1971 1000 km Buenos Aires

The 1971 Buenos Aires 1000 Kilometers was the opening round of the 1971 International Championship for Makes season. It took place at the Buenos Aires circuit No.15, Argentina, on January 10, 1971. Grand tourer class cars did not participate in this event.

Scuderia Ferrari driver Ignazio Giunti was killed during the race. He was leading the race when his car ran into the back of the disabled Matra driver Jean-Pierre Beltoise was pushing to the pits. Both cars were caught on fire and Giunti was unable to escape.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Laps
					Engine
1	S	30	J.W. Automotive	Jo Siffert Derek Bell	Porsche 917K	165
					Porsche 4.9L Flat-12
2	S	32	J.W. Automotive	Pedro Rodríguez Jackie Oliver	Porsche 917K	164
					Porsche 4.9L Flat-12
3	P3.0	14	Autodelta SpA	Rolf Stommelen Nanni Galli	Alfa Romeo T33/3	163
					Alfa Romeo 3.0L V8
4	P3.0	16	Autodelta SpA	Andrea de Adamich Henri Pescarolo	Alfa Romeo 33TT3	161
					Alfa Romeo 3.0L V8
5	S	20	Escuderia Montjuich	José Juncadella Carlos Pairetti	Ferrari 512S	155
					Ferrari 5.0L V12
6	S	18	Ecurie Francorchamps	Hughes de Fierlandt Gustave Gosselin	Ferrari 512S Spyder	153
					Ferrari 5.0L V12
7	S	8	Scuderia Filipinetti	Mike Parkes Jo Bonnier	Ferrari 512M	150
					Ferrari 5.0L V12
8	S	22	North American Racing Team	Sam Posey Nestor García-Veiga Rubén Luis di Palma	Ferrari 512S Spyder	148
					Ferrari 5.0L V12
9	P3.0	2	Ecurie Evergreen	Chris Craft Trevor Taylor	McLaren M8C	146
					Ford 3.0 V8
10	S	34	Zitro Racing	Dominique Martin Pablo Bréa	Porsche 917K	145
					Porsche 4.9L Flat-12
11	P2.0	6	Ecurie Evergreen	David Weir Jorge Omar del Río	Lola T210	143
					Ford Cosworth FVC 1.8L I4
12	P2.0	10	Scuderia Filipinetti	Ronnie Peterson Jorge Cupeiro	Lola T212	130
					Ford Cosworth FVC 1.8L I4
13	P2.0	46	Daniel Rouveyran	Daniel Rouveyran Carlos Ruesch	Lola T210	129
					Ford Cosworth FVC 1.8L I4
14 DNF	S	48	Team Auto Usdau	Reinhold Joest Angel Monguzzi	Porsche 917K	85
					Porsche 4.9L Flat-12
15 DNF	S	38	Martini International Racing	Vic Elford Gérard Larrousse	Porsche 917K	65
					Porsche 4.9L Flat-12
16 DNF	P3.0	40	Team Auto Usdau	Hans-Dieter Weigel Eduardo Copello	Porsche 908/02	54
					Porsche 3.0L Flat-8
17 DNF	S	28	Escuderia Nacional CS	Emerson Fittipaldi Carlos Reutemann	Porsche 917K	43
					Porsche 4.9L Flat-12
18 DNF	P3.0	24	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Ignazio Giunti Arturo Merzario	Ferrari 312PB	38
					Ferrari 3.0L V12
19 DNF	P3.0	26	Matra Sports	Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Matra-Simca MS660	36
					Matra 3.0L V12
20 DNF	P2.0	4	Ecurie Evergreen	Alain de Cadenet Nasif Estéfano	Lola T210	27
					Ford FVC 1.8L I4
21 DNF	S	44	Eduardo Pino	Eduardo Pino Jorge Ternengo	Baufer	8
					Chevrolet V8
22 DNF	S	36	Martini International Racing	Helmut Marko Gijs van Lennep	Porsche 917K	2
					Porsche 4.9L Flat-12
DNS	P3.0	12	Autodelta SpA	Emerson Fittipaldi Toine Hezemans	Alfa Romeo T33/3	-
					Alfa Romeo 3.0L V8
DNS	P2.0	42	Oreste Berta	Rubén Luis di Palma Carlos Marincovich	Berta LR	-
					Renault

Statistics

• Pole Position - #32 J.W. Automotive - 1:52.70
• Fastest Lap - #30 J.W. Automotive - 1:51.53
• Average Speed - 186.229 km/h

References

• "International Championship for Makes 1971 - 1000 km Buenos Aires". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-04-26. Retrieved 2008-03-03.