1971 Formula One season Facts for Kids

The 1971 Formula One season crowned as champion Jackie Stewart.

Season review

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

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

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

Jackie Stewart (on right) won his 2nd driver's championship, driving for Tyrrell
Peter Gethin won the 1971 Italian Grand Prix, his only World Championship Grand Prix victory.
Jacky Ickx placed fourth in the championship driving for Ferrari
Clay Regazzoni placed seventh driving for Ferrari
Pedro Rodriguez placed tenth driving for BRM
Tyrrell-Ford was awarded the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers. Tyrrell 003 is pictured above in the non-championship 1971 World Championship Victory Race at Brands Hatch
BRM placed second in the 1971 International Cup
Ferrari placed third
March-Ford placed fourth. The March 711 above is pictured in 2012
Lotus-Ford placed fifth