The following is an overview of the events of 1971 in motorsport, including major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
Annual events The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles. DateEventRef 30–31 January10th 24 Hours of Daytona 14 February13th Daytona 500February 1971 NHRA Winternationals 6 May55th Targa Florio 23 May29th Monaco Grand Prix 29 May55th Indianapolis 500 5–12 June53rd Isle of Man TT 12–13 June39th 24 Hours of Le Mans 26–27 June2nd 24 Hours of Nurburgring 24–25 July23rd 24 Hours of SpaJuly 1971 NHRA Summernationals 3 October12th Hardie-Ferodo 500 21 November18th Macau Grand Prix
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef17JanuaryRichard BurnsBritishRally driverWorld Rally champion ().25Luca BadoerItalianRacing driver24FebruaryPedro de la RosaSpanishRacing driver1997 Formula Nippon and All Japan GTC champion, GPDA chairman (2008-2010, 2012–2014).27MarchDavid CoulthardBritishRacing driverWinner of the 13 Formula One Grand Prix, 1991 Macau Grand Prix and 1991 Masters of Formula 3, GPDA chairman (2005-2006).3AprilEmmanuel CollardFrenchRacing driver2005 24 Hours of Daytona winner.9Jacques VilleneuveCanadianRacing driverFormula One World Champion (), 1995 Indianapolis 500 winner.26JuneMax BiaggiItalianMotorcycle racerSuperbike World champion (, ).27NovemberTroy CorserAustralianMotorcycle racerSuperbike World champion (, ).
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef6FebruaryLew "sneaky Pete" Robinson37AmericanDrag racerMotorsportmemorial.org (retrieved 4 October 2018)11JulyPedro Rodríguez31MexicanRacing driverWinner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans ()
See also List of 1971 motorsport champions
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