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United States Grand Prix

1971 United States Grand Prix

Round 11 of 11Watkins Glen International, Watkins GlenOct 3 197159 laps

Podium

SIFBRM

CEVTyrrell

PETMarch

Key facts

WinnerCEV1:43:51.991 from P5

PoleSTE1:42.642

Fastest lapICK1:43.474 on lap 43

Finishers17 / 32classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	CEVFrançois Cevert	Tyrrell	5	▲4	59	1:43:51.991	9	–
2	SIFJo Siffert	BRM	6	▲4	59	+40.062s	6	–
3	PETRonnie Peterson	March	11	▲8	59	+44.070s	4	–
4	GANHowden Ganley	BRM	12	▲8	59	+56.749s	3	–
5	STEJackie Stewart	Tyrrell	1	▼4	59	+60.003s	2	–
6	REGClay Regazzoni	Ferrari	4	▼2	59	+76.426s	1	–
7	HILGraham Hill	Brabham	18	▲11	58	+1 lap		–
8	BELJean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	10	▲2	58	+1 lap		–
9	GETPeter Gethin	BRM	21	▲12	58	+1 lap		–
10	HOBDavid Hobbs	McLaren	22	▲12	58	+1 lap		–
11	DEAAndrea De Adamich	March	26	▲15	57	+2 laps		–
12	AMOChris Amon	Matra	8	▼4	57	+2 laps		–
13	MARHelmut Marko	BRM	16	▲3	57	+2 laps		–
14	CANJohn Cannon	BRM	24	▲10	56	+3 laps		–
15	HAIMike Hailwood	Surtees	14	▼1	54	+5 laps		–
16	BONJo Bonnier	McLaren	28	▲12	54	+5 laps		–
17	SURJohn Surtees	Surtees	13	▼4	54	+5 laps		–
NC	BARSkip Barber	March	25		52	Not classified		–
NC	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	Lotus	2		49	Not classified		–
NC	PLOPete Lovely	Lotus	29		49	Not classified		–
DNF	ICKJacky Ickx	Ferrari	7		49	Alternator		1:43.474
DNF	HULDenny Hulme	McLaren	3		47	Accident		–
DNF	SCHTim Schenken	Brabham	15		41	Engine		–
DNF	CRAChris Craft	Brabham	27		30	Suspension		–
DNF	PESHenri Pescarolo	March	20		23	Engine		–
DNF	POSSam Posey	Surtees	17		15	Engine		–
DNF	GALNanni Galli	March	23		11	Wheel		–
DNF	WISReine Wisell	Lotus	9		5	Brakes		–
DNF	REVPeter Revson	Tyrrell	19		1	Clutch		–
DNS	ANDMario Andretti	Ferrari	–		0	Did not start		–
DNS	VANGijs Van Lennep	Surtees	–		0	Car raced by Posey		–
DNS	DONMark Donohue	McLaren	–		0	Car raced by Hobbs		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	STEJackie Stewart	Tyrrell	1:42.642
2	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	Lotus	1:42.659	+0.017s
3	HULDenny Hulme	McLaren	1:42.925	+0.283s
4	REGClay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1:43.002	+0.360s
5	CEVFrançois Cevert	Tyrrell	1:43.152	+0.510s
6	ANDMario Andretti	Ferrari	1:43.195	+0.553s
7	SIFJo Siffert	BRM	1:43.468	+0.826s
8	ICKJacky Ickx	Ferrari	1:43.843	+1.201s
9	AMOChris Amon	Matra	1:43.970	+1.328s
10	WISReine Wisell	Lotus	1:44.024	+1.382s
11	BELJean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	1:44.067	+1.425s
12	PETRonnie Peterson	March	1:44.193	+1.551s
13	GANHowden Ganley	BRM	1:44.430	+1.788s
14	SURJohn Surtees	Surtees	1:44.908	+2.266s
15	HAIMike Hailwood	Surtees	1:45.094	+2.452s
16	SCHTim Schenken	Brabham	1:45.110	+2.468s
17	MARHelmut Marko	BRM	1:45.204	+2.562s
18	POSSam Posey	Surtees	1:45.267	+2.625s
19	DONMark Donohue	McLaren	1:45.378	+2.736s
20	HILGraham Hill	Brabham	1:45.448	+2.806s
21	REVPeter Revson	Tyrrell	1:45.515	+2.873s
22	PESHenri Pescarolo	March	1:45.568	+2.926s
23	GETPeter Gethin	BRM	1:45.729	+3.087s
24	HOBDavid Hobbs	McLaren	1:46.270	+3.628s
25	GALNanni Galli	March	1:46.608	+3.966s
26	CANJohn Cannon	BRM	1:47.471	+4.829s
27	BARSkip Barber	March	1:47.673	+5.031s
28	DEAAndrea De Adamich	March	1:47.952	+5.310s
29	VANGijs Van Lennep	Surtees	1:48.029	+5.387s
30	CRAChris Craft	Brabham	1:48.698	+6.056s
31	BONJo Bonnier	McLaren	1:49.391	+6.749s
32	PLOPete Lovely	Lotus	1:52.140	+9.498s

Watkins Glen International

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1971. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1970	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus
1969	Jochen Rindt	Lotus
1968	Jackie Stewart	Matra
1967	Jim Clark	Lotus
1966	Jim Clark	Lotus
1965	Graham Hill	BRM
1964	Graham Hill	BRM
1963	Graham Hill	BRM
1962	Jim Clark	Lotus
1961	Innes Ireland	Lotus

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