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Jackie Stewart won the 1971 Monaco Grand Prix

Jackie Stewart won the 1971 Monaco Grand Prix for Tyrrell, ahead of Ronnie Peterson and Jacky Ickx at Circuit de Monaco.

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Race recap

Winner
Jackie Stewart
Team
Tyrrell
Top listed
Jackie Stewart, Ronnie Peterson, and Jacky Ickx
Race date
May 23, 1971
Pole
Jackie Stewart
Fastest lap
Jackie Stewart
Classified drivers
23
Circuit
Circuit de Monaco

The decisive result

Jackie Stewart finished first for Tyrrell. Ronnie Peterson is listed 2 for March, with Jacky Ickx 3 for Ferrari.

Grid to finish

Emerson Fittipaldi from P17 to P5 (+12), Rolf Stommelen from P16 to P6 (+10), and Tim Schenken from P18 to P10 (+8) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Jackie Stewart started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 5 DNQ, 4 Accident, 4 Finished, 3 +1 lap, and 2 +4 laps. Jackie Stewart holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:22.200 on lap 57. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.

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Race classification
PosDriverConstructorTime / statusPoints
1Jackie StewartTyrrell1:52:21.3009
2Ronnie PetersonMarch1:52:46.9006
3Jacky IckxFerrari1:53:14.6004
4Denny HulmeMcLaren1:53:28.0003
5Emerson FittipaldiTeam Lotus+1 lap2
6Rolf StommelenSurtees+1 lap1
7John SurteesSurtees+1 lap0
8Henri PescaroloMarch+3 laps0
9Pedro RodríguezBRM+4 laps0
10Tim SchenkenBrabham+4 laps0
DNFJo SiffertBRMOil pipe0
DNFJean-Pierre BeltoiseMatraDifferential0
DNFChris AmonMatraDifferential0
DNFClay RegazzoniFerrariAccident0
DNFPeter GethinMcLarenAccident0
DNFReine WisellTeam LotusWheel bearing0
DNFFrançois CevertTyrrellAccident0
DNFGraham HillBrabhamAccident0
DNQHowden GanleyBRMDNQ0
DNQMario AndrettiFerrariDNQ0