1971 Season

Races

Champion

Jackie Stewart

Constructor

Tyrrell

The 1971 Formula 1 World Championship featured 11 Grand Prix races across the season. Jackie Stewart of British claimed the Drivers' Championship with 62 points and 6 race victories. Ronnie Peterson finished as runner-up, 29 points behind. Tyrrell won the Constructors' Championship with 73 points. The season saw 6 different race winners, making it one of the more competitive years in F1 history. The top three in the final standings were Jackie Stewart, Ronnie Peterson, François Cevert.

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What races were in the 1971 F1 season?

Rd	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Winner
1	South African Grand Prix	Kyalami	1971-03-06	Mario Andretti(Ferrari)
2	Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc	1971-04-18	Jackie Stewart(Tyrrell)
3	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	1971-05-23	Jackie Stewart(Tyrrell)
4	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort	1971-06-20	Jacky Ickx(Ferrari)
5	French Grand Prix	Circuit Paul Ricard	1971-07-04	Jackie Stewart(Tyrrell)
6	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	1971-07-17	Jackie Stewart(Tyrrell)
7	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	1971-08-01	Jackie Stewart(Tyrrell)
8	Austrian Grand Prix	Red Bull Ring	1971-08-15	Jo Siffert(BRM)
9	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	1971-09-05	Peter Gethin(BRM)
10	Canadian Grand Prix	Mosport International Raceway	1971-09-19	Jackie Stewart(Tyrrell)
11	United States Grand Prix	Watkins Glen	1971-10-03	François Cevert(Tyrrell)

Championship Battle

Championship Progression

Round	Andretti	Stewart	Regazzoni	Ickx	Peterson
R1South African Grand Prix	9	6	4	—	—
R2Spanish Grand Prix	9	15	4	6	—
R3Monaco Grand Prix	9	24	—	10	6
R4Dutch Grand Prix	9	24	—	19	9
R5French Grand Prix	9	33	—	19	9
R6British Grand Prix	9	42	—	19	15
R7German Grand Prix	12	51	—	19	17
R8Austrian Grand Prix	—	51	—	19	17
R9Italian Grand Prix	—	51	—	19	23
R10Canadian Grand Prix	—	60	—	19	29
R11United States Grand Prix	—	62	—	19	33

Who won the 1971 F1 driver championship?

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Jackie Stewart	British	6	62
2	Ronnie Peterson	Swedish	0	33
3	François Cevert	French	1	26
4	Jacky Ickx	Belgian	1	19
5	Jo Siffert	Swiss	1	19
6	Emerson Fittipaldi	Brazilian	0	16
7	Clay Regazzoni	Swiss	0	13
8	Mario Andretti	American	1	12
9	Peter Gethin	British	1	9
10	Pedro Rodríguez	Mexican	0	9
11	Chris Amon	New Zealander	0	9
12	Reine Wisell	Swedish	0	9
13	Denny Hulme	New Zealander	0	9
14	Tim Schenken	Australian	0	5
15	Howden Ganley	New Zealander	0	5
16	Mark Donohue	American	0	4
17	Henri Pescarolo	French	0	4
18	Mike Hailwood	British	0	3
19	John Surtees	British	0	3
20	Rolf Stommelen	German	0	3
21	Graham Hill	British	0	2
22	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	French	0	1
23	Jackie Oliver	British	0	0
24	Brian Redman	British	0	0
25	Gijs van Lennep	Dutch	0	0
26	Jo Bonnier	Swedish	0	0
27	David Hobbs	British	0	0
28	Nanni Galli	Italian	0	0
29	Helmut Marko	Austrian	0	0
30	Andrea de Adamich	Italian	0	0
31	Vic Elford	British	0	0
32	François Mazet	French	0	0
33	John Cannon	Canadian	0	0
34	George Eaton	Canadian	0	0
35	Jean-Pierre Jarier	French	0	0
36	Mike Beuttler	British	0	0
37	Skip Barber	American	0	0
38	Max Jean	French	0	0
39	Alex Soler-Roig	Spanish	0	0
40	Niki Lauda	Austrian	0	0
41	Pete Lovely	American	0	0
42	Dave Charlton	South African	0	0
43	Derek Bell	British	0	0
44	John Love	Rhodesian	0	0
45	Silvio Moser	Swiss	0	0
46	Jackie Pretorius	South African	0	0
47	David Walker	Australian	0	0
48	Chris Craft	British	0	0
49	Sam Posey	American	0	0
50	Peter Revson	American	0	0

Who won the 1971 constructors' championship?

Pos	Constructor	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Tyrrell	British	7	73
2	BRM	British	2	36
3	Ferrari	Italian	2	33
4	March-Ford	British	0	33
5	Lotus-Ford	British	0	21
6	McLaren	British	0	10
7	Matra	French	0	9
8	Surtees	British	0	8
9	Brabham	British	0	5
10	Lotus-Pratt & Whitney	British	0	0
11	March-Alfa Romeo	British	0	0
12	Bellasi	Swiss	0	0