The 1971 Australian Drivers’ Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title open to Australian Formula 1 and Australian Formula 2 racing cars.[1] It was the fifteenth Australian Drivers' Championship[2] and the first to feature cars complying with a new for 1971 Australian Formula 1[3] which permitted cars with production based V8 engines of up to 5 litre capacity (commonly known as Formula 5000 cars) or racing engines of up to eight cylinders and up to 2 litre capacity.[4] The championship winner was awarded the 1971 CAMS Gold Star and the title of Australian Champion Driver.[1]
The championship was won by Max Stewart from Kevin Bartlett, Alan Hamilton and John McCormack, with only two points separating first from fourth after the final race.[5]
- ^ a b Conditions for Australian Titles, 1971 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 79-83
- ^ Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-4
- ^ The official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix, 1986, pages 348&354
- ^ Pedr Davis, The Macquarie Dictionary of Motoring, 1986, page 171
- ^ John Brownsea, Stewart is Gold Star Champ, Racing Car News, November 1971, pages 58-59