1971 International Gold Cup

  1971 International Gold Cup

Race details
Non-Championship race in the 1971 Formula One season
Date	22 August 1971 (1971-08-22)
Official name	XVIII International Gold Cup
Location	Oulton Park, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.441 km (2.760 mi)
Distance	40 laps, 177.634 km (110.40 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Peter Gethin	BRM
Time	1:24.6
Fastest lap
Driver	John Surtees	Surtees-Cosworth
Time	1:24.8
Podium
First	John Surtees	Surtees-Cosworth
Second	Howden Ganley	BRM
Third	Frank Gardner	Lola-Chevrolet

The XVIII International Gold Cup was a non-championship Formula One race, and also a round of the European Formula 5000 Championship, held on 22 August 1971 at Oulton Park.

Eight Formula 1 cars turned up, with a full complement of F5000 cars making up the rest of the grid. Peter Gethin set pole position for the first heat, which was won by Henri Pescarolo. The grid for the second heat was arranged according to the finishing order of the first heat. John Surtees took the lead from Pescarolo and held it to the end, setting fastest lap, and a new circuit record, in the process. His win and his third place in the first heat made him the aggregate winner, just ahead of Howden Ganley.

Frank Gardner was the highest F5000 finisher in both heats, his performance being good enough for third overall.

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Car	Lap	Gap
1	34	Peter Gethin	Yardley Team BRM	BRM P160	1:24.6
2	37	Henri Pescarolo	Motul/Frank Williams Racing Cars	March 711	1:25.0	+0.4
3	33	Howden Ganley	Yardley Team BRM	BRM P153	1:25.0	+0.0
4	32	John Surtees	Brooke Bond Oxo/Rob Walker/Team Surtees	Surtees TS9	1:25.8	+0.8
5	35	Mike Beuttler	Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing	March 711	1:25.8	+0.0
6	3	Frank Gardner	Motor Racing Research/Lola Cars Ltd.	Lola T300	1:26.0	+0.2
7	26	Allan Rollinson	Alan McKechnie Racing	Surtees TS8	1:26.8	+0.8
8	1	Brian Redman	Sid Tayor/Castrol Racing	McLaren M18	1:28.2	+1.4
9	22	Graham McRae	Crown Lynn Properties	McLaren M10B	1:28.8	+0.6
10	15	Mike Hailwood	Team Surtees Ltd.	Surtees TS8	1:28.8	+0.0
11	11	Trevor Taylor	Malaya Garages	Leda LT25	1:29.0	+0.2
12	39	Chris Craft	Alain de Cadenet	Brabham BT33	1:29.2	+0.2
13	77	Mike Walker	Doug Hardwick	Lola T192	1:29.8	+0.6
14	38	Tony Trimmer	Motul/Frank Williams Racing Cars	March 701	1:31.0	+1.2
15	21	David Prophet	Bugle-Prophet Racing	McLaren M10B	1:31.8	+0.8
16	44	Gordon Spice	Gordon Spice Cash'n'Carry	McLaren M10B	1:32.4	+0.6
17	66	Fred Saunders	Fred Saunders/London School of Flying	Crosslé 15F	1:34.4	+2.0
18	41	Bob Miller	Bob Miller	Dulon LD8	1:37.8	+3.4
19	5	Jock Russell	Jock Russell	Lotus 70	1:39.6	+1.8
20	4	John Myerscough	John Butterworth Racing	McLaren M10B	1:39.8	+0.2
21	8	Ray Allen	Pink Stamps/Epstein Team Trojan	McLaren M10B	1:41.0	+1.2
22	36	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Hubert Hahne	March 701	2:14.0	+33.0
DNQ	29	"Ippocastano"	Peter J Hawtin	Cooper T86B	broken halfshaft
DSQ	16	Roland Heller	Rallye und Race Gemeinschaft	Lola T190	failed scrutineering

Classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Heat 1	Heat 2	Aggregate	Grid
1	32	John Surtees	Surtees-Cosworth	0:28:54.0	0:28:44.6	0:57:39.0	4
2	33	Howden Ganley	BRM	0:28:52.6	0:28:57.4	0:57:50.0	3
3	3	Frank Gardner	Lola-Chevrolet	0:29:19.6	0:29:27.0	0:58:46.6	6
4	26	Allan Rollinson	Surtees-Chevrolet	0:29:42.2	0:29:33.0	0:59:15.2	7
5	39	Chris Craft	Brabham-Cosworth	0:29:57.0	0:29:33.8	0:59:30.8	12
6	77	Mike Walker	Lola-Chevrolet	0:30:16.2	0:30:2.0	1:00:18.2	13
7	21	David Prophet	McLaren-Chevrolet	+1 lap	+1 lap	38 laps	15
8	66	Fred Saunders	Crosslé-Rover	+2 laps	+2 laps	36 laps	17
9	22	Graham McRae	McLaren-Chevrolet	15 laps/fire	0:29:41.0	35 laps	9
10	36	Jean-Pierre Jarier	March-Cosworth	+4 laps	+2 laps	34 laps	22
11	15	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Chevrolet	0:29:27.8	13 laps/accident	33 laps	10
12	41	Bob Miller	Dulon-Chevrolet	+3 laps	16 laps/spin	33 laps	18
13	37	Henri Pescarolo	March-Cosworth	0:28:48.2	6 laps/accident	26 laps	2
14	34	Peter Gethin	BRM	0:29:19.8	3 laps/accident	23 laps	1
15	44	Gordon Spice	McLaren-Chevrolet	0 laps/accident	+1 lap	19 laps	16
16	38	Tony Trimmer	March-Cosworth	17 laps/accident	DNS	17 laps	14
17	1	Brian Redman	McLaren-Chevrolet	14 laps/overheating	DNS	14 laps	8
18	11	Trevor Taylor	Leda LT25-Chevrolet	4 laps/accident	DNS	4 laps	11
19	8	Ray Allen	McLaren-Chevrolet	1 laps/oil pump	DNS	1 lap	21
20	35	Mike Beuttler	March-Cosworth	0 laps/fuel injection	DNS	0 laps	5
21	5	Jock Russell	Lotus-Ford	0 laps/camshaft	DNS	0 laps	19
NC	4	John Myerscough	McLaren-Chevrolet	DNS/practice accident	DNS		20

References

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