The 1971 Rothmans F5000 European Championship was a motor racing series for

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but also included European rounds.''European Formula 5000 races 1969-1977'', www.oldracingcars.com
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s to be contested between 1969 and 1975, and the first to carry the Rothmans F5000 European Championship name. The championship was won by Frank Gardner, driving a

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. The championship was contested over seventeen rounds. * ‡ Mike Hailwood was the highest placed Formula 5000 driver at Round 5 in a combined field of

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Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places at each round. Final championship positions were determined from the best six results from the longer rounds (i.e. those contested over a distance of 100 to 150 miles) and the best six results from the shorter rounds.

Championship standings

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Mike Hailwood Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood (2 April 1940 – 23 March 1981) was a British racing driver and motorcycle road racer, who competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from to , and Formula One between and . Nicknamed "the Bike", Hailwood was ...

Surtees TS8 The Surtees TS8 is an open-wheel Formula 5000 race car, designed, developed and built by Surtees in 1971, and is closely based on their 1970 Surtees TS7 Formula One car. It featured a slightly longer wheelbase, and a Chevrolet small-block engine, p ...

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References

European Formula 5000 Championship seasons

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