Season 1971 · Round 7

German Grand Prix

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1971-08-01 · Nürburgring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 12Lap · 274.020km
8 Jackie Stewart
Tyrrell 1:29:16.300
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
9 François Cevert
Tyrrell +30.100
5 Clay Regazzoni
Ferrari +37.100
Fastest Lap
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DNF
8
Emerson Fittipaldi L8 Chris Amon L6 Henri Pescarolo L5 Peter Gethin L5 Denny Hulme L3 Howden Ganley L2 Andrea de Adamich L2 Jacky Ickx L1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 15/41 36.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P21
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany
12Lap 274.020km 41 races held (1951–) Lap record 1:18.354 · Juan Pablo Montoya (2001)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Jackie Stewart 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P8 John Surtees 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P8 Jacky Ickx 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Pole Position
P1 Jacky Ickx 4 · GP #1
P8 Jackie Stewart 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
P8 Niki Lauda 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P4 Graham Hill 16 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P21 John Surtees 11 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P21 Niki Lauda 11 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 L12 Stewart · P1 → P1 1 Stewart STE 1 Stewart STE Cevert · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Cevert CEV 2 Cevert CEV Regazzoni · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Regazzoni REG 3 Regazzoni REG Andretti · P11 → P4 · +7 11 Andretti AND 4 Andretti AND Peterson · P3 → P5 · -2 3 Peterson PET 5 Peterson PET Schenken · P9 → P6 · +3 9 Schenken SCH 6 Schenken SCH Surtees · P15 → P7 · +8 15 Surtees SUR 7 Surtees SUR Wisell · P17 → P8 · +9 17 Wisell WIS 8 Wisell WIS Hill · P13 → P9 · +4 13 Hill HIL 9 Hill HIL Stommelen · P12 → P10 · +2 12 Stommelen STO 10 Stommelen STO Elford · P18 → P11 · +7 18 Elford ELF 11 Elford ELF Galli · P21 → P12 · +9 21 Galli GAL 12 Galli GAL Fittipaldi · P8 → retired L8 Fittipaldi · retired L8 8 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Siffert · P3 → P14 · -11 3 Siffert SIF 14 Siffert SIF Amon · P16 → retired L6 Amon · retired L6 16 Amon AMO R Amon AMO Pescarolo · P10 → retired L5 Pescarolo · retired L5 10 Pescarolo PES R Pescarolo PES Gethin · P19 → retired L5 Gethin · retired L5 19 Gethin GET R Gethin GET Hulme · P6 → retired L3 Hulme · retired L3 6 Hulme HUL R Hulme HUL Beuttler · P22 → P19 · +3 22 Beuttler BEU 19 Beuttler BEU Ganley · P14 → retired L2 Ganley · retired L2 14 Ganley GAN R Ganley GAN de Adamich · P20 → retired L2 de Adamich · retired L2 20 de Adamich DE R de Adamich DE Ickx · P2 → retired L1 Ickx · retired L1 2 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 8 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 1 12 1:29:16.300 9
2 9 François Cevert Tyrrell 5 12 +30.100 6
3 5 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 4 12 +37.100 4
4 6 Mario Andretti Ferrari 11 12 +2:05.000 3
5 25 Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 3 12 +2:29.100 2
6 23 Tim Schenken Brabham 9 12 +2:58.600 1
7 18 John Surtees Surtees 15 12 +3:19.000
8 3 Reine Wisell Lotus-Ford 17 12 +6:31.700
9 22 Graham Hill Brabham 13 12 +6:37.000
10 24 Rolf Stommelen Surtees 12 11 +1 Lap
11 22 Vic Elford BRM 18 11 +1 Lap
12 26 Nanni Galli March-Alfa Romeo 21 10 +2 Laps
R 2 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 8 8 Oil leak
D 14 Jo Siffert BRM 3 6 Disqualified
R 11 Chris Amon Matra 16 6 Accident
R 21 Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 10 5 Suspension
R 15 Peter Gethin McLaren 19 5 Accident
R 7 Denny Hulme McLaren 6 3 Fuel leak
D 19 Mike Beuttler March-Ford 22 3 Disqualified
R 16 Howden Ganley BRM 14 2 Engine
R 27 Andrea de Adamich March-Alfa Romeo 20 2 Injection
R 32 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 2 1 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
8 Jackie Stewart
2
32 Jacky Ickx
3
25 Ronnie Peterson
3
14 Jo Siffert
4
5 Clay Regazzoni
5
9 François Cevert
6
7 Denny Hulme
8
2 Emerson Fittipaldi
9
23 Tim Schenken
10
21 Henri Pescarolo
11
6 Mario Andretti
12
24 Rolf Stommelen
13
22 Graham Hill
14
16 Howden Ganley
15
18 John Surtees
16
11 Chris Amon
17
3 Reine Wisell
18
22 Vic Elford
19
15 Peter Gethin
20
27 Andrea de Adamich
21
26 Nanni Galli
22
19 Mike Beuttler
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.
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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