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1971 Jochen Rindt Gedächtnisrennen

Field	Value
Type	NC
Country	Germany
Details ref
Grand Prix	Jochen Rindt Gedächtnisrennen
Official name	Jochen Rindt Gedächtnisrennen
Location	Hockenheimring
Date	13 June
Year	1971
Image	Circuit_Hockenheimring-1970.svg
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course_mi	4.19
Course_km	6.743
Distance_laps	35
Distance_mi	146.64
Distance_km	236.011
Pole_Driver	Jacky Ickx
Pole_Country	Belgium
Pole_Team	Scuderia Ferrari
Pole_Time	1:56.8
Fast_Driver	Jacky Ickx
Fast_Team	Scuderia Ferrari
Fast_Time	1:58.8
Fast_Country	Belgium
First_Driver	Jacky Ickx
First_Country	Belgium
First_Team	Scuderia Ferrari
Second_Driver	Ronnie Peterson
Second_Country	Sweden
Second_Team	March
Third_Driver	John Surtees
Third_Country	UK
Third_Team	Surtees

The Jochen Rindt Memorial (German: Jochen Rindt Gedächtnisrennen) or the VI Rhein-Pokalrennen was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 13 June 1971 at the Hockenheimring, Germany. The race was run over 35 laps of the circuit, and was dominated by Belgian driver Jacky Ickx in a Ferrari 312B.

The race was arranged after the Belgian Grand Prix of 1971 was cancelled, in order to fill the gap between the Monaco Grand Prix and the Dutch Grand Prix. The German Grand Prix had returned to the Nürburgring, so the Hockenheim circuit was chosen for the race, which was also a memorial race for Jochen Rindt, the reigning World Champion who had been killed at the 1970 Italian Grand Prix.

On the same weekend, the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans was being held, so several of the regular Formula One drivers were absent from this race, including Chris Amon, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Henri Pescarolo, Pedro Rodríguez and Jo Siffert. There were other absentees: Jackie Stewart and Denny Hulme were taking part in the Labatt's 200 Can-Am race, and Emerson Fittipaldi was recovering from a road accident. Of the regular Formula One teams, Matra were at Le Mans, Brabham were still repairing Graham Hill's car after an accident in Monaco, and Tyrrell elected not to take part. Scuderia Ferrari had entered a car for Mario Andretti, but had originally been scheduled for a USAC Championship Trail race at Langhorne Speedway that was cancelled ten days prior and was recovering from burns from a methanol fire at the Rex Mays 150 at The Milwaukee Mile.

As a tribute to Rindt, pole position on the grid was left vacant, leaving polesitter Ickx alone on the front row, taking the second slot.

Qualifying

The practice sessions were dominated by the Ferraris, with Ickx lapping comfortably faster than he had done on his last visit to the circuit, for the 1970 German Grand Prix. The gas turbine Lotus 56B of Dave Walker suffered an engine fire during practice, and Walker took over Tony Trimmer's car for the race. Robert Lamplough and Bernd Terbeck were driving old BRMs recently bought from the factory, and although Lamplough qualified his P133 relatively well, Terbeck's even older P126 blew its engine and he was unable to start the race.

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Lap
4	Belgium Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1:56.8	—
5	Switzerland Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1:57.7	+0.9
8	SWE Reine Wisell	Lotus-Cosworth	1:59.6	+2.8
16	New Zealand Howden Ganley	BRM	2:00.5	+3.7
21	UK Peter Gethin	McLaren-Cosworth	2:01.0	+4.2
10	Sweden Ronnie Peterson	March-Cosworth	2:01.5	+4.7
2	UK John Surtees	Surtees-Cosworth	2:01.5	+4.7
3	Germany Rolf Stommelen	Surtees-Cosworth	2:02.1	+5.3
12	Italy Nanni Galli	March-Cosworth	2:02.1	+5.3
9	Australia Dave Walker	Lotus-Cosworth	2:02.8	+6.0
17	UK John Miles	BRM	2:02.9	+6.1
22	UK Mike Beuttler	March-Cosworth	2:03.1	+6.3
24	UK Robert Lamplough	BRM	2:03.2	+6.4
19	USA Skip Barber	March-Cosworth	2:06.8	+10.0
7	UK Tony Trimmer	Lotus-Cosworth	2:08.1	+11.3
11	ESP Alex Soler-Roig	March-Cosworth	2:13.3	+16.5
23	Switzerland Xavier Perrot	March-Cosworth	2:16.0	+19.2
15	UK Ray Allen	March-Cosworth	2:20.4	+23.6
25	Germany Bernd Terbeck	BRM	2:31.7	+34.9

Race

Ickx started well and pulled away from team-mate Clay Regazzoni in second, with Ronnie Peterson following behind. Ickx stayed in front for the whole race, although Regazzoni stopped after three laps with a mechanical fault which ultimately cost him ten laps after a mechanic had to go out to fix it.

As the race continued, Reine Wisell passed Peterson and was catching Ickx when he pitted with brake problems. Wisell lost two laps while his brakes were bled. Peterson himself encountered a clutch fault and began to fall further behind Ickx. Peter Gethin retired on lap four with a broken throttle, and John Miles had to retire three laps later with an engine fault. Ray Allen dropped out at the back of the field with a fuel leak on lap 15.

By this time, John Surtees had passed Howden Ganley for third, with Nanni Galli's ailing March in fifth. Rolf Stommelen missed a chicane while racing with Walker and Skip Barber, and the German was later given a one-minute penalty for this transgression. At the chequered flag, Ickx finished almost a minute ahead of Peterson, with Surtees over 20 seconds behind the Swede.

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired
4	Belgium Jacky Ickx	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	1.10:11.7	1
10	Sweden Ronnie Peterson	STP-March	March-Cosworth	+ 53.8 s	6
2	UK John Surtees	Team Surtees	Surtees-Cosworth	+ 1:17.0 s	7
16	New Zealand Howden Ganley	Yardley-BRM	BRM	+ 1:32.1 s	4
12	Italy Nanni Galli	STP-March	March-Cosworth	+ 1:45.2 s	9
19	USA Skip Barber	Gene Mason Racing	March-Cosworth	34 laps	14
3	Germany Rolf Stommelen	Team Surtees	Surtees-Cosworth	34 laps	8
11	ESP Alex Soler-Roig	STP-March	March-Cosworth	34 laps	16
7	Australia Dave Walker	Gold Leaf Team Lotus	Lotus-Cosworth	34 laps	10
8	SWE Reine Wisell	Gold Leaf Team Lotus	Lotus-Cosworth	33 laps	3
23	Switzerland Xavier Perrot	Jo Siffert Automobiles	March-Cosworth	31 laps	17
24	UK Robert Lamplough	R. Lamplough Racing	BRM	31 laps	13
22	UK Mike Beuttler	Clarke Mordaunt Racing	March-Cosworth	28 laps - gear selector	12
5	Switzerland Clay Regazzoni	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	25 laps - electrics	2
15	UK Ray Allen	Frank Williams Racing Cars	March-Cosworth	14 laps - fuel leak	18
17	UK John Miles	Yardley-BRM	BRM	6 laps - cylinder liner	11
21	UK Peter Gethin	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	McLaren-Cosworth	4 laps - throttle linkage	5
7	UK Tony Trimmer	Gold Leaf Team Lotus	Lotus-Cosworth	Walker drove car	(15)
25	Germany Bernd Terbeck	R. Lamplough Racing	BRM	Engine in practice	(19)
6	USA Mario Andretti	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	Driver injured	-
14	France Henri Pescarolo	Frank Williams Racing Cars	March-Cosworth	Driver at Le Mans	-
18	Mexico Pedro Rodríguez	Yardley-BRM	BRM	Driver at Le Mans	-
20	Italy Andrea de Adamich		Surtees-Cosworth		-

Stommelen finished sixth on the track, but was penalised one minute for missing the chicane, demoting him to seventh.

References

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References

"1971 Rindt Memorial Trophy". ChicaneF1.
"The Motor Racing Year No.3", Anthony Pritchard, 1972, pp.138–141.
"1971 Rindt Memorial Trophy – Qualification". ChicaneF1.
"1971 Jochen Rindt Trophy". [[Motor Sport (magazine).
"1971 Rindt Memorial Trophy – Classification". ChicaneF1.
"1971 – Jochen Rindt Gedächtnisrennen". StatsF1.

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