1971 Elite Racing League season

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1971 Elite Racing League season
Previous: 1970 Next: 1972
Drivers Champion Manufacturers Champion
Template:AUT Niki Lauda Template:GBR Lotus-Ford

The 1971 Elite Racing League season was the 12th season of the FIA's Formula One motor racing support series (the series would remain a support series until 1997.) The Drivers Championship was won by future F1 legend Niki Lauda (who also debuted in Formula 1 this year so was given time in the ERL to build his craft.) Lauda was driving for BRM at the time. Lotus won the Constructors Championship for the third time following years of struggling at the back of the grid with money problems/reliability issues.

This season also kept the Constructors championship "trend" going as this was the 6th different constructor to win in 6 years, a trend set after the Ferrari stronghold of the mid 1960s.

Season Review

Rnd Race Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Constructor
1 Flag of South Africa svg.png South African Grand Prix Kyalami Template:AUS Jack Brabham Flag of New Zealand svg.png Denny Hulme Flag of New Zealand svg.png Denny Hulme Template:GBR McLaren-Ford
2 Template:GBR British Grand Prix Silverstone Template:SUI Clay Regazzoni Template:AUT Niki Lauda Flag of Sweden svg.png Jo Bonnier Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari
3 Flag of Germany svg.png German Grand Prix Hockenheimring Flag of Sweden svg.png Jo Bonnier Flag of New Zealand svg.png Chris Amon Flag of Sweden svg.png Jo Bonnier Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari
4 Flag of the Netherlands svg.png Dutch Grand Prix Zandvoort Template:SUI Clay Regazzoni Template:AUS Jack Brabham Template:AUS Jack Brabham Template:GBR Brabham-Ford
5 Template:FRA French Grand Prix Magny-Cours Template:USA Mario Andretti Template:AUT Niki Lauda Flag of New Zealand svg.png Chris Amon Flag of Japan svg.png Honda
5 Flag of Monaco svg.png Monaco Grand Prix Monaco Flag of New Zealand svg.png Denny Hulme Flag of New Zealand svg.png Chris Amonn Template:GBR Jackie Oliver Template:GBR McLaren-Ford
6 Flag of Italy svg.png Italian Grand Prix Monza Flag of Sweden svg.png Jo Bonnier Flag of Sweden svg.png Jo Bonnier Flag of Sweden svg.png Jo Bonnier Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari
8 Flag of Canada svg.png Canadian Grand Prix Mosport Template:AUS Jack Brabham Template:AUT Niki Lauda Flag of New Zealand svg.png Chris Amon Flag of Japan svg.png Honda
9 Template:USA United States Grand Prix Watkins Glen Flag of New Zealand svg.png Denny Hulme Template:SUI Clay Regazzoni Template:SUI Clay Regazzoni Template:GBR Lotus-Ford
10 Flag of Argentina svg.png Argentine Grand Prix Buenos Aries Template:SUI Clay Regazzoni Template:AUT Niki Lauda Template:AUT Niki Lauda Template:GBR BRM

Teams and Drivers

Jack Brabham would retire at the end of this season with the future of the Brabham team unclear after this season.

Jo Bonnier left the series after this season to concentrate on his Formula 1 team project.

Formula 1 legend Niki Lauda would debut in the ERL this season and would stay there until his Formula 1 Ferrari debut in 1974.

BRM switched to Firestone tyres meaning Dunlop, once again, left the series.

Team Constructor Engine Tyres # Driver Rounds
Template:GBR Motor Racing Developments Ltd Brabham-Ford Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Template:Goodyear 1 Template:AUS Jack Brabham All
2 Flag of Spain svg.png Alex Soler-Roig All
Template:GBR STP BRM Racing BRM BRM P142 3.0 V12 Firestone Icon.png 3 Template:AUT Niki Lauda All
4 Flag of Canada svg.png George Eaton All
Flag of Italy svg.png Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari 001 3.0 F12 Firestone Icon.png 5 Flag of Sweden svg.png Jo Bonnier All
6 Template:USA Mario Andretti All
Flag of Japan svg.png Honda Racing Honda Honda RA273E 4.0 V12 Firestone Icon.png 7 Flag of New Zealand svg.png Chris Amon All
8 Flag of South Africa svg.png Dave Charlton All
Template:GBR Team Lotus Lotus-Ford Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Firestone Icon.png 9 Template:SUI Clay Regazzoni All
10 Template:AUS David Walker All
Template:GBR Bruce McLaren Racing McLaren-Ford Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Template:Goodyear 11 Flag of New Zealand svg.png Denny Hulme All
12 Template:GBR Jackie Oliver All

Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver Points
1 Template:AUT Niki Lauda 37
2 Flag of Sweden svg.png Jo Bonnier 32
3 Flag of New Zealand svg.png Chris Amon 32
4 Flag of New Zealand svg.png Denny Hulme 31
5 Template:SUI Clay Regazzoni 27
6 Template:AUS David Walker 24
7 Template:AUS Jack Brabham 20
8 Template:GBR Jackie Oliver 12
9 Template:USA Mario Andretti 11
10 Flag of Canada svg.png George Eaton 9
11 Flag of Spain svg.png Alex Soler-Roig 7
12 Flag of South Africa svg.png Dave Charlton 7

Constructors Championship

Pos. Constructor Points
1 Template:GBR Lotus-Ford 51
2 Template:GBR BRM 46
3 Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari 43
4 Template:GBR McLaren-Ford 43
5 Flag of Japan svg.png Honda 39
6 Template:GBR Brabham-Ford 27
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