The 1971 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Mosport Park on September 19, 1971. It was race 10 of 11 in both the 1971 World Championship of Drivers and the 1971 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.
During a Formula Ford preliminary race, one of the twenty drivers of the field spun at Turn 1 involving four other competitors and a group of marshals. Four of them suffered severe injuries and were taken to hospital. One lap later, Wayne Kelly, a 37-year-old driver from Ottawa, was killed instantly when he crashed into a stationary ambulance parked on the outside of Turn 1 whose crew was helping the injured marshals and competitors.
The events of the Formula Ford race meant that the Grand Prix was delayed from its 2:30pm start to 4:30pm, and when it did start, it was raining and thick fog had arrived. Jackie Stewart took the win after the race was stopped after 64 laps of the scheduled 80 due to the weather. American Mark Donohue finished third on his F1 debut.
This was the first ever Formula One race to be red flagged.
Qualifying
Qualifying classification Pos.No.DriverConstructorTimeGrid1 11 Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford1:15.312 14 Jo SiffertBRM1:15.523 12 François CevertTyrrell-Ford1:15.734 2 Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford1:16.145 20 Chris AmonMatra1:16.156 17 Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford1:16.267 3 Reine WisellLotus-Ford1:16.378 10 Mark DonohueMcLaren-Ford1:16.389 16 Howden GanleyBRM1:16.3910 9 Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford1:16.41011 21 Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra1:16.51112 4 Jacky IckxFerrari1:16.51213 6 Mario AndrettiFerrari1:16.91314 22 John SurteesSurtees-Ford1:17.11415 37 Graham HillBrabham-Ford1:17.21516 15 Peter GethinBRM1:17.21617 8 Tim SchenkenBrabham-Ford1:17.41718 5 Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:17.51819 31 Helmut MarkoBRM1:17.81920 18 Nanni GalliMarch-Ford1:18.22021 28 George EatonBRM1:18.42122 19 Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford1:18.52223 24 Rolf StommelenSurtees-Ford1:18.82324 33 Skip BarberMarch-Ford1:19.82425 26 Chris CraftBrabham-Ford1:20.326 35 Pete LovelyLotus-Ford1:21.12527 27 Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford1:21.9
Race
Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 64 1:55:12.9 1 9 2 17 Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 64 + 38.3 6 6 3 10 Mark Donohue McLaren-Ford 64 + 1:35.8 8 4 4 9 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 63 + 1 lap 10 3 5 3 Reine Wisell Lotus-Ford 63 + 1 lap 7 2 6 12 François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 62 + 2 laps 3 1 7 2 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 62 + 2 laps 4 8 4 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 62 + 2 laps 12 9 14 Jo Siffert BRM 61 + 3 laps 2 10 20 Chris Amon Matra 61 + 3 laps 5 11 22 John Surtees Surtees-Ford 60 + 4 laps 14 12 31 Helmut Marko BRM 60 + 4 laps 19 13 6 Mario Andretti Ferrari 60 + 4 laps 13 14 15 Peter Gethin BRM 59 + 5 laps 16 15 28 George Eaton BRM 59 + 5 laps 21 16 18 Nanni Galli March-Ford 57 + 7 laps 20 19 Mike Beuttler March-Ford 56 + 8 laps 22 35 Pete Lovely Lotus-Ford 55 + 9 laps 25 24 Rolf Stommelen Surtees-Ford 26 Overheating 23 21 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 15 Accident 11 33 Skip Barber March-Ford 13 Oil Pressure 24 5 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 7 Accident 18 37 Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 2 Accident 15 8 Tim Schenken Brabham-Ford 1 Ignition 17 16 Howden Ganley BRM — Accident 9 26 Chris Craft Brabham-Ford — Engine 27 Henri Pescarolo March-Ford — Accident/injury
Notes
This was the Formula One World Championship debut for future Indianapolis 500 winner and American driver Mark Donohue and British driver Chris Craft. This was the 50th Grand Prix start for French constructor Matra. This was the first fastest lap set by McLaren. This race saw the 99th, 100th and 101st podium finish for a Ford-powered car.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jackie Stewart 60 2 Ronnie Peterson 29 3 Jacky Ickx 19 4 François Cevert 17 5 Emerson Fittipaldi 16Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Tyrrell-Ford 64 2 Ferrari 32 3 BRM 30 4 March-Ford 30 5 Lotus-Ford 21Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Bold text indicates the 1971 World Champions.
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