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1971 United States Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (998 words) |
 | The 1971 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 3, 1971 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York. |
| Jackie Stewart's domination in 1971 clinched his second Driver's Championship with three races remaining, but the final round belonged to his Tyrrell teammate, François Cévert. |
| On lap 15, American Sam Posey, in his first Grand Prix, retired from a fine run with a blown piston in his Surtees. |
| Grand Prix Journal VI (5963 words) |
| Grand Prix racing often only took place on the television screen, except for the German round of the championship, when some guys had crashed fatally. |
| Surely, the image of Grand Prix driving as a profession was a negative one in a Germany of the 68 generation, who often were able to remember the war or the post-war era. |
| The Grand Prix driver not as a fair sportsman, but as the Aryan superman, instead of fighting for wins with his competitor, having the order to consider him as a brutal enemy to bring complete, if possible, fatal defeat to - that was the horrible example the Nazis had created. |
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