Circuit de Monaco · 23 May 1971
Jackie Stewart won the 1971 Monaco Grand Prix for Tyrrell from 1st on the grid, 25.6s ahead of Ronnie Peterson. Emerson Fittipaldi gained the most places, from 17th on the grid to 5th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyrrell Stewart 9 + Cevert 0 | Stewart 9 + Cevert 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | March-Ford Peterson 6 + Pescarolo 0 | Peterson 6 + Pescarolo 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Ferrari Ickx 4 + Regazzoni 0 | Ickx 4 + Regazzoni 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | McLaren Hulme 3 + Gethin 0 | Hulme 3 + Gethin 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Lotus-Ford Fittipaldi 2 + Wisell 0 | Fittipaldi 2 + Wisell 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Surtees Stommelen 1 + Surtees 0 | Stommelen 1 + Surtees 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | BRM Rodríguez 0 + Siffert 0 | Rodríguez 0 + Siffert 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Brabham Schenken 0 + Hill 0 | Schenken 0 + Hill 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Matra Beltoise 0 + Amon 0 | Beltoise 0 + Amon 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackie Stewart Tyrrell | Tyrrell | 1:52:21.300 | 80 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Ronnie Peterson March-Ford | March-Ford | +25.600s | 80 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Jacky Ickx Ferrari | Ferrari | +53.300s | 80 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Denny Hulme McLaren | McLaren | +1:06.700 | 80 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford | Lotus-Ford | +1 Lap | 79 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Rolf Stommelen Surtees | Surtees | +1 Lap | 79 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | John Surtees Surtees | Surtees | +1 Lap | 79 | — | — | |
| 8 | Henri Pescarolo March-Ford | March-Ford | +3 Laps | 77 | — | — | |
| 9 | Pedro Rodríguez BRM | BRM | +4 Laps | 76 | — | — | |
| 10 | Tim Schenken Brabham | Brabham | +4 Laps | 76 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jo Siffert BRM | BRM | DNF Oil pipe | 58 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra | Matra | DNF Differential | 47 | — | — | |
| DNF | Chris Amon Matra | Matra | DNF Differential | 45 | — | — | |
| DNF | Clay Regazzoni Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Accident | 24 | — | — | |
| DNF | Peter Gethin McLaren | McLaren | DNF Accident | 22 | — | — | |
| DNF | Reine Wisell Lotus-Ford | Lotus-Ford | DNF Wheel bearing | 21 | — | — | |
| DNF | François Cevert Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Accident | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | Graham Hill Brabham | Brabham | DNF Accident | 1 | — | — |