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1971 Spring Trophy

{{Infobox Grand Prix race report

|Type = NC

|Country = United Kingdom

|Grand Prix = Spring Trophy

|GP_Suffix =

|Details ref =

|Fulldate = {{start date|1971|04|09|df=y}}

|Year = 1971

|Image = Oulton Park.svg

|Official name = Rothmans/Daily Express Spring Trophy

|Location = Oulton Park, Cheshire, United Kingdom

|Course = Permanent racing facility

|Course_mi = 2.760

|Course_km = 4.441

|Distance_laps = 40

|Distance_mi = 110.40

|Distance_km = 177.634

|Weather =

|Pole_Driver = Jackie Stewart

|Pole_Country = UK

|Pole_Team = Tyrrell-Cosworth

|Pole_Time = 1:25.8

|Fast_Driver = Pedro Rodriguez

|Fast_Team = BRM

|Fast_Time = 1:25.06

|Fast_Lap =

|Fast_Country = MEX

|Fast_Driver2 = Peter Gethin

|Fast_Team2 = BRM

|Fast_Lap2 =

|Fast_Country2 = UK

|First_Driver = Pedro Rodriguez

|First_Country = MEX

|First_Team = BRM

|Second_Driver = Peter Gethin

|Second_Country = UK

|Second_Team = McLaren-Cosworth

|Third_Driver = Jackie Stewart

|Third_Country = UK

|Third_Team = Tyrrell-Cosworth

}}

The Rothmans/Daily Express Spring Trophy was a non-championship Formula One race held on 9 April 1971 at Oulton Park.{{cite web | title = GP '71 - Rothmans/Daily Express International Spring Trophy | url = http://second-a-lap.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/gp-71-rothmansdaily-express.html | accessdate = 2015-11-25}}{{cite web | title = Spring Trophy on OldRacingCars.com | url = https://www.oldracingcars.com/f1/results/1971/spring-trophy/ | accessdate = 2021-04-18}}

Only twelve cars took part. Team Lotus entered three different chassis types - a 49C, a 72D and the Pratt & Whitney gas-turbine-engined 56B. Local favourite and Formula 3 driver Cyd Williams was entrusted with a

Frank Williams Racing Cars March but crashed heavily during untimed practice and did not start the race.

Jackie Stewart set pole position in the spare car but in the race itself he struggled with his regular car's handling. Pedro Rodriguez won ahead of Peter Gethin, the two of them sharing fastest lap. Stewart finished third.

Classification

=Qualifying=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Pos.

! No.

! Driver

! Entrant

! Car

! Lap

! Gap

1

| 16

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jackie Stewart

| Elf Team Tyrrell

| Tyrrell 001

| 1:25.8

| –

2

| 6

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Gethin

| Bruce McLaren Motor Racing

| McLaren M14A

| 1:25.8

| + 0.0

3

| 3

| {{flagicon|MEX}} Pedro Rodriguez

| Yardley Team BRM

| BRM P160

| 1:27.0

| + 1.2

4

| 4

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Jo Siffert

| Yardley Team BRM

| BRM P153

| 1:27.4

| + 1.6

5

| 5

| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Surtees

| Brooke-Bond-Oxo/Rob Walker/Team Surtees

| Surtees TS9

| 1:27.6

| + 1.8

6

| 2

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Howden Ganley

| Yardley Team BRM

| BRM P153

| 1:28.2

| + 2.4

7

| 10

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Emerson Fittipaldi

| Gold Leaf Team Lotus

| Lotus 72C

| 1:29.4

| + 3.6

8

| 8

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Beuttler

| Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing

| March 701

| 1:32.2

| + 6.4

9

| 11

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Reine Wisell

| Gold Leaf Team Lotus

| Lotus 56B

| 1:33.6

| + 7.8

10

| 17

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tony Trimmer

| Gold Leaf Team Lotus

| Lotus 49C

| 1:34.6

| + 8.8

11

| 14

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Cyd Williams

| Motul/Frank Williams Racing Cars

| March 701

| 1:37.2

| + 11.4

12

| 15

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Rollinson

| Jo Siffert Automobiles

| March 701

| 1:38.0

| + 12.2

DNA

| 1

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Jo Bonnier

| Ecurie Bonnier

| McLaren M7C

| –

| –

DNA

| 7

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Denis Hulme

| Bruce McLaren Motor Racing

| McLaren M19A

| –

| –

DNA

| 12

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Ronnie Peterson

| STP March Engineering

| March 711

| –

| –

=Race=

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! Pos.

! No.

! Driver

! Constructor

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

1

| 3

| {{flagicon|MEX}} Pedro Rodriguez

| BRM

| 40

| 57:33.4

| 3

2

| 6

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Gethin

| McLaren-Cosworth

| 40

| + 4.6

| 2

3

| 16

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jackie Stewart

| Tyrrell-Cosworth

| 40

| + 12.2

| 1

4

| 2

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Howden Ganley

| BRM

| 39

| + 1 lap

| 6

5

| 15

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Rollinson

| March-Cosworth

| 36

| + 4 laps

| 12

6

| 17

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tony Trimmer

| Lotus-Cosworth

| 31

| + 9 laps

| 10

7

| 10

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Emerson Fittipaldi

| Lotus-Cosworth

| 27

| + 13 laps

| 7

Ret

| 11

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Reine Wisell

| Lotus-Pratt & Whitney

| 17

| Puncture

| 9

Ret

| 8

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Beuttler

| March-Cosworth

| 16

| Nose cone

| 8

Ret

| 4

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Jo Siffert

| BRM

| 13

| Ignition

| 4

Ret

| 5

| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Surtees

| Surtees-Cosworth

| 5

| Engine

| 5

DNS

| 14

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Cyd Williams

| March-Cosworth

|

| Practice Crash

| 11

DNS

| 9

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jackie Stewart1

| Tyrrell-Cosworth

|

| Drove No. 16

|

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1 Stewart practiced in the spare Tyrrell 002 but opted to race Tyrrell 001.

References

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{{F1 NC race report

| Name_of_race = Spring Trophy

| Year_of_race = 1971

| Previous_race_in_season = 1971 Questor Grand Prix

| Next_race_in_season = 1971 BRDC International Trophy

| Previous_year's_race = None

| Next_year's_race = None

}}

{{F1 Non Championship Races (1970-1979)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}

Category:1971 Formula One races

{{DEFAULTSORT:Spring Trophy, 1971}}