1971 Australian Grand Prix

1971 Australian Grand Prix
1971 Australian Grand Prix
Australian Formula 1 & Australian Formula 2 race
Race details
Date	21 November 1971
Official name	XXXVI Australian Grand Prix
Location	Warwick Farm Raceway, Sydney, New South Wales
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.621 km (2.25 miles)
Distance	45 laps, 162.945 km (101.25 miles)
Weather	Fine, mild
Pole position
Driver	Frank Matich;
Time	1'24.3
Fastest lap
Driver	Frank Matich
Time	1'24.6
Podium
First	Frank Matich;
Second	Kevin Bartlett;
Third	Alan Hamilton;

The 1971 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Warwick Farm Raceway in New South Wales, Australia on 21 November 1971. It was open to Racing Cars complying with either Australian Formula 1 or Australian Formula 2 regulations.^[2]

The race was the thirty sixth running of the

Kevin Bartlett driving a McLaren M10B-Chevrolet

, with Alan Hamilton, also driving McLaren M10B-Chevrolet, 1.1 seconds behind Bartlett in third place.

Other than two

New Zealanders, the only international driver in the event was 1964 Formula One World Drivers' Champion John Surtees. The Englishman started ninth in his Surtees TS8-Chevrolet, and battled with Bartlett, Hamilton, and, until his retirement, Colin Bond in the McLaren M10B in which Matich had won the 1970 Australian Grand Prix. Surtees ultimately placed 14th after suffering two punctures late in the race.^[3] 1971 Rothmans F5000 European Championship winner Frank Gardner was unable to start the race after damaging his Lola T300 in the first practice session on the Saturday.^[4]

Classification

Results as follows:[3]

Official practice

Matich A50

similar to the above

Grid positions for the race were determined during "official practice".^[5]

Pos	No	Driver	Car/Engine^[5]	Time	Gap
1	1	Frank Matich	Repco Holden 5.0L V8	1:24.3	—
2	8	Bob Muir	I4	1:25.4	+0.9
3	7	John Harvey	I4	1:25.6	+1.3
4	6	Max Stewart	I4	1:25.8	+1.5
5	14	Graeme Lawrence	I4	1:26.0	+1.7
6	9	Alan Hamilton	Chevrolet 5.0L V8	1:26.3	+2.0
7	2	Colin Bond	Repco Holden 5.0L V8	1:26.4	+2.1
8	5	Kevin Bartlett	Chevrolet 5.0L V8	1:26.8	+2.5
9	3	John Surtees	Chevrolet 5.0L V8	1:27.2	+2.9
10	11	John McCormack	Repco Holden 5.0L V8	1:27.6	+3.3
11	12	Warwick Brown	I4	1:29.3	+5.0
12	26	Jack Bono	I4 (AF2)	1:29.7	+5.4
13	15	Don O'Sullivan	Repco Holden 5.0L V8	1:29.7	+5.4
14	17	Gary Campbell	I4 (AF2)	1:30.1	+5.8
15	20	Alfredo Costanzo	I4 (AF2)	1:30.1	+5.8
16	16	Henk Woelders	I4 (AF2)	1:31.2	+6.9
17	10	Colin Hyams	Chevrolet 5.0L V8	1:31.4	+7.1
18	19	Terry Quartly	I4 (AF2)	1:31.8	+7.5
19	25	Ian Fergusson	I4 (AF2)	1:33.0	+8.7
20	21	Ian Cook	Devione LC2 / I4 (AF2)	1:33.8	+9.5
21	24	Ross Ambrose	I4 (AF2)	1:34.2	+9.9
22	18	Clive Mills	I4 (AF2)	1:34.8	+10.5
23	23	Chris Farrell	BRM Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	DNP
–	4^[5]	Frank Gardner^[4]	Chevrolet 5.0L V8^[5]	DNP^[4]	–

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Car^[5]	Entrant^[5]	Laps	Time / Reason
1	1	Frank Matich	Repco Holden 5.0L V8	Rothmans Team Matich	45	1h 05m 09.5s
2	5	Kevin Bartlett	Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Kevin Bartlett Shell Racing	45	1h 06m 08.2s
3	9	Alan Hamilton	Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Porsche Distributors Racing Pty Ltd	45	1h 06m 09.3s
4	14	Graeme Lawrence	Brabham BT30 / Cosworth FVC 1.8L 4cyl	Air New Zealand	45	1h 06m 09.7s
5	6	Max Stewart	Mildren / Waggott TC 4V 2.0L 4cyl	Max Stewart Motors – Waggott Engineering	45	1h 06m 10.2s
6	11	John McCormack	Repco Holden 5.0L V8	Elfin Sports Cars	44
7	12	Warwick Brown	McLaren M4A / Cosworth FVC 1.9L 4cyl	Pat Burke Racing	43
8	17	Gary Campbell	Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	Provincial Motors	43
9	16	Henk Woelders	Elfin 600C / Waggott T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	Bill Patterson Racing	43
10	26	Jack Bono	Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	Graham Collier	43
11	25	Ian Fergusson	Bowin P3A / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	Ian Ferguson	42
12	21	Ian Cook	Devione LC2 / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	Autocorse	42
13	18	Clive Mills	Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	Clive Millis Motors Pty Ltd	41
14	3	John Surtees	Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Team Surtees	38
15	18	Terry Quartly	Lotus 32 / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	Jeff Noblett	38
Ret	7	John Harvey	Brabham BT36 / Waggott TC 4V 2.0L 4cyl	Bob Jane Racing	23^[6]	Exhaust^[7]
Ret	15	Don O'Sullivan	Repco Holden 5.0L V8	Don O'Sullivan Racing Pty Ltd	21^[6]	Crash^[7]
Ret	2	Colin Bond	Repco Holden 5.0L V8	Rothmans Team Matich	20	Oil pressure^[7]
Ret	20	Alfredo Costanzo	Elfin AC1 / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	Alfredo Costanzo		Engine^[7]
Ret	10	Colin Hyams	Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Colin Hyams		Wheels^[7]
Ret	24	Ross Ambrose	Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	Ross Ambrose
Ret	23	Chris Farrell	BRM Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	BP Cordon Service Station		Oil pressure^[7]
Ret	8	Bob Muir^[8]	I4	Robert Muir Motors Pty Ltd	0^[4]	Bent valve^[4]
DNS^[4]	4^[5]	Frank Gardner^[4]	Chevrolet 5.0L V8^[5]	Amalgamated Scooters – Team Lola^[5]	–	Practice accident^[4]

(AF2) indicates Australian Formula 2 car^[5]

Notes

Pole position: Frank Matich – 1'24.3^[3]
Starters: 23^[8]
Finishers: 15^[3]
Winner's average speed: 93.32 m.p.h.^[1]
Australian Formula 2 Class winner:^[5] Gary Campbell^[3]
Fastest lap: Frank Matich – 1'24.6 (94.75 mph / 154.08 km/h)^[3] (New outright lap record)^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 36th Australian Grand Prix - Information Sheet No. 14
^ Conditions for Australian Titles, 1971 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 79
^
ISBN 0-9588464-0-5
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h John Smailes, Matich's mighty AGP win, Australian Auto Action, 26 November 1971, pages 8&9
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Official Programme, 36th Australian Grand Prix, Warwick Farm, 21 November 1971
^ ^a ^b Alan Wood, Matich takes his second A.G.P.!, Racing Car News, January 1972, pages 24–25
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f XXXVI Australian Grand Prix 1971, www.formula2.net, as archived at web.archive.org
^
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External links

Preceded by 1970 Australian Grand Prix	Australian Grand Prix 1971	Succeeded by 1972 Australian Grand Prix

[Information_Sheet-1] 36th Australian Grand Prix - Information Sheet No. 14

[2] Conditions for Australian Titles, 1971 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 79

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[Smailes-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h John Smailes, Matich's mighty AGP win, Australian Auto Action, 26 November 1971, pages 8&9

[Programme-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Official Programme, 36th Australian Grand Prix, Warwick Farm, 21 November 1971

[RCN-6] Alan Wood, Matich takes his second A.G.P.!, Racing Car News, January 1972, pages 24–25

[formula2.net-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f XXXVI Australian Grand Prix 1971, www.formula2.net, as archived at web.archive.org

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