1971 Australian Grand Prix
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The 1971 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Warwick Farm Raceway in New South Wales, Australia on 21 November 1971. It was open to Racing Cars complying with either Australian Formula 1 or Australian Formula 2 regulations.[1]
The race was the thirty sixth running of the Australian Grand Prix. Frank Matich won his second straight AGP and, as in 1970, he started the race on pole and also set the fastest race lap. The race marked the debut of Matich's self designed and built Matich A50 which was powered by a Repco Holden V8 engine. Matich won the race by 58.7 seconds from Kevin Bartlett driving a McLaren M10B-Chevrolet, with Alan Hamilton, also driving McLaren M10B-Chevrolet, 1.1 seconds behind Bartlett in third place.
Other than two New Zealanders, the only international driver in the event was 1964 Formula One World Drivers' Champion John Surtees. The Englishman started ninth in his Surtees TS8-Chevrolet, and battled with Bartlett, Hamilton, and, until his retirement, Colin Bond in the McLaren M10B in which Matich had won the 1970 Australian Grand Prix. Surtees ultimately placed 14th after suffering two punctures late in the race.[2] 1971 Rothmans F5000 European Championship winner Frank Gardner was unable to start the race after damaging his Lola T300 in the first practice session on the Saturday.[3]
Classification
Results as follows:[2]
Official practice
Grid positions for the race were determined during "official practice".[4]
Race
| Pos | No. | Driver | Car[4] | Entrant[4] | Laps | Time / Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Template:Flagicon Frank Matich | Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Rothmans Team Matich | 45 | 1h 05m 09.5s |
| 2 | 5 | Template:Flagicon Kevin Bartlett | McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Kevin Bartlett Shell Racing | 45 | 1h 06m 08.2s |
| 3 | 9 | Template:Flagicon Alan Hamilton | McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Porsche Distributors Racing Pty Ltd | 45 | 1h 06m 09.3s |
| 4 | 14 | Template:Flagicon Graeme Lawrence | Brabham BT30 / Cosworth FVC 1.8L 4cyl | Air New Zealand | 45 | 1h 06m 09.7s |
| 5 | 6 | Template:Flagicon Max Stewart | Mildren / Waggott TC 4V 2.0L 4cyl | Max Stewart Motors – Waggott Engineering | 45 | 1h 06m 10.2s |
| 6 | 11 | Template:Flagicon John McCormack | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Elfin Sports Cars | 44 | |
| 7 | 12 | Template:Flagicon Warwick Brown | McLaren M4A / Cosworth FVC 1.9L 4cyl | Pat Burke Racing | 43 | |
| 8 | 17 | Template:Flagicon Gary Campbell | Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2) | Provincial Motors | 43 | |
| 9 | 16 | Template:Flagicon Henk Woelders | Elfin 600C / Waggott T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2) | Bill Patterson Racing | 43 | |
| 10 | 26 | Template:Flagicon Jack Bono | Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2) | Graham Collier | 43 | |
| 11 | 25 | Template:Flagicon Ian Fergusson | Bowin P3A / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2) | Ian Ferguson | 42 | |
| 12 | 21 | Template:Flagicon Ian Cook | Devione LC2 / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2) | Autocorse | 42 | |
| 13 | 18 | Template:Flagicon Clive Mills | Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2) | Clive Millis Motors Pty Ltd | 41 | |
| 14 | 3 | Template:Flagicon John Surtees | Surtees TS8 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Team Surtees | 38 | |
| 15 | 18 | Template:Flagicon Terry Quartly | Lotus 32 / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2) | Jeff Noblett | 38 | |
| Ret | 7 | Template:Flagicon John Harvey | Brabham BT36 / Waggott TC 4V 2.0L 4cyl | Bob Jane Racing | 23[5] | Exhaust[6] |
| Ret | 15 | Template:Flagicon Don O'Sullivan | McLaren M18 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Don O'Sullivan Racing Pty Ltd | 21[5] | Crash[6] |
| Ret | 2 | Template:Flagicon Colin Bond | McLaren M10B / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Rothmans Team Matich | 20 | Oil pressure[6] |
| Ret | 20 | Template:Flagicon Alfredo Costanzo | Elfin AC1 / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2) | Alfredo Costanzo | Engine[6] | |
| Ret | 10 | Template:Flagicon Colin Hyams | Lola T192 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Colin Hyams | Wheels[6] | |
| Ret | 24 | Template:Flagicon Ross Ambrose | Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2) | Ross Ambrose | ||
| Ret | 23 | Template:Flagicon Chris Farrell | Brabham BT6 / BRM Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2) | BP Cordon Service Station | Oil pressure[6] | |
| Ret | 8 | Template:Flagicon Bob Muir[7] | Mildren Mono / Waggott TC 4V 2.0L I4 | Robert Muir Motors Pty Ltd | 0[3] | Bent valve[3] |
| DNS[3] | 4[4] | Template:Flagicon Frank Gardner[3] | Lola T300 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8[4] | Amalgamated Scooters – Team Lola[4] | – | Practice accident[3] |
- (AF2) indicates Australian Formula 2 car[4]
Notes
- Pole position: Frank Matich – 1'24.3[2]
- Starters: 23[7]
- Finishers: 15[2]
- Winner's average speed: 93.32 m.p.h.[8]
- Australian Formula 2 Class winner:[4] Gary Campbell[2]
- Fastest lap: Frank Matich – 1'24.6 (94.75 mph / 154.08 km/h)[2] (New outright lap record)[8]
References
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- ↑ Conditions for Australian Titles, 1971 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 79
- ↑ a b c d e f Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c d e f g h John Smailes, Matich's mighty AGP win, Australian Auto Action, 26 November 1971, pages 8&9
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Official Programme, 36th Australian Grand Prix, Warwick Farm, 21 November 1971
- ↑ a b Alan Wood, Matich takes his second A.G.P.!, Racing Car News, January 1972, pages 24–25
- ↑ a b c d e f XXXVI Australian Grand Prix 1971, www.formula2.net, as archived at web.archive.org
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