1971 Questor Grand Prix
The Questor Grand Prix was a non-championship race for Formula One and Formula 5000 cars held on 28 March 1971 to inaugurate a new racing facility in California, the Ontario Motor Speedway.
1971 Questor Grand Prix | |||
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Non-championship race in the 1971 Formula One season | |||
Race details | |||
Date | March 28, 1971 | ||
Official name | Questor Grand Prix | ||
Location | Ontario Motor Speedway, California, United States | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 5.141 km (3.194 mi) | ||
Distance | 64 laps, 329.02 km (204.42 mi) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Tyrrell-Cosworth | ||
Time | 1:41.257 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver |
| BRM | |
Time | 1:42.777 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Ferrari | ||
Second | Tyrrell-Cosworth | ||
Third | McLaren-Cosworth |
In deference to the smaller fuel tanks of the F5000 cars, the race was run in two heats of 32 laps, and the final result decided by a points system. Jackie Stewart qualified on pole for Heat 1 and finished runner-up behind Mario Andretti. Chris Amon set fastest lap. Stewart and Andretti again finished first and second in Heat 2 and Pedro Rodriguez set fastest lap, quicker than Amon's time in Heat 1. Mario Andretti was declared the winner; with Stewart in second place and Denny Hulme third. Mark Donohue was the best-placed F5000 finisher in Heat 1, and Ron Grable best in Heat 2. Grable was also the best-placed F5000 driver on aggregate.
Hopes for a regular fixture rapidly faded due to the superior technology in the Formula One cars and their lesser weight that Mark Donohue was protesting after the two heats.; the Questor Grand Prix remained a one-off event and the Ontario Motor Speedway was never again host to Formula One cars.
Qualifying
Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Lap | Gap |
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1 | 8 | Elf Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell 001 | 1:41.257 | ||
2 | 10 | Equipe Matra Sports | Matra MS120B | 1:41.275 | +0.018 | |
3 | 4 | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312B | 1:41.531 | +0.256 | |
4 | 6 | Bruce McLaren Motor Racing | McLaren M19A | 1:42.458 | +0.927 | |
5 | 12 | Yardley Team BRM | BRM P160 | 1:42.473 | +0.015 | |
6 | 19 | Motor Racing Developments | Brabham BT34 | 1:42.763 | +0.290 | |
7 | 26 | Sunoco Penske Racing | Lola T192 | 1:43.211 | +0.448 | |
8 | 14 | Yardley Team BRM | BRM P160 | 1:43.350 | +0.139 | |
9 | 2 | Gold Leaf Team Lotus | Lotus 72C | 1:43.358 | +0.008 | |
10 | 27 | Brian O'Neil Racing | Lotus 70B | 1:43.474 | +0.116 | |
11 | 3 | Gold Leaf Team Lotus | Lotus 72C | 1:43.535 | +0.061 | |
12 | 5 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 312B | 1:43.542 | +0.007 | |
13 | 18 | Motul/Frank Williams Racing Cars | March 711 | 1:43.709 | +0.167 | |
14 | 20 | Motor Racing Developments | Brabham BT33 | 1:43.772 | +0.063 | |
15 | 30 | Champ Carr Inc | Surtees TS8 | 1:44.128 | +0.356 | |
16 | 25 | STP Corporation | March 701 | 1:44.231 | +0.103 | |
17 | 21 | STP March Engineering | March 711 | 1:44.360 | +0.129 | |
18 | 15 | Yardley Team BRM | BRM P153 | 1:44.379 | +0.019 | |
19 | 17 | Motul/Frank Williams Racing Cars | March 701 | 1:44.977 | +0.598 | |
20 | 7 | Bruce McLaren Motor Racing | McLaren M14A | 1:45.310 | +0.333 | |
21 | 37 | Smothers Brothers Racing Team | Lola T192 | 1:45.397 | +0.087 | |
22 | 29 | Charlie Hayes Racing | Lola T190/T192 | 1:45.402 | +0.005 | |
23 | 35 | Competition Developments | Lola T192 | 1:45.528 | +0.126 | |
24 | 31 | Milestone Racing Team | Surtees TS8 | 1:45.668 | +0.140 | |
25 | 34 | American Racing Associates | Lola T192 | 1:47.831 | +2.163 | |
26 | 33 | Kastner Brophy Racing | Lola T192 | 1:48.172 | +0.341 | |
27 | 38 | Charlie Hayes Racing | Lola T190/T192 | 1:48.512 | +0.340 | |
28 | 36 | Aero Structures Developments | ASD American Mk 1 | 1:50.954 | +2.442 | |
29 | 32 | Junior Tarozzi Racing/Keith Black Racing | Eagle Mk 5 | 1:51.509 | +0.555 | |
30 | 28 | Agapiou Brothers/Young American Racing | McLaren M10B | 1:52.229 | +0.720 | |
DNQ | 45 | Carl Hogan Racing | McLaren M10B | 1:45.331 | - | |
DNQ | 40 | Pete Lovely VW Inc | Lotus 49B | 1:47.269 | - | |
DNQ | 47 | Competition Developments | Lola T190 | 1:54.468 | - | |
DNS | 28 | Agapiou Brothers/Young American Racing | McLaren M10B | |||
DNA | 9 | Elf Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell 002 | |||
DNA | 11 | Equipe Matra Sports | Matra MS120 | |||
DNA | 16 | Brooke-Bond-Oxo/Rob Walker/Team Surtees | Surtees TS9 | |||
DNA | 22 | STP March Engineering | March 711 |
1 Hobbs, Lovely and Byers were late entries and relegated to reserve drivers.
2 Stewart briefly drove Foyt's car in qualifying.
Classification
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Final Pos. | Points |
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1 | 5 | Ferrari | 12 | 1; 56:03.052, 176.07 km/h | 1; 55:45.358 | 1:51:48.410 | 80 | |
2 | 8 | Tyrrell-Cosworth | 1 | 2; 56:06.052 | 2; 55:57.658 | 1:52:04.324 | 70 | |
3 | 6 | McLaren-Cosworth | 4 | 4/32 laps | 5/32 laps | 1:53:16.982 | 58 | |
4 | 10 | Matra | 2 | 6/32 laps | 3; 55:57.939 | 1:53:29.684 | 58 | |
5 | 20 | Brabham-Cosworth | 14 | 7/31 laps | 6/32 laps | 63 laps | 50 | |
6 | 14 | BRM | 8 | 3; 56:48.381 | 13/28 laps | 60 laps | 50 | |
7 | 29 | Lola-Chevrolet | 22 | 10/31 laps | 7/32 laps | 63 laps | 45 | |
8 | 7 | McLaren-Cosworth | 20 | 11/31 laps | 8/32 laps | 63 laps | 43 | |
9 | 15 | BRM | 18 | 8/31 laps | 11/30 laps | 61 laps | 43 | |
10 | 12 | BRM | 5 | 20/21 laps | 4/32 laps | 53 laps | 43 | |
11 | 4 | Ferrari | 3 | 5/32 laps | Ret/2 laps, puncture | 34 laps | 38 | |
12 | 25 | March-Cosworth | 16 | 15/30 laps, throttle | 9/31 laps | 61 laps | 38 | |
13 | 37 | Lola-Chevrolet | 21 | 14/30 laps | 12/29 laps | 59 laps | 36 | |
14 | 26 | Lola-Chevrolet | 7 | 9/31 laps | Ret/5 laps, fuel pressure | 36 laps | 32 | |
15 | 17 | March-Cosworth | 19 | 13/31 laps | Ret/15 laps, suspension | 36 laps | 32 | |
16 | 38 | Lola-Chevrolet | 27 | 12/31 laps | Ret/9 laps, engine | 40 laps | 30 | |
17 | 21 | March-Cosworth | 17 | 16/26 laps, suspension | 17 laps | 43 laps | 30 | |
18 | 36 | ASD-Chevrolet | 28 | 19/25 laps | 14/27 laps | 52 laps | 29 | |
19 | 34 | Lola-Chevrolet | 25 | Ret/12 laps | 10/31 laps | 45 laps | 27 | |
20 | 2 | Lotus-Cosworth | 9 | 17/25 laps | Ret/10 laps, gear linkage | 35 laps | 26 | |
21 | 30 | Surtees-Chevrolet | 15 | 18/25 laps, overheating | Ret/13 laps, engine | 38 laps | 26 | |
22 | 18 | March-Cosworth | 13 | Ret/16 laps, bodywork | Ret/24 laps, suspension | 40 laps | 25 | |
23 | 3 | Lotus-Cosworth | 11 | Ret/17 laps, ignition | DNS | 17 laps | 17 | |
24 | 33 | Lola-Chevrolet | 26 | Ret/16 laps, oil pressure | DNS | 16 laps | 14 | |
25 | 35 | Lola-Chevrolet | 23 | Ret/15 laps, engine | DNS | 15 laps | 12 | |
26 | 28 | McLaren-Chevrolet | 30 | Ret/6 laps, handling | Ret/2 laps, engine | 8 laps | 11 | |
27 | 31 | Surtees-Chevrolet | 24 | Ret/11 laps, gearbox | DNS | 11 laps | 9 | |
28 | 32 | Eagle-Plymouth | 29 | Ret/11 laps, accident | DNS | 11 laps | 7 | |
29 | 19 | Brabham-Cosworth | 6 | Ret/8 laps, oil pipe | DNS | 8 laps | 5 | |
30 | 27 | Lotus-Ford | 10 | Ret/3 laps, rocker arm | DNS | 3 laps | 2 |
References
- http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1971/1971.html#qgp
- http://www.formula2.net/F171_7.htm
- http://second-a-lap.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/the-questor-grand-prix.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20151124114931/http://counter-x.net/f1/questor/
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