1971 Australian Drivers' Championship
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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]
The championship was contested over a six race series.[6] Races were staged concurrently with those of the 1971 Australian Formula 2 Championship[1]
| Race | Race name | Circuit | Date | Winning driver | Car |
| 1[7] | Governor's Trophy[7] | Lakeside[7] | 6 June[7] | Kevin Bartlett[7] | McLaren M10B Chevrolet |
| 2 | Angus & Coote Diamond Trophy[8] | Oran Park Raceway[9] | 27 June[8] | Max Stewart | Mildren Waggott |
| 3 | Glynn Scott Memorial Trophy[10] | Surfers Paradise International Raceway[10] | 29 August[11] | Frank Matich | McLaren M10B Repco Holden |
| 4 | Victoria Trophy[12] | Sandown [13] | 12 September[14] | Kevin Bartlett | McLaren M10B Chevrolet |
| 5 | Examiner 1000[15] | Symmons Plains[16] | 25 September[16] | Tony Stewart | Elfin 600B England |
| 6 | Rothmans Trophy[17] | Mallala Race Circuit[17] | 11 October[5] | John McCormack | Elfin MR5 Repco Holden |
