1971 in motorsport

List of years in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1971 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had own significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
30–31 January 10th 24 Hours of Daytona [1]
14 February 13th Daytona 500 [2]
6 May 55th Targa Florio [3]
23 May 29th Monaco Grand Prix [4]
29 May 55th Indianapolis 500 [5]
5–12 June 53rd Isle of Man TT [6]
12–13 June 39th 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
26–27 June 2nd 24 Hours of Nurburgring [8]
24–25 July 23rd 24 Hours of Spa [9]
3 October 12th Hardie-Ferodo 500 [10]
21 November 18th Macau Grand Prix [11]

Births

Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
25 January Luca Badoer Italian Racing driver [12]
24 February Pedro de la Rosa Spanish Racing driver 1997 Formula Nippon and All Japan GTC champion, GPDA chairman (2008-2010, 2012-2014). [13]
27 March David Coulthard British Racing driver Winner of the 13 Formula One Grand Prix, 1991 Macau Grand Prix and 1991 Masters of Formula 3, GPDA chairman (2005-2006). [14]
3 April Emmanuel Collard French Racing driver 2005 24 Hours of Daytona winner. [15]
9 April Jacques Villeneuve Canadian Racing driver Formula One World Champion (1997), 1995 Indianapolis 500 winner. [16]
3 September Jörg Müller German Racing driver 1993 Macau Grand Prix winner. [17]
23 November Olivier Beretta Monégasque Racing driver 1999 FIA GT Champion, 2000 24 Hours of Daytona winner. [18]

Deaths

Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
11 July Pedro Rodríguez 31 Mexican Racing driver Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1968) [19]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Daytona 24 Hours 1971 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "1971 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "55^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "1971 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "1971 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "TT 1971". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Le Mans Register - 1971". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Nurburgring 24 hours". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  9. ↑ "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "1971 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "1971 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  12. ↑ "Luca Badoer". ESPN. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  13. ↑ "Pedro de la Rosa". ESPN. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "David Coulthard". ESPN. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  15. ↑ "Emmanuel Collard". driverdb.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  16. ↑ "Jacques Villeneuve". ESPN. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  17. ↑ "Jörg Müller". driverdb.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  18. ↑ "Olivier Beretta". ESPN. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  19. ↑ "Pedro Rodríguez". ESPN. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
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