Three months ago, Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali said Michael Andretti was “not smart” when he labeled the current teams greedy over their desire to protect their financial interests. When asked if it was going to happen, he replied, “It better.” It’s going,” Andretti said initially when asked at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway on Friday. Andretti took his first career victory, driving a Ferrari his teammate Regazzoni finished in third place behind Stewart.Mario Andretti initially had only a few words when asked how his son Michael Andretti’s efforts to field a Formula 1 team were progressing, but his frustration with the process became more apparent as he talked. Surtees however, suffered a gearbox failure on lap 57. On lap 37, John Surtees who had steadily been moving up the field, managed to pass Regazzoni. The heat also took its toll on Jo Siffert, whose engine overheated and Howden Ganley who was taken ill with heat exhaustion. Pedro Rodríguez was forced to retire from fourth place when his bodywork started to melt and the hot air began burning his feet. On lap 17, he squeezed through under braking and the orange McLaren once again led a race. Emerson Fittipaldi managed to hold off Hulme until lap three when he dived through to chase the Ferraris. Īt the start, Regazzoni led the field away at the start – both Stewart and Amon suffering slow starts. Denny Hulme was suffering with a new suspension that he said was behaving very strangely. Jackie Stewart took pole in the Tyrrell to join Chris Amon and Regazzoni on the front row. It was expected the 12-cylinder cars would be dominant over the V8 Ford- Cosworths as Ferrari had won four out of the last five Grands Prix in 1970, and they had a strong line-up consisting of Mario Andretti, Clay Regazzoni and Jacky Ickx. The race was won by Mario Andretti who was driving for the Ferrari team in what was his first Formula One victory, but would not win another Formula One race until 1976. It was race 1 of 11 in both the 1971 World Championship of Drivers and the 1971 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 1971 South African Grand Prix, formally the Fifth AA Grand Prix of South Africa ( Afrikaans: Vyfde AA Suid-Afrikaanse Grand Prix ), was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami Circuit on 6 March 1971.
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