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Jackie Stewart won the 1971 French Grand Prix

Jackie Stewart won the 1971 French Grand Prix for Tyrrell, ahead of François Cevert and Emerson Fittipaldi at Circuit Paul Ricard.

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Race recap

Winner
Jackie Stewart
Team
Tyrrell
Top listed
Jackie Stewart, François Cevert, and Emerson Fittipaldi
Race date
July 4, 1971
Pole
Jackie Stewart
Fastest lap
Jackie Stewart
Classified drivers
24
Circuit
Circuit Paul Ricard

The decisive result

Jackie Stewart finished first for Tyrrell. François Cevert is listed 2 for Tyrrell, with Emerson Fittipaldi 3 for Team Lotus.

Grid to finish

Emerson Fittipaldi from P17 to P3 (+14), Peter Gethin from P19 to P9 (+10), and François Mazet from P23 to P13 (+10) 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 8 Finished, 4 Engine, 2 +1 lap, 2 Ignition, and 1 +2 laps. Jackie Stewart holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:54.090 on lap 2. 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 StewartTyrrell1:46:41.6809
2François CevertTyrrell1:47:09.8006
3Emerson FittipaldiTeam Lotus1:47:15.7504
4Jo SiffertBRM1:47:18.8503
5Chris AmonMatra1:47:22.7602
6Reine WisellTeam Lotus1:47:57.7001
7Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra1:47:58.6100
8John SurteesSurtees1:48:06.5900
9Peter GethinMcLaren+1 lap0
10Howden GanleyBRM+1 lap0
11Rolf StommelenSurtees+2 laps0
12Tim SchenkenBrabhamOil pressure0
13François MazetMarch+5 laps0
NCMax JeanMarch+9 laps0
DNFHenri PescaroloMarchGearbox0
DNFGraham HillBrabhamOil pipe0
DNFAndrea de AdamichMarchEngine0
DNFPedro RodríguezBRMIgnition0
DNFClay RegazzoniFerrariAccident0
DNFRonnie PetersonMarchEngine0