1971 Canadian Grand Prix

The 1971 Canadian Grand Prix was the tenth race of the 1971 Formula One season, and was held at Mosport Park on September 19, 1971. Jackie Stewart won the race, his sixth win of the season, after a tough battle with Ronnie Peterson. The race was run in wet conditions, and increasing fog caused the race to be halted after 64 of 80 scheduled laps.
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==Background ==
*: Once again Tim Schenken's car had the wide nose cone.
**Jack Brabham's 1970 car had been purchased by Alain de Cadenet, and entered under his Ecurie Evergreen team for Chris Craft.
*: BRM fielded a massive five car entry, all of which were under the factory umbrella, with no rental drivers. The team was obviously gambling on the large prize money paid by the North American races to come out ahead. The logistical problems had team manager Tim Parnell hopping all weekend. During Friday practice Peter Gethin's car was fitted with the short-stroke engine.
*: Mario Andretti was back with the team. After weeks of rumors about a new engine for Ferrari, the unconfirmed new rumor at Mosport was that Jacky Ickx's car had new cylinder heads.
*: With almost a month off for the 72s, there were no changes, but the cars had undergone a great deal of maintenance.
**Pete Lovely showed up with what he called his "69 Special". He took a Formula Two Lotus 69, and grafted onto the back a engine and the rear suspension of a Lotus 49. He then redesigned the nose to accomodate the necessarily larger radiator. For someone's garage project, it looked interesting, but did not have the capacity to run an entire Formula One race without refueling.
*: Autodelta was not supporting this race, so Mike Beuttler was in the third works car, on the condition that he provide his own engine. Ronnie Peterson tried a new 'shovel' nose in practice, looking rather like a concave version of the Tyrrell nose.
**Henri Pescarolo's car was unchanged from Monza.
**The Skip Barber entry, last seen at Zandvoort, showed up without a thing having been changed since then.
*: Jean-Pierre Beltoise's license had been reinstated again. Chris Amon's car had bifuricated exhaust ports.
*: The rumors surrounding the future of McLaren in F1 continued to swirl. Jackie Oliver had been released from his contract. His M19A had been sold to Roger Penske's group, and this car arrived after being completely rebuilt and painted in blue Sunoco colors, with Mark Donohue driving. Both cars had the complicated and difficult to set up rising-rate rear suspensions removed, and replaced with conventional wishbone/ parallel link suspension.
*: No changes were made to the cars since Monza, and Stommelen was back driving his old car.
*: The team had 001 as a spare as usual, and all three cars were back in the short-wheelbase form.
==Entry list==
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No.	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor	Chassis 	Engine	Model 	Tyre
2 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	Gold Leaf Team Lotus 	 	72D 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
3 	Reine Wisell 	Gold Leaf Team Lotus 	 	72D 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
4 	Jacky Ickx 	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 	 	312B2 	 	001/1 3.0 F12	
5 	Clay Regazzoni 	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 	 	312B2 	 	001/1 3.0 F12	
6 	Mario Andretti 	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 	 	312B2 	 	001/1 3.0 F12	
8 	Tim Schenken 	Motor Racing Developments Ltd 	 	BT33 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
9 	Denny Hulme 	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing 	 	M19A 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
10 	Mark Donohue 	Penske-White Racing 	 	M19A 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
11 	Jackie Stewart 	Elf Team Tyrrell 	 	003 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
12 	François Cevert 	Elf Team Tyrrell 	 	002 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
14 	Jo Siffert 	Yardley Team BRM 	 	P160 	 	P142 3.0 V12 	
15 	Peter Gethin 	Yardley Team BRM 	 	P160 	 	P142 3.0 V12 	
16 	Howden Ganley 	Yardley Team BRM 	 	P160 	 	P142 3.0 V12 	
17 	Ronnie Peterson 	STP March Racing Team 	 	711 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
18 	Nanni Galli 	STP March Racing Team 	 	711 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
19 	Mike Beuttler 	STP March Racing Team 	 	711 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
20 	Chris Amon 	Equipe Matra Sports 	 	MS120B 	 	MS71 3.0 V12 	
21 	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Equipe Matra Sports 	 	MS120B 	 	MS71 3.0 V12 	
22 	John Surtees 	Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees 	 	TS9 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
24 	Rolf Stommelen 	Auto Motor und Sport Team Surtees	 	TS9 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
26 	Chris Craft 	Ecurie Evergreen 	 	BT33 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
27 	Henri Pescarolo 	Frank Williams Racing Cars 	 	711 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
28 	George Eaton 	Yardley Team BRM 	 	P160 	 	P142 3.0 V12 	
31 	Helmut Marko 	Yardley Team BRM 	 	P153 	 	P142 3.0 V12 	
33 	Skip Barber 	Gene Mason Racing 	 	711 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
35 	Pete Lovely 	Pete Lovely Volkswagen 	 	69 Special	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
37 	Graham Hill 	Motor Racing Developments Ltd 	 	BT34 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
==Practice Overview==
==Qualifying==
24 cars would be allowed to start, but 27 were entered, which meant three would leave disappointed.
Even though Henri Pescarolo was the slowest qualifier, his spot on the grid had been guaranteed by the organizers. So the three DNQs were Barber, Craft and Lovely.
===Qualifying Results===
Pos	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Lap 	Gap
1 	11 	Jackie Stewart 	 	1:15.3	—
2 	14 	Jo Siffert 	 	1:15.5	+0.2
3 	12 	François Cevert 	 	1:15.7	+0.4
4 	2 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	 	1:16.1	+0.8
5 	20 	Chris Amon 	 	1:16.1	+0.8
6 	17 	Ronnie Peterson 	 	1:16.2	+0.9
7 	3 	Reine Wisell 	 	1:16.3	+1.0
8 	10 	Mark Donohue 	 	1:16.3	+1.0
9 	16 	Howden Ganley 	 	1:16.3	+1.0
10 	9 	Denny Hulme 	 	1:16.4	+1.1
11 	21 	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	 	1:16.4	+1.1
12 	4 	Jacky Ickx 	 	1:16.5	+1.2
13 	6 	Mario Andretti 	 	1:16.9	+1.6
14 	22 	John Surtees 	 	1:17.1	+1.8
15 	37 	Graham Hill 	 	1:17.2	+1.9
16 	15 	Peter Gethin 	 	1:17.2	+1.9
17 	8 	Tim Schenken 	 	1:17.4	+2.1
18 	5 	Clay Regazzoni 	 	1:17.5	+2.2
19 	31 	Helmut Marko 	 	1:17.8	+2.5
20 	18 	Nanni Galli 	 	1:18.2	+2.9
21 	28 	George Eaton 	 	1:18.4	+3.1
22 	19 	Mike Beuttler 	 	1:18.5	+3.2
23 	24 	Rolf Stommelen 	 	1:18.8	+3.5
24 	33 	Skip Barber 	 	1:19.8	+4.5
25 	26 	Chris Craft 	 	1:20.3	+5.0
26 	35 	Pete Lovely 	 	1:21.1	+5.8
27 	27 	Henri Pescarolo 	 	1:21.9	+6.6
===Grid===
==Race==
After the results of qualifying were posted, the Ecurie Evergreen team packed up and headed towards Watkins Glen, about a five hour drive. But during the untimed session on race morning, Pescarolo hit a puddle and slid into the guard rail. The car was repairable, but the driver had several minor injuries that, added together, meant that he could not drive that afternoon. Barber was in the race. When the cars set out on reconnaissance laps before the race, Ganley lost control and damaged his BRM. So he was out and Lovely was in.
===Results===
Pos	No	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1 	11	Jackie Stewart 	 	64 	1:55:12.9 	1 	9
2 	17	Ronnie Peterson 	 	64 	+38.3 	6 	6
3 	10	Mark Donohue 	 	64 	+1:35.8 	8 	4
4 	9 	Denny Hulme 	 	63 	+1 Lap 	10 	3
5 	3 	Reine Wisell 	 	63 	+1 Lap 	9 	2
6 	12	François Cevert 	 	62 	+2 Laps 	3 	1
7 	2 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	 	62 	+2 Laps 	4 	 
8 	4 	Jacky Ickx 	 	62 	+2 Laps 	12 	 
9 	14	Jo Siffert 	 	61 	+3 Laps 	2 	 
10 	20	Chris Amon 	 	61 	+3 Laps 	5 	 
11 	22	John Surtees 	 	60 	+4 Laps 	14 	 
12 	31	Helmut Marko 	 	60 	+4 Laps 	19 	 
13 	6 	Mario Andretti 	 	60 	+4 Laps 	13 	 
14 	15	Peter Gethin 	 	59 	+5 Laps 	16 	 
15 	15	George Eaton 	 	59 	+5 Laps 	21 	 
16 	18	Nanni Galli 	 	57 	+7 Laps 	20 	 
NC 	19	Mike Beuttler 	 	56 	+8 Laps 	22 	 
NC 	35	Pete Lovely 	 	55 	+9 Laps 	26 	 
Ret	24	Rolf Stommelen 	 	26 	Oil pressure	23 	 
Ret	21	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	 	16 	Accident 	11 	 
Ret	33	Skip Barber 	 	13 	Oil pressure	24 	 
Ret	5 	Clay Regazzoni 	 	7 	Accident 	18 	 
Ret	37	Graham Hill 	 	2 	Accident 	15 	 
Ret	8 	Tim Schenken 	 	1 	Electrics 	17 	 
DNS	16	Howden Ganley 	 	 	Accident 	9 	 
DNS	27	Henri Pescarolo 	 	 	Accident 	27 	 
DNQ	26	Chris Craft 	 	 	  	25 	 
==Milestones==
*F1 debut and first podium for Mark Donohue.
*Final race for George Eaton.
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts 	+/-
1 	Jackie Stewart 	60 	
2 	Ronnie Peterson 	29 	
3 	Jacky Ickx 	19 	
4 	François Cevert 	17 	
5 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	16 	1
6 	Jo Siffert 	13 	
7= 	Mario Andretti 	12 	
7= 	Clay Regazzoni 	12 	
9= 	Pedro Rodríguez 	9 	
9= 	Chris Amon 	9 	
9= 	Peter Gethin 	9 	
9= 	Reine Wisell 	9 	1
9= 	Denny Hulme 	9 	2
14 	Tim Schenken 	5 	
15= 	Henri Pescarolo 	4 	
15= 	Mark Donohue 	4 	6
17= 	Mike Hailwood 	3 	1
17= 	John Surtees 	3 	1
17= 	Rolf Stommelen 	3 	1
20= 	Howden Ganley 	2 	1
20= 	Graham Hill 	2 	1
22 	Jean-Pierre Beltoise 	1 	1
Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts 	+/-
1 	 	64 	
2 	 	32 	
3= 	 	30 	
3= 	 	30 	1
5 	 	21 	
6 	 	10 	2
7 	 	9 	1
8 	 	8 	1
9 	 	5 	
==References==
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