1971 South African Grand Prix

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The 1971 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Kyalami on March 6, 1971

Contents 1 Race report 2 Classification 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] Race report

It was expected the 12-cylinder cars would be dominant over the V8 Ford Cosworths-Ferrari had won 4 out of the last 5 Grands Prix in 1970,and with a strong line-up of Mario Andretti,Clay Regazzoni and Jacky Ickx seemed a certain bet for the title. Jackie Stewart took pole in the Tyrrell with a superb lap time to join Chris Amon and Regazzoni on the front row.Denny Hulme was suffering with a new suspension that was behaving most strangely. Regazzoni led the field away-both Stewart and Amon suffered slow starts.Emerson Fittipaldi managed to hold off Hulme until lap 3 when he dived through to chase the Ferraris.On lap 17,he squeezed through dramatically under braking and the orange McLaren once again led a race.Pedro Rodriguez was forced to retire from 4th place when his bodywork started to melt and the hot air began burning his feet.The heat also took its toll on Jo Siffert,whose engine overheated and Howden Ganley who was taken ill with heat exhaustion.On lap 37,John Surtees who had steadily been moving up the field,managed to pass Regazzoni.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	79	1:47:35.5	4	9
2	9	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	79	20.9	1	6
3	5	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	79	31.4	3	4
4	3	Reine Wisell	Lotus-Ford	79	+ 1:09.4	14	3
5	19	Chris Amon	Matra	78	+ 1 Lap	2	2
6	11	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	78	+ 1 Lap	7	1
7	28	Brian Redman	Surtees-Ford	78	+ 1 Lap	17
8	4	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	78	+ 1 Lap	8
9	14	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	77	+ 2 Laps	19
10	7	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	77	+ 2 Laps	13
11	22	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	77	+ 2 Laps	18
12	21	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees-Ford	77	+ 2 Laps	15
Ret	2	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	58	Engine	5
Ret	20	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	56	Gearbox	6
Ret	10	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	45	Accident	9
Ret	27	Howden Ganley	BRM	42	Physical	24
Ret	16	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	33	Overheating	10
Ret	15	Dave Charlton	Brabham-Ford	31	Engine	16
Ret	17	Jo Siffert	BRM	31	Overheating	12
Ret	24	John Love	March-Ford	30	Differential	21
Ret	25	Jackie Pretorius	Brabham-Ford	22	Engine	20
Ret	12	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford	7	Fuel Leak	11
Ret	23	Jo Bonnier	McLaren-Ford	5	Suspension	23
Ret	26	Alex Soler-Roig	March-Ford	5	Engine	25

[edit] Notes

• Fastest Lap: Mario Andretti - 1:20.3

[edit] References

• The Official Formula 1 website. Retrieved on 2008-01-18.

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