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The Coupe de Vitesse de l’U.S.A, the fifth round of the French Championship saw a very close finish, Patrick Depailler (Alpine-Renault A360) beating the similarly powered Martini MW7 of Jacques Coulon by 0.3 seconds over 20 laps. It was a close race for all the top places with just 1.2 seconds separating the top four. Renault powered cars dominated taking the top five positions. f3 HISTORY
RACES
Race Report: Montlhéry, 8 May 1971
Qualifying
1 Patrick Depailler
Alpine-Renault A360
Race
1 Patrick Depailler
Alpine-Renault A360 32:01.7
2 Jacques Coulon
Martini-Renault MW7 32:02.0
3 Christian Ethuin
Tecno-Renault TF71/3 32:02.4
4 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Alpine-Renault A360 32:02.9
5 François Lacarrau
Martini-Renault MW7 32:25.8
6 José Dolhem
Martini-BRM MW7 32:41.0
7 Luigi Fontanesi
Tecno-Ford 32:47.4
8 Joël Auvray
Martini-Ford MW7 32:48.5
9 Jean-Louis Lafosse
Brabham-Ford BT35 33:57.6
10 Fabrizio Noé
Lotus-Ford 69 34:10.7