1971 International Gold Cup
# 1971 International Gold Cup

The XVIII International Gold Cup was a non-championship Formula One race, and also a round of the European Formula 5000 Championship, held on 22 August 1971 at Oulton Park.

Eight Formula 1 cars turned up, with a full complement of F5000 cars making up the rest of the grid. Peter Gethin set pole position for the first heat, which was won by Henri Pescarolo. The grid for the second heat was arranged according to the finishing order of the first heat. John Surtees took the lead from Pescarolo and held it to the end, setting fastest lap, and a new circuit record, in the process. His win and his third place in the first heat made him the aggregate winner, just ahead of Howden Ganley.

Frank Gardner was the highest F5000 finisher in both heats, his performance being good enough for third overall.

## Qualifying

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Lap | Gap |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 34 | Peter Gethin | Yardley Team BRM | BRM P160 | 1:24.6 | |
| 2 | 37 | Henri Pescarolo | Motul/Frank Williams Racing Cars | March 711 | 1:25.0 | +0.4 |
| 3 | 33 | Howden Ganley | Yardley Team BRM | BRM P153 | 1:25.0 | +0.0 |
| 4 | 32 | John Surtees | Brooke Bond Oxo/Rob Walker/Team Surtees | Surtees TS9 | 1:25.8 | +0.8 |
| 5 | 35 | Mike Beuttler | Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing | March 711 | 1:25.8 | +0.0 |
| 6 | 3 | Frank Gardner | Motor Racing Research/Lola Cars Ltd. | Lola T300 | 1:26.0 | +0.2 |
| 7 | 26 | Alan Rollinson | Alan McKechnie Racing | Surtees TS8 | 1:26.8 | +0.8 |
| 8 | 1 | Brian Redman | Sid Tayor/Castrol Racing | McLaren M18 | 1:28.2 | +1.4 |
| 9 | 22 | Graham McRae | Crown Lynn Properties | McLaren M10B | 1:28.8 | +0.6 |
| 10 | 15 | Mike Hailwood | Team Surtees Ltd. | Surtees TS8 | 1:28.8 | +0.0 |
| 11 | 11 | Trevor Taylor | Malaya Garages | Leda LT25 | 1:29.0 | +0.2 |
| 12 | 39 | Chris Craft | Alain de Cadenet | Brabham BT33 | 1:29.2 | +0.2 |
| 13 | 77 | Mike Walker | Doug Hardwick | Lola T192 | 1:29.8 | +0.6 |
| 14 | 38 | Tony Trimmer | Motul/Frank Williams Racing Cars | March 701 | 1:31.0 | +1.2 |
| 15 | 21 | David Prophet | Bugle-Prophet Racing | McLaren M10B | 1:31.8 | +0.8 |
| 16 | 44 | Gordon Spice | Gordon Spice Cash'n'Carry | McLaren M10B | 1:32.4 | +0.6 |
| 17 | 66 | Fred Saunders | Fred Saunders/London School of Flying | Crosslé 15F | 1:34.4 | +2.0 |
| 18 | 41 | Bob Miller | Bob Miller | Dulon LD8 | 1:37.8 | +3.4 |
| 19 | 5 | Jock Russell | Jock Russell | Lotus 70 | 1:39.6 | +1.8 |
| 20 | 4 | John Myerscough | John Butterworth Racing | McLaren M10B | 1:39.8 | +0.2 |
| 21 | 8 | Ray Allen | Pink Stamps/Epstein Team Trojan | McLaren M10B | 1:41.0 | +1.2 |
| 22 | 36 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shell Arnold Team | March 701 | 2:14.0 | +33.0 |
| DNQ | 29 | "Ippocastano" | Peter J Hawtin | Cooper T90 | broken halfshaft | |
| DSQ | 16 | Roland Heller | Rallye und Race Gemeinschaft | Lola T190 | failed scrutineering | |

## Classification

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Aggregate | Grid |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 32 | John Surtees | Surtees-Cosworth | 0:28:54.0 | 0:28:44.6 | 0:57:39.0 | 4 |
| 2 | 33 | Howden Ganley | BRM | 0:28:52.6 | 0:28:57.4 | 0:57:50.0 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | Frank Gardner | Lola-Chevrolet | 0:29:19.6 | 0:29:27.0 | 0:58:46.6 | 6 |
| 4 | 26 | Alan Rollinson | Surtees-Chevrolet | 0:29:42.2 | 0:29:33.0 | 0:59:15.2 | 7 |
| 5 | 39 | Chris Craft | Brabham-Cosworth | 0:29:57.0 | 0:29:33.8 | 0:59:30.8 | 12 |
| 6 | 77 | Mike Walker | Lola-Chevrolet | 0:30:16.2 | 0:30:2.0 | 1:00:18.2 | 13 |
| 7 | 21 | David Prophet | McLaren-Chevrolet | +1 lap | +1 lap | 38 laps | 15 |
| 8 | 66 | Fred Saunders | Crosslé-Rover | +2 laps | +2 laps | 36 laps | 17 |
| 9 | 22 | Graham McRae | McLaren-Chevrolet | 15 laps/fire | 0:29:41.0 | 35 laps | 9 |
| 10 | 36 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | March-Cosworth | +4 laps | +2 laps | 34 laps | 22 |
| 11 | 15 | Mike Hailwood | Surtees-Chevrolet | 0:29:27.8 | 13 laps/accident | 33 laps | 10 |
| 12 | 41 | Bob Miller | Dulon-Chevrolet | +3 laps | 16 laps/spin | 33 laps | 18 |
| 13 | 37 | Henri Pescarolo | March-Cosworth | 0:28:48.2 | 6 laps/accident | 26 laps | 2 |
| 14 | 34 | Peter Gethin | BRM | 0:29:19.8 | 3 laps/accident | 23 laps | 1 |
| 15 | 44 | Gordon Spice | McLaren-Chevrolet | 0 laps/accident | +1 lap | 19 laps | 16 |
| 16 | 38 | Tony Trimmer | March-Cosworth | 17 laps/accident | DNS | 17 laps | 14 |
| 17 | 1 | Brian Redman | McLaren-Chevrolet | 14 laps/overheating | DNS | 14 laps | 8 |
| 18 | 11 | Trevor Taylor | Leda LT25-Chevrolet | 4 laps/accident | DNS | 4 laps | 11 |
| 19 | 8 | Ray Allen | McLaren-Chevrolet | 1 laps/oil pump | DNS | 1 lap | 21 |
| 20 | 35 | Mike Beuttler | March-Cosworth | 0 laps/fuel injection | DNS | 0 laps | 5 |
| 21 | 5 | Jock Russell | Lotus-Ford | 0 laps/camshaft | DNS | 0 laps | 19 |
| NC | 4 | John Myerscough | McLaren-Chevrolet | DNS/practice accident | DNS | | 20 |
