1971 1000 km Buenos Aires

The 1971 Buenos Aires 1000 Kilometers was the opening round of the 1971 International Championship for Makes season. It took place at the Buenos Aires circuit No.15, Argentina, on January 10, 1971. Grand tourer class cars did not participate in this event.

Autodromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires No 14 (1968-1971)

Scuderia Ferrari driver Ignazio Giunti was killed during the race.[1] He was leading the race when his car ran into the back of the disabled Matra driver Jean-Pierre Beltoise was pushing to the pits. Both cars were caught on fire and Giunti was unable to escape.

Official results

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Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps
Engine
1 S 30   J.W. Automotive   Jo Siffert
  Derek Bell
Porsche 917K 165
Porsche 4.9L Flat-12
2 S 32   J.W. Automotive   Pedro Rodríguez
  Jackie Oliver
Porsche 917K 164
Porsche 4.9L Flat-12
3 P3.0 14   Autodelta SpA   Rolf Stommelen
  Nanni Galli
Alfa Romeo T33/3 163
Alfa Romeo 3.0L V8
4 P3.0 16   Autodelta SpA   Andrea de Adamich
  Henri Pescarolo
Alfa Romeo 33TT3 161
Alfa Romeo 3.0L V8
5 S 20   Escuderia Montjuich   José Juncadella
  Carlos Pairetti
Ferrari 512S 155
Ferrari 5.0L V12
6 S 18   Ecurie Francorchamps   Hughes de Fierlandt
  Gustave Gosselin
Ferrari 512S Spyder 153
Ferrari 5.0L V12
7 S 8   Scuderia Filipinetti   Mike Parkes
  Jo Bonnier
Ferrari 512M 150
Ferrari 5.0L V12
8 S 22   North American Racing Team   Sam Posey
  Nestor García-Veiga
  Rubén Luis di Palma
Ferrari 512S Spyder 148
Ferrari 5.0L V12
9 P3.0 2   Ecurie Evergreen   Chris Craft
  Trevor Taylor
McLaren M8C 146
Ford 3.0 V8
10 S 34   Zitro Racing   Dominique Martin
  Pablo Bréa
Porsche 917K 145
Porsche 4.9L Flat-12
11 P2.0 6   Ecurie Evergreen   David Weir
  Jorge Omar del Río
Lola T210 143
Ford Cosworth FVC 1.8L I4
12 P2.0 10   Scuderia Filipinetti   Ronnie Peterson
  Jorge Cupeiro
Lola T212 130
Ford Cosworth FVC 1.8L I4
13 P2.0 46   Daniel Rouveyran   Daniel Rouveyran
  Carlos Ruesch
Lola T210 129
Ford Cosworth FVC 1.8L I4
14
DNF
S 48   Team Auto Usdau   Reinhold Joest
  Angel Monguzzi
Porsche 917K 85
Porsche 4.9L Flat-12
15
DNF
S 38   Martini International Racing   Vic Elford
  Gérard Larrousse
Porsche 917K 65
Porsche 4.9L Flat-12
16
DNF
P3.0 40   Team Auto Usdau   Hans-Dieter Weigel
  Eduardo Copello
Porsche 908/02 54
Porsche 3.0L Flat-8
17
DNF
S 28   Escuderia Nacional CS   Emerson Fittipaldi
  Carlos Reutemann
Porsche 917K 43
Porsche 4.9L Flat-12
18
DNF
P3.0 24   SpA Ferrari SEFAC   Ignazio Giunti
  Arturo Merzario
Ferrari 312PB 38
Ferrari 3.0L V12
19
DNF
P3.0 26   Matra Sports   Jean-Pierre Beltoise
  Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Matra-Simca MS660 36
Matra 3.0L V12
20
DNF
P2.0 4   Ecurie Evergreen   Alain de Cadenet
  Nasif Estéfano
Lola T210 27
Ford FVC 1.8L I4
21
DNF
S 44   Eduardo Pino   Eduardo Pino
  Jorge Ternengo
Baufer-Ford 8
Chevrolet V8
22
DNF
S 36   Martini International Racing   Helmut Marko
  Gijs van Lennep
Porsche 917K 2
Porsche 4.9L Flat-12
DNS P3.0 12   Autodelta SpA   Emerson Fittipaldi
  Toine Hezemans
Alfa Romeo T33/3 -
Alfa Romeo 3.0L V8
DNS P2.0 42   Oreste Berta   Luis Rubén di Palma
  Carlos Marincovich
Berta LR -
Renault

Statistics

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  • Pole Position - #32 J.W. Automotive - 1:52.70
  • Fastest Lap - #30 J.W. Automotive - 1:51.53
  • Average Speed - 186.229 km/h

References

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  1. ^ "Ignazio Giunti". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 2008-03-03.


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