1971 Argentine Grand Prix

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The 1971 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One non-championship race held at Buenos Aires on January 24, 1971.

This race was held because at that time the FIA regulations required a demonstration race to be held as a quality check, before a Grand Prix was admitted as a championship race. It was held in connection with a Formula 5000 race.

The race was run over 2 heats of 50 laps each, the final results being an aggregate of the two.

[edit] Classification

Note: the classification was the sum of the times obtained in the two heats; a blue background indicates a Formula 5000 entrant.

Pos	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired
1	Chris Amon	Matra	100	2:08:19.29
2	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	100	+ 21.86 s
3	Carlos Reutemann	McLaren-Ford	100
4	David Prophet	McLaren-Chevrolet	96	+ 4 Laps
Ret	Derek Bell	March-Ford	88	Engine
Ret	Jo Siffert	March-Ford	86	Suspension
Ret	Reine Wisell	Lotus-Ford	84	Accident
NC	Gordon Spice	McLaren-Chevrolet	84
Ret	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	71	Engine
NC	Jo Bonnier	Lola-Chevrolet	68
Ret	Silvio Moser	Bellasi-Ford	66	Engine
Ret	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees-Ford	60	Gearbox
NC	Carlos Marinkovich Gregg Young	McLaren-Chevrolet	59
Ret	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	48	Oil pressure
Ret	Nestor Garcia-Veiga	Surtees-Chevrolet	11	Oil leak