1971 Dutch Grand Prix

The 1971 Dutch Grand Prix was the fourth race of the season, and was held on June 20. Because of the cancellation of the Belgian Grand Prix, there had been a four week gap after Monaco. The track was battered by heavy rain and gusty winds at different times over the weekend, and the race was dominated by 12-cylinder cars with Firestone rain tires. Jacky Ickx captured the pole, led most of the race and set the fastest lap on his way to victory.
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==Background==
*: There was a third P160 as a spare; Howden Ganley would be upgraded from the P153 when the next P160 chassis was completed. The three P160s were running the 'shovel' nose first seen in practice in Monaco, and Pedro Rodríguez briefly tested a 'sports car' like full-width nose.
*: a third 312B2 had been completed for Mario Andretti, and there were two of the 1970-vintage 312B's as spares.
*: Emerson Fittipaldi had been injured in a road accident, and would miss the race. Dave Charlton took his place in the entry, and Dave Walker was entered in the 56B turbine car. The 56B was a possible non-starter, as the turbine was being rebuilt at the factory in Canada, after a fire in the unit at the non-championship race at Hockenheimring.
*: All three cars were running a revised rear suspension, first seen at Monaco. There was a spare 711 chassis with an engine for Ronnie Peterson at the track, but the team decided not to use it.
*: At great effort, a second M19A had been completed, with Denny Hulme taking the new car, leaving older one for Peter Gethin. The team was being pulled in three directions, between the Indianapolis, Can-Am and F1 programs, and Gethin was starting to feel that the F1 effort was coming in third.
*: John Surtees was running a new type of pressed magnesium wheels on his car. Gijs van Lennep's car was a TS7, with as many TS9 parts as could be used. This car was to be used as a "rent-a-drive" for the remainder of the season.
*: The team had car 001 as a spare. Jackie Stewart briefly tried out a full width 'sports car' nose, similar to what BRM was experimenting with.
==Entry List==
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No.	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model 	Tyre
2 	Jacky Ickx 	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 	 	312B2 	 	001/1 F12 3.0	
3 	Clay Regazzoni 	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 	 	312B2 	 	001/1 F12 3.0	
4 	Mario Andretti 	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 	 	312B 	 	001 F12 3.0 	
5 	Jackie Stewart 	Elf Team Tyrrell 	 	003 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
6 	François Cevert 	Elf Team Tyrrell 	 	002 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
8 	Pedro Rodríguez 	Yardley Team BRM 	 	P160 	 	P142 V12 3.0 	
9 	Jo Siffert 	Yardley Team BRM 	 	P160 	 	P142 V12 3.0 	
10 	Howden Ganley 	Yardley Team BRM 	 	P153 	 	P142 V12 3.0 	
12 	Dave Charlton 	Gold Leaf Team Lotus 	 	72D 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
14 	Reine Wisell 	Gold Leaf Team Lotus 	 	72D 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
15 	Dave Walker 	Gold Leaf Team Lotus 	 	56B 	 	STN76 tbn 	
16 	Ronnie Peterson 	STP March Racing Team 	 	711 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
18 	Nanni Galli 	STP March Racing Team 	 	711 	 	T33 V8 3.0 	
19 	Alex Soler-Roig 	STP March Racing Team 	 	711 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
20 	Chris Amon 	Equipe Matra Sports 	 	MS120B 	 	MS71 V12 3.0 	
21 	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Equipe Matra Sports 	 	MS120B 	 	MS71 V12 3.0 	
22 	Skip Barber 	Gene Mason Racing 	 	711 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
23 	John Surtees 	Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees 	 	TS9 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
24 	Graham Hill 	Motor Racing Developments 	 	BT34 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
25 	Tim Schenken 	Motor Racing Developments 	 	BT33 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
26 	Denny Hulme 	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing 	 	M19A 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
28 	Peter Gethin 	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing 	 	M19A 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
29 	Rolf Stommelen 	Auto Motor und Sport Team Surtees	 	TS9 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
30 	Gijs van Lennep 	Stichting Autoraces Nederland 	 	TS7 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
31 	Henri Pescarolo 	Frank Williams Racing Cars 	 	711 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
==Practice Overview==
Before official practice started on Friday, there had been an unofficial session at the track on Wednesday. The only teams to take part were Ferrari, Lotus and March.
Even though Dave Charlton was listed in place of Emerson Fittipaldi on the entry sheet, it was Dave Walker who was in fact the higher placed driver in the team. This was made obvious on Friday morning when, concerned that the rebuilt turbine for the 56B might not arrive, Walker took out Charlton's 72C. Who soon spun the car, wrecking the rear suspension. As the team did not have enough spare parts, Charlton's weekend was over without turning a lap. Fastest in the morning was Clay Regazzoni with a 1:17.98, then an oil pipe came loose, and dropped oil over roughly half the circuit. After practice restarted, Regazzoni and Mario Andretti tried out new 17 inch rims for the rear tires. Both cars soon suffered rapid deflation of a rear tire. Firestone determined that the tires were centrifuging off of the rims. The team went back to the older rims, and because of damage to his B2, Andretti used one of the spare 312Bs for the rest of the weekend.
Friday afternoon's practice was alternately wet and dry, with setting good times requiring a bit of luck. Saturday morning featured heavy rain, but the turbine for Walker's Lotus had arrived, and the team worked all night to get it installed. Jackie Stewart suffered a blown engine in 003, which meant he was unable to try out wet track settings. After lunch, the track had dried out, but the cars were fighting a headwind down the main straight, so the grid was mostly based on Friday times except for a few cars at the back of the grid.
===Qualifying Results===
Pos	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Lap 	Gap
1 	2 	Jacky Ickx 	 	1:17.42	—
2 	14 	Pedro Rodríguez 	 	1:17.46	+0.04
3 	5 	Jackie Stewart 	 	1:17.64	+0.22
4 	3 	Clay Regazzoni 	 	1:17.98	+0.56
5 	20 	Chris Amon 	 	1:18.46	+1.04
6 	14 	Reine Wisell 	 	1:18.70	+1.28
7 	23 	John Surtees 	 	1:18.71	+1.29
8 	9 	Jo Siffert 	 	1:18.91	+1.49
9 	10 	Howden Ganley 	 	1:19.09	+1.67
10 	29 	Rolf Stommelen 	 	1:19.11	+1.69
11 	21 	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	 	1:19.16	+1.74
12 	6 	François Cevert 	 	1:19.54	+2.12
13 	16 	Ronnie Peterson 	 	1:19.73	+2.31
14 	26 	Denny Hulme 	 	1:19.74	+2.32
15 	31 	Henri Pescarolo 	 	1:20.01	+2.59
16 	24 	Graham Hill 	 	1:20.07	+2.65
17 	19 	Alex Soler-Roig 	 	1:20.26	+2.84
18 	6 	Mario Andretti 	 	1:20.32	+2.90
19 	25 	Tim Schenken 	 	1:20.35	+2.93
20 	17 	Nanni Galli 	 	1:20.61	+3.19
21 	30 	Gijs van Lennep 	 	1:20.79	+3.37
22 	15 	Dave Walker 	 	1:21.83	+4.41
23 	10 	Peter Gethin 	 	1:22.07	+4.65
24 	22 	Skip Barber 	 	1:22.19	+4.77
DNQ	12 	Dave Charlton 	 	No time	—
===Grid===
==Race==
===Results===
Pos	No	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired 	Grid	Points
1 	2 	Jacky Ickx 	 	70 	1:56:20.09 	1 	9
2 	8 	Pedro Rodríguez 	 	70 	+7.99 	2 	6
3 	3 	Clay Regazzoni 	 	69 	+1 Lap 	4 	4
4 	16	Ronnie Peterson 	 	68 	+2 Laps 	13 	3
5 	23	John Surtees 	 	68 	+2 Laps 	7 	2
6 	9 	Jo Siffert 	 	68 	+2 Laps 	8 	1
7 	10	Howden Ganley 	 	66 	+4 Laps 	9 	 
8 	30	Gijs van Lennep 	 	65 	+5 Laps 	21 	 
9 	21	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	 	65 	+5 Laps 	11 	 
10 	24	Graham Hill 	 	65 	+5 Laps 	16 	 
11 	5 	Jackie Stewart 	 	65 	+5 Laps 	3 	 
12 	26	Denny Hulme 	 	63 	+7 Laps 	14 	 
NC 	31	Henri Pescarolo 	 	62 	+8 Laps 	15 	 
NC 	22	Skip Barber 	 	60 	+10 Laps 	24 	 
NC 	28	Peter Gethin 	 	60 	+10 Laps 	23 	 
Ret	19	Alex Soler-Roig 	 	58 	Engine 	17 	 
Ret	25	Tim Schenken 	 	39 	Suspension damage	19 	 
Ret	6 	François Cevert 	 	28 	Accident damage 	12 	 
Ret	29	Rolf Stommelen 	 	19 	Disqualified 	10 	 
Ret	14	Reine Wisell 	 	17 	Disqualified 	6 	 
Ret	18	Nanni Galli 	 	8 	Accident 	20 	 
Ret	15	Dave Walker 	 	6 	Accident 	22 	 
Ret	4 	Mario Andretti 	 	4 	Fuel pump 	18 	 
Ret	20	Chris Amon 	 	2 	Accident damage 	5 	 
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts
1 	Jackie Stewart 	24
2 	Jacky Ickx 	19
3= 	Mario Andretti 	9
3= 	Ronnie Peterson 	9
3= 	Pedro Rodríguez 	9
6 	Clay Regazzoni 	8
7= 	Chris Amon 	6
7= 	Denny Hulme 	6
9 	Reine Wisell 	3
10= 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	2
10= 	John Surtees 	2
12= 	Jean-Pierre Beltoise 	1
12= 	Rolf Stommelen 	1
12= 	Jo Siffert 	1
Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts
1 	 	28
2 	 	24
3= 	 	9
3= 	 	9
5= 	 	6
5= 	 	6
7 	 	5
8 	 	3
==References==
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