Season 1971 · Round 5

French Grand Prix

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1971-07-04 · Circuit Paul Ricard · France · French Grand Prix · 55Lap · 319.495km
8 Jackie Stewart
Tyrrell 1:46:42.300
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
9 François Cevert
Tyrrell +28.120
2 Emerson Fittipaldi
Lotus-Ford +34.070
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Max Jean L46 Henri Pescarolo L45 Graham Hill L34 Andrea de Adamich L31 Pedro Rodríguez L27 Clay Regazzoni L20 Ronnie Peterson L19 Denny Hulme L16 Jacky Ickx L4 Alex Soler-Roig L4
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 11/18 61.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France
55Lap 319.495km 18 races held (1971–) Lap record 1:32.740 · Sebastian Vettel (2019)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Jackie Stewart 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P7 Mario Andretti 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
P7 Ronnie Peterson 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
Starts
P1 Graham Hill 17 starts · GP #1
P12 Niki Lauda 12 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P20 Jo Siffert 10 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L55 Stewart · P1 → P1 1 Stewart STE 1 Stewart STE Cevert · P7 → P2 · +5 7 Cevert CEV 2 Cevert CEV Fittipaldi · P17 → P3 · +14 17 Fittipaldi FIT 3 Fittipaldi FIT Siffert · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Siffert SIF 4 Siffert SIF Amon · P9 → P5 · +4 9 Amon AMO 5 Amon AMO Wisell · P15 → P6 · +9 15 Wisell WIS 6 Wisell WIS Beltoise · P8 → P7 · +1 8 Beltoise BEL 7 Beltoise BEL Surtees · P13 → P8 · +5 13 Surtees SUR 8 Surtees SUR Gethin · P19 → P9 · +10 19 Gethin GET 9 Gethin GET Ganley · P16 → P10 · +6 16 Ganley GAN 10 Ganley GAN Stommelen · P10 → P11 · -1 10 Stommelen STO 11 Stommelen STO Schenken · P14 → P12 · +2 14 Schenken SCH 12 Schenken SCH Mazet · P23 → P13 · +10 23 Mazet MAZ 13 Mazet MAZ Jean · P22 → retired L46 Jean · retired L46 22 Jean JEA R Jean JEA Pescarolo · P18 → retired L45 Pescarolo · retired L45 18 Pescarolo PES R Pescarolo PES Hill · P4 → retired L34 Hill · retired L34 4 Hill HIL R Hill HIL de Adamich · P20 → retired L31 de Adamich · retired L31 20 de Adamich DE R de Adamich DE Rodríguez · P5 → retired L27 Rodríguez · retired L27 5 Rodríguez ROD R Rodríguez ROD Regazzoni · P2 → retired L20 Regazzoni · retired L20 2 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG Peterson · P12 → retired L19 Peterson · retired L19 12 Peterson PET R Peterson PET Hulme · P11 → retired L16 Hulme · retired L16 11 Hulme HUL R Hulme HUL Ickx · P3 → retired L4 Ickx · retired L4 3 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK Soler-Roig · P21 → retired L4 Soler-Roig · retired L4 21 Soler-Roig SOL R Soler-Roig SOL
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 8 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 1 55 1:46:42.300 9
2 9 François Cevert Tyrrell 7 55 +28.120 6
3 2 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 17 55 +34.070 4
4 14 Jo Siffert BRM 6 55 +37.170 3
5 11 Chris Amon Matra 9 55 +41.080 2
6 3 Reine Wisell Lotus-Ford 15 55 +1:16.020 1
7 12 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 8 55 +1:16.930
8 18 John Surtees Surtees 13 55 +1:24.910
9 15 Peter Gethin McLaren 19 54 +1 Lap
10 16 Howden Ganley BRM 16 54 +1 Lap
11 24 Rolf Stommelen Surtees 10 53 +2 Laps
12 23 Tim Schenken Brabham 14 50 Oil pressure
13 34 François Mazet March-Ford 23 50 +5 Laps
R 28 Max Jean March-Ford 22 46 Not classified
R 21 Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 18 45 Gearbox
R 22 Graham Hill Brabham 4 34 Oil pipe
R 27 Andrea de Adamich March-Alfa Romeo 20 31 Engine
R 15 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 5 27 Ignition
R 5 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 2 20 Accident
R 25 Ronnie Peterson March-Alfa Romeo 12 19 Engine
R 7 Denny Hulme McLaren 11 16 Ignition
R 32 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 3 4 Engine
R 18 Alex Soler-Roig March-Ford 21 4 Fuel pump
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
8 Jackie Stewart
2
5 Clay Regazzoni
3
32 Jacky Ickx
4
22 Graham Hill
5
15 Pedro Rodríguez
6
14 Jo Siffert
7
9 François Cevert
8
12 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
9
11 Chris Amon
10
24 Rolf Stommelen
11
7 Denny Hulme
12
25 Ronnie Peterson
13
18 John Surtees
14
23 Tim Schenken
15
3 Reine Wisell
16
16 Howden Ganley
17
2 Emerson Fittipaldi
18
21 Henri Pescarolo
19
15 Peter Gethin
20
27 Andrea de Adamich
21
18 Alex Soler-Roig
22
28 Max Jean
23
34 François Mazet
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.
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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 14:15