1971 European Formula Two Championship

The 1971 European Formula Two season was contested over 11 rounds.

Calendar

Race No	Track	Country	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
1	Hockenheim	West Germany	4 April 1971	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1'27:09.8	186.931 km/h	François Cevert	Ronnie Peterson	Ronnie Peterson
2	Thruxton	United Kingdom	12 April 1971	50	3.791=189.55 km	1'02:36.2 1'02:36.8	181.668 km/h 181.639 km/h	Graham Hill Ronnie Peterson	Ronnie Peterson	Ronnie Peterson
3	Nürburgring	West Germany	2 May 1971	10	22.835=228.35 km	1'20:19.2	170.580 km/h	François Cevert	Derek Bell	Ronnie Peterson
4	Jarama	Spain	16 May 1971	60	3.404=204.24 km	1'29:42.9 1'29:57.7	136.593 km/h 136.218 km/h	Emerson Fittipaldi Dieter Quester	Ronnie Peterson	Tim Schenken
5	Crystal Palace	United Kingdom	31 May 1971	50	2.238=111.85 km	0'42:03.0 0'42:07.4	159.590 km/h 159.312 km/h	Emerson Fittipaldi Tim Schenken	Ronnie Peterson	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Tim Schenken Ronnie Peterson Emerson Fittipaldi
6	Rouen	France	27 June 1971	25	6.541=163.525 km	0'55:36.3	176.450 km/h	Ronnie Peterson	Ronnie Peterson	François Cevert
7	Mantorp Park	Sweden	8 August 1971	36+36	4.092=294.624 km	1'46:08.2	166.554 km/h	Ronnie Peterson	Ronnie Peterson	Ronnie Peterson
	Pergusa-Enna	Italy	22 August 1971	cancelled
8	Tulln-Langenlebarn	Austria	12 September 1971	35+35	2.86=200.2 km	1'24:32.26	142.091 km/h	Ronnie Peterson	Ronnie Peterson	Tim Schenken
9	Albi	France	26 September 1971	63	3.636=229.068 km	1'16:49.1 1'17:49,6	178.917 km/h 176.599 km/h	Emerson Fittipaldi Carlos Reutemann	Carlos Reutemann	Carlos Reutemann
10	Vallelunga	Italy	10 October 1971	35+35	3.2=224.0 km	1'25:57.2	156.364 km/h	Ronnie Peterson	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi
11	Vallelunga	Italy	17 October 1971	65	3.2=208.0 km	1'19:49.1	156.355 km/h	Mike Beuttler	Emerson Fittipaldi	Mike Beuttler Dieter Quester

Note:

Race 1, 7, 8 and 10 were held in two heats, with results shown in aggregate.

Race 2, 5 and 6 were held with two semi-final heats and the final run, with time only shown for the final.

Race 2, 4, 5 and 9 was won by a graded driver, all graded drivers are shown in Italics.

Final point standings

Driver

Tim Schenken's Brabham BT36

For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. The best 8 results count. No driver had a point deduction.

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine												Total Points
1	Ronnie Peterson	Sweden	March Engineering	March	Ford	-	9	-	-	6	9	9	9	3	9	-	54
2	Carlos Reutemann	Argentina	Automovil Club Argentino	Brabham	Ford	6	-	6	6	3	2	4	-	9	4	-	40
3	Dieter Quester	Austria	Eifelland	March	BMW	-	-	-	9	-	6	-	4	-	6	6	31
4	Tim Schenken	Australia	Rondel Racing	Brabham	Ford	3	3	-	-	9	-	6	6	-	-	-	27
5	François Cevert	France	Équipe Tecno	Tecno	Ford	9	4	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22
6	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brazil	Team Bardahl	Lotus	Ford	4	2	2	2	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	16
7	Mike Beuttler	United Kingdom	Team Clarke-Mordaunt	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	12
8	Jean-Pierre Jarier	France	Team Arnold	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	4	10
9	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	France	Team Arnold	March	Ford	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	2	-	-	9
10	Niki Lauda	Austria	Bosch Racing	March	Ford	-	-	3	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	8
11	François Migault	France	Team Lotus	Lotus	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-				7
			March Engineering	March	Ford									4	-	-
	Gerry Birrell	United Kingdom	Team J. & J. Stanton	Lotus	Ford	2	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	2	-	7
13	Derek Bell	United Kingdom	Williams Racing	March	Ford	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
14	Peter Westbury	United Kingdom	FIRST	Brabham	Ford	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5
	John Watson	United Kingdom	private entry	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	1	-	5
16	John Cannon	Canada	private entry	March	Ford	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
17	Carlos Ruesch	Argentina	Automovil Club Argentino	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
18	Vittorio Brambilla	Italy	private entry	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
	Silvio Moser	Switzerland	Moser Racing	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
20	Brian Hart	United Kingdom	Gerard Racing	Brabham	Ford	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Alistair Walker	United Kingdom	Walker Racing	Brabham	Ford	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Helmut Marko	Austria	Écurie Bonnier	Lola	Ford	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	François Mazet	France	Siffert Racing	Chevron	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Bob Wollek	France	Rondel Racing	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1

Note:

Only drivers which were not graded were able to score points.