1971 season/Round 5
French Grand Prix 1971
- Paul Ricard
- Le Castellet
- 4 July 1971
- 55 laps
- 319.5 km
- 5.809 km a lap
- P1Jackie StewartTyrrell1:46:41.680
- P2François CevertTyrrell+28.120
- P3Emerson FittipaldiLotus+34.070
- Pole positionJackie StewartTyrrell · 1:50.710
- Fastest lapJackie Stewart1:54.090 · lap 2
- Winner started fromP1on the grid
Result
A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackie Stewart | Tyrrell | 1:50.710 | |
| 2 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 1:51.530 | +0.820 |
| 3 | Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | 1:51.880 | +1.170 |
| 4 | Graham Hill | Brabham | 1:52.320 | +1.610 |
| 5 | Pedro Rodríguez | BRM | 1:52.460 | +1.750 |
| 6 | Jo Siffert | BRM | 1:52.500 | +1.790 |
| 7 | François Cevert | Tyrrell | 1:52.690 | +1.980 |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Matra | 1:52.920 | +2.210 |
| 9 | Chris Amon | Matra | 1:52.940 | +2.230 |
| 10 | Rolf Stommelen | Surtees | 1:53.100 | +2.390 |
| 11 | Denny Hulme | McLaren | 1:53.240 | +2.530 |
| 12 | Ronnie Peterson | March | 1:53.360 | +2.650 |
| 13 | John Surtees | Surtees | 1:53.570 | +2.860 |
| 14 | Tim Schenken | Brabham | 1:53.580 | +2.870 |
| 15 | Reine Wisell | Lotus | 1:53.750 | +3.040 |
| 16 | Howden Ganley | BRM | 1:53.770 | +3.060 |
| 17 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Lotus | 1:54.220 | +3.510 |
| 18 | Henri Pescarolo | March | 1:54.270 | +3.560 |
| 19 | Peter Gethin | McLaren | 1:54.900 | +4.190 |
| 20 | Nanni Galli | March | 1:55.520 | +4.810 |
| 21 | Andrea de Adamich | March | 1:56.170 | +5.460 |
| 22 | Alex Soler-Roig | March | 1:57.070 | +6.360 |
| 23 | Max Jean | March | 1:59.790 | +9.080 |
| 24 | François Mazet | March | 2:00.510 | +9.800 |
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackie Stewart | 2 | 1:54.090 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 5. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackie Stewart | 33 | |
| 2 | Jacky Ickx | 19 | |
| 3 | Mario Andretti | 9 | |
| 4 | Pedro Rodríguez | 9 | |
| 4 | Ronnie Peterson | 9 | |
| 6 | Clay Regazzoni | 8 | |
| 7 | Chris Amon | 8 | |
| 8 | François Cevert | 6 | |
| 9 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 6 | ▲1 |
| 10 | Denny Hulme | 6 | ▼2 |