The 1971 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Montjuïc Circuit on April 18, 1971. It was race 2 of 11 in both the 1971 World Championship of Drivers and the 1971 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 75-lap race was won by Tyrrell driver Jackie Stewart after he started from fourth position. Jacky Ickx finished second for the Ferrari team and Matra driver Chris Amon came in third.
This was notably the first Formula One race in which slick tyres were used. The tyres were introduced by Firestone, based on its experience in American open wheel racing series. The race itself was held in the morning.
Classification
Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 4 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 1:25.9 — 2 5 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:26.0 +0.1 3 20 Chris Amon Matra 1:26.0 +0.1 4 11 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 1:26.2 +0.3 5 14 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 1:26.5 +0.6 6 21 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 1:26.6 +0.7 7 10 Peter Gethin McLaren-Ford 1:26.8 +0.9 8 6 Mario Andretti Ferrari 1:26.9 +1.0 9 9 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 1:27.1 +1.2 10 15 Jo Siffert BRM 1:27.3 +1.4 11 27 Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 1:27.5 +1.6 12 12 François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 1:27.7 +1.8 13 18 Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 1:27.8 +1.9 14 2 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 1:27.9 +2.0 15 7 Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 1:28.4 +2.5 16 3 Reine Wisell Lotus-Ford 1:28.6 +2.7 17 16 Howden Ganley BRM 1:28.6 +2.7 18 17 Andrea de Adamich March-Alfa Romeo 1:29.5 +3.6 19 25 Rolf Stommelen Surtees-Ford 1:29.6 +3.7 20 19 Alex Soler-Roig March-Ford 1:29.8 +3.9 21 8 Tim Schenken Brabham-Ford 1:30.6 +4.7 22 24 John Surtees Surtees-Ford 1:30.8 +4.9 Source:
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 75 1:49:03.4 4 9 2 4 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 75 + 3.4 1 6 3 20 Chris Amon Matra 75 + 58.1 3 4 4 14 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 75 + 1:17.9 5 3 5 9 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 75 + 1:27.0 9 2 6 21 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 74 + 1 lap 6 1 7 12 François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 74 + 1 lap 12 8 10 Peter Gethin McLaren-Ford 73 + 2 laps 7 9 8 Tim Schenken Brabham-Ford 72 + 3 laps 21 10 16 Howden Ganley BRM 71 + 4 laps 17 11 24 John Surtees Surtees-Ford 67 + 8 laps 22 3 Reine Wisell Lotus-Ford 58 + 17 laps 16 2 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 54 Suspension 14 27 Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 53 Engine 11 6 Mario Andretti Ferrari 50 Engine 8 19 Alex Soler-Roig March-Ford 46 Fuel pump 20 17 Andrea de Adamich March-Alfa Romeo 26 Transmission 18 18 Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 24 Ignition 13 5 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 13 Engine 2 25 Rolf Stommelen Surtees-Ford 9 Fuel pressure 19 15 Jo Siffert BRM 5 Gearbox 15 7 Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 5 Steering 10
Notes
This was Ferrari's 54th pole position, setting a new record and breaking the old record set by Lotus at the 1970 Austrian Grand Prix.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Jackie Stewart 15 1 2 Mario Andretti 9 5 3 Jacky Ickx 6 1 4 Chris Amon 6 2 5 Clay Regazzoni 4Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 15 2 Tyrrell-Ford 15 1 3 Matra 6 1 4 Lotus-Ford 3 5 5 BRM 3Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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