23 May 1971 Monaco Grand Prix
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The 1971 Monaco Grand Prix was Round 3 of the 1971 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held on the streets of Monte Carlo on Sunday, 23 May 1971. Jackie Stewart started on pole position in the Tyrrell Ford and was the race winner.
1971 Monaco Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Jackie Stewart | Great Britain | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 80 | 1:52:21.300 | 1:52:21.300 | - | - | 1:22.200 | 57 | 134.400 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 17 | Ronnie Peterson | Sweden | March Ford | Firestone | 80 | +25.600 | 1:52:46.900 | +25.600 | +25.600 | 1:23.000 | 53 | 133.900 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 | Jacky Ickx | Belgium | Ferrari | Firestone | 80 | +53.300 | 1:53:14.600 | +53.300 | +27.700 | 1:23.200 | 74 | 133.300 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 9 | Denny Hulme | New Zealand | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 80 | +66.700 | 1:53:28.000 | +1:06.700 | +13.400 | 1:23.000 | 74 | 133.000 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Brazil | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 79 | +1 lap | 1:52:57.000 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:23.300 | 68 | 132.000 | 17 | 2 |
| 6 | 24 | Rolf Stommelen | Germany | Surtees Ford | Firestone | 79 | +1 lap | 1:53:04.600 | 1 lap | +7.600 | 1:23.500 | 65 | 131.800 | 16 | 1 |
| 7 | 22 | John Surtees | Great Britain | Surtees Ford | Firestone | 79 | +1 lap | 1:53:25.700 | 1 lap | +21.100 | 1:23.900 | 64 | 131.400 | 10 | |
| 8 | 27 | Henri Pescarolo | France | March Ford | Goodyear | 77 | +3 laps | 1:53:35.100 | 3 laps | 2 laps | 1:24.600 | 63 | 127.900 | 13 | |
| 9 | 15 | Pedro Rodríguez | Mexico | BRM | Firestone | 76 | +4 laps | 1:52:38.100 | 4 laps | 1 lap | 1:23.700 | 55 | 127.300 | 5 | |
| 10 | 8 | Tim Schenken | Australia | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | 76 | +4 laps | 1:53:26.400 | 4 laps | +48.300 | 1:24.400 | 63 | 126.400 | 18 | |
| DNF | 14 | Jo Siffert | Switzerland | BRM | Firestone | 58 | Oil pipe | 1:22:13.700 | 1:23.500 | 53 | 133.100 | 3 | |||
| DNF | 21 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | France | Matra | Goodyear | 47 | Differential | 1:07:58.800 | 1:25.000 | 17 | 130.500 | 7 | |||
| DNF | 20 | Chris Amon | New Zealand | Matra | Goodyear | 45 | Differential | 1:06:49.100 | 1:23.400 | 44 | 127.100 | 4 | |||
| DNF | 5 | Clay Regazzoni | Switzerland | Ferrari | Firestone | 24 | Accident | 36:42.700 | 1:26.100 | 10 | 123.400 | 11 | |||
| DNF | 10 | Peter Gethin | Great Britain | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 22 | Accident | 32:22.000 | 1:26.000 | 16 | 128.300 | 14 | |||
| DNF | 2 | Reine Wisell | Sweden | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 21 | Wheel bearing | 30:47.800 | 1:26.300 | 11 | 128.700 | 12 | |||
| DNF | 12 | François Cévert | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 5 | Accident | 7:46.800 | 1:28.000 | 3 | 121.300 | 15 | |||
| DNF | 7 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | 1 | Accident | 1:35.800 | 1:35.800 | 1 | 118.200 | 9 | |||
| DNQ | 16 | Howden Ganley | New Zealand | BRM | Firestone | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 6 | Mario Andretti | United States | Ferrari | Firestone | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 19 | Nanni Galli | Italy | March Alfa Romeo | Firestone | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 18 | Alex Soler-Roig | United States | March Ford | Firestone | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 28 | Skip Barber | Spain | March Ford | Goodyear |