1971 Formula 1 Season 
Constructors
| Race | Circuit | Date | Winning Driver | Constructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 South African Grand Prix | Kyalami | Mar 1971 | Mario Gabriele Andretti | Ferrari |
 Spanish Grand Prix | Montjuïc | Apr 1971 | Sir John Young Stewart | Tyrrell |
 Monaco Grand Prix | Monaco | May 1971 | Sir John Young Stewart | Tyrrell |
 Dutch Grand Prix | Zandvoort | Jun 1971 | Jacques Bernard 'Jacky' Ickx | Ferrari |
 French Grand Prix | Paul Ricard | Jul 1971 | Sir John Young Stewart | Tyrrell |
 British Grand Prix | Silverstone | Jul 1971 | Sir John Young Stewart | Tyrrell |
 German Grand Prix | Nürburgring | Aug 1971 | Sir John Young Stewart | Tyrrell |
 Austrian Grand Prix | Osterreichring | Aug 1971 | Joseph Siffert | BRM |
 Italian Grand Prix | Monza | Sep 1971 | Peter Kenneth Gethin | BRM |
 Canadian Grand Prix | Mosport | Sep 1971 | Sir John Young Stewart | Tyrrell |
 United States Grand Prix  | Watkins Glen | Oct 1971 | Albert François Cevert Goldenberg | Tyrrell |
| Pos. | Driver | RSA | ESP | MON | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir John Young Stewart | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 5 | 62 |
| 2 | Bengt Ronnie Peterson | 10 | Ret | 2 | 4 | Ret | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 33 |
| 3 | Albert François Cevert Goldenberg | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 10 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 1 | 26 |
| 4 | Jacques Bernard 'Jacky' Ickx | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 19 |
| 5 | Joseph Siffert | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 4 | 9 | DSQ | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Ret | Ret | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | NC | 16 | |
| 7 | Gianclaudio Giuseppe 'Clay' Regazzoni | 3 | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | Mario Gabriele Andretti | 1 | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 4 | 13 | 12 | |||||
| 9 | Peter Kenneth Gethin | Ret | 8 | Ret | NC | 9 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Pedro Rodríguez | Ret | 4 | 9 | 2 | Ret | 9 | ||||||
| 11 | Christopher Arthur Amon | 5 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 10 | 12 | 9 | |
| 12 | Reine Wisell | 4 | NC | Ret | DSQ | 6 | NC | 8 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 9 | |
| 13 | Denis Clive 'Denny' Hulme | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 9 | |
| 14 | Timothy Theodore 'Tim' Schenken | 9 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | |
| 15 | James Howden Ganley | Ret | 10 | DNQ | 7 | 10 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | 4 | 5 |
| 16 | Mark Neary Donohue, Jr. | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Henri Pescarolo | 11 | Ret | 8 | NC | Ret | 4 | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | 4 | |
| 18 | Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood | 4 | 15 | 3 | |||||||||
| 19 | John Surtees | Ret | 11 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 17 | 3 |
| 20 | Rolf Johann Stommelen | 12 | Ret | 6 | DSQ | 11 | 5 | 10 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 3 | |
| 21 | Norman Graham Hill | 9 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 2 |
| 22 | Jean-Pierre Maurice Georges Beltoise | 6 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 1 | ||||
| 23 | Keith Jack Oliver | Ret | 9 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
| 24 | Brian Herman Thomas Redman | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Jonkheer Gijsbert van Lennep | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Joakim 'Jo' Bonnier | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 10 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
| 27 | David Wishart Hobbs | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Giovanni Giuseppe Gilberto 'Nanni' Galli | 11 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 0 | |||||
| 29 | Dr. Helmut Marko | 11 | Ret | 12 | 13 | 0 | |||||||
| 30 | Andrea Lodovico de Adamich | Ret | NC | Ret | Ret | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| 31 | Victor Henry 'Vic' Elford | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 32 | François Mazet | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 33 | John Cannon | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 34 | George Ross Eaton | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 35 | Jean-Pierre Jacques Jarier | NC | 0 | ||||||||||
| 36 | Mike Beuttler | Ret | DSQ | NC | Ret | NC | 0 | ||||||
| 37 | John 'Skip' Barber III | DNQ | NC | Ret | NC | 0 | |||||||
| 38 | Max Jean | NC | 0 | ||||||||||
| 39 | Alex Soler-Roig | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||||
| 40 | Andreas Nikolaus 'Niki' Lauda | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| 41 | Gerard Carlton 'Pete' Lovely | NC | NC | 0 | |||||||||
| 42 | Dave Charlton | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
| 43 | Derek Reginald Bell | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| 44 | John Maxwell Lineham Love | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| 45 | Silvio Moser | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| 46 | Jacobus 'Jackie' Pretorius | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| 47 | David Walker | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| 48 | Christopher Craft | DNQ | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
| 49 | Peter Jeffrey Revson | Ret | 0 |
C
Race cancelled
DNA
Did not arrive
DNP
Did not practice
DNPQ
Did not pre-qualify
DNQ
Did not qualify
DNS
Did not start
DSQ
Disqualified
EX
Excluded
NC
Non-classified finish
PO
Practiced only
Ret
Did not finish
SHR
Shared Result
TD
Friday test driver
WD
Withdrew entry before the event