] himself and [[Jacky Ickx]] in the works Brabhams. [[John Surtees]] took third place at The Glen for the second straight year, this time in a BRM.

After five wins in his first four seasons, Jackie Stewart won five of the first six races in 1969, and his first Driver's Championship was already in his pocket when the teams came to North America for the final three races.

Jochen Rindt, on the other hand, had flirted with his first victory throughout the season, his first with [[Team Lotus|Lotus]], but without success. He had started on the pole four times, led in five of the nine races, and taken back-to-back podiums in the two preceding races in [[1969 Italian Grand Prix|Italy]] and [[1969 Canadian Grand Prix|Canada]].

Also driving for Lotus were the previous year's Champion, [[Graham Hill]], and American [[Mario Andretti]], making just his third F1 appearance of the season. Andretti was doing his best with the controversial and soon-to-be-abandoned four-wheel-drive Type 63, while Hill and Rindt were in standard 49Bs.

Friday practice was wet and virtually meaningless, except that it showed the four-wheel-drive [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]] and Lotus cars had little or no advantage even in the rain, and the concept quickly disappeared from modern GP racing. Saturday was dry, however, and Rindt won the battle for pole, his fifth of the season, beating [[Denny Hulme]]'s [[McLaren]] by three-hundredths in the last fifteen minutes of the session. The rest of the top six were Stewart, Hill, [[Jo Siffert]] (in a [[Rob Walker Racing Team|Rob Walker]]-entered Lotus) and [[Bruce McLaren]].

On Sunday, before a crowd of over 100,000, Rindt jumped into the lead at the start, while Hulme struggled with a bent gear linkage and lost places to Stewart and Hill. Andretti charged ahead from his thirteenth-place grid position, and, when Brabham slowed to avoid Hulme, Andretti bumped rear wheels with the Brabham, knocking the Lotus sideways. Andretti continued for three laps, but his suspension was bent, and he retired. At the end of the first lap, the order was Rindt, Stewart, Hill, Siffert, [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]], Courage and Ickx.

As they had many times during the season, Rindt and Stewart quickly separated themselves from the rest of the field. On lap 12, Rindt slid wide and allowed Stewart through. The Matra's engine was not running at full strength, however, and it was all Stewart could do to hold off the Austrian, who was bobbing and weaving on both sides, trying to get by. Rindt finally got past on the straight on lap 21, and eventually, the Scot began to fall back.

On lap 33, Stewart's car emitted a puff of smoke, and the next time around, he coasted down the pit lane with no oil pressure. Rindt now led a group of three Brabhams, with Courage ahead of the two works entries of Ickx and Brabham, by 37 seconds. On lap 62, Brabham got by Ickx and began hounding Courage. Several times, the Australian managed to pull alongside, but could not complete the pass. Ickx dropped out of the three-way fight on lap 78 when he suddenly lost oil pressure and pulled to the side of the track.

Rindt was content to maintain his cushion over Courage and Brabham. On lap 88, Hill spun off the track on a patch of oil and stalled. He unfastened his straps, got out of the car and push-started it, but could not refasten his belts alone. His off-track excursion had apparently punctured a rear tire, and he signalled the pit to get ready to change it. Before he made it back around, however, the tire exploded at the end of the straight and sent the Lotus cartwheeling into an embankment. Hill was thrown from the car and suffered broken bones in both legs. Later, at the hospital, he was asked by team members if he had a message to pass along to his wife. Hill replied, "Just tell her that I won't be dancing for two weeks." [[Graham Hill|Hill]]'s accident was witnessed by two fifteen-year-old boys from nearby [[Montrose, Pennsylvania]], John Moore and Kevin Hibbard. Their eyewitness account stated that "It looked like the crash was unsurvivable. We thought he had definitely been killed."

Brabham had to break off his pursuit of Courage when his engine began sputtering for lack of fuel, and he was forced to pit on lap 93, allowing Surtees to get through into third place. Rindt crossed the line 46 seconds ahead of Courage with his long-awaited first win. He said, "It is just that the car held together for once, but this one makes up for all the others I have lost." Once again, the American race offered a record purse, and the total of $206,000 included $50,000 for the winner.

==Classification==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Points
|-
! 1
| 2
| {{flagicon|Austria}} '''[[Jochen Rindt]]'''
| '''[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 108
| 1:57:56.84
| 1
| '''9'''
|-
! 2
| 18
| {{flagicon|UK}} '''[[Piers Courage]]'''
| '''[[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 108
| + 46.99
| 9
| '''6'''
|-
! 3
| 14
| {{flagicon|UK}} '''[[John Surtees]]'''
| '''[[British Racing Motors|BRM]]'''
| 106
| + 2 laps
| 11
| '''4'''
|-
! 4
| 8
| {{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Jack Brabham]]'''
| '''[[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 106
| + 2 laps
| 10
| '''3'''
|-
! 5
| 12
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} '''[[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]'''
| '''[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]'''
| 101
| + 7 laps
| 12
| '''2'''
|-
! 6
| 19
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} '''[[Silvio Moser]]'''
| '''[[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 98
| + 10 laps
| 17
| '''1'''
|-
! NC
| 16
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Johnny Servoz-Gavin]]
| [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 92
| + 16 laps
| 15
|  
|-
! Ret
| 1
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Graham Hill]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 90
| Accident
| 4
|  
|-
! Ret
| 7
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Jacky Ickx]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 77
| Engine
| 8
|  
|-
! Ret
| 22
| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[George Eaton (racing driver)|George Eaton]]
| [[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
| 76
| Engine
| 18
|  
|-
! Ret
| 4
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]
| [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 72
| Engine
| 7
|  
|-
! Ret
| 5
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Denny Hulme]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 52
| Gearbox
| 2
|  
|-
! Ret
| 3
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 35
| Engine
| 3
|  
|-
! Ret
| 21
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pete Lovely]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 25
| Halfshaft
| 16
|  
|-
! Ret
| 15
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Oliver]]
| [[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
| 23
| Engine
| 14
|  
|-
! Ret
| 10
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Jo Siffert]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 3
| Fuel system
| 5
|  
|-
! Ret
| 9
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mario Andretti]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 3
| Suspension
| 13
|  
|-
! DNS
| 6
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Bruce McLaren]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 0
| Engine
| 6
|  
|-
!colspan="8"|{{center|Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1969/546/ |title=1969 United States Grand Prix |publisher=formula1.com |access-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109173624/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1969/546/ |archive-date=9 January 2015}}</ref>}}
|}

== Notes ==

* This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Canadian driver [[George Eaton (racing driver)|George Eaton]].
* In the 50th official Formula One World Championship Grand Prix for an [[Austria|Austrian]] driver, [[Jochen Rindt]] won his first race with a Grand Slam. It was the first Grand Prix win and Grand Slam for an Austrian driver.
* This race marked the 50th pole position for [[Team Lotus|Lotus]].
* This race marked the 100th race for a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] driver. In those 100 races, Swiss drivers had won 1 Grand Prix, achieved 6 podium finishes, 1 pole position, and 3 fastest laps.
* This was the 113th race start for [[Graham Hill]], setting a new record. However, this record would be equalled by [[Jack Brabham]] at the [[1969 Mexican Grand Prix|next race]].

==Championship standings after the race==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Drivers' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Driver
! Points
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| align="left"| 60
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Jacky Ickx]]
| align="left"| 31
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Bruce McLaren]]
| align="left"| 26
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 3
|align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Jochen Rindt]]
| align="left"| 22
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 5
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Graham Hill]]
| align="left"| 19
|-
!colspan=4|Source:<ref name="Championship">{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1969/etats-unis/championnat.aspx|title=United States 1969 - Championship • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref>
|}
{{col-2}}
;Constructors' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Constructor
! Points
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 63
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 47
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 45
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 29 (31)
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 5
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| align="left"| 7
|-
!colspan=4|Source:<ref name="Championship"/>
|}
{{col-end}}

*'''Note''': Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 5 results from the first 6 rounds and the best 4 results from the last 5 rounds counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

==References==
{{reflist | 30em}}

==Further reading==
* Doug Nye (1978). ''The United States Grand Prix and Grand Prize Races, 1908-1977.'' B. T. Batsford. {{ISBN|0-7134-1263-1}}
* Rob Walker (January, 1970). "Eleventh Grand Prix of the U.S.: Promise Fulfilled". ''Road & Track'', 30-34.

{{F1 race report
| Name_of_race = [[United States Grand Prix]]
| Year_of_race = 1969
| Previous_race_in_season = [[1969 Canadian Grand Prix]]
| Next_race_in_season = [[1969 Mexican Grand Prix]]
| Previous_year's_race = [[1968 United States Grand Prix]]
| Next_year's_race = [[1970 United States Grand Prix]]}}
{{F1GP 60-69}}

[[Category:1969 Formula One races|United States Grand Prix]]
[[Category:United States Grand Prix]]
[[Category:1969 in American motorsport|United States Grand Prix, 1969]]
[[Category:1969 in sports in New York (state)|United States Grand Prix]]
[[Category:October 1969 sports events in the United States|United States Grand Prix]]

1969 Italian Grand Prix

2025-07-02T14:53:27Z

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{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
|Type = F1
|Country = Italy
|Grand Prix = Italian
|Date = 7 September
|Year = 1969
|Image = Monza 1957.jpg
|Official name = XL [[Italian Grand Prix|Gran Premio d'Italia]]
|Location = [[Autodromo Nazionale di Monza]], [[Monza]], [[Italy]]
|Course = Permanent racing facility
|Course_mi = 3.573
|Course_km = 5.750
|Distance_laps = 68
|Distance_mi = 242.956
|Distance_km = 391.000
|Weather = Sunny, Dry
|Pole_Driver = [[Jochen Rindt]]
|Pole_Team = [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Pole_Time = 1:25.48
|Pole_Country = Austria
|Fast_Driver = [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]
|Fast_Team = [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Fast_Time = 1:25.2
|Fast_Lap = 64
|Fast_Country = France
|First_Driver = [[Jackie Stewart]]
|First_Team = [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|First_Country = UK
|Second_Driver = [[Jochen Rindt]]
|Second_Team = [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Second_Country= Austria
|Third_Driver = [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]
|Third_Team = [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Third_Country = France
|Lapchart = {{F1Laps1969|ITA}}
}}

The '''1969 Italian Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] motor race held at the [[Autodromo Nazionale di Monza]] on 7 September 1969. It was race 8 of 11 in both the [[1969 World Championship of Drivers]] and the [[1969 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers]]. The race was notable in that less than a fifth of a second separated the winner from the fourth-placed driver, and is one of the closest 1–2–3–4 finishes in Formula One history. Jackie Stewart and Matra-Ford claimed the Drivers' and Manufacturers' titles respectively, with three races still remaining.

== Classification ==
=== Qualifying ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
|-
! Pos
! No
! Driver
! Constructor
! Time
! Gap
|-
!1
| 4
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Jochen Rindt]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:25.48
| align="center" |—
|-
!2
| 16
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Denny Hulme]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:25.69
| +0.21
|-
!3
| 20
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:25.82
| +0.34
|-
!4
| 32
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Piers Courage]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:26.48
| +1.00
|-
!5
| 18
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Bruce McLaren]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:26.48
| +1.00
|-
!6
| 22
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]
| [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:26.72
| +1.24
|-
!7
| 28
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Brabham]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:26.90
| +1.42
|-
!8
| 30
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Jo Siffert]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:27.04
| +1.56
|-
!9
| 2
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Graham Hill]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:27.31
| +1.83
|-
!10
| 14
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[John Surtees]]
| [[BRM]]
| 1:27.40
| +1.92
|-
!11
| 12
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Oliver]]
| [[BRM]]
| 1:28.40
| +2.92
|-
!12
| 10
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 1:28.47
| +2.99
|-
!13
| 36
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Silvio Moser]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:28.51
| +3.03
|-
!14
| 6
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[John Miles (auto racer)|John Miles]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:30.56
| +5.08
|-
!15
| 10
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ernesto Brambilla]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 1:30.86
| +5.38
|-
!16
| 26
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jacky Ickx]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:37.96
| +12.48
|-
! colspan="6" | Source:<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1969&gp=Italian%20GP&r=1&type=qual| title=1969 Italian GP Qualification| website=www.chicanef1.com| access-date=9 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1969-italian-grand-prix| title=1969 Italian Grand Prix| publisher=[[Motor Sport Magazine]]| access-date=9 September 2020}}</ref>
|}

===Race===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos
! No
! Driver
! Constructor
! Laps
! Time/Retired
! Grid
! Points
|-
! 1
| 20
| {{flagicon|UK}} '''[[Jackie Stewart]]'''
| '''[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 68
| 1:39:11.26
| 3
| '''9'''
|-
! 2
| 4
| {{flagicon|AUT}} '''[[Jochen Rindt]]'''
| '''[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 68
| + 0.08
| 1
| '''6'''
|-
! 3
| 22
| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]'''
| '''[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 68
| + 0.17
| 6
| '''4'''
|-
! 4
| 18
| {{flagicon|NZL}} '''[[Bruce McLaren]]'''
| '''[[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 68
| + 0.19
| 5
| '''3'''
|-
! 5
| 32
| {{flagicon|UK}} '''[[Piers Courage]]'''
| '''[[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 68
| + 33.44
| 4
| '''2'''
|-
! 6
| 10
| {{flagicon|MEX}} '''[[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]'''
| '''[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]'''
| 66
| + 2 laps
| 12
| '''1'''
|-
! 7
| 16
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Denny Hulme]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 66
| + 2 laps
| 2
|  
|-
! 8
| 30
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Jo Siffert]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 64
| Engine
| 8
|  
|-
! 9
| 2
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Graham Hill]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 63
| Halfshaft
| 9
|  
|-
! 10
| 26
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jacky Ickx]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 61
| Out of fuel
| 15
|  
|-
! NC
| 14
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[John Surtees]]
| [[BRM]]
| 60
| + 8 laps
| 10
|  
|-
! Ret
| 12
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Oliver]]
| [[BRM]]
| 48
| Oil pressure
| 11
|  
|-
! Ret
| 36
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Silvio Moser]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 9
| Fuel leak
| 13
|  
|-
! Ret
| 28
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Brabham]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 6
| Oil leak
| 7
|  
|-
! Ret
| 6
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[John Miles (auto racer)|John Miles]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 3
| Engine
| 14
|  
|-
! DNS
| 10
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ernesto Brambilla]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|
| Car raced by Rodríguez
|
|
|-
!colspan="8"|{{center|Sources:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1969/544/ |title=1969 Italian Grand Prix |publisher=formula1.com |access-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109173216/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1969/544/ |archive-date=9 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr181.html |title=Grand Prix Results: Italian GP, 1969 |publisher=GrandPrix.com |access-date=7 February 2016}}</ref>}}
|}

{{Clear}}

== Notes ==

* This was the 25th race for a [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]].
* This was the 49th pole position for [[Team Lotus|Lotus]], breaking the record set by [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] at the [[1968 German Grand Prix]].

==Championship standings after the race==
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}
;Drivers' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Driver
! Points
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| align="left"| 60
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Bruce McLaren]]
| align="left"| 24
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Jacky Ickx]]
| align="left"| 22
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Graham Hill]]
| align="left"| 19
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 5
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]
| align="left"| 16
|-
!colspan=4|Source: <ref name="Championship">{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1969/italie/championnat.aspx|title=Italy 1969 - Championship • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref>
|}
{{col-2}}
;Constructors' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Constructor
! Points
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 60
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 34
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 30
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 27 (29)
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 5
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| align="left"| 5
|-
!colspan=4|Source: <ref name="Championship"/>
|}
{{col-end}}

*'''Note''': Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 5 results from the first 6 rounds and the best 4 results from the last 5 rounds counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

==References==
{{reflist | 30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last=Lang |first=Mike |title=Grand Prix! Vol 2 |publisher=Haynes Publishing Group |year=1982 |pages=102–103 |isbn=0-85429-321-3}}

==External links==
* {{YouTube |id=hUozyw4Fwdg |title=The last 30 seconds of the race }}

{{F1 race report
|Name_of_race = [[Italian Grand Prix]]
|Year_of_race = 1969
|Previous_race_in_season = [[1969 German Grand Prix]]
|Next_race_in_season = [[1969 Canadian Grand Prix]]
|Previous_year's_race = [[1968 Italian Grand Prix]]
|Next_year's_race = [[1970 Italian Grand Prix]]
}}
{{F1GP 60-69}}

[[Category:1969 Formula One races|Italian Grand Prix]]
[[Category:Italian Grand Prix]]
[[Category:1969 in Italian motorsport|Italian Grand Prix]]
[[Category:September 1969 sports events in Europe|Italian Grand Prix]]

1970 Mexican Grand Prix

2025-07-02T14:48:46Z

2A02:8084:F1BF:9D00:BC75:53C2:C62B:F7DF: /* Classification */

{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
|Type = F1
|Country = Mexico
|Grand Prix = Mexican
|Date = October 25
|Year = 1970
|Image = Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez 1963.svg
|Caption = The [[Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez|Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca]]
|Official name = [[Mexican Grand Prix]]
|Location = [[Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez|Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca]], [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
|Course = Permanent racing facility
|Course_mi = 3.107
|Course_km = 5.000
|Distance_laps = 65
|Distance_mi = 201.946
|Distance_km = 325.000
|Weather =
|Pole_Driver = [[Clay Regazzoni]]
|Pole_Team = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|Pole_Time = 1:41.86
|Pole_Country = Switzerland
|Fast_Driver = [[Jacky Ickx]]
|Fast_Team = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|Fast_Time = 1:43.11 on lap 46
|Fast_Country = Belgium
|First_Driver = [[Jacky Ickx]]
|First_Team = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|First_Country = Belgium
|Second_Driver = [[Clay Regazzoni]]
|Second_Team = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|Second_Country= Switzerland
|Third_Driver = [[Denny Hulme]]
|Third_Team = [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Third_Country = New Zealand
|Lapchart = {{F1Laps1970|MEX}}
}}

The '''1970 Mexican Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] motor race held at the [[Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez|Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca]] in [[Mexico City]] on October 25, 1970. It was race 13 of 13 in both the [[1970 World Championship of Drivers]] and the [[1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers]]. The 65-lap race was won by [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] driver [[Jacky Ickx]] after he started from third position. His teammate [[Clay Regazzoni]] finished second and [[McLaren]] driver [[Denny Hulme]] came in third.

Ickx was not able to close the points gap to the late [[Jochen Rindt]] in the final races of the season, and as a result, Rindt became the only driver ever to win the championship posthumously.

== Qualifying ==
=== Qualifying classification ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!Pos
!No
!Driver
!Constructor
!Time
!Gap
!Grid
|-
!1
|4
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Clay Regazzoni]]
|[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|'''1:41.86'''
|align=center| —
|1
|-
!2
|1
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
|[[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:41.88
| +0.02
|2
|-
!3
|3
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jacky Ickx]]
|[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|1:42.41
| +0.55
|3
|-
!4
|15
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Brabham]]
|[[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:43.57
| +1.71
|4
|-
!5
|12
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Chris Amon]]
|[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:43.71
| +1.85
|5
|-
!6
|6
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]
|[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
|1:43.82
| +1.96
|6
|-
!7
|19
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]
|[[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
|1:44.01
| +2.15
|7
|-
!8
|14
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Graham Hill]]
|[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:44.13
| +2.27
|8
|-
!9
|2
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[François Cevert]]
|[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:44.21
| +2.35
|9
|-
!10
|9
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Peter Gethin]]
|[[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:44.46
| +2.60
|10
|-
!11
|7
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Henri Pescarolo]]
|[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
|1:44.55
| +2.69
|11
|-
!12
|23
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Reine Wisell]]
|[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:44.59
| +2.73
|12
|-
!13
|20
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jackie Oliver]]
|[[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
|1:44.70
| +2.84
|13
|-
!14
|8
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Denny Hulme]]
|[[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:44.95
| +3.09
|14
|-
!15
|17
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[John Surtees]]
|[[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:45.03
| +3.17
|15
|-
!16
|11
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Jo Siffert]]
|[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:46.15
| +4.29
|16
|-
!17
|16
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Rolf Stommelen]]
|[[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:46.30
| +4.44
|17
|-
!18
|24
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
|[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:48.13
| +6.27
|18
|-
!colspan=8|Source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1970/mexique/qualification.aspx|title=Mexico 1970 - Qualification • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref>
|}

== Race ==
The race was originally scheduled to start at 2:30pm but the crowd of 200,000 was difficult to control and almost forced the cancellation of the race. They were crammed in front of the guard-rails, sat at the trackside and ran across the track itself. Despite appeals from [[Jackie Stewart]] and local hero [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]] they still remained troublesome. It cause the start to be delayed to 4:00pm.

From the start, [[Jacky Ickx]] led from Stewart and [[Clay Regazzoni]], but dropped back with steering column trouble. Later, a collision with a dog which had escaped onto the track damaged Stewart's suspension and forced his retirement, leaving the [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]s dominant in first and second. [[Jack Brabham]] retired from third place in his final Grand Prix when the engine blew on lap 53. The Ferraris romped home with Ickx leading Regazzoni and [[Denny Hulme]] claiming the third podium spot.

The crowd control issues led to the Mexican Grand Prix being dropped from the 1971 calendar. It returned to the Formula One calendar fifteen years later in [[1986 Mexican Grand Prix|1986]].

=== Classification ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Points
|-
! 1
| 3
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} '''[[Jacky Ickx]]'''
| '''[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]'''
| 65
| 1:53:28.36
| 3
| '''9'''
|-
! 2
| 4
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} '''[[Clay Regazzoni]]'''
| '''[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]'''
| 65
| + 24.64
| 1
| '''6'''
|-
! 3
| 8
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} '''[[Denny Hulme]]'''
| '''[[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 65
| + 45.97
| 14
| '''4'''
|-
! 4
| 12
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} '''[[Chris Amon]]'''
| '''[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 65
| + 47.05
| 5
| '''3'''
|-
! 5
| 6
| {{flagicon|France}} '''[[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]'''
| '''[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]'''
| 65
| + 50.11
| 6
| '''2'''
|-
! 6
| 19
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} '''[[Pedro Rodriguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodriguez]]'''
| '''[[BRM]]'''
| 65
| + 1:24.76
| 7
| '''1'''
|-
! 7
| 20
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Oliver]]
| [[BRM]]
| 64
| + 1 lap
| 13
|  
|-
! 8
| 17
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[John Surtees]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 64
| + 1 lap
| 15
|  
|-
! 9
| 7
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Henri Pescarolo]]
| [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
| 61
| + 4 laps
| 11
|  
|-
! NC
| 23
| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Reine Wisell]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 56
| + 9 laps
| 12
|  
|-
! Ret
| 15
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jack Brabham]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 52
| Engine
| 4
|  
|-
! Ret
| 1
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 33
| Suspension
| 2
|  
|-
! Ret
| 9
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Peter Gethin]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 27
| Engine
| 10
|  
|-
! Ret
| 16
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Rolf Stommelen]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 15
| Fuel system
| 17
|  
|-
! Ret
| 2
| {{flagicon|France}} [[François Cevert]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 8
| Engine
| 9
|  
|-
! Ret
| 14
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Graham Hill]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 4
| Overheating
| 8
|  
|-
! Ret
| 11
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Jo Siffert]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 3
| Engine
| 16
|  
|-
! Ret
| 24
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1
| Engine
| 18
|  
|-
!colspan="8"|{{center|Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1970/535/ |title=1970 Mexican Grand Prix |publisher=formula1.com |access-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029211108/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1970/535/ |archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref>}}
|}

== Notes ==

* This was the 10th podium finish for a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] driver.
* This was the 50th fastest lap set by a [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] (as a constructor and as an engine supplier); a record.
* This race marked the 126th and last Grand Prix start for [[Jack Brabham]]; a record that would be broken by [[Graham Hill]] at the [[1971 Monaco Grand Prix]].

==Championship standings after the race==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Drivers' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Driver
! Points
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Jochen Rindt]]
| align="left"| 45
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jacky Ickx]]
| align="left"| 40
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Clay Regazzoni]]
| align="left"| 33
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 2
|align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Denny Hulme]]
| align="left"| 27
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 5
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| align="left"| 25
|-
!colspan=4|Source:<ref name="Championship">{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1970/mexique/championnat.aspx|title=Mexico 1970 - Championship • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=19 March 2019}}</ref>
|}
{{col-2}}
;Constructors' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Constructor
! Points
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 59
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| align="left"| 52 (55)
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 48
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 35
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 5
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 35
|-
!colspan=4|Source:<ref name="Championship"/>
|}
{{col-end}}

*'''Note''': Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 6 results from the first 7 rounds and the best 5 results from the last 6 rounds counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

==References==
{{reflist | em30}}

{{F1 race report|
Name_of_race = [[Mexican Grand Prix]] |
Year_of_race = 1970 |
Previous_race_in_season = [[1970 United States Grand Prix]] |
Next_race_in_season = [[1971 South African Grand Prix]] |
Previous_year's_race = [[1969 Mexican Grand Prix]] |
Next_year's_race = [[1986 Mexican Grand Prix]]
}}
{{F1GP 70-79}}

[[Category:1970 Formula One races|Mexican Grand Prix]]
[[Category:Mexican Grand Prix]]
[[Category:1970 in Mexican motorsport]]
[[Category:October 1970 sports events in Mexico]]

1970 Dutch Grand Prix

2025-07-02T14:42:42Z

2A02:8084:F1BF:9D00:BC75:53C2:C62B:F7DF: /* Classification */

{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
|Type = F1
|Country = Netherlands
|Grand Prix = Dutch
|Date = June 21
|Year = 1970
|Image = Circuit Park Zandvoort-1948.svg
|Caption = Zandvoort original layout
|Official name = XVIII [[Dutch Grand Prix|Grote Prijs van Nederland]]
|Location = [[Circuit Zandvoort]], [[Zandvoort]], [[Netherlands]]
|Course = Permanent racing facility
|Course_mi = 2.605
|Course_km = 4.193
|Distance_laps = 90
|Distance_mi = 234.487
|Distance_km = 377.370
|Weather = Cloudy
|Pole_Driver = [[Jochen Rindt]]
|Pole_Team = [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Pole_Time = 1:18.5
|Pole_Country = Austria
|Fast_Driver = [[Jacky Ickx]]
|Fast_Team = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|Fast_Time = 1:19.23
|Fast_Lap = 22
|Fast_Country = Belgium
|First_Driver = [[Jochen Rindt]]
|First_Team = [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|First_Country = Austria
|Second_Driver = [[Jackie Stewart]]
|Second_Team = [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Second_Country= United Kingdom
|Third_Driver = [[Jacky Ickx]]
|Third_Team = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|Third_Country = Belgium
|Lapchart = {{F1Laps1970|NED}}
}}

The '''1970 Dutch Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] motor race held at [[Circuit Zandvoort|Zandvoort]] on June 21, 1970. It was race 5 of 13 in both the [[1970 World Championship of Drivers]] and the [[1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers]]. This race was held the same day as the [[1970 FIFA World Cup Final]] in [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]], but that event took place later in the day from this Grand Prix.

The race was won by Lotus-Ford driver [[Jochen Rindt]] in his new monocoque-chassis [[Lotus 72|Type 72]], a radical wedge shape first used on the 1968 Indianapolis Lotus, with inboard braking and torsion bar suspension, it represented a major technical advance, giving the driver superior ride and vision in a better ventilated seat. Rindt had only raced the car twice before (but in a different spec) and had preferred his old Lotus 49 in the preceding Monaco and Belgian rounds of the World Championship. Three years earlier the 72's predecessor; DFV-debutant [[Lotus 49|Type 49]] won in [[1967 Dutch Grand Prix|1967]] won first time out at exactly the same track with [[Jim Clark]] driving. Rindt, who opted to race the 72 without the complex anti-squat and anti-dive features, which he had never believed in, effortlessly dominated the practice and race putting little pressure on the car and not even having to use the maximum road width or line. The race also saw the debut of [[Clay Regazzoni]] with [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], who finished fourth.

==Report==
[[File:Start of 1970 Dutch Grand Prix.jpg|left|thumb|[[Jochen Rindt]] ahead of [[Jacky Ickx]] at the race start]]
[[Jacky Ickx]] led [[Jochen Rindt]] off the line. On lap 2, Rindt running on full tanks, with 50–55 gallons of petrol on board, put in his fastest lap of the race<ref>D. S. Jenkinson. 'The Dutch GP . A Tech Advance' in Motorsport August 1970. Retrieved 31/3/2019.</ref> and outbraked Ickx into the Tarzan hairpin, on the inside in a classic passing manoeuvre, at the start of lap 3. [[Colin Chapman]] had persisted with anti-squat and dive on [[John Miles (racing driver)|John Miles]]' [[Lotus 72]] which was fifth on the first lap and proved difficult to pass. This assisted [[Team Lotus]] as it was much easier for Rindt to thread past the four car duel for fifth on lap 29–32 than for Ickx or [[Jackie Stewart]] who spent 7 laps getting past [[Jack Brabham]], [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]], [[John Surtees]] and Miles<ref>Dutch GP. Motorsport August 1970. Retrieved 31/3/2019</ref> Miles in the second 72 was finally being passed by Beltoise on lap 49, when a large wave over the coast dunes saw Miles lose adhesion and Surtees did finally claim the 6th place and the final point by passing John Miles' Lotus, which was brakeless by then, 4 laps from the flag. However the race was marred by the violent fatal accident of British driver [[Piers Courage]] driving the [[Frank Williams Racing Cars|Frank Williams]]-entered [[De Tomaso]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] on lap 22, at Tunnel Oost, when his car's suspension was damaged after hitting a curb, and the car went straight up a grass embankment. It then somersaulted and exploded, and Courage had died instantly after being hit on the head by one of the car's front wheels. The flames were so intense, that trees surrounding the accident site, were lit up as a result. A similar accident occurred at the [[1973 Dutch Grand Prix|1973 race]], which claimed the life of [[Roger Williamson]].<ref name="motorsport">{{cite journal|title=The Dutch Grand Prix|journal=Motor Sport|date=August 2015|page=44|url=http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/august-1970/44/dutch-grand-prix-technical-step-forward|access-date=2015-07-31}}</ref>
[[File:Fatal accident at 1970 Dutch Grand Prix.jpg|thumb|right|Courage's fatal accident]]

== Qualifying ==

=== Qualifying classification ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Pos.
!Driver
!Constructor
!Time
!Grid
|-
!1
|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Jochen Rindt]]
|[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''1:18.50'''
|1
|-
!2
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
|[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:18.73
|2
|-
!3
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jacky Ickx]]
|[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|1:18.93
|3
|-
!4
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Chris Amon]]
|[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:19.25
|4
|-
!5
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jackie Oliver]]
|[[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
|1:19.30
|5
|-
!6
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Clay Regazzoni]]
|[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|1:19.48
|6
|-
!7
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]
|[[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
|1:20.07
|7
|-
!8
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[John Miles (racing driver)|John Miles]]
|[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:20.24
|8
|-
!9
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Piers Courage]]
|[[De Tomaso]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:20.32
|9
|-
!10
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]
|[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
|1:20.38
|10
|-
!11
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Peter Gethin]]
|[[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:20.41
|11
|-
!12
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Brabham]]
|[[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:20.76
|12
|-
!13
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Henri Pescarolo]]
|[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
|1:20.89
|13
|-
!14
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[John Surtees]]
|[[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:21.18
|14
|-
!15
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[François Cevert]]
|[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:21.18
|15
|-
!16
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ronnie Peterson]]
|[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:21.24
|16
|-
!17
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Jo Siffert]]
|[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:21.27
|17
|-
!18
|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[George Eaton (racing driver)|George Eaton]]
|[[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
|1:21.35
|18
|-
!19
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Dan Gurney]]
|[[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:21.36
|19
|-
!DNQ
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea de Adamich]]
|[[McLaren]]-[[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]]
|1:21.36
|—
|-
!21
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Graham Hill]]
|[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:21.75
|20
|-
!DNQ
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Rolf Stommelen]]
|[[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:22.34
|—
|-
!DNQ
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Pete Lovely]]
|[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:23.37
|—
|-
!DNQ
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Silvio Moser]]
|[[Bellasi]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:24.29
|—
|-
!colspan=8|Source: <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1970/pays-bas/qualification.aspx|title=Netherlands 1970 - Qualification • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=12 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1970/races/282/netherlands/qualifying-0.html|title=1970 Dutch Grand Prix - QUALIFYING|website=formula1.com|access-date=12 March 2021}}</ref>
|}

== Race ==

=== Classification ===
[[File:Rindt at 1970 Dutch Grand Prix.jpg|thumb|[[Jochen Rindt]] took the maiden victory for the revolutionary [[Lotus 72]].]]
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Points
|-
! 1
| 10
| {{flagicon|AUT}} '''[[Jochen Rindt]]'''
| '''[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 80
| 1:50:43.41
| 1
| '''9'''
|-
! 2
| 5
| {{flagicon|UK}} '''[[Jackie Stewart]]'''
| '''[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 80
| + 30.00
| 2
| '''6'''
|-
! 3
| 25
| {{flagicon|BEL}} '''[[Jacky Ickx]]'''
| '''[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]'''
| 79
| + 1 lap
| 3
| '''4'''
|-
! 4
| 26
| {{flagicon|SUI}} '''[[Clay Regazzoni]]'''
| '''[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]'''
| 79
| + 1 lap
| 6
| '''3'''
|-
! 5
| 23
| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]'''
| '''[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]'''
| 79
| + 1 lap
| 10
| '''2'''
|-
! 6
| 16
| {{flagicon|UK}} '''[[John Surtees]]'''
| '''[[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 79
| + 1 lap
| 14
| '''1'''
|-
! 7
| 12
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[John Miles (auto racer)|John Miles]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 78
| + 2 laps
| 8
|  
|-
! 8
| 24
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Henri Pescarolo]]
| [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
| 78
| + 2 laps
| 13
|  
|-
! 9
| 22
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ronnie Peterson]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 78
| + 2 laps
| 16
|  
|-
! 10
| 1
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]
| [[BRM]]
| 77
| + 3 laps
| 7
|  
|-
! 11
| 18
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Brabham]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 76
| + 4 laps
| 12
|  
|-
! NC
| 15
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Graham Hill]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 71
| + 9 laps
| 20
|  
|-
! Ret
| 6
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[François Cevert]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 31
| Engine
| 15
|  
|-
! Ret
| 3
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[George Eaton (racing driver)|George Eaton]]
| [[BRM]]
| 26
| Oil leak
| 18
|  
|-
! Ret
| 2
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Oliver]]
| [[BRM]]
| 23
| Engine
| 5
|  
|-
! Ret
| 4
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Piers Courage]]
| [[De Tomaso]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 22
| Fatal accident
| 9
|  
|-
! Ret
| 9
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Jo Siffert]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 22
| Engine
| 17
|  
|-
! Ret
| 20
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Peter Gethin]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 18
| Accident
| 11
|  
|-
! Ret
| 32
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dan Gurney]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 2
| Engine
| 19
|  
|-
! Ret
| 8
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Chris Amon]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1
| Clutch
| 4
|  
|-
! DNQ
| 21
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea de Adamich]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Alfa Romeo (Formula One)|Alfa Romeo]]
|  
|
|
|  
|-
! DNQ
| 19
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Rolf Stommelen]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|  
|
|
|  
|-
! DNQ
| 31
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pete Lovely]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|  
|
|
|  
|-
! DNQ
| 29
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Silvio Moser]]
| [[Bellasi]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
!colspan="8"|{{center|Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1970/529/ |title=1970 Dutch Grand Prix |publisher=formula1.com |access-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824193219/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1970/529/ |archive-date=24 August 2014}}</ref>}}
|}

==Notes==
*This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British driver and future Grand Prix winner [[Peter Gethin]] and for Swiss driver and future Grand Prix winner [[Clay Regazzoni]].
* This was the first win for the [[Lotus 72]].
* This race marked the 10th podium finish for an [[Austria|Austrian]] driver.
* This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Swiss constructor [[Bellasi]].
* For the first time since the [[1968 French Grand Prix]], a [[Cosworth|Ford]]-powered car did not set the fastest lap during the race. This ended a record streak of 21 consecutive fastest laps set by a Ford-powered car.

==Championship standings after the race==
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}
;Drivers' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Driver
! Points
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| align="left"| 19
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 2
|align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Jochen Rindt]]
| align="left"| 18
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 2
|align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Brabham]]
| align="left"| 15
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]
| align="left"| 10
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 5
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Denny Hulme]]
| align="left"| 9
|-
!colspan=4|Source: <ref name="champ">{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1970/pays-bas/championnat.aspx|title=Netherlands 1970 - Championship • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref>
|}
{{col-2}}
;Constructors' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Constructor
! Points
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 25
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 2
|align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 23
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 17
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 16
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 5
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
| align="left"| 13
|-
!colspan=4|Source: <ref name="champ"/>
|}
{{col-end}}

*'''Note''': Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

==References==
{{reflist | 30em}}

{{F1 race report|
Name_of_race = [[Dutch Grand Prix]] |
Year_of_race = 1970 |
Previous_race_in_season = [[1970 Belgian Grand Prix]] |
Next_race_in_season = [[1970 French Grand Prix]] |
Previous_year's_race = [[1969 Dutch Grand Prix]] |
Next_year's_race = [[1971 Dutch Grand Prix]]
}}
{{F1GP 70-79}}

[[Category:1970 Formula One races|Dutch Grand Prix]]
[[Category:Dutch Grand Prix]]
[[Category:1970 in Dutch motorsport]]
[[Category:June 1970 sports events in Europe]]

1970 Belgian Grand Prix

2025-07-02T14:40:13Z

2A02:8084:F1BF:9D00:BC75:53C2:C62B:F7DF: /* Classification */

{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
|Type = F1
|Country = Belgium
|Grand Prix = Belgian
|Date = 7 June
|Year = 1970
|Image = Spa 1950.jpg
|Caption =
|Official name = XXIX [[Belgian Grand Prix|Grand Prix de Belgique]]
|Location = [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps]], Francorchamps, [[Spa, Belgium|Spa]], [[Belgium]]
|Course = Permanent racing facility
|Course_mi = 8.761
|Course_km = 14.100
|Distance_laps = 28
|Distance_mi = 245.317
|Distance_km = 394.800
|Pole_Driver = [[Jackie Stewart]]
|Pole_Team = [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Pole_Time = 3:28.0
|Pole_Country = United Kingdom
|Fast_Driver = [[Chris Amon]]
|Fast_Team = [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Fast_Time = 3:27.4
|Fast_Lap = 27
|Fast_Country = New Zealand
|First_Driver = [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]
|First_Team = [[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
|First_Country = Mexico
|Second_Driver = [[Chris Amon]]
|Second_Team = [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Second_Country= New Zealand
|Third_Driver = [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]
|Third_Team = [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
|Third_Country = France
|Lapchart = {{F1Laps1970|BEL}}
}}
The '''1970 Belgian Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] motor race held at [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps|Spa-Francorchamps]] on 7 June 1970. It was race 4 of 13 in both the [[1970 World Championship of Drivers]] and the [[1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers]].

[[March Engineering|March]] driver [[Chris Amon]] set the new lap record at this race, at a speed of 152 miles an hour. Race winner [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]] had set a 160 miles an hour lap in a sports car race the week before the Grand Prix. It was also Rodriguez's last victory in Formula One, and [[BRM]]'s first victory since [[Jackie Stewart]] won the [[1966 Monaco Grand Prix]]. This was the second Formula One win ever for a [[Formula One drivers from Mexico|Mexican driver]], and the last until the [[2020 Sakhir Grand Prix]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/mexico/victoire.aspx|title=Mexico - Wins|website=statsf1.com|access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref> The race also saw the debut of [[Ignazio Giunti]], who finished fourth in a [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]].

This was the last Formula One race to be held on the original [[Spa Francorchamps|Spa]] circuit. It was also the last Formula One victory for [[Dunlop Rubber|Dunlop]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.formula1-dictionary.net/tire_supplier_history.html|title=F1 tire supplier stats|website=formula1-dictionary.net|access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref>

== Qualifying ==

=== Qualifying classification ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Pos.
!Driver
!Constructor
!Time
!Grid
|-
!1
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
|[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''3:28.0'''
|1
|-
!2
|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Jochen Rindt]]
|[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|3:30.1
|2
|-
!3
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Chris Amon]]
|[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|3:30.3
|3
|-
!4
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jacky Ickx]]
|[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|3:30.7
|4
|-
!5
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Brabham]]
|[[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|3:31.5
|5
|-
!6
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]
|[[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
|3:31.6
|6
|-
!7
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Rolf Stommelen]]
|[[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|3:32.0
|7
|-
!8
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ignazio Giunti]]
|[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|3:32.4
|8
|-
!9
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ronnie Peterson]]
|[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|3:32.8
|9
|-
!10
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Jo Siffert]]
|[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|3:32.9
|10
|-
!11
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]
|[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
|3:32.9
|11
|-
!12
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Piers Courage]]
|[[De Tomaso]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|3:33.0
|12
|-
!13
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[John Miles (racing driver)|John Miles]]
|[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|3:33.8
|13
|-
!14
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jackie Oliver]]
|[[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
|3:34.2
|14
|-
!15
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Derek Bell (racing driver)|Derek Bell]]
|[[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|3:36.2
|15
|-
!16
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Graham Hill]]
|[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|3:37.0
|16
|-
!17
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Henri Pescarolo]]
|[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
|3:37.1
|17
|-
!DNQ
|{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Alex Soler-Roig]]
|[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|3:52.7
|—
|-
!colspan=8|Source: <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1970/belgique/qualification.aspx|title=Belgium 1970 - Qualification • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=12 March 2021}}</ref>
|}

== Race ==

=== Classification ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Points
|-
! 1
| 1
| {{flagicon|MEX}} '''[[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]'''
| '''[[British Racing Motors|BRM]]'''
| 28
| 1:38:09.9
| 6
| '''9'''
|-
! 2
| 10
| {{flagicon|NZL}} '''[[Chris Amon]]'''
| '''[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 28
| + 1.1
| 3
| '''6'''
|-
! 3
| 25
| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]'''
| '''[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]'''
| 28
| + 1:43.7
| 11
| '''4'''
|-
! 4
| 28
| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Ignazio Giunti]]'''
| '''[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]'''
| 28
| + 2:38.5
| 8
| '''3'''
|-
! 5
| 19
| {{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Rolf Stommelen]]'''
| '''[[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 28
| + 3:31.8
| 7
| '''2'''
|-
! 6
| 26
| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Henri Pescarolo]]'''
| '''[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]'''
| 27
| Electrical
| 17
| '''1'''
|-
! 7
| 9
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Jo Siffert]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 26
| Fuel pressure
| 10
|  
|-
! 8
| 27
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jacky Ickx]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 26
| + 2 laps
| 4
|  
|-
! NC
| 14
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ronnie Peterson]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 20
| + 8 laps
| 9
|  
|-
! Ret
| 18
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Brabham]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 19
| Clutch
| 5
|  
|-
! Ret
| 23
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Graham Hill]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 19
| Engine
| 16
|  
|-
! Ret
| 11
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 14
| Engine
| 1
|  
|-
! Ret
| 21
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[John Miles (auto racer)|John Miles]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 13
| Gearbox
| 13
|  
|-
! Ret
| 20
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Jochen Rindt]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 10
| Engine
| 2
|  
|-
! Ret
| 2
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Oliver]]
| [[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
| 7
| Engine
| 14
|  
|-
! Ret
| 7
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Piers Courage]]
| [[De Tomaso]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 4
| Oil pressure
| 12
|  
|-
! Ret
| 8
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Derek Bell (auto racer)|Derek Bell]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1
| Gearbox
| 15
|  
|-
! DNS
| 22
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Alex Soler-Roig]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|
| Completed insufficient laps in practice
|
|
|-
!colspan="8"|{{center|Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1970/528/ |title=1970 Belgian Grand Prix |publisher=formula1.com |access-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031021332/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1970/528/ |archive-date=31 October 2013}}</ref>}}
|}

== Notes ==

* This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Italian driver [[Ignazio Giunti]].
* This was the 100th Formula One World Championship Grand Prix for a [[Sweden|Swedish]] driver. In those 100 races, Swedish drivers had won 1 Grand Prix, had achieved 1 podium finish and 1 pole position.
* This race marked the 5th podium finish for a [[Mexico|Mexican]] driver.
* This was the first fastest lap set by a [[March Engineering|March]].
* For the first time since the [[1968 French Grand Prix]], a [[Cosworth|Ford]]-powered car did not win the race. This ended a record streak of 20 consecutive Grand Prix wins by a Ford-powered car.

==Championship standings after the race==
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}
;Drivers' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Driver
! Points
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Brabham]]
| align="left"| 15
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| align="left"| 13
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 9
|align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]
| align="left"| 10
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Jochen Rindt]]
| align="left"| 9
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 5
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Denny Hulme]]
| align="left"| 9
|-
!colspan=4|Source: <ref name="champ">{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1970/belgique/championnat.aspx|title=Belgium 1970 - Championship • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=12 March 2019}}</ref>
|}
{{col-2}}
;Constructors' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Constructor
! Points
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 3
|align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 19
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 17
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 15
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 14
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 5
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
| align="left"| 11
|-
!colspan=4|Source: <ref name="champ"/>
|}
{{col-end}}

*'''Note''': Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

{{F1 race report|
Name_of_race = [[Belgian Grand Prix]] |
Year_of_race = 1970 |
Previous_race_in_season = [[1970 Monaco Grand Prix]] |
Next_race_in_season = [[1970 Dutch Grand Prix]] |
Previous_year's_race = [[1968 Belgian Grand Prix]] |
Next_year's_race = [[1972 Belgian Grand Prix]] Next race at Spa-Francorchamps: [[1983 Belgian Grand Prix]]
}}
{{F1GP 70-79}}

[[Category:1970 Formula One races|Belgian Grand Prix]]
[[Category:Belgian Grand Prix]]
[[Category:1970 in Belgian motorsport|Grand Prix]]
[[Category:June 1970 sports events in Europe]]

1971 Austrian Grand Prix

2025-07-02T14:35:00Z

2A02:8084:F1BF:9D00:BC75:53C2:C62B:F7DF: /* Race */

{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
|Type = F1
|Country = Austria
|Grand Prix = Austrian
|Image = Österreichring 1969-1976.svg
|Caption = The Österreichring (in 1971)
|Date = 15 August
|Year = 1971
|Official name = IX [[Austrian Grand Prix|Großer Preis von Österreich]]
|Location = [[Österreichring]], [[Spielberg, Styria|Spielberg]], [[Styria]], [[Austria]]
|Course = Permanent racing facility
|Course_mi = 3.673
|Course_km = 5.911
|Distance_laps = 54
|Distance_mi = 198.686
|Distance_km = 317.347
|Weather = Dry
|Pole_Driver = [[Jo Siffert]]
|Pole_Team = [[BRM]]
|Pole_Time = 1:37.44
|Pole_Country = SUI
|Fast_Driver = [[Jo Siffert]]
|Fast_Team = [[BRM]]
|Fast_Time = 1:38.47
|Fast_Lap =
|Fast_Country = SUI
|First_Driver = [[Jo Siffert]]
|First_Team = [[BRM]]
|First_Country = SUI
|Second_Driver = [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
|Second_Team = [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Second_Country = BRA
|Third_Driver = [[Tim Schenken]]
|Third_Team = [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Third_Country = AUS
|Lapchart = {{F1Laps1971|AUT}}
}}

The '''1971 Austrian Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] motor race held at [[Österreichring]] on 15 August 1971. It was race 8 of 11 in both the [[1971 World Championship of Drivers]] and the [[1971 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Zeltweg-1971-08-15e.jpg|title=1971 Austrian Grand Prix Entry list}}</ref> The 54-lap race was won by [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] driver [[Jo Siffert]] after he started from pole position. [[Emerson Fittipaldi]] finished second for the [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] team and [[Brabham]] driver [[Tim Schenken]] came in third. This was the debut race of the future world champion [[Niki Lauda]].

== Race report ==

[[Jo Siffert]] in a [[BRM P160]] took a surprise pole position from [[Jackie Stewart]] and led away at the start from [[Clay Regazzoni]] and [[Jacky Ickx]]. The front two drew away from the pack, where Regazzoni was duelling with [[François Cevert]] and Ickx was dropping back with mechanical problems. On lap 21, Stewart with a poorly handling car allowed Cevert through so he could chase Siffert. Further down the field, there were two [[Brabham]]-[[Team Lotus|Lotus]] battles, with [[Tim Schenken]] duelling with [[Emerson Fittipaldi]] and [[Reine Wisell]] trading places with [[Graham Hill]]. By lap 32, Ickx had retired with a spark plug problem, Regazzoni had an engine blow up and Fittipaldi had passed Schenken and set about catching Stewart.

On lap 36, Stewart's race ended with a violent accident - his left rear driveshaft broke and the wheel was torn off. He emerged unhurt to be greeted as World Champion following Ickx's retirement. Cevert was chasing down Siffert, but with 12 laps to go his gearbox exploded.

Fittipaldi was now carving chunks out the [[BRM]]'s lead, due to a left-rear puncture for the Swiss. However he managed to nurse the ailing car home for a popular victory by 4 seconds. Schenken was 3rd, with Wisell pipping Hill for 4th place - the Englishman was another to suffer a puncture in the dying stages and [[Henri Pescarolo]] finished 6th in his [[March Engineering|March]]. Stewart won the Drivers' Championship with 3 races left to go.

== Classification ==

=== Qualifying ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
|-
! Pos
! No
! Driver
! Constructor
! Time
! Gap
|-
! 1
| 14
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Jo Siffert]]
| [[BRM]]
| 1:37.44
| align="center" | —
|-
! 2
| 11
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:37.65
| +0.21
|-
! 3
| 12
| {{flagicon|France}} [[François Cevert]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:37.86
| +0.42
|-
! 4
| 5
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Clay Regazzoni]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 1:37.90
| +0.46
|-
! 5
| 2
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:37.90
| +0.46
|-
! 6
| 4
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Jacky Ickx]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 1:38.27
| +0.83
|-
! 7
| 8
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Tim Schenken]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:38.64
| +1.20
|-
! 8
| 7
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Graham Hill]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:38.70
| +1.26
|-
! 9
| 9
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Denny Hulme]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:38.80
| +1.36
|-
! 10
| 3
| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Reine Wisell]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:38.95
| +1.51
|-
! 11
| 17
| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Ronnie Peterson]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:39.01
| +1.57
|-
! 12
| 24
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Rolf Stommelen]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:39.08
| +1.64
|-
! 13
| 25
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Henri Pescarolo]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:39.09
| +1.65
|-
! 14
| 15
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Howden Ganley]]
| [[BRM]]
| 1:39.46
| +2.02
|-
! 15
| 19
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Nanni Galli]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]]
| 1:39.54
| +2.10
|-
! 16
| 23
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Peter Gethin]]
| [[BRM]]
| 1:39.67
| +2.23
|-
! 17
| 16
| {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Helmut Marko]]
| [[BRM]]
| 1:39.80
| +2.36
|-
! 18
| 22
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[John Surtees]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:40.37
| +2.93
|-
! 19
| 27
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Mike Beuttler]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:41.46
| +4.02
|-
! 20
| 28
| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Jo Bonnier]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:41.66
| +4.22
|-
! 21
| 26
| {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Niki Lauda]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:43.68
| +6.24
|-
! 22
| 10
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Jackie Oliver]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:44.22
| +6.78
|-
! colspan=6 | Source:<ref>{{cite book | last=Pritchard | first=Anthony | title=The Motor Racing Year No3 | year=1972 | isbn=0393085023}}</ref>
|}

=== Race ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Points
|-
! 1
| 14
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} '''[[Jo Siffert]]'''
| '''[[BRM]]'''
| 54
| 1:30:23.91
| 1
| '''9'''
|-
! 2
| 2
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Emerson Fittipaldi]]'''
| '''[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 54
| + 4.12
| 5
| '''6'''
|-
! 3
| 8
| {{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Tim Schenken]]'''
| '''[[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 54
| + 19.77
| 7
| '''4'''
|-
! 4
| 3
| {{flagicon|Sweden}} '''[[Reine Wisell]]'''
| '''[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 54
| + 31.87
| 10
| '''3'''
|-
! 5
| 7
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Graham Hill]]'''
| '''[[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 54
| + 48.43
| 8
| '''2'''
|-
! 6
| 25
| {{flagicon|France}} '''[[Henri Pescarolo]]'''
| '''[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 54
| + 1:24.51
| 13
| '''1'''
|-
! 7
| 24
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Rolf Stommelen]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 54
| + 1:37.42
| 12
|  
|-
! 8
| 17
| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Ronnie Peterson]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 53
| + 1 lap
| 11
|  
|-
! 9
| 10
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Jackie Oliver]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 53
| + 1 lap
| 22
|  
|-
! 10
| 23
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Peter Gethin]]
| [[BRM]]
| 52
| + 2 laps
| 16
|  
|-
! 11
| 16
| {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Helmut Marko]]
| [[BRM]]
| 52
| + 2 laps
| 17
|  
|-
! 12
| 19
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Nanni Galli]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]]
| 51
| + 3 laps
| 15
|  
|-
! NC
| 27
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Mike Beuttler]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 47
| + 7 laps
| 19
|  
|-
! Ret
| 12
| {{flagicon|France}} [[François Cevert]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 42
| Engine
| 3
|  
|-
! Ret
| 11
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 35
| Halfshaft
| 2
|  
|-
! Ret
| 4
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Jacky Ickx]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 31
| Engine
| 6
|  
|-
! Ret
| 26
| {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Niki Lauda]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 20
| Handling
| 21
|  
|-
! Ret
| 22
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[John Surtees]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 12
| Engine
| 18
|  
|-
! Ret
| 5
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Clay Regazzoni]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 8
| Engine
| 4
|  
|-
! Ret
| 15
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Howden Ganley]]
| [[BRM]]
| 5
| Ignition
| 14
|  
|-
! Ret
| 9
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Denny Hulme]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 4
| Engine
| 9
|  
|-
! DNS
| 28
| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Jo Bonnier]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 0
| Fuel leak
| 20
|  
|-
!colspan="8"|{{center|Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1971/521/ |title=1971 Austrian Grand Prix |publisher=formula1.com |access-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017005208/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1971/521/ |archive-date=17 October 2013}}</ref>}}
|}

== Notes ==

* This was the Formula One World Championship debut for future World Champion and Austrian driver [[Niki Lauda]].
* This race saw the first Grand Slam for a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] driver.
* This was the 10th pole position for a [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] and for a BRM-powered car.

==Championship standings after the race==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Drivers' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Driver
! Points
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| align="left"| 51
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jacky Ickx]]
| align="left"| 19
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ronnie Peterson]]
| align="left"| 17
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 3
|align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
| align="left"| 16
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 7
|align="center"| 5
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Jo Siffert]]
| align="left"| 13
|-
!colspan=4|Source:<ref name="champ">{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1971/autriche/championnat.aspx|title=Austria 1971 - Championship • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref>
|}
{{col-2}}
;Constructors' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Constructor
! Points
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 51
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| align="left"| 32
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 2
|align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
| align="left"| 21
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 19
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 2
|align="center"| 5
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 18
|-
!colspan=4|Source:<ref name="champ"/>
|}
{{col-end}}

*'''Note''': Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

==References==
{{reflist | 30em}}

{{F1 race report|
Name_of_race = [[Austrian Grand Prix]] |
Year_of_race = 1971 |
Previous_race_in_season = [[1971 German Grand Prix]] |
Next_race_in_season = [[1971 Italian Grand Prix]] |
Previous_year's_race = [[1970 Austrian Grand Prix]] |
Next_year's_race = [[1972 Austrian Grand Prix]]
}}
{{F1GP 70-79}}

[[Category:1971 Formula One races|Austrian Grand Prix]]
[[Category:1971 in Austrian motorsport|Grand Prix]]
[[Category:Austrian Grand Prix]]

1971 British Grand Prix

2025-07-02T14:30:28Z

2A02:8084:F1BF:9D00:BC75:53C2:C62B:F7DF: /* Race */

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
|Type = F1
|Country = United Kingdom
|Grand Prix = British
|Date = 17 July
|Year = 1971
|Race_No = 6
|Season_No = 11
|Image = Silverstone Circuit 1952 to 1974.png
|Caption = The [[Silverstone Circuit]] (1952–1974)
|Official name = XXIV The Woolmark [[British Grand Prix]]<ref>{{cite web |title=1971 Formula 1 World Championship Programmes |url=http://www.progcovers.com/motor/f11971.html |website=The Programme Covers Project |access-date=28 January 2019}}</ref>
|Location = [[Silverstone Circuit]], [[Northamptonshire]] and [[Buckinghamshire]], [[England]]
|Course = Permanent racing facility
|Course_mi = 2.927
|Course_km = 4.711
|Distance_laps = 68
|Distance_mi = 199.036
|Distance_km = 320.348
|Weather = Overcast, dry
|Pole_Driver = [[Clay Regazzoni]]
|Pole_Team = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|Pole_Time = 1:18.1
|Pole_Country = Switzerland
|Fast_Driver = [[Jackie Stewart]]
|Fast_Team = [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Fast_Time = 1:19.9
|Fast_Country = United Kingdom
|First_Driver = [[Jackie Stewart]]
|First_Team = [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|First_Country = United Kingdom
|Second_Driver = [[Ronnie Peterson]]
|Second_Team = [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Second_Country= Sweden
|Third_Driver = [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
|Third_Team = [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Third_Country = Brazil
|Lapchart = {{F1Laps1971|GBR}}
}}

The '''1971 British Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] motor race held at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]] on 17 July 1971. It was race 6 of 11 in both the [[1971 World Championship of Drivers]] and the [[1971 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers]]. The 68-lap race was won by [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] driver [[Jackie Stewart]] after he started from second position. [[Ronnie Peterson]] finished second for the [[March Engineering|March]] team and [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] driver [[Emerson Fittipaldi]] came in third.

== Race report ==

On one of the fastest circuits on the calendar, horsepower counted for everything. [[Clay Regazzoni]], driving for [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], gained pole with a scorching lap of 1 min 18.1 secs, beating [[Jackie Stewart]] in a [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] and [[Jo Siffert]] in a [[BRM]] by just a couple of hundredths of a second. BRM were mourning the loss of [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]] in a sports car race a few days earlier.

The start itself was a shambles, with a bungled flag drop causing a collision between [[Jackie Oliver]] and [[Graham Hill]], for which Oliver was fined £50. Regazzoni led away from [[Jacky Ickx]] and Stewart, but after just one lap Stewart had passed Ickx, with Siffert following him. On lap 4, Stewart passed Regazzoni and disappeared into the distance. By lap 10 he was over 3 seconds ahead. In the points positions, [[Emerson Fittipaldi]], [[Ronnie Peterson]] and [[Tim Schenken]] were having a memorable tussle. Regazzoni repassed Siffert who was suffering from vibration problems on lap 15, but the BRM driver managed to hang on to the back of the Ferrari for several more laps. Stewart increased his lead to 14 seconds and by lap 20 he was ahead by 18 seconds. Ickx dropped out of fourth place with rubber breaking off from his front left tyre, and Siffert dropped way down with a broken coil bracket. The battle between Peterson, Schenken and Fittipaldi moved up into 3rd, 4th and 5th places.

On lap 48, tyre problems struck Regazzoni and further problems ensued when he tried to leave the pits after his tyre change to find his engine had no oil pressure. Schenken too dropped down the field with gearbox problems and retired completely when it jammed for good 4 laps from home.

[[Henri Pescarolo]] and [[Rolf Stommelen]] thus moved up into the battle for 4th and 5th, duelling right to the line, with Pescarolo winning out by just 0.5 seconds. [[John Surtees]] gained 6th place.

Stewart took a commanding home win and extended his lead in the Championship to 23 points.

== Classification ==

=== Qualifying ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
|-
! Pos
! No
! Driver
! Constructor
! Time
! Gap
|-
! 1
| 5
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Clay Regazzoni]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 1:18.1
| align="center" | —
|-
! 2
| 12
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:18.1
| +0.0
|-
! 3
| 16
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Jo Siffert]]
| [[BRM]]
| 1:18.2
| +0.1
|-
! 4
| 1
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:18.3
| +0.2
|-
! 5
| 18
| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Ronnie Peterson]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:19.0
| +0.9
|-
! 6
| 4
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Jacky Ickx]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 1:19.5
| +1.4
|-
! 7
| 8
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Tim Schenken]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:19.5
| +1.4
|-
! 8
| 9
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Denny Hulme]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:19.6
| +1.5
|-
! 9
| 21
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Chris Amon]]
| [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
| 1:19.7
| +1.6
|-
! 10
| 14
| {{flagicon|France}} [[François Cevert]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:19.8
| +1.7
|-
! 11
| 17
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Howden Ganley]]
| [[BRM]]
| 1:19.84
| +1.74
|-
! 12
| 24
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Rolf Stommelen]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:19.88
| +1.78
|-
! 13
| 2
|{{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} [[Dave Charlton]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.05
| +1.95
|-
! 14
| 10
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Peter Gethin]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.1
| +2.0
|-
! 15
| 22
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]
| [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
| 1:20.2
| +2.1
|-
! 16
| 7
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Graham Hill]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.3
| +2.2
|-
! 17
| 26
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Henri Pescarolo]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.5
| +2.4
|-
! 18
| 23
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[John Surtees]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.6
| +2.5
|-
! 19
| 3
| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Reine Wisell]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Pratt & Whitney]]
| 1:20.66
| +2.56
|-
! 20
| 6
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Mike Beuttler]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.7
| +2.6
|-
! 21
| 20
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Nanni Galli]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.9
| +2.8
|-
! 22
| 11
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Oliver]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:21.0
| +2.9
|-
! 23
| 25
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Derek Bell (auto racer)|Derek Bell]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:22.3
| +4.2
|-
! 24
| 19
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Andrea de Adamich]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Alfa Romeo (Formula One)|Alfa Romeo]]
| 1:23.2
| +5.1
|-
! colspan=6 | Source:<ref>{{cite book | last=Pritchard | first=Anthony | title=The Motor Racing Year No3 | year=1972 | isbn=0393085023}}</ref>
|}

=== Race ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Points
|-
! 1
| 12
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Jackie Stewart]]'''
| '''[[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 68
| 1:31:31.5
| 2
| '''9'''
|-
! 2
| 18
| {{flagicon|Sweden}} '''[[Ronnie Peterson]]'''
| '''[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 68
| + 36.1
| 5
| '''6'''
|-
! 3
| 1
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Emerson Fittipaldi]]'''
| '''[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 68
| + 50.5
| 4
| '''4'''
|-
! 4
| 26
| {{flagicon|France}} '''[[Henri Pescarolo]]'''
| '''[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 67
| + 1 lap
| 17
| '''3'''
|-
! 5
| 24
| {{flagicon|Germany}} '''[[Rolf Stommelen]]'''
| '''[[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 67
| + 1 lap
| 12
| '''2'''
|-
! 6
| 23
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[John Surtees]]'''
| '''[[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 67
| + 1 lap
| 18
| '''1'''
|-
! 7
| 22
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]
| [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
| 66
| + 2 laps
| 15
|  
|-
! 8
| 17
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Howden Ganley]]
| [[BRM]]
| 66
| + 2 laps
| 11
|  
|-
! 9
| 16
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Jo Siffert]]
| [[BRM]]
| 66
| + 2 laps
| 3
|  
|-
! 10
| 14
| {{flagicon|France}} [[François Cevert]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 65
| + 3 laps
| 10
|  
|-
! 11
| 20
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Nanni Galli]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 65
| + 3 laps
| 21
|  
|-
! 12
| 8
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Tim Schenken]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 63
| Gearbox
| 7
|  
|-
! NC
| 3
| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Reine Wisell]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Pratt & Whitney]]
| 57
| + 11 laps
| 19
|  
|-
! NC
| 19
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Andrea de Adamich]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Alfa Romeo (Formula One)|Alfa Romeo]]
| 56
| + 12 laps
| 24
|  
|-
! Ret
| 10
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Peter Gethin]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 53
| Engine
| 14
|  
|-
! Ret
| 4
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Jacky Ickx]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 51
| Engine
| 6
|  
|-
! Ret
| 5
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Clay Regazzoni]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 48
| Oil pressure
| 1
|  
|-
! Ret
| 21
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Chris Amon]]
| [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
| 35
| Engine
| 9
|  
|-
! Ret
| 9
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Denny Hulme]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 32
| Engine
| 8
|  
|-
! Ret
| 25
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Derek Bell (auto racer)|Derek Bell]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 23
| Suspension
| 23
|  
|-
! Ret
| 6
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Mike Beuttler]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 21
| Oil pressure
| 20
|  
|-
! Ret
| 2
|{{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} [[Dave Charlton]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1
| Engine
| 13
|  
|-
! Ret
| 7
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Graham Hill]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 0
| Accident
| 22
|  
|-
! Ret
| 11
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Oliver]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 0
| Accident
| 16
|  
|-
!colspan="8"|{{center|Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1971/519/ |title=1971 British Grand Prix |publisher=formula1.com |access-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017004248/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1971/519/ |archive-date=17 October 2013}}</ref>}}
|}

== Notes ==

* This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British driver [[Mike Beuttler]].
* This race saw the 10th podium finish for a [[March Engineering|March]].

==Championship standings after the race==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Drivers' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Driver
! Points
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| align="left"| 42
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jacky Ickx]]
| align="left"| 19
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 2
|align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ronnie Peterson]]
| align="left"| 15
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 5
|align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
| align="left"| 10
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 2
|align="center"| 5
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mario Andretti]]
| align="left"| 9
|-
!colspan=4|Source:<ref name="champ">{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1971/grande-bretagne/championnat.aspx|title=Britain 1971 - Championship • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=13 March 2019}}</ref>
|}
{{col-2}}
;Constructors' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Constructor
! Points
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 42
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| align="left"| 28
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 15
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 13
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 2
|align="center"| 5
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
| align="left"| 12
|-
!colspan=4|Source:<ref name="champ"/>
|}
{{col-end}}

*'''Note''': Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

==References==
{{Reflist | 30em}}

{{F1 race report|
Name_of_race = [[British Grand Prix]] |
Year_of_race = 1971 |
Previous_race_in_season = [[1971 French Grand Prix]] |
Next_race_in_season = [[1971 German Grand Prix]] |
Previous_year's_race = [[1970 British Grand Prix]] |
Next_year's_race = [[1972 British Grand Prix]]
}}
{{F1GP 70-79}}

[[Category:1971 Formula One races|British Grand Prix]]
[[Category:British Grand Prix]]
[[Category:1971 in British motorsport|Grand Prix]]

1971 Spanish Grand Prix

2025-07-02T14:27:15Z

2A02:8084:F1BF:9D00:BC75:53C2:C62B:F7DF: /* Race */

{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
|Type = F1
|Country = Spain
|Flag_suffix = 1945
|Grand Prix = Spanish
|Date = April 18
|Year = 1971
|Image = Montjuïc circuit.svg
|Caption = The [[Montjuïc circuit|Montjuïc Circuit]] (1966–1975)
|Official name = XVII [[Spanish Grand Prix|Gran Premio de España]]
|Location = [[Montjuïc circuit]], [[Montjuïc]], [[Barcelona]], [[Catalonia]], [[Spain]]
|Course = Street Circuit
|Course_mi = 2.356
|Course_km = 3.791
|Distance_laps = 75
|Distance_mi = 176.671
|Distance_km = 284.325
|Weather = Sunny, Hot, Dry
|Pole_Driver = [[Jacky Ickx]]
|Pole_Team = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|Pole_Time = 1:25.9
|Pole_Country = Belgium
|Fast_Driver = [[Jacky Ickx]]
|Fast_Team = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|Fast_Time = 1:25.1
|Fast_Lap = 69
|Fast_Country = Belgium
|First_Driver = [[Jackie Stewart]]
|First_Team = [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|First_Country = United Kingdom
|Second_Driver = [[Jacky Ickx]]
|Second_Team = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|Second_Country= Belgium
|Third_Driver = [[Chris Amon]]
|Third_Team = [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
|Third_Country = New Zealand
|Lapchart = {{F1Laps1971|ESP}}
}}

The '''1971 Spanish Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] [[motor race]] held at the [[Montjuïc circuit]] on April 18, 1971. It was race 2 of 11 in both the [[1971 World Championship of Drivers]] and the [[1971 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Montjuich-1971-04-18e.jpg|title=1971 Spanish Grand Prix Entry list}}</ref> The 75-lap race was won by [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] driver [[Jackie Stewart]] after he started from fourth position. [[Jacky Ickx]] finished second for the [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] team and [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]] driver [[Chris Amon]] came in third.

This was notably the first Formula One race in which [[slick tyres]] were used. The tyres were introduced by [[Firestone Tire and Rubber Company|Firestone]], based on its experience in [[American Championship Car Racing|American open wheel racing series]]. The race itself was held in the morning.

== Classification ==

=== Qualifying ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
|-
! Pos
! No
! Driver
! Constructor
! Time
! Gap
|-
! 1
| 4
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jacky Ickx]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 1:25.9
| align="center" | —
|-
! 2
| 5
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Clay Regazzoni]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 1:26.0
| +0.1
|-
! 3
| 20
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Chris Amon]]
| [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
| 1:26.0
| +0.1
|-
! 4
| 11
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:26.2
| +0.3
|-
! 5
| 14
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]
| [[BRM]]
| 1:26.5
| +0.6
|-
! 6
| 21
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]
| [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
| 1:26.6
| +0.7
|-
! 7
| 10
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Peter Gethin]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:26.8
| +0.9
|-
! 8
| 6
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mario Andretti]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 1:26.9
| +1.0
|-
! 9
| 9
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Denny Hulme]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:27.1
| +1.2
|-
! 10
| 15
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Jo Siffert]]
| [[BRM]]
| 1:27.3
| +1.4
|-
! 11
| 27
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Henri Pescarolo]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:27.5
| +1.6
|-
! 12
| 12
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[François Cevert]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:27.7
| +1.8
|-
! 13
| 18
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ronnie Peterson]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:27.8
| +1.9
|-
! 14
| 2
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:27.9
| +2.0
|-
! 15
| 7
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Graham Hill]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:28.4
| +2.5
|-
! 16
| 3
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Reine Wisell]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:28.6
| +2.7
|-
! 17
| 16
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Howden Ganley]]
| [[BRM]]
| 1:28.6
| +2.7
|-
! 18
| 17
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea de Adamich]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]]
| 1:29.5
| +3.6
|-
! 19
| 25
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Rolf Stommelen]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:29.6
| +3.7
|-
! 20
| 19
| {{flagicon|Spain|1945}} [[Alex Soler-Roig]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:29.8
| +3.9
|-
! 21
| 8
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tim Schenken]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:30.6
| +4.7
|-
! 22
| 24
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[John Surtees]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:30.8
| +4.9
|-
! colspan=6 | Source:<ref>{{cite book | last=Pritchard | first=Anthony | title=The Motor Racing Year No3 | year=1972 | isbn=0393085023}}</ref>
|}

=== Race ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Points
|-
! 1
| 11
| {{flagicon|UK}} '''[[Jackie Stewart]]'''
| '''[[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 75
| 1:49:03.4
| 4
| '''9'''
|-
! 2
| 4
| {{flagicon|BEL}} '''[[Jacky Ickx]]'''
| '''[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]'''
| 75
| + 3.4
| 1
| '''6'''
|-
! 3
| 20
| {{flagicon|NZL}} '''[[Chris Amon]]'''
| '''[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]'''
| 75
| + 58.1
| 3
| '''4'''
|-
! 4
| 14
| {{flagicon|MEX}} '''[[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]'''
| '''[[BRM]]'''
| 75
| + 1:17.9
| 5
| '''3'''
|-
! 5
| 9
| {{flagicon|NZL}} '''[[Denny Hulme]]'''
| '''[[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 75
| + 1:27.0
| 9
| '''2'''
|-
! 6
| 21
| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]'''
| '''[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]'''
| 74
| + 1 lap
| 6
| '''1'''
|-
! 7
| 12
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[François Cevert]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 74
| + 1 lap
| 12
|  
|-
! 8
| 10
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Peter Gethin]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 73
| + 2 laps
| 7
|  
|-
! 9
| 8
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tim Schenken]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 72
| + 3 laps
| 21
|  
|-
! 10
| 16
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Howden Ganley]]
| [[BRM]]
| 71
| + 4 laps
| 17
|  
|-
! 11
| 24
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[John Surtees]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 67
| + 8 laps
| 22
|  
|-
! NC
| 3
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Reine Wisell]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 58
| + 17 laps
| 16
|  
|-
! Ret
| 2
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 54
| Suspension
| 14
|  
|-
! Ret
| 27
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Henri Pescarolo]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 53
| Engine
| 11
|  
|-
! Ret
| 6
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mario Andretti]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 50
| Engine
| 8
|  
|-
! Ret
| 19
| {{flagicon|Spain|1945}} [[Alex Soler-Roig]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 46
| Fuel pump
| 20
|  
|-
! Ret
| 17
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea de Adamich]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]]
| 26
| Transmission
| 18
|  
|-

! Ret
| 18
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ronnie Peterson]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 24
| Ignition
| 13
|  
|-
! Ret
| 5
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Clay Regazzoni]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 13
| Engine
| 2
|  
|-
! Ret
| 25
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Rolf Stommelen]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 9
| Fuel pressure
| 19
|  
|-
! Ret
| 15
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Jo Siffert]]
| [[BRM]]
| 5
| Gearbox
| 15
|  
|-
! Ret
| 7
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Graham Hill]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 5
| Steering
| 10
|  
|-
!colspan="8"|{{center|Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1971/515/ |title=1971 Spanish Grand Prix |publisher=formula1.com |access-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017005212/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1971/515/ |archive-date=17 October 2013}}</ref>}}
|}

== Notes ==

* This was [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]'s 54th pole position, setting a new record and breaking the old record set by [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] at the [[1970 Austrian Grand Prix]].

==Championship standings after the race==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Drivers' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Driver
! Points
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| align="left"| 15
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mario Andretti]]
| align="left"| 9
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 5
|align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jacky Ickx]]
| align="left"| 6
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Chris Amon]]
| align="left"| 6
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 2
|align="center"| 5
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Clay Regazzoni]]
| align="left"| 4
|-
!colspan=4|Source:<ref name="Championship">{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1971/espagne/championnat.aspx|title=Spain 1971 - Championship • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=20 March 2019}}</ref>
|}
{{col-2}}
;Constructors' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Constructor
! Points
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| align="left"| 15
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 15
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
| align="left"| 6
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 3
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 5
|align="center"| 5
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
| align="left"| 3
|-
!colspan=4|Source:<ref name="Championship"/>
|}
{{col-end}}

*'''Note''': Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

==References==
{{reflist | 30em}}

==External links==
*{{cite web |title=chicanef1.com |url=http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1971&gp=Spanish%20GP&r=1&type=res |access-date=2009-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217205118/http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1971&gp=Spanish%20GP&r=1&type=res |archive-date=2012-02-17 |url-status=live }}

{{F1 race report|
Name_of_race = [[Spanish Grand Prix]] |
Year_of_race = 1971 |
Previous_race_in_season = [[1971 South African Grand Prix]] |
Next_race_in_season = [[1971 Monaco Grand Prix]] |
Previous_year's_race = [[1970 Spanish Grand Prix]] |
Next_year's_race = [[1972 Spanish Grand Prix]]
}}
{{F1GP 70-79}}

[[Category:1971 Formula One races|Spanish Grand Prix]]
[[Category:Spanish Grand Prix]]
[[Category:1971 in Spanish motorsport]]
[[Category:April 1971 sports events in Europe|Spanish]]

1971 Dutch Grand Prix

2025-07-02T14:20:17Z

2A02:8084:F1BF:9D00:BC75:53C2:C62B:F7DF: /* Race */

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
|Type = F1
|Country = Netherlands
|Grand Prix = Dutch
|Date = 20 June
|Year = 1971
|Image = Circuit Park Zandvoort-1948.svg
|Caption = Zandvoort original layout
|Official name = XIX [[Dutch Grand Prix|Grote Prijs van Nederland]]
|Location = [[Circuit Zandvoort]], [[Zandvoort]], [[Netherlands]]
|Course = Permanent racing facility
|Course_mi = 2.605
|Course_km = 4.193
|Distance_laps = 70
|Distance_mi = 182.35
|Distance_km = 293.51
|Weather = Wet
|Pole_Driver = [[Jacky Ickx]]
|Pole_Team = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|Pole_Time = 1:17.42
|Pole_Country = Belgium
|Fast_Driver = [[Jacky Ickx]]
|Fast_Team = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|Fast_Time = 1:34.95
|Fast_Lap = 49
|Fast_Country = Belgium
|First_Driver = [[Jacky Ickx]]
|First_Team = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|First_Country = Belgium
|Second_Driver = [[Pedro Rodriguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodriguez]]
|Second_Team = [[BRM]]
|Second_Country= Mexico
|Third_Driver = [[Clay Regazzoni]]
|Third_Team = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|Third_Country = Switzerland
|Lapchart = {{F1Laps1971|NED}}
}}

The '''1971 Dutch Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] motor race held at [[Circuit Zandvoort|Zandvoort]] on 20 June 1971. It was race 4 of 11 in both the [[1971 World Championship of Drivers]] and the [[1971 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers]]. Due to heavy rain, the track was treacherously wet and slippery, giving a large advantage to "wet-weather men" [[Jacky Ickx]] and [[Pedro Rodriguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodriguez]], who also happened to be equipped with highly suitable cars and tyres.

This was the last Formula One race on a circuit with no safety features on it. Because of this the Dutch Grand Prix was canceled the next year, but the circuit came back in 1973; and the layout had been modified.

==Classification==
[[File:Jacky Ickx, Bestanddeelnr 924-6613.jpg|thumb|[[Jacky Ickx]] (pictured during the race weekend) took the race win, pole position and fastest lap.]]
[[File:Pedro_Rodriguez,_Bestanddeelnr_924-6667.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Pedro Rodriguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]] finished second.]]

=== Qualifying ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
|-
! Pos
! No
! Driver
! Constructor
! Time
! Gap
|-
! 1
| 2
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jacky Ickx]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 1:17.42
| align="center" | —
|-
! 2
| 8
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Pedro Rodriguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodriguez]]
| [[BRM]]
| 1:17.46
| +0.04
|-
! 3
| 5
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:17.64
| +0.22
|-
! 4
| 3
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Clay Regazzoni]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 1:17.98
| +0.54
|-
! 5
| 20
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Chris Amon]]
| [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
| 1:18.46
| +1.04
|-
! 6
| 14
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Reine Wisell]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:18.70
| +1.28
|-
! 7
| 23
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[John Surtees]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:18.71
| +1.29
|-
! 8
| 9
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Jo Siffert]]
| [[BRM]]
| 1:18.91
| +1.49
|-
! 9
| 10
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Howden Ganley]]
| [[BRM]]
| 1:19.09
| +1.67
|-
! 10
| 29
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Rolf Stommelen]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:19.11
| +1.69
|-
! 11
| 21
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]
| [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
| 1:19.16
| +1.74
|-
! 12
| 6
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[François Cevert]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:19.54
| +2.12
|-
! 13
| 16
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ronnie Peterson]] 1
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:19.73
| +2.31
|-
! 14
| 26
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Denny Hulme]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:19.74
| +2.32
|-
! 15
| 31
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Henri Pescarolo]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.01
| +2.59
|-
! 16
| 24
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Graham Hill]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.07
| +2.65
|-
! 17
| 19
| {{flagicon|Spain|1945}} [[Alex Soler-Roig]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.26
| +2.84
|-
! 18
| 4
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mario Andretti]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 1:20.32
| +2.90
|-
! 19
| 25
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tim Schenken]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.35
| +2.93
|-
! 20
| 18
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nanni Galli]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]]
| 1:20.61
| +3.19
|-
! 21
| 30
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Gijs van Lennep]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.79
| +3.37
|-
! 22
| 15
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[David Walker (racing driver)|Dave Walker]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Pratt & Whitney]]
| 1:21.83
| +4.41
|-
! 23
| 28
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Peter Gethin]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:22.07
| +4.65
|-
! 24
| 22
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Skip Barber]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:22.19
| +4.77
|-
! colspan=6 | Source:<ref>{{cite book | last=Pritchard | first=Anthony | title=The Motor Racing Year No3 | year=1972 | ISBN=0393085023}}</ref>
|}
# Peterson set his time in the [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]]

=== Race ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Points
|-
! 1
| 2
| {{flagicon|BEL}} '''[[Jacky Ickx]]'''
| '''[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]'''
| 70
| 1:56:20.0
| 1
| '''9'''
|-
! 2
| 8
| {{flagicon|MEX}} '''[[Pedro Rodriguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodriguez]]'''
| '''[[BRM]]'''
| 70
| + 7.99
| 2
| '''6'''
|-
! 3
| 3
| {{flagicon|SUI}} '''[[Clay Regazzoni]]'''
| '''[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]'''
| 69
| + 1 lap
| 4
| '''4'''
|-
! 4
| 16
| {{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Ronnie Peterson]]'''
| '''[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 68
| + 2 laps
| 13
| '''3'''
|-
! 5
| 23
| {{flagicon|UK}} '''[[John Surtees]]'''
| '''[[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 68
| + 2 laps
| 7
| '''2'''
|-
! 6
| 9
| {{flagicon|SUI}} '''[[Jo Siffert]]'''
| '''[[BRM]]'''
| 68
| + 2 laps
| 8
| '''1'''
|-
! 7
| 10
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Howden Ganley]]
| [[BRM]]
| 66
| + 4 laps
| 9
|  
|-
! 8
| 30
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Gijs van Lennep]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 65
| + 5 laps
| 21
|  
|-
! 9
| 21
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]
| [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
| 65
| + 5 laps
| 11
|  
|-
! 10
| 24
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Graham Hill]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 65
| + 5 laps
| 16
|  
|-
! 11
| 5
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 65
| + 5 laps
| 3
|  
|-
! 12
| 26
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Denny Hulme]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 63
| + 7 laps
| 14
|  
|-
! NC
| 31
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Henri Pescarolo]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 62
| + 8 laps
| 15
|  
|-
! NC
| 22
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Skip Barber]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 60
| + 10 laps
| 24
|  
|-
! NC
| 28
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Peter Gethin]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 60
| + 10 laps
| 23
|  
|-
! Ret
| 19
| {{flagicon|Spain|1945}} [[Alex Soler-Roig]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 57
| Engine
| 17
|  
|-
! Ret
| 25
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tim Schenken]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 39
| Suspension
| 19
|  
|-
! Ret
| 6
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[François Cevert]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 29
| Accident
| 12
|  
|-
! DSQ
| 29
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Rolf Stommelen]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 19
| Disqualified
| 18
|  
|-
! DSQ
| 14
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Reine Wisell]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 17
| Disqualified
| 4
|  
|-
! Ret
| 18
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nanni Galli]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]]
| 7
| Accident
| 20
|  
|-
! Ret
| 4
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mario Andretti]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 5
| Fuel pump
| 16
|  
|-
! Ret
| 15
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[David Walker (racing driver)|Dave Walker]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Pratt & Whitney]]
| 5
| Accident
| 22
|  
|-
! Ret
| 20
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Chris Amon]]
| [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
| 2
| Spun off
| 5
|  
|-
! DNS
| 12
| {{flagicon|SAF|1928}} [[Dave Charlton]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| -
| Car crashed in practice by Walker<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr201.html |title=Grand Prix Results, Dutch GP, 1971 |publisher=grandprix.com |access-date=28 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="LangVol2P152">{{cite book | last = Lang | first = Mike | title = Grand Prix! Vol 2 | publisher = Haynes Publishing Group | date = 1982 |page=152 | isbn = 0-85429-321-3}}</ref>
| -
|
|-
!colspan="8"|{{center|Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1971/517/ |title=1971 Dutch Grand Prix |publisher=formula1.com |access-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017004636/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1971/517/ |archive-date=17 October 2013}}</ref>}}
|}

== Notes ==

* This was the Formula One World Championship debut for that year's Le Mans winner and Dutch driver [[Gijs van Lennep]] and Australian driver [[David Walker (racing driver)|David Walker]].
* This was the 10th fastest lap set by a [[Belgium|Belgian]] driver.
* This was the 50th race for British constructor [[McLaren]].
* This was the Formula One World Championship debut for American engine supplier [[Pratt & Whitney]].
* For the first time in 42 races, and since the [[1967 Canadian Grand Prix]], a [[Cosworth|Ford]]-powered car did not end in a podium finish. This set a new record.

==Championship standings after the race==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Drivers' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Driver
! Points
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| align="left"| 24
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jacky Ickx]]
| align="left"| 19
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mario Andretti]]
| align="left"| 9
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 4
|align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]
| align="left"| 9
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 5
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ronnie Peterson]]
| align="left"| 9
|-
!colspan=4|Source:<ref name="champ">{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1971/pays-bas/championnat.aspx|title=Netherlands 1971 - Championship • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref>
|}
{{col-2}}
;Constructors' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Constructor
! Points
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| align="left"| 28
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 24
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 4
|align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
| align="left"| 9
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 9
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 5
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
| align="left"| 6
|-
!colspan=4|Source:<ref name="champ"/>
|}
{{col-end}}

*'''Note''': Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

==References==
{{reflist | 30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline}}

{{F1 race report|
Name_of_race = [[Dutch Grand Prix]] |
Year_of_race = 1971 |
Previous_race_in_season = [[1971 Monaco Grand Prix]] |
Next_race_in_season = [[1971 French Grand Prix]] |
Previous_year's_race = [[1970 Dutch Grand Prix]] |
Next_year's_race = [[1973 Dutch Grand Prix]]
}}
{{F1GP 70-79}}

[[Category:1971 Formula One races|Dutch Grand Prix]]
[[Category:Dutch Grand Prix]]
[[Category:1971 in Dutch motorsport|Grand Prix]]
[[Category:June 1971 sports events in Europe|Dutch Grand Prix]]