1971 Austrian Grand Prix

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Race details
Race 8 of 11 in the 1971 Formula One season

The Österreichring (in 1971)
Date 15 August 1971
Location Österreichring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.912 km (3.673 mi)
Distance 54 laps, 317.347 km (198.686 mi)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver BRM
Time 1:37.44
Fastest lap
Driver Switzerland Jo Siffert BRM
Time 1:38.47
Podium
First BRM
Second Lotus-Ford
Third Brabham-Ford

The 1971 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Österreichring on 15 August 1971. It was the eighth round of the 1971 Formula One season. The 54-lap race was won by BRM driver Jo Siffert after he started from pole position. Emerson Fittipaldi finished second for the 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 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-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 Pescarolo finished 6th in his March.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No. Driver Constructor Lap Gap
1 14 Switzerland Jo Siffert BRM 1:37.44
2 11 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 1:37.65 +0.21
3 12 France François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 1:37.86 +0.42
4 5 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:37.90 +0.46
5 2 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 1:37.90 +0.46
6 4 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 1:38.27 +0.83
7 8 Australia Tim Schenken Brabham-Ford 1:38.64 +1.20
8 7 United Kingdom Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 1:38.70 +1.26
9 9 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 1:38.80 +1.36
10 3 Sweden Reine Wisell Lotus-Ford 1:38.95 +1.51
11 17 Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 1:39.01 +1.57
12 24 Germany Rolf Stommelen Surtees-Ford 1:39.08 +1.64
13 25 France Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 1:39.09 +1.65
14 15 New Zealand Howden Ganley BRM 1:39.46 +2.02
15 19 Italy Nanni Galli March-Alfa Romeo 1:39.54 +2.10
16 23 United Kingdom Peter Gethin BRM 1:39.67 +2.23
17 16 Austria Helmut Marko BRM 1:39.80 +2.36
18 22 United Kingdom John Surtees Surtees-Ford 1:40.37 +2.93
19 27 United Kingdom Mike Beuttler March-Ford 1:41.46 +4.02
20 28 Sweden Jo Bonnier McLaren-Ford 1:41.66 +4.22
21 26 Austria Niki Lauda March-Ford 1:43.68 +6.24
22 10 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver McLaren-Ford 1:44.22 +6.78
Source:[1]

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 14 Switzerland Jo Siffert BRM 54 1:30:23.91 1 9
2 2 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 54 + 4.12 5 6
3 8 Australia Tim Schenken Brabham-Ford 54 + 19.77 7 4
4 3 Sweden Reine Wisell Lotus-Ford 54 + 31.87 10 3
5 7 United Kingdom Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 54 + 48.43 8 2
6 25 France Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 54 + 1:24.51 13 1
7 24 Germany Rolf Stommelen Surtees-Ford 54 + 1:37.42 12  
8 17 Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 53 +1 Lap 11  
9 10 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver McLaren-Ford 53 +1 Lap 22  
10 23 United Kingdom Peter Gethin BRM 52 +2 Laps 16  
11 16 Austria Helmut Marko BRM 52 +2 Laps 17  
12 19 Italy Nanni Galli March-Alfa Romeo 51 +3 Laps 15  
NC 27 United Kingdom Mike Beuttler March-Ford 47 Not Classified 19  
Ret 12 France François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 42 Engine 3  
Ret 11 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 35 Halfshaft 2  
Ret 4 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 31 Engine 6  
Ret 26 Austria Niki Lauda March-Ford 20 Handling 21  
Ret 22 United Kingdom John Surtees Surtees-Ford 12 Engine 18  
Ret 5 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 8 Engine 4  
Ret 15 New Zealand Howden Ganley BRM 5 Ignition 14  
Ret 9 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 4 Engine 9  
DNS 28 Sweden Jo Bonnier McLaren-Ford 0 Fuel Leak 20  
Source:[2]

Notes

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart 51
2 Belgium Jacky Ickx 19
3 Sweden Ronnie Peterson 17
3 4 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi 16
7 5 Switzerland Jo Siffert 13

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 United Kingdom Tyrrell-Ford 51
2 Italy Ferrari 32
2 3 United Kingdom BRM 21
4 United Kingdom Lotus-Ford 19
2 5 United Kingdom March-Ford 18

References

  1. Pritchard, Anthony (1972). The Motor Racing Year No3. ISBN 0393085023.
  2. "1971 Austrian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
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