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| Oversigt | Kører VM | Konstruktør VM | |
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| Her er stillingen i kørernes mesterskab, 1971. | |||
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| Placering | Kører | Team | Point |
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| 1 | Jackie Stewart | Tyrrell | 62 |
| 2 | Ronnie Peterson | March | 33 |
| 3 | Francois Cevert | Tyrrell | 26 |
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| 4 | Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | 19 |
| - | Jo Siffert | BRM | 19 |
| 6 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Lotus | 16 |
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| 7 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 13 |
| 8 | Mario Andretti | Ferrari | 12 |
| 9 | Chris Amon | Matra | 9 |
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| - | Peter Gethin | BRM | 9 |
| - | Denny Hulme | McLaren | 9 |
| - | Pedro Rodriguez | BRM | 9 |
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| - | Reine Wisell | Lotus | 9 |
| 14 | Howden Ganley | BRM | 5 |
| - | Tim Schenken | Brabham | 5 |
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| 16 | Mark Donohue | McLaren | 4 |
| - | Henri Pescarolo | March | 4 |
| 18 | Mike Hailwood | Surtees | 3 |
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| - | Rolf Stommelen | Surtees | 3 |
| - | John Surtees | Surtees | 3 |
| 21 | Graham Hill | Brabham | 2 |
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| 22 | J.P. Beltoise | Matra | 1 |
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