1971 European Formula Two Championship

The 1971 European Formula Two season was contested over 11 rounds. March Engineering driver Ronnie Peterson clinched the championship title.^[1]

Calendar

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

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	Team	Chassis	Engine	HOC	THR	NÜR	JAR	CRY	ROU	MAN	TUL	ALB	VLL1	VLL2	Points
1	Ronnie Peterson	March Engineering	March	Ford	-	9	-	-	6	9	9	9	3	9	-	54
2	Carlos Reutemann	Automovil Club Argentino	Brabham	Ford	6	-	6	6	3	2	4	-	9	4	-	40
3	Dieter Quester	Eifelland	March	BMW	-	-	-	9	-	6	-	4	-	6	6	31
4	Tim Schenken	Rondel Racing	Brabham	Ford	3	3	-	-	9	-	6	6	-	-	-	27
5	François Cevert	Équipe Tecno	Tecno	Ford	9	4	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22
6	Wilson Fittipaldi	Team Bardahl	Lotus	Ford	4	2	2	2	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	16
7	Mike Beuttler	Team Clarke-Mordaunt	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	12
8	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Team Arnold	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	4	10
9	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Team Arnold	March	Ford	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	2	-	-	9
10	Niki Lauda	Bosch Racing	March	Ford	-	-	3	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	8
11	François Migault	Team Lotus	Lotus	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-				7
		March Engineering	March	Ford									4	-	-
	Gerry Birrell	Team J. & J. Stanton	Lotus	Ford	2	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	2	-	7
13	Derek Bell	Williams Racing	March	Ford	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
14	Peter Westbury	FIRST	Brabham	Ford	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5
	John Watson	private entry	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	1	-	5
16	John Cannon	private entry	March	Ford	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
17	Carlos Ruesch	Automovil Club Argentino	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
18	Vittorio Brambilla	private entry	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
	Silvio Moser	Moser Racing	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
20	Brian Hart	Gerard Racing	Brabham	Ford	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Alistair Walker	Walker Racing	Brabham	Ford	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Helmut Marko	Écurie Bonnier	Lola	Ford	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	François Mazet	Siffert Racing	Chevron	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Bob Wollek	Rondel Racing	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1

Note:

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

References