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As of August 1971

1971 Austrian Grand Prix

🇦🇹 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria Round 8 of 11

Going Into This Race

WDC Leader
51 pts (+32 over P2)
WCC Leader
51 pts (+19 over P2)

Pre-Race Report

Championship standings

Stewart leads the championship with 51 points. Ickx is second with 19, Peterson third with 16.

Previous race

Germany: Stewart and Cevert gave Tyrrell a one-two at the Nürburgring, with Regazzoni third after Ickx spun out attempting to keep pace with Stewart. A crowd of around 375,000 watched on the rebuilt circuit.

Between-race developments

Peter Gethin has moved from McLaren to BRM, ahead of this race.

Championship permutations

If both Ickx and Peterson fail to score in Austria, Stewart becomes World Champion.

Entrants

Niki Lauda makes his Formula One debut, driving a March.

Milestones

The Austrian Grand Prix is only being held as a championship round for the third time.

Adapted by AI summarisation from “1971 Austrian Grand Prix” on Wikipedia . This adapted text is licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0 . Modifications: summarised and spoiler-trimmed.

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PosTeamPtsWins
1Tyrrell515
2Ferrari322
3March-Ford170
4Lotus-Ford130
5BRM120