The following is an overview of the events of 1971 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.
Date | Event | Ref | |
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30–31 January | 10th 24 Hours of Daytona | [1] | |
14 February | 13th Daytona 500 | [2] | |
February | 1971 NHRA Winternationals | ||
6 May | 55th Targa Florio | [3] | |
23 May | 29th Monaco Grand Prix | [4] | |
29 May | 55th Indianapolis 500 | [5] | |
5–12 June | 53rd Isle of Man TT | [6] | |
12–13 June | 39th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [7] | |
26–27 June | 2nd 24 Hours of Nurburgring | [8] | |
24–25 July | 23rd 24 Hours of Spa | [9] | |
July | 1971 NHRA Summernationals | ||
3 October | 12th Hardie-Ferodo 500 | [10] | |
21 November | 18th Macau Grand Prix | [11] |
Date | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref | |
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17 | January | Richard Burns | British | Rally driver | World Rally champion . | [12] | |
25 | Luca Badoer | Italian | Racing driver | [13] | |||
24 | February | Pedro de la Rosa | Spanish | Racing driver | 1997 Formula Nippon and All Japan GTC champion, GPDA chairman (2008-2010, 2012–2014). | [14] | |
27 | March | David Coulthard | British | Racing driver | Winner of the 13 Formula One Grand Prix, 1991 Macau Grand Prix and 1991 Masters of Formula 3, GPDA chairman (2005-2006). | [15] | |
3 | April | Emmanuel Collard | French | Racing driver | 2005 24 Hours of Daytona winner. | [16] | |
9 | Jacques Villeneuve | Canadian | Racing driver | Formula One World Champion, 1995 Indianapolis 500 winner. | [17] | ||
26 | June | Max Biaggi | Italian | Motorcycle racer | Superbike World champion . | [18] | |
27 | November | Troy Corser | Australian | Motorcycle racer | Superbike World champion . | [19] |
Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref | |
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6 | February | Lew "sneaky Pete" Robinson | 37 | American | Drag racer | [20] | ||
11 | July | Pedro Rodríguez | 31 | Mexican | Racing driver | Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans | [21] |