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1971 Australian Grand Prix

Field	Value
Type	CUST
Description	Australian Formula 1 & Australian Formula 2 race
Grand Prix	Australian
Country	Australia
Image	Warwick Farm Raceway.png
Official name	XXXVI Australian Grand Prix
Location	Warwick Farm Raceway, Sydney, New South Wales
Date	21 November
Year	1971
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course_mi	2.25
Course_km	3.621
Distance_laps	45
Distance_mi	101.25
Distance_km	162.945
Weather	Fine, mild
Pole_Driver	Frank Matich
Pole_Country	AUS
Pole_Team	Matich-Repco Holden
Pole_Time	1'24.3
Fast_Driver	Frank Matich
Fast_Team	Matich-Repco Holden
Fast_Time	1'24.6
Fast_Country	AUS
First_Driver	Frank Matich
First_Country	AUS
First_Team	Matich-Repco Holden
Second_Driver	Kevin Bartlett
Second_Country	AUS
Second_Team	McLaren-Chevrolet
Third_Driver	Alan Hamilton
Third_Country	AUS
Third_Team	McLaren-Chevrolet

The 1971 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Warwick Farm Raceway in New South Wales, Australia on 21 November 1971. It was open to Racing Cars complying with either Australian Formula 1 or Australian Formula 2 regulations.

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

Other than two New Zealanders, the only international driver in the event was Formula One World Drivers' Champion John Surtees. The Englishman started ninth in his Surtees TS8-Chevrolet, and battled with Bartlett, Hamilton, and, until his retirement, Colin Bond in the McLaren M10B in which Matich had won the 1970 Australian Grand Prix. Surtees ultimately placed 14th after suffering two punctures late in the race. 1971 Rothmans F5000 European Championship winner Frank Gardner was unable to start the race after damaging his Lola T300 in the first practice session on the Saturday.

Classification

Results as follows:

Official practice

Grid positions for the race were determined during "official practice".

Pos	No	Driver	Car/Engine	Time
1	AUS Frank Matich	Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	1:24.3	—
8	AUS Bob Muir	Mildren Mono / Waggott TC 4V 2.0L I4	1:25.4	+0.9
7	AUS John Harvey	Brabham BT36 / Waggott TC 4V 2.0L I4	1:25.6	+1.3
6	AUS Max Stewart	Mildren / Waggott TC 4V 2.0L I4	1:25.8	+1.5
14	NZL Graeme Lawrence	Brabham BT30 / Cosworth FVC 1.8L I4	1:26.0	+1.7
9	AUS Alan Hamilton	McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	1:26.3	+2.0
2	AUS Colin Bond	McLaren M10B / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	1:26.4	+2.1
5	AUS Kevin Bartlett	McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	1:26.8	+2.5
3	GBR John Surtees	Surtees TS8 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	1:27.2	+2.9
11	AUS John McCormack	Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	1:27.6	+3.3
12	AUS Warwick Brown	McLaren M4A / Cosworth FVC 1.9L I4	1:29.3	+5.0
26	AUS Jack Bono	Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L I4 (AF2)	1:29.7	+5.4
15	AUS Don O'Sullivan	McLaren M18 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	1:29.7	+5.4
17	AUS Gary Campbell	Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L I4 (AF2)	1:30.1	+5.8
20	AUS Alfredo Costanzo	Elfin AC1 / Ford T/C 1.6L I4 (AF2)	1:30.1	+5.8
16	NZL Henk Woelders	Elfin 600C / Waggott T/C 1.6L I4 (AF2)	1:31.2	+6.9
10	AUS Colin Hyams	Lola T192 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	1:31.4	+7.1
19	AUS Terry Quartly	Lotus 32B / Ford T/C 1.6L I4 (AF2)	1:31.8	+7.5
25	AUS Ian Fergusson	Bowin P3A / Ford T/C 1.6L I4 (AF2)	1:33.0	+8.7
21	NZL Ian Cook	Devione LC2 / Ford T/C 1.6L I4 (AF2)	1:33.8	+9.5
24	AUS Ross Ambrose	Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L I4 (AF2)	1:34.2	+9.9
18	AUS Clive Mills	Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L I4 (AF2)	1:34.8	+10.5
23	AUS Chris Farrell	Brabham BT6 / BRM Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	DNP
4	AUS Frank Gardner	Lola T300 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	DNP	–

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time /
Reason	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS
1	AUS Frank Matich	Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	Rothmans Team Matich	45	1h 05m 09.5s
5	AUS Kevin Bartlett	McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Kevin Bartlett Shell Racing	45	1h 06m 08.2s
9	AUS Alan Hamilton	McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Porsche Distributors Racing Pty Ltd	45	1h 06m 09.3s
14	NZL Graeme Lawrence	Brabham BT30 / Cosworth FVC 1.8L 4cyl	Air New Zealand	45	1h 06m 09.7s
6	AUS Max Stewart	Mildren / Waggott TC 4V 2.0L 4cyl	Max Stewart Motors – Waggott Engineering	45	1h 06m 10.2s
11	AUS John McCormack	Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	Elfin Sports Cars	44
12	AUS Warwick Brown	McLaren M4A / Cosworth FVC 1.9L 4cyl	Pat Burke Racing	43
17	AUS Gary Campbell	Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	Provincial Motors	43
16	AUS Henk Woelders	Elfin 600C / Waggott T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	Bill Patterson Racing	43
26	AUS Jack Bono	Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	Graham Collier	43
25	AUS Ian Fergusson	Bowin P3A / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	Ian Ferguson	42
21	NZL Ian Cook	Devione LC2 / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	Autocorse	42
18	AUS Clive Mills	Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	Clive Millis Motors Pty Ltd	41
3	GBR John Surtees	Surtees TS8 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Team Surtees	38
18	AUS Terry Quartly	Lotus 32 / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	Jeff Noblett	38
7	AUS John Harvey	Brabham BT36 / Waggott TC 4V 2.0L 4cyl	Bob Jane Racing	23	Exhaust
15	AUS Don O'Sullivan	McLaren M18 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	Don O'Sullivan Racing Pty Ltd	21	Crash
2	AUS Colin Bond	McLaren M10B / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	Rothmans Team Matich	20	Oil pressure
20	AUS Alfredo Costanzo	Elfin AC1 / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	Alfredo Costanzo		Engine
10	AUS Colin Hyams	Lola T192 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Colin Hyams		Wheels
24	AUS Ross Ambrose	Elfin 600B / Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	Ross Ambrose
23	AUS Chris Farrell	Brabham BT6 / BRM Ford T/C 1.6L 4cyl (AF2)	BP Cordon Service Station		Oil pressure
8	AUS Bob Muir	Mildren Mono / Waggott TC 4V 2.0L I4	Robert Muir Motors Pty Ltd	0	Bent valve
4	AUS Frank Gardner	Lola T300 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Amalgamated Scooters – Team Lola	–	Practice accident

(AF2) indicates Australian Formula 2 car

Notes

Pole position: Frank Matich – 1'24.3
Starters: 23
Finishers: 15
Winner's average speed: 93.32 m.p.h.
Australian Formula 2 Class winner: Gary Campbell
Fastest lap: Frank Matich – 1'24.6 (94.75 mph / 154.08 km/h) (New outright lap record)

References

36th Australian Grand Prix - Information Sheet No. 14
Conditions for Australian Titles, 1971 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 79
(1986). "The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix". R & T Publishing.
Official Programme, 36th Australian Grand Prix, Warwick Farm, 21 November 1971
Alan Wood, Matich takes his second A.G.P.!, Racing Car News, January 1972, pages 24–25
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160606170607/http://formula2.net/F171_35.htm XXXVI Australian Grand Prix 1971, www.formula2.net, as archived at web.archive.org]
(1986). "The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix". R & T Publishing.
John Smailes, Matich's mighty AGP win, Australian Auto Action, 26 November 1971, pages 8&9

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