1971 Austrian Grand Prix

The 1971 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Österreichring on August 15, 1971.

Race report

Jo Siffert took a surprise pole position from Jackie Stewart and led away at the start from Clay Regazzoni and Jacky Ickx. The front two drew away from the pack,where Regazzoni was duelling with Francois Cevert and Ickx was dropping back with mechanical problems.On lap 21,Stewart-with a poorly handling car-allowed Cevert through so he could chase Siffert. Further down the field,there were two splendid Brabham-Lotus battlesTim Schenken duelling with Emerson Fittipaldi and Reine Wisell trading places with Graham Hill.By lap 32,Ickx had retired with a spark plug problem,Regazzoni had an engine blow up and Fittipaldi had passed Schenken and set about catching Stewart.On lap 36,Stewart's race ended with a violent accident-his left rear driveshaft broke and the wheel was torn off. He emerged unhurt to be greeted as World Champion following Ickx's retirement.Cevert was chasing down Siffert,but with 12 laps to go his gearbox exploded.Fittipaldi was now carving chunks out the BRM's lead,due to a left-rear puncture for the Swiss.However he managed to nurse the ailing car home for a popular victory by 4 seconds.Schenken was 3rd,with Wisell pipping Hill for 4th place-the Englishman another to suffer a puncture in the dying stages and Pescarolo 6th.

Classification

Notes

* Fastest l

* Jackie Stewart won the Drivers' Championship with 3 races left to go.
* First Grand Prix: Niki Lauda

References

*cite web | title = The Official Formula 1 website | url = http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1971/521/ | accessdate = 2008-01-19

F1 race report
Name_of_race = Austrian Grand Prix
Year_of_race = 1971
Previous_race_in_season = 1971 German Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season = 1971 Italian Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race = 1970 Austrian Grand Prix
Next_year's_race = 1972 Austrian Grand Prix