Race Report: Nurburgring, 12 April 1971

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Held over the Nurburgring’s South Circuit, 19 cars arrived for this 13 lap race. Many of the field were German runners and it is likely that several of the older cars (like Peter Hanson’s Tecno) were running 1-litre engines.

James Hunt’s March 713 won from Manfred  placed Tecno was fitted with a 1-litre engine.

Möhr’s Lotus 69. The Marches of Kern and Bülow were third and fourth with Freddy Kottulinsky finishing fifth after starting on the back row of the grid. Hanson’s seventh

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Race Report: Nurburgring, 12 April 1971

Qualifying

1 James Hunt

March-Holbay 713S 3:05.6

2 Manfred Möhr

Lotus-Novamotor 69 3:06.0

3 Dieter Kern

March 713S 3:07.0

4 Wolfgang Bülow

March 713S 3:07.0

5 Hermann Unold

March 713 3:11.8

Race

1 James Hunt

March-Holbay 713S 40:24.3 13 149.5

2 Manfred Möhr

Lotus-Novamotor 69 40:33.4 13

3 Dieter Kern

March-Ford 713S 41:07.7 13

4 Wolfgang Bülow

March-Novamotor 713M 41:12.3 13

6 Ruedi Gygax

March-Ford 713M 42:29.2 13

7 Peter Hanson

Tecno-Novamotor 42:29.5 13

8 Franz Pesch

March-Ford 713 43.08.4 13

9 Roger Hurst

March-Ford 703 12

10 Hermann Unold

March-Ford 713 12

11 Horst Seidel

Tecno-Ford

12 Josef Kremer

March-Ford 703

13 Willi Deutsch

March-Ford 713

14 Hannelore Werner

March-Ford 713

15 Hans Werner

Tecno-Ford