The 1971 German Grand Prix was the seventh race of the 1971 Formula One season, and was held at the Nürburgring on August 1, 1971. Jackie Stewart led the entire race from pole position for his fifth win of the season, leading home teammate François Cevert, with Clay Regazzoni in a Ferrari finishing third.
Background[]
The Nürburgring returned to the calendar after a one year hiatus for safety improvements. The Grand Prix had been at Hockenheimring in 1970.
- Brabham: The team brought a transmission technician with them, in response to the problems incurred at Silverstone. Tim Schenken's car had a very strange nose, with the old 1969-style opening and a Tyrrell-style full width deflector in place of the front wings.
- BRM: Vic Elford was added to the team for this race, in an agreement made before the death of Pedro Rodríguez. Jo Siffert's car had a slightly upgraded engine, and all three cars had reinforced rear wing supports, after the trouble with Siffert's car at Silverstone.
- Ferrari: Mario Andretti returned to the team, and the cars were not using the aerodynamic deflectors at the end of the front wings, seen at Silverstone.
- Lotus: Reine Wisell was in a brand-new 72D chassis, and the cars now had ventilated disc brakes.
- March: The team ran two Alfa Romeo engined cars, due to a shortage of Cosworth engines. Ronnie Peterson's Cosworth car had an airbox, cowls over the radiators and gas-filled shock absorbers.
- Henri Pescarolo's private Frank Williams entry also had the high airbox and gas-filled shock absorbers.
- Mike Beuttler's private entry also arrived, with no changes made.
- Matra: The racing license of Jean-Pierre Beltoise had been suspended again, after an FIA hearing about the accident that killed Ignazio Giunti in Argentina. The team made no effort to replace him, and Chris Amon had both of his usual cars, again completely unchanged.
- McLaren: The cars were the same except for some detail changes to Denny Hulme's car. A third entry for Jackie Oliver was scratched, due to a shortage of Cosworth engines.
- Jo Bonnier's private M7 McLaren appeared for the first time since South Africa. It had been completely rebuilt with a new monocoque and suspension. This was also the first car ever to appear with the supposedly mandatory red light at the rear of the car.
- Surtees: Aside from high airboxes for both cars, they were unchanged from Silverstone. Dieter Quester had contracted to run the TS7 'hire car', but had not been able to raise the money necessary, so he did not drive.
- Tyrrell: The cars were unchanged from Silverstone, and the team had the usual 001 as a spare.
Entry list[]
The full entry list for the 1971 German Grand Prix is outlined below:
Practice Overview[]
Qualifying[]
Friday Qualifying[]
Saturday Qualifying[]
Qualifying Results[]
The full qualifying results for the 1971 German Grand Prix are outlined below:
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
| 1 | 2 |  Jackie Stewart
|
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
|
7:21.9 | 7:19.0 | 7:22.0 | — |
| 2 | 4 |  Jacky Ickx
|
 Ferrari
|
7:35.8 | 7:22.9 | 7:19.2 | +0.2s |
| 3 | 21 |  Jo Siffert
|
BRM
|
7:22.4 | 7:51.0T | 7:25.5 | +3.4s |
| 4 | 6 | Clay Regazzoni
|
Ferrari
|
7:31.8 | 7:31.8 | 7:22.7 | +3.7s |
| 5 | 3 |  François Cevert
|
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
|
7:31.4 | 7:24.0 | 7:23.4 | +4.4s |
| 6 | 18 |  Denny Hulme
|
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
|
7:40.0 | 7:31.2 | 7:26.0 | +7.0s |
| 7 | 15 |  Ronnie Peterson
|
March-Ford Cosworth
|
7:44.4 | 7:32.3 | 7:26.5 | +7.5s |
| 8 | 8 |  Emerson Fittipaldi
|
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
|
7:43.0 | 7:32.7 | 7:27.5 | +8.5s |
| 9 | 25 |  Tim Schenken
|
Brabham-Ford Cosworth
|
7:49.2 | 7:37.2 | 7:29.8 | +10.8s |
| 10 | 14 | Henri Pescarolo
|
March-Ford Cosworth
|
7:43.0 | 7:30.3 | 7:33.0 | +11.3s |
| 11 | 5 |  Mario Andretti
|
Ferrari
|
7:58.5 | 7:31.8 | 7:31.7 | +12.7s |
| 12 | 12 |  Rolf Stommelen
|
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
|
8:05.4 | 7:34.7T | 7:44.2 | +15.7s |
| 13 | 24 | Graham Hill
|
Brabham-Ford Cosworth
|
7:39.6 | 7:36.1 | 7:38.9 | +17.1s |
| 14 | 23 | Howden Ganley
|
BRM
|
7:49.5 | — | 7:36.6 | +17.6s |
| 15 | 7 | John Surtees
|
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
|
7:58.8 | 7:38.2 | 7:36.7 | +17.7s |
| 16 | 10 | Chris Amon
|
Matra
|
7:50.7 | 7:41.7T | 7:37.3 | +18.3s |
| 17 | 9 | Reine Wisell
|
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
|
— | 7:45.4 | 7:39.96 | +20.96s |
| 18 | 22 | Vic Elford
|
BRM
|
7:49.2 | 7:39.98 | 7:42.1 | +20.98s |
| 19 | 20 | Peter Gethin
|
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
|
7:45.6 | — | 7:41.4 | +22.4s |
| 20 | 16 | Andrea de Adamich
|
March-Alfa Romeo
|
7:44.5 | 7:44.4 | 7:41.7 | +22.7s |
| 21 | 17 | Nanni Galli
|
March-Alfa Romeo
|
7:51.2 | — | 7:47.8 | +28.8s |
| 22 | 28 | Mike Beuttler
|
March-Ford Cosworth
|
8:42.5 | — | 7:52.6 | +33.6s |
| DNQ | 27 | Jo Bonnier
|
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
|
9:10.1 | 8:18.2 | 8:17.0 | +58.0s |
| DNQ | 27 |  Helmut Marko
|
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
|
— | |||
| WD | 11 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise
|
Matra
|
Banned from event | |||
| WD | 19 | Jackie Oliver
|
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
|
No car | |||
| WD | 26 | Dieter Quester
|
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
|
Did not show up | |||
| Source:[2][3] | |||||||
- Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
- T Indicates a driver used their test/spare car to set their best time in that session.
Grid[]
| Pos. | Pos. | |
|---|---|---|
| Driver | Driver | |
| ______________ | ||
| Row 1 | ______________ | 1 |
| 2 | Jackie Stewart | |
| Jacky Ickx | ______________ | |
| Row 2 | ______________ | 3 |
| 4 | Jo Siffert | |
| Clay Regazzoni | ______________ | |
| Row 3 | ______________ | 5 |
| 6 | François Cevert | |
| Denny Hulme | ______________ | |
| Row 4 | ______________ | 7 |
| 8 | Ronnie Peterson | |
| Emerson Fittipaldi | ______________ | |
| Row 5 | ______________ | 9 |
| 10 | Tim Schenken | |
| Henri Pescarolo | ______________ | |
| Row 6 | ______________ | 11 |
| 12 | Mario Andretti | |
| Rolf Stommelen | ______________ | |
| Row 7 | ______________ | 13 |
| 14 | Graham Hill | |
| Howden Ganley | ______________ | |
| Row 8 | ______________ | 15 |
| 16 | John Surtees | |
| Chris Amon | ______________ | |
| Row 9 | ______________ | 17 |
| 18 | Reine Wisell | |
| Vic Elford | ______________ | |
| Row 10 | ______________ | 19 |
| 20 | Peter Gethin | |
| Andrea de Adamich | ______________ | |
| Row 11 | ______________ | 21 |
| 22 | Nanni Galli | |
| Mike Beuttler | ______________ |
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
The full qualifying results for the 1971 German Grand Prix are outlined below:
- * Jo Siffert was disqualified after his coil started to quit and the front suspension was breaking on the south curve, and he took the short loop back to the pits.
- † Mike Beuttler was disqualified after suffering a puncture just after start/finish, and taking the short loop back into the pits.
Milestones[]
Standings after race[]
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References[]
- Pritchard, Anthony (1972). The Motor Racing Year No3. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.. pp. 79-86. ISBN 0-393-08502-3.
References:
- ↑ 'Germany 1971: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), http://www.statsf1.com/en/1971/allemagne/engages.aspx, (Accessed 14/02/2024)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 '1971 German Grand Prix race report', motorsportmagazine.com, (MotorSport Magazine, 01/09/1971), https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/september-1971/34/the-33rd-german-grand-prix/, (Accessed 14/02/2024)
- ↑ 'Germany 1971: Qualifications', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), http://www.statsf1.com/en/1971/allemagne/engages.aspx, (Accessed 14/02/2024)
- ↑ 'Germany 1971: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), http://www.statsf1.com/en/1971/allemagne/classement.aspx, (Accessed 14/02/2024)
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