1971 Canadian Grand Prix

The 1971 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Mosport Park on September 19, 1971. It was race 10 of 11 in both the 1971 World Championship of Drivers and the 1971 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. Jackie Stewart took the win in the awful conditions and the race was stopped after 64 laps of the scheduled 80 due to the weather. American Mark Donohue scored an excellent third on his F1 debut.

1971 Canadian Grand Prix
Race details
Date September 19, 1971
Official name XI Player's Grand Prix Canada
Location Mosport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.957 km (2.459 mi)
Distance 64 laps, 253.248 km (157.376 mi)
Weather Chilly with temperatures approaching 17.8 °C (64.0 °F); wind speeds up to 8 kilometres per hour (5.0 mph)[1]
Pole position
Driver
Tyrrell-Ford
Time 1:15.3
Fastest lap
Driver Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford
Time 1:43.5
Podium
First
Tyrrell-Ford
Second
March-Ford
Third
McLaren-Ford

This was the first ever Formula One race to be red flagged.[2]

Classification
PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 11 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 64 1:55:12.9 1 9
2 17 Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 64 + 38.3 6 6
3 10 Mark Donohue McLaren-Ford 64 + 1:35.8 8 4
4 9 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 63 + 1 Lap 10 3
5 3 Reine Wisell Lotus-Ford 63 + 1 Lap 7 2
6 12 François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 62 + 2 Laps 3 1
7 2 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 62 + 2 Laps 4  
8 4 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 62 + 2 Laps 12  
9 14 Jo Siffert BRM 61 + 3 Laps 2  
10 20 Chris Amon Matra 61 + 3 Laps 5  
11 22 John Surtees Surtees-Ford 60 + 4 Laps 14  
12 31 Helmut Marko BRM 60 + 4 Laps 19  
13 6 Mario Andretti Ferrari 60 + 4 Laps 13  
14 15 Peter Gethin BRM 59 + 5 Laps 16  
15 28 George Eaton BRM 59 + 5 Laps 21  
16 18 Nanni Galli March-Ford 57 + 7 Laps 20  
NC 19 Mike Beuttler March-Ford 56 Not Classified 22  
NC 35 Pete Lovely Lotus-Ford 55 Not Classified 25  
Ret 24 Rolf Stommelen Surtees-Ford 26 Overheating 23  
Ret 21 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 15 Accident 11  
Ret 33 Skip Barber March-Ford 13 Oil Pressure 24  
Ret 5 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 7 Accident 18  
Ret 37 Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 2 Accident 15  
Ret 8 Tim Schenken Brabham-Ford 1 Ignition 17  
DNS 16 Howden Ganley BRM — Accident 9  
DNQ 26 Chris Craft Brabham-Ford        
DNS 27 Henri Pescarolo March-Ford — Accident/injury
Sources:[3][4]

Championship standings after the race
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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References
  1. "Weather information for the "1971 Canadian Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  2. "5. Red Flag!". formula1alltheraces.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  3. "1971 Canadian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  4. "Grand Prix Results: Canadian GP, 1971". grandprix.com. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
  5. "Canada 1971 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
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