Season 1971 · Round 8

Austrian Grand Prix

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1971-08-15 · Red Bull Ring · Austria · Austrian Grand Prix · 54Lap · 317.347km
14 Jo Siffert
BRM 1:30:23.910
Team win 9pt P1 · P10 · P11 · P20
2 Emerson Fittipaldi
Lotus-Ford +4.120
Team win 9pt P2 · P4
23 Tim Schenken
Brabham +19.770
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Mike Beuttler L47 François Cevert L42 Jackie Stewart L35 Jacky Ickx L31 Niki Lauda L20 John Surtees L12 Clay Regazzoni L8 Howden Ganley L5 Denny Hulme L4 Jo Bonnier L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 16/40 40%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P4
Most lead changes · all-time P25
Circuit Info
Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria
54Lap 317.347km 40 races held (1970–) Lap record 1:05.619 · Carlos Sainz (2020)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Ronnie Peterson 2 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P10 Jo Siffert 1 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
P10 Jacky Ickx 1 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
P8 Emerson Fittipaldi 11 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
P8 Niki Lauda 11 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
P18 Clay Regazzoni 9 starts · → Nelson Piquet -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L54 Siffert · P1 → P1 1 Siffert SIF 1 Siffert SIF Fittipaldi · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Fittipaldi FIT 2 Fittipaldi FIT Schenken · P7 → P3 · +4 7 Schenken SCH 3 Schenken SCH Wisell · P10 → P4 · +6 10 Wisell WIS 4 Wisell WIS Hill · P8 → P5 · +3 8 Hill HIL 5 Hill HIL Pescarolo · P13 → P6 · +7 13 Pescarolo PES 6 Pescarolo PES Stommelen · P12 → P7 · +5 12 Stommelen STO 7 Stommelen STO Peterson · P11 → P8 · +3 11 Peterson PET 8 Peterson PET Oliver · P22 → P9 · +13 22 Oliver OLI 9 Oliver OLI Gethin · P16 → P10 · +6 16 Gethin GET 10 Gethin GET Marko · P17 → P11 · +6 17 Marko MAR 11 Marko MAR Galli · P15 → P12 · +3 15 Galli GAL 12 Galli GAL Beuttler · P19 → retired L47 Beuttler · retired L47 19 Beuttler BEU R Beuttler BEU Cevert · P3 → retired L42 Cevert · retired L42 3 Cevert CEV R Cevert CEV Stewart · P2 → retired L35 Stewart · retired L35 2 Stewart STE R Stewart STE Ickx · P6 → retired L31 Ickx · retired L31 6 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK Lauda · P21 → retired L20 Lauda · retired L20 21 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Surtees · P18 → retired L12 Surtees · retired L12 18 Surtees SUR R Surtees SUR Regazzoni · P4 → retired L8 Regazzoni · retired L8 4 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG Ganley · P14 → retired L5 Ganley · retired L5 14 Ganley GAN R Ganley GAN Hulme · P9 → retired L4 Hulme · retired L4 9 Hulme HUL R Hulme HUL Bonnier · P20 → retired L0 Bonnier · retired L0 20 Bonnier BON R Bonnier BON
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 14 Jo Siffert BRM 1 54 1:30:23.910 9
2 2 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 5 54 +4.120 6
3 23 Tim Schenken Brabham 7 54 +19.770 4
4 3 Reine Wisell Lotus-Ford 10 54 +31.870 3
5 22 Graham Hill Brabham 8 54 +48.430 2
6 21 Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 13 54 +1:24.510 1
7 24 Rolf Stommelen Surtees 12 54 +1:37.420
8 25 Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 11 53 +1 Lap
9 14 Jackie Oliver McLaren 22 53 +1 Lap
10 15 Peter Gethin BRM 16 52 +2 Laps
11 17 Helmut Marko BRM 17 52 +2 Laps
12 26 Nanni Galli March-Alfa Romeo 15 51 +3 Laps
R 19 Mike Beuttler March-Ford 19 47 Not classified
R 9 François Cevert Tyrrell 3 42 Engine
R 8 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 2 35 Halfshaft
R 32 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 6 31 Engine
R 26 Niki Lauda March-Ford 21 20 Handling
R 18 John Surtees Surtees 18 12 Engine
R 5 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 4 8 Engine
R 16 Howden Ganley BRM 14 5 Ignition
R 7 Denny Hulme McLaren 9 4 Engine
R 29 Jo Bonnier McLaren 20 0 Fuel leak
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
14 Jo Siffert
2
8 Jackie Stewart
3
9 François Cevert
4
5 Clay Regazzoni
5
2 Emerson Fittipaldi
6
32 Jacky Ickx
7
23 Tim Schenken
8
22 Graham Hill
9
7 Denny Hulme
10
3 Reine Wisell
11
25 Ronnie Peterson
12
24 Rolf Stommelen
13
21 Henri Pescarolo
14
16 Howden Ganley
15
26 Nanni Galli
16
15 Peter Gethin
17
17 Helmut Marko
18
18 John Surtees
19
19 Mike Beuttler
20
29 Jo Bonnier
21
26 Niki Lauda
22
14 Jackie Oliver
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