1971 European Formula Two season

1971 European Formula Two season
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The 1971 European Formula Two season was contested over 11 rounds.

Calendar

Race No	Track	Country	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
1	Hockenheim	West Germany	4 April 1971	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1'27:09.8	186.931 km/h	François Cevert	Ronnie Peterson	Ronnie Peterson
2	Thruxton	United Kingdom	12 April 1971	50	3.791=189.55 km	1'02:36.2 1'02:36.8	181.668 km/h 181.639 km/h	Graham Hill Ronnie Peterson	Ronnie Peterson	Ronnie Peterson
3	Nürburgring	West Germany	2 May 1971	10	22.835=228.35 km	1'20:19.2	170.580 km/h	François Cevert	Derek Bell	Ronnie Peterson
4	Jarama	Spain	16 May 1971	60	3.404=204.24 km	1'29:42.9 1'29:57.7	136.593 km/h 136.218 km/h	Emerson Fittipaldi Dieter Quester	Ronnie Peterson	Tim Schenken
5	Crystal Palace	United Kingdom	31 May 1971	50	2.238=111.85 km	0'42:03.0 0'42:07.4	159.590 km/h 159.312 km/h	Emerson Fittipaldi Tim Schenken	Ronnie Peterson	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Tim Schenken Ronnie Peterson Emerson Fittipaldi
6	Rouen	France	27 June 1971	25	6.541=163.525 km	0'55:36.3	176.450 km/h	Ronnie Peterson	Ronnie Peterson	François Cevert
7	Mantorp Park	Sweden	8 August 1971	36+36	4.092=294.624 km	1'46:08.2	166.554 km/h	Ronnie Peterson	Ronnie Peterson	Ronnie Peterson
	Pergusa-Enna	Italy	22 August 1971	cancelled
8	Tulln-Langenlebarn	Austria	12 September 1971	35+35	2.86=200.2 km	1'24:32.26	142.091 km/h	Ronnie Peterson	Ronnie Peterson	Tim Schenken
9	Albi	France	26 September 1971	63	3.636=229.068 km	1'16:49.1 1'17:49,6	178.917 km/h 176.599 km/h	Emerson Fittipaldi Carlos Reutemann	Carlos Reutemann	Carlos Reutemann
10	Vallelunga	Italy	10 October 1971	35+35	3.2=224.0 km	1'25:57.2	156.364 km/h	Ronnie Peterson	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi
11	Vallelunga	Italy	17 October 1971	65	3.2=208.0 km	1'19:49.1	156.355 km/h	Mike Beuttler	Emerson Fittipaldi	Mike Beuttler Dieter Quester

Note:

Race 1, 7, 8 and 10 were held in two heats, with results shown in aggregate.

Race 2, 5 and 6 were held with two semi-final heats and the final run, with time only shown for the final.

Race 2, 4, 5 and 9 was won by a graded driver, all graded drivers are shown in Italics.

Final point standings

Driver

Tim Schenken's Brabham BT36

For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. The best 8 results count. No driver had a point deduction.

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine												Total Points
1	Ronnie Peterson	Sweden	March Engineering	March	Ford	-	9	-	-	6	9	9	9	3	9	-	54
2	Carlos Reutemann	Argentina	Automovil Club Argentino	Brabham	Ford	6	-	6	6	3	2	4	-	9	4	-	40
3	Dieter Quester	Austria	Eifelland	March	BMW	-	-	-	9	-	6	-	4	-	6	6	31
4	Tim Schenken	Australia	Rondel Racing	Brabham	Ford	3	3	-	-	9	-	6	6	-	-	-	27
5	François Cevert	France	Équipe Tecno	Tecno	Ford	9	4	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22
6	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brazil	Team Bardahl	Lotus	Ford	4	2	2	2	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	16
7	Mike Beuttler	United Kingdom	Team Clarke-Mordaunt	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	12
8	Jean-Pierre Jarier	France	Team Arnold	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	4	10
9	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	France	Team Arnold	March	Ford	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	2	-	-	9
10	Niki Lauda	Austria	Bosch Racing	March	Ford	-	-	3	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	8
11	François Migault	France	Team Lotus	Lotus	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-				7
			March Engineering	March	Ford									4	-	-
	Gerry Birrell	United Kingdom	Team J. & J. Stanton	Lotus	Ford	2	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	2	-	7
13	Derek Bell	United Kingdom	Williams Racing	March	Ford	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
14	Peter Westbury	United Kingdom	FIRST	Brabham	Ford	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5
	John Watson	United Kingdom	private entry	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	1	-	5
16	John Cannon	Canada	private entry	March	Ford	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
17	Carlos Ruesch	Argentina	Automovil Club Argentino	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
18	Vittorio Brambilla	Italy	private entry	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
	Silvio Moser	Switzerland	Moser Racing	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
20	Brian Hart	United Kingdom	Gerard Racing	Brabham	Ford	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Alistair Walker	United Kingdom	Walker Racing	Brabham	Ford	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Helmut Marko	Austria	Écurie Bonnier	Lola	Ford	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	François Mazet	France	Siffert Racing	Chevron	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Bob Wollek	France	Rondel Racing	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1

Note:

Only drivers which were not graded were able to score points.