1971 Australian Grand Prix

1971 Australian Grand Prix
Race details
Formula 5000 race

Date	November 21, 1971
Location	Warwick Farm Raceway, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.621 km (2.25 mi)
Distance	45 laps, 162.945 km (101.25 mi)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Frank Matich	Matich-Repco Holden
Time	1'24.3
Fastest lap
Driver	Frank Matich	Matich-Repco Holden
Time	1'24.6
Podium
First	Frank Matich	Matich-Repco Holden
Second	Kevin Bartlett	McLaren-Chevrolet
Third	Alan Hamilton	McLaren-Chevrolet

The 1971 Australian Grand Prix was a race held at Warwick Farm Raceway on November 21, 1971.

It was the thirty sixth running of the Australian Grand Prix. Frank Matich won his second straight AGP and like 1970, started the race on pole and also drove the fastest race lap.

Classification

Results as follows^[1]:

Pos	No.	Driver	Car	Laps	Time
1	1	Frank Matich	Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	45	1h 05m 09.5s
2	5	Kevin Bartlett	McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	45	1h 06m 08.2s
3	9	Alan Hamilton	McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	45	1h 06m 09.3s
4	14	Graeme Lawrence	Brabham BT30 / Cosworth FVC 1.8L 4cyl	45	1h 06m 09.7s
5	6	Max Stewart	Mildren / Waggott 2.0L 4cyl	45	1h 06m 10.2s
6	11	John McCormack	Elfin MR5 / Holden 5.0L V8	44
7	12	Warwick Brown	McLaren M4A / Cosworth FVC 1.9L 4cyl	43
8	17	Gary Campbell	Elfin 600B / Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl	43
9	16	Henk Woelders	Elfin 600C / Waggott 1.6L 4cyl	43
10	26	Jack Bono	Elfin 600B / Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl	43
11	25	Ian Fergusson	Bowin P3A / Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl	42
12	21	Ian Cook	Devione LC2 / Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl	42
13	18	Clive Mills	Elfin 600B / Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl	42
Ret	3	John Surtees	Surtees TS8 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	39	puncture
Ret	18	Terry Quartly	Lotus 32 / Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl	35
Ret	2	Colin Bond	McLaren M10B / Holden 5.0L V8
Ret	7	John Harvey	Brabham BT36 / Waggott 2.0L 4cyl
Ret	15	Dan O'Sullivan	McLaren M18 / Holden 5.0L V8
Ret	20	Alfredo Costanzo	Elfin AC1 / Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl
Ret	10	Colin Hyams	Lola T192 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8
Ret	24	Ross Ambrose	Elfin 600B / Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl
DNP	23	Chris Farrell	Brabham BT6 / BRM Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl

Notes

Pole position: Frank Matich - 1'24.3
Fastest lap: Frank Matich - 1'24.6

References

^ Wilson, Stewart (1986). "1971". In Howard, Graham. The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 354–361. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.

Preceded by 1970 Australian Grand Prix	Australian Grand Prix 1971	Succeeded by 1972 Australian Grand Prix