The 1971 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 9 January 1971. The race had 20 starters.
It was the 17th New Zealand Grand Prix, and doubled as the second round of the 1971 Tasman Series. Australian Neil Allen won his first NZGP in his McLaren Formula 5000 ahead of fellow Australian and previous years winner, Frank Matich. The first New Zealand driver to finish was Graham McRae in the McLaren Formula 5000.
Classification
Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time 1 26 Neil Allen N.E. Allen Auto Indust. (Pty) Ltd McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 4988cc V8 58 56m 27.0s 2 10 Frank Matich Rothmans Team Matich McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 4940cc V8 58 + 0.4 s 3 22 Graham McRae Crown Lynn McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 4988cc V8 58 + 7.7 s 4 3 Mike Eyerly Bonphil Racing Surtees TS8 / Chevrolet 4988cc V8 58 + 32.7 s 5 1 John Cannon Hogan Racing Ltd McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 4988cc V8 58 + 32.7 s 6 14 Graeme Lawrence Air New Zealand Dino 246 Tasmania / Ferrari 2417cc V6 57 + 1 Lap 7 32 Malcolm Guthrie Guthrie Racing Lola T192 / Chevrolet 4988cc V8 56 + 2 Laps 8 9 Frank Radisich McLaren M10A / Chevrolet 4988cc V8 56 + 2 Laps 9 25 Chris Amon STP Corporation Lotus 70 / Ford 4988cc V8 55 + 3 Laps 10 11 Ken Smith Team Cambridge Lotus Cars 69 / Cosworth 1850cc 4cyl 53 + 5 Laps 11 12 Baron Robertson Robertson Racing Brabham BT23C / Cosworth 1598cc 4cyl 12 80 Dave McConnell D.McConnell Lotus 69 / Ford 1598cc V8 Ret 2 David Oxton STP Corporation March 701 / Cosworth 2491cc V8 51 Half-Shaft Ret 72 Evan Noyes Fred Opert Racing Brabham BT29 / Chevrolet 1850cc 4cyl 47 Puncture Ret 28 Bob Brown Colorado Ski Country Lola T190 / Chevrolet 4988cc V8 44 Oil Pump Ret 31 Frank Gardner Guthrie Racing Lola T192 / Chevrolet 4988cc V8 12 Accident Ret 5 Kevin Bartlett Alec Mildren Racing Pty. Ltd Mildren / Chevrolet 4988cc V8 11 Retired Ret 8 Don O'Sullivan Rothmans Team Matich McLaren M10A / Repco 4988cc V8 8 Half-Shaft Ret 34 Teddy Pilette Racing Team V.D.S. McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 4988cc V8 3 Oil Pressure DNS 52 Bryan Faloon Wills Export Racing Team Rorstan Mk1a / Porsche 1990 8cyl DNS 57 Dexter Dunlop Team Cambridge McRae S2 / Cosworth 1598cc 4cyl Source(s):
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