1971 Australian Grand Prix

  1971 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Formula 5000 race
Date	21 November 1971
Official name	XXXVI Australian Grand Prix
Location	Warwick Farm Raceway, Sydney, New South Wales
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.621 km (2.25 mi)
Distance	45 laps, 162.945 km (101.25 mi)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Frank Matich	Matich-Repco Holden
Time	1'24.3
Fastest lap
Driver	Frank Matich	Matich-Repco Holden
Time	1'24.6
Podium
First	Frank Matich	Matich-Repco Holden
Second	Kevin Bartlett	McLaren-Chevrolet
Third	Alan Hamilton	McLaren-Chevrolet

The 1971 Australian Grand Prix was a race held at Warwick Farm Raceway on 21 November 1971.

It was the thirty sixth running of the Australian Grand Prix. Frank Matich won his second straight AGP and like 1970, started the race on pole and also drove the fastest race lap. The race was the debut for Matich's self designed and built Matich A50 which was powered by a Repco Holden V8 engine. He won the race by 58.7 seconds from Kevin Bartlett driving a McLaren M10B-Chevrolet, with Alan Hamilton only 1.1 seconds behind Bartlett in third place. Hamilton also drove a McLaren M10B-Chevrolet.

Other than two New Zealanders, the only international driver in the event was 1964 Formula One World Drivers' Champion John Surtees. The Englishman started 9th in his Surtees TS8-Chevrolet, and after a race long duel with Bartlett, Hamilton, and until his retirement, Colin Bond in Frank Matich's McLaren M10B in which Matich had won the 1970 AGP, Surtees retired from second place with a puncture with only 6 laps remaining.

Classification

Results as follows:^[1]

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Qual	Gap
1	1	Frank Matich	Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	1:24.3	—
2	8	Bob Muir	Mildren Mono / Waggott 2.0L I4	1:25.4	+0.9
3	7	John Harvey	Brabham BT36 / Waggott 2.0L I4	1:25.6	+1.3
4	6	Max Stewart	Mildren / Waggott 2.0L I4	1:25.8	+1.5
5	14	Graeme Lawrence	Brabham BT30 / Cosworth FVC 1.8L I4	1:26.0	+1.7
6	9	Alan Hamilton	McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	1:26.3	+2.0
7	2	Colin Bond	McLaren M10B / Holden 5.0L V8	1:26.4	+2.1
8	5	Kevin Bartlett	McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	1:26.8	+2.5
9	3	John Surtees	Surtees TS8 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	1:27.2	+2.9
10	11	John McCormack	Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	1:27.6	+3.3
11	12	Warwick Brown	McLaren M4A / Cosworth FVC 1.9L I4	1:29.3	+5.0
12	26	Jack Bono	Elfin 600B / Cosworth FVA 1.6L I4	1:29.7	+5.4
13	15	Don O'Sullivan	McLaren M18 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	1:29.7	+5.4
14	17	Gary Campbell	Elfin 600B / Cosworth FVA 1.6L I4	1:30.1	+5.8
15	20	Alfredo Costanzo	Elfin AC1 / Cosworth FVA 1.6L I4	1:30.1	+5.8
16	16	Henk Woelders	Elfin 600C / Waggott 1.6L I4	1:31.2	+6.9
17	10	Colin Hyams	Lola T192 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	1:31.4	+7.1
18	19	Terry Quartly	Lotus 32B / Cosworth FVA 1.6L I4	1:31.8	+7.5
19	25	Ian Fergusson	Bowin P3A / Ford 1.6L I4	1:33.0	+8.7
20	21	Ian Cook	Devione LC2 / Cosworth FVA 1.6L I4	1:33.8	+9.5
21	24	Ross Ambrose	Elfin 600B / Cosworth FVA 1.6L I4	1:34.2	+9.9
22	18	Clive Mills	Elfin 600B / Cosworth FVA 1.6L I4	1:34.8	+10.5
23	23	Chris Farrell	Brabham BT6 / BRM Cosworth FVA 1.6L I4	DNP

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Car	Laps	Time
1	1	Frank Matich	Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	45	1h 05m 09.5s
2	5	Kevin Bartlett	McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	45	1h 06m 08.2s
3	9	Alan Hamilton	McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	45	1h 06m 09.3s
4	14	Graeme Lawrence	Brabham BT30 / Cosworth FVC 1.8L 4cyl	45	1h 06m 09.7s
5	6	Max Stewart	Mildren / Waggott 2.0L 4cyl	45	1h 06m 10.2s
6	11	John McCormack	Elfin MR5 / Holden 5.0L V8	44
7	12	Warwick Brown	McLaren M4A / Cosworth FVC 1.9L 4cyl	43
8	17	Gary Campbell	Elfin 600B / Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl	43
9	16	Henk Woelders	Elfin 600C / Waggott 1.6L 4cyl	43
10	26	Jack Bono	Elfin 600B / Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl	43
11	25	Ian Fergusson	Bowin P3A / Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl	42
12	21	Ian Cook	Devione LC2 / Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl	42
13	18	Clive Mills	Elfin 600B / Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl	42
Ret	3	John Surtees	Surtees TS8 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	39	puncture
Ret	18	Terry Quartly	Lotus 32 / Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl	35
Ret	2	Colin Bond	McLaren M10B / Holden 5.0L V8
Ret	7	John Harvey	Brabham BT36 / Waggott 2.0L 4cyl
Ret	15	Dan O'Sullivan	McLaren M18 / Holden 5.0L V8
Ret	20	Alfredo Costanzo	Elfin AC1 / Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl
Ret	10	Colin Hyams	Lola T192 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8
Ret	24	Ross Ambrose	Elfin 600B / Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl
Ret	8	Bob Muir [2]	Mildren Mono / Waggott 2.0L I4
DNP	23	Chris Farrell	Brabham BT6 / BRM Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl

Notes

• Pole position: Frank Matich - 1'24.3
• Fastest lap: Frank Matich - 1'24.6

References

1. Wilson, Stewart (1986). "1971". In Howard, Graham. The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 354–361. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.
2. Wilson, Stewart (1986). "1971". In Howard, Graham. The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. p. 358. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.