Season 1971 · Round 6

British Grand Prix

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1971-07-17 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix · 68Lap · 320.348km
8 Jackie Stewart
Tyrrell 1:31:31.500
Team win 9pt P1 · P10
25 Ronnie Peterson
March-Ford +36.100
Team win 9pt P2 · P4 · P11 · P21
2 Emerson Fittipaldi
Lotus-Ford +50.500
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
12
Reine Wisell L57 Andrea de Adamich L56 Peter Gethin L53 Jacky Ickx L51 Clay Regazzoni L48 Chris Amon L35 Denny Hulme L32 Derek Bell L23 Mike Beuttler L21 Dave Charlton L1 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/61 36.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P34
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK
68Lap 320.348km 61 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:18.739 · Michael Schumacher (2004)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P5 Niki Lauda 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P8 Jackie Stewart 2 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
Starts
P6 Graham Hill 17 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P18 Jo Bonnier 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P24 John Surtees 12 starts · → Jean Alesi -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L68 Stewart · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Stewart STE 1 Stewart STE Peterson · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Peterson PET 2 Peterson PET Fittipaldi · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Fittipaldi FIT 3 Fittipaldi FIT Pescarolo · P17 → P4 · +13 17 Pescarolo PES 4 Pescarolo PES Stommelen · P12 → P5 · +7 12 Stommelen STO 5 Stommelen STO Surtees · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Surtees SUR 6 Surtees SUR Beltoise · P15 → P7 · +8 15 Beltoise BEL 7 Beltoise BEL Ganley · P11 → P8 · +3 11 Ganley GAN 8 Ganley GAN Siffert · P3 → P9 · -6 3 Siffert SIF 9 Siffert SIF Cevert · P10 → P10 10 Cevert CEV 10 Cevert CEV Galli · P21 → P11 · +10 21 Galli GAL 11 Galli GAL Schenken · P7 → P12 · -5 7 Schenken SCH 12 Schenken SCH Wisell · P19 → retired L57 Wisell · retired L57 19 Wisell WIS R Wisell WIS de Adamich · P24 → retired L56 de Adamich · retired L56 24 de Adamich DE R de Adamich DE Gethin · P14 → retired L53 Gethin · retired L53 14 Gethin GET R Gethin GET Ickx · P6 → retired L51 Ickx · retired L51 6 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK Regazzoni · P1 → retired L48 Regazzoni · retired L48 1 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG Amon · P9 → retired L35 Amon · retired L35 9 Amon AMO R Amon AMO Hulme · P8 → retired L32 Hulme · retired L32 8 Hulme HUL R Hulme HUL Bell · P23 → retired L23 Bell · retired L23 23 Bell BEL R Bell BEL Beuttler · P20 → retired L21 Beuttler · retired L21 20 Beuttler BEU R Beuttler BEU Charlton · P13 → retired L1 Charlton · retired L1 13 Charlton CHA R Charlton CHA Hill · P22 → retired L0 Hill · retired L0 22 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Oliver · P16 → retired L0 Oliver · retired L0 16 Oliver OLI R Oliver OLI
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 8 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 2 68 1:31:31.500 9
2 25 Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 5 68 +36.100 6
3 2 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 4 68 +50.500 4
4 21 Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 17 67 +1 Lap 3
5 24 Rolf Stommelen Surtees 12 67 +1 Lap 2
6 18 John Surtees Surtees 11 67 +1 Lap 1
7 12 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 15 66 +2 Laps
8 16 Howden Ganley BRM 11 66 +2 Laps
9 14 Jo Siffert BRM 3 66 +2 Laps
10 9 François Cevert Tyrrell 10 65 +3 Laps
11 26 Nanni Galli March-Ford 21 65 +3 Laps
12 23 Tim Schenken Brabham 7 63 Gearbox
R 3 Reine Wisell Lotus-Pratt & Whitney 19 57 Not classified
R 27 Andrea de Adamich March-Alfa Romeo 24 56 Not classified
R 15 Peter Gethin McLaren 14 53 Engine
R 32 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 6 51 Engine
R 5 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1 48 Oil pressure
R 11 Chris Amon Matra 9 35 Engine
R 7 Denny Hulme McLaren 8 32 Engine
R 25 Derek Bell Surtees 23 23 Suspension
R 19 Mike Beuttler March-Ford 20 21 Oil pressure
R 2 Dave Charlton Lotus-Ford 13 1 Engine
R 22 Graham Hill Brabham 22 0 Accident
R 14 Jackie Oliver McLaren 16 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Clay Regazzoni
2
8 Jackie Stewart
3
14 Jo Siffert
4
2 Emerson Fittipaldi
5
25 Ronnie Peterson
6
32 Jacky Ickx
7
23 Tim Schenken
8
7 Denny Hulme
9
11 Chris Amon
10
9 François Cevert
11
18 John Surtees
11
16 Howden Ganley
12
24 Rolf Stommelen
13
2 Dave Charlton
14
15 Peter Gethin
15
12 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
16
14 Jackie Oliver
17
21 Henri Pescarolo
19
3 Reine Wisell
20
19 Mike Beuttler
21
26 Nanni Galli
22
22 Graham Hill
23
25 Derek Bell
24
27 Andrea de Adamich
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 20:50