1971 Buenos Aires 1000 Km

10 January 1971 - Buenos Aires (RA): Round 1, International Manufacturers Championship.
165 laps of a 3.804 mile/6.122 km circuit - 627.636 miles/1010.081 kms were completed
Weather: dry, cool


Pos Car # Drivers Car Entrant Laps DNF Reason Grid Qual.Time Group Group Pos
1 30 Jo Siffert/Derek Bell/Jackie Oliver* Porsche 917K [029] John Wyer Automotive 165   3 1m53.40 Sports 1
2 32 Pedro Rodriguez/Jackie Oliver/Derek Bell* Porsche 917K [035] John Wyer Automotive 164   1 1m52.70 Sports 2
3 14 Rolf Stommelen/Nanni Galli Alfa Romeo T33/3 Autodelta SpA 163   7 1m55.57 Prototype 3000 1
4 16 Andrea de Adamich/Henri Pescarolo/Emerson Fittipaldi*/Toine Hezemans* Alfa Romeo T33/3 [75080005] Autodelta SpA 161   5 1m54.43 Prototype 3000 2
5 20 José Juncadella/Carlos Pairetti Ferrari 512S [1002] Escuderia Montjuich 155   12 1m56.87 Sports 3
6 18 Hughes de Fierlant/Gustave Gosselin Ferrari 512S Spyder [1030] Ecurie Francorchamps 153   16 2m01.20 Sports 4
7 8 Mike Parkes/Jo Bonnier/Ronnie Peterson^ Ferrari 512M [1048] Scuderia Filipinetti 150   8 1m55.81 Sports 5
8 22 Sam Posey/Nestor Garcia-Veiga/Luis Ruben di Palma Ferrari 512S Spyder [1006] North American Racing Team 148   9 1m55.84 Sports 6
9 2 Chris Craft/Trevor Taylor McLaren M8C Ford (Trojan) [70-007] Ecurie Evergreen 146   14 1m58.50 Prototype 3000 3
10 34 Dominique Martin/Pablo Bréa Porsche 917K [025] Zitro Racing 145   18 2m01.98 Sports 7
11 6 David Weir/Jorge Omar Del Rio Lola T210 Ford Ecurie Evergreen 143   19 2m02.73 Prototype 2000 1
NRF 10 Ronnie Peterson/Jorge Cupeiro Lola T212 Ford Scuderia Filipinetti 130 Accident 15 1m59.19 Prototype 2000 2
13 46 Daniel Rouveyran/Carlos Ruesch Lola T210 Ford Daniel Rouveyran 129   17 2m01.70 Prototype 2000 3
DNF 48 Reinhold Jöst/Angel Monguzzi/Willy Kauhsen^ Porsche 917K [022] Team Auto Usdau 85 Engine 13 1m57.64 Sports  
DNF 38 Vic Elford/Gérard Larrousse Porsche 917K Martini International Racing Team 65 DSQ - assistance 4 1m52.93 Sports  
DNF 40 Eduardo José Copello/Hans-Dieter Weigel Porsche 908/02 Auto Usdau 54 Engine 21 2m06.03 Prototype 3000  
DNF 28 Emerson Fittipaldi/Carlos Reutemann/Alex Soler-Roig* Porsche 917K [018] Escuderia Nacional CS 43 Oil leak 11 1m56.43 Sports  
DNF 24 Ignazio Giunti/Arturo Merzario^ Ferrari 312PB [0874] Spa Ferrari SEFAC 38 Fatal accident 2 1m52.74 Prototype 3000  
DNF 26 Jean-Pierre Beltoise/Jean-Pierre Jabouille^/Francois Cevert* Matra-Simca MS660 [02] Matra Sports 36 Accident 6 1m54.65 Prototype 3000  
DNF 4 Nasif Estéfano/Alain De Cadenet Lola T210 Ford Ecurie Evergreen 27 Overheating 20 2m03.93 Prototype 2000  
DNF 44 Eduardo Pino/Jorge Ternengo^/Hector Luis Gradassi* Baufer - Chevrolet Eduardo Pino 8 Engine 22 2m12.23 Sports  
DNF 36 Helmut Marko/Gijs van Lennep^ Porsche 917K Martini International Racing Team 2 Engine 10 1m56.29 Sports  
DNS 12 Emerson Fittipaldi/Toine Hezemans*/Andrea de Adamich*/Henri Pescarolo* Alfa Romeo T33/3 Autodelta SpA   Accident in practice     Prototype 3000  
DNS 42 Luis di Palma/Carlos Marincovitch Berta LR Renault Oreste Berta   Engine     Prototype 2000  
N.B. Ignazio Giunti killed. Elford #38 (Porsche 917K) set fastest lap of 1m51.08, but disallowed due to car being disqualified.
 
 
Winning Time: 5h25m25.94, 115.717 mph/186.229 kph
Fastest Lap: Jo Siffert #30 (Porsche 917K), 1m51.53, 122.782 mph/197.598 kph

 
 
* Driver entered for car, but never drove it at meeting
^ Driver practiced car, but did not race it
RES - Reserve (Practiced, on standy-by for start)
REE - Reserve Entry
DNA - Did Not Arrive
DNS - Did Not Start
DNF - Did Not Finish
DNP - Did Not Practice
NC - Not Classified
DSQ - Disqualified
NRF - Not Running At Finish
NAC - Not Accepted
REJ - Rejected (Did not pass scrutineering)


Last Updated on 27/10/02
By Darren Galpin
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