The 1971 Rothmans F5000 European Championship Programme, Rothmans F5000 European Championship & Evening News Car Races, Brands Hatch, Monday 12 April 1971Programme, Rothmans F5000 European Championship Car Races, Mallory Park, Monday 31 May 1971Programme, Rothmans F5000 European Championship Car Races, Brands Hatch, Monday 26 September 1971 was a motor racing series for Formula 5000 cars.Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, pages 67 to 89 The series was organized in the United Kingdom by the British Racing and Sports Car Club but also included European rounds.European Formula 5000 races 1969-1977, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 16 October 2014 It was the third of seven annual European Formula 5000 Championships to be contested between 1969 and 1975,Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, Table of Contents and the first to carry the Rothmans F5000 European Championship name. The championship was won by Frank Gardner, driving a Lola T192 and a Lola T300.
Calendar . The championship was contested over seventeen rounds. Round Name Circuit Date Winning driver Car 1 Mallory Park 28 March Mike Hailwood Surtees TS8 Chevrolet 2 Snetterton 9 April Frank Gardner Lola T192 Chevrolet 3 Yellow Pages Trophy Programme, Brands Hatch, Monday 12 April 1971, page 8 Brands Hatch 12 April Brian Redman McLaren M18 Chevrolet 4 Dublin Grand Prix F5000 championship races in Europe, jpgleize.perso.neuf.fr Retrieved on 16 October 2014 Mondello Park 2 May Frank Gardner Lola T192 Chevrolet 5 Daily Express International TrophyAnthony Prichard, The Non-Championship Races, The Motor Racing Year No3, 1972, pages 118 to 147(Report) Silverstone 8 May Mike Hailwood ‡ Surtees TS8 Chevrolet 6 Castle Combe 15 May Frank Gardner Lola T192 Chevrolet 7 Mallory Park 31 May Graham McRae McLaren M10B Chevrolet 8 GP della Lotteria di Monza Monza 20 June Alan Rollinson Surtees TS8 Chevrolet 9 Yellow Pages Trophy Mallory Park 4 July Mike Hailwood Surtees TS8 Chevrolet 10 Kodak Super 8 Trophy Thruxton 1 August Graham McRae McLaren M10B Chevrolet 11 Uniflo Trophy Silverstone 14 August Mike Hailwood Surtees TS8 Chevrolet 12 Rothmans International Gold Cup Oulton Park 21 August Frank Gardner # Lola T300 Chevrolet 13 The Rothmans Trophy Race Programme, Rothmans F5000 European Championship Car Races, Snetterton, Monday 30 August 1971, page 12 Retrieved on 29 June 2022 Snetterton 30 August Graham McRae McLaren M10B Chevrolet 14 Nations Grand Prix Hockenheim 12 September Frank Gardner Lola T300 Chevrolet 15 Oulton Park 18 September Frank Gardner Lola T300 Chevrolet 16 Brands Hatch 26 September Brian Redman McLaren M18 Chevrolet 17 Rothmans World Championship Victory Race (Report) Brands Hatch 24 October Alan Rollinson @ Surtees TS8 Chevrolet
‡ Mike Hailwood was the highest placed Formula 5000 driver at Round 5 in a combined field of Formula 5000 and Formula One cars. # Frank Gardner was the highest placed Formula 5000 driver at Round 12 in a combined field of Formula 5000 and Formula One cars.1971 XVIII International Gold Cup, www.statsf1.com Retrieved 9 February 2024 @ Alan Rollinson was the highest placed Formula 5000 driver at Round 17 in a combined field of Formula 5000 and Formula One cars.
Points system Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places at each round. Final championship positions were determined from the best six results from the longer rounds (i.e. those contested over a distance of 100 to 150 miles) and the best six results from the shorter rounds.
Championship standings Position Driver Car Entrant Points 1 Frank Gardner Lola T192 Chevrolet Lola T300 Chevrolet Lola Cars Limited 95 2 Mike Hailwood Surtees TS8 Chevrolet Team Surtees 58 3 Mike Walker Lola T192 Chevrolet Doug Hardwick 40 4 Alan Rollinson Surtees TS8 Chevrolet Alan McKechnie Racing 35 5 Brian Redman McLaren M18 Chevrolet Syd Taylor Team Castrol 34 6 Graham McRae McLaren M10B Chevrolet Crown Lynn Potteries 33 7 Ray Allen McLaren M10B Chevrolet Team Trojan 30 8 Teddy Pilette McLaren M10B Chevrolet Racing Team VDS 18 9 Trevor Taylor Leda LT25 Chevrolet Malaya Garage Racing Division 16 10 David Prophet McLaren M10B Chevrolet Bugie Prophet 10 11 Tony Dean McLaren M7A Chevrolet Barry Newman Racing Rothmans European Formula 5000 Championship - Points Position, Programme, Snetterton, Monday, 30 August 1971, page 11 9 12 Peter Gethin McLaren M18 Chevrolet Syd Taylor 7 13 Ulf Norinder McLaren M18 Chevrolet Team Trojan 6 14 Fred Saunders Crosslé 15F Rover Mermaid Racing 5 = John Myerscough McLaren M10B Chevrolet John Butterworth 5 16 Jean-Pierre Jaussaud McLaren M18 Chevrolet Barry Newman 4 = Howden Ganley McLaren M18 Chevrolet Barry Newman 4 = Keith Holland McLaren M10B Chevrolet Keith Holland 4 = Tony Trimmer Surtees TS5A Chevrolet Lola T190 Chevrolet Kaye Griffiths 4 = Gordon Spice McLaren M10B Chevrolet Gordon Spice Cash and Carry 4 21 Jock Russell Lotus 70 Ford Jock Russell 2 22 Rob Taylor Kitchiner K3A Ford 1 23 David Berry Brabham BT16 Rover David Berry 1
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