1971 Austrian Grand Prix

The 1971 Austrian Grand Prix was the eighth race of the 1971 Formula One season, and was held at the Österreichring on August 15, 1971. Jo Siffert absolutely dominated the weekend, broke Jackie Stewart's three race winning streak, and scored a Grand Chelem. Even though he retired from the race, Stewart clinched the 1971 World Championship.
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==Background ==
*: The cars were restored to their normal suspensions after modifications for Nürburgring. Tim Schenken's car ran with the full width nose seen in practice at Germany.
*: After his release from McLaren, Peter Gethin had been signed as a replacement for Pedro Rodríguez. Howden Ganley had finally received a new P160, after patiently using an old P153 all season, and this car was in turn rented for the race by Helmut Marko. Jo Siffert tried an experimental short-stroke version of BRM's V-12 in practice.
*: Once again, Mario Andretti was at a conflicting USAC event. The cars were unchanged from Germany.
*: the only changes were slight modifications to the rear driveshafts, trying to alleviate wheel vibration.
*: No changes to the cars, but Niki Lauda made his Formula One debut as a rental driver.
**Since the Nürburgring, the Henri Pescarolo entry had been almost completely rebuilt.
**Since the Nürburgring, the Mike Beuttler entry had had the monococque and suspension strengthened and reinforced.
*: The team skipped this race to concentrate on badly needed development work.
*: Peter Gethin had been released from his contract, after increasing acrimony on both sides. Jackie Oliver was the new second driver, and as an experiment, his car had been modified with M14-design rear suspension.
**There were no changes to the Jo Bonnier entry.
*: John Surtees drove the newest car. Rolf Stommelen had been unhappy with the handling of his car at Nürburgring, so Surtees gave Stommelen his old car, and Stommelen's old car became the spare.
*: On Friday the team had modified Jackie Stewart's car with a 9 cm spacer between the engine and gearbox, to alter the weight distribution and polar moment of inertia, and aid in handling on longer radius corners. The team gathered a large amount of data before reverting to normal specifications for Saturday practice and the race. Otherwise the cars were unchanged.
==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	
7 	Graham Hill 	Motor Racing Developments Ltd. 	 	BT34 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
8 	Tim Schenken 	Motor Racing Developments Ltd. 	 	BT33 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
9 	Graham Hill 	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing 	 	M19A 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
10 	Jackie Oliver 	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing 	 	M14A 	 	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 	Howden Ganley 	Yardley Team BRM 	 	P160 	 	P142 3.0 V12 	
16 	Helmut Marko 	Yardley Team BRM 	 	P153 	 	P142 3.0 V12 	
17 	Ronnie Peterson 	STP March Racing Team 	 	711 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
18 	Andrea de Adamich 	STP March Racing Team 	 	711 	 	T33 3.0 V8 	
19 	Nanni Galli 	STP March Racing Team 	 	711 	 	T33 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 	
23 	Peter Gethin 	Yardley Team BRM 	 	P160 	 	P142 3.0 V12 	
24 	Rolf Stommelen 	Auto Motor und Sport Team Surtees	 	TS9 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
25 	Henri Pescarolo 	Frank Williams Racing Cars 	 	711 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
26 	Niki Lauda 	STP March Racing Team 	 	711 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
27 	Mike Beuttler 	Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing 	 	711 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
28 	Jo Bonnier 	Ecurie Bonnier 	 	M7C 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
==Practice Overview==
==Qualifying==
===Qualifying Results===
Pos	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Lap 	Gap
1 	14 	Jo Siffert 	 	1:37.44	—
2 	11 	Jackie Stewart 	 	1:37.65	+0.21
3 	12 	François Cevert 	 	1:37.86	+0.42
4 	5 	Clay Regazzoni 	 	1:37.90	+0.46
5 	2 	Emerson Fittipaldi	 	1:37.90	+0.46
6 	4 	Jacky Ickx 	 	1:38.27	+0.83
7 	8 	Tim Schenken 	 	1:38.64	+1.20
8 	7 	Graham Hill 	 	1:38.70	+1.26
9 	9 	Denny Hulme 	 	1:38.80	+1.36
10 	3 	Reine Wisell 	 	1:38.95	+1.51
11 	17 	Ronnie Peterson 	 	1:39.01	+1.57
12 	24 	Rolf Stommelen 	 	1:39.08	+1.64
13 	25 	Henri Pescarolo 	 	1:39.09	+1.65
14 	15 	Howden Ganley 	 	1:39.46	+2.02
15 	19 	Nanni Galli 	 	1:39.54	+2.10
16 	23 	Peter Gethin 	 	1:39.67	+2.23
17 	16 	Helmut Marko 	 	1:39.80	+2.36
18 	22 	John Surtees 	 	1:40.37	+2.93
19 	27 	Mike Beuttler 	 	1:41.46	+4.02
20 	28 	Jo Bonnier 	 	1:41.66	+4.22
21 	26 	Niki Lauda 	 	1:43.68	+6.24
22 	10 	Jackie Oliver 	 	1:44.22	+6.78
===Grid===
==Race==
===Results===
Pos	No	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired 	Grid	Points
1 	14	Jo Siffert 	 	54 	1:30:23.91 	1 	9
2 	2 	Emerson Fittipaldi	 	54 	+4.12 	5 	6
3 	8 	Tim Schenken 	 	54 	+19.77 	7 	4
4 	3 	Reine Wisell 	 	54 	+31.87 	10 	3
5 	7 	Graham Hill 	 	54 	+48.43 	8 	2
6 	25	Henri Pescarolo 	 	54 	+1:24.51 	13 	1
7 	24	Rolf Stommelen 	 	54 	+1:37.42 	12 	 
8 	17	Ronnie Peterson 	 	53 	+1 Lap 	11 	 
9 	10	Jackie Oliver 	 	53 	+1 Lap 	22 	 
10 	23	Peter Gethin 	 	52 	+2 Laps 	16 	 
11 	16	Helmut Marko 	 	52 	+2 Laps 	17 	 
12 	19	Nanni Galli 	 	51 	+3 Laps 	15 	 
NC 	27	Mike Beuttler 	 	44 	+10 Laps 	19 	 
Ret	12	François Cevert 	 	43 	Gearbox/Engine	3 	 
Ret	11	Jackie Stewart 	 	36 	Driveshaft 	2 	 
Ret	4 	Jacky Ickx 	 	32 	Electrics 	6 	 
Ret	26	Niki Lauda 	 	21 	Handling 	21 	 
Ret	22	John Surtees 	 	13 	Engine 	18 	 
Ret	5 	Clay Regazzoni 	 	9 	Engine 	4 	 
Ret	15	Howden Ganley 	 	6 	Electrics 	14 	 
Ret	9 	Denny Hulme 	 	6 	Engine 	9 	 
DNS	28	Jo Bonnier 	 	0 	Fuel leak 	20 	 
==Milestones==
*Jackie Stewart clinched his second World Championship.
*Final victory and only Grand Chelem for Jo Siffert.
*Debut race for Niki Lauda.
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts
1 	Jackie Stewart 	51
2 	Jacky Ickx 	19
3 	Ronnie Peterson 	17
4 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	16
5 	Jo Siffert 	13
6= 	Mario Andretti 	12
6= 	François Cevert 	12
6= 	Clay Regazzoni 	12
9 	Pedro Rodríguez 	9
10 	Chris Amon 	8
11 	Reine Wisell 	7
12 	Denny Hulme 	6
13 	Tim Schenken 	5
14 	Henri Pescarolo 	4
15= 	John Surtees 	3
15= 	Rolf Stommelen 	3
17 	Graham Hill 	2
18 	Jean-Pierre Beltoise 	1
Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts
1 	 	51
2 	 	32
3 	 	21
4 	 	19
5 	 	18
6 	 	8
7 	 	6
8= 	 	5
8= 	 	5
==References==
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