Jackie Stewart in the Tyrrell 003 retired early in the Italian GP but had already won his second Drivers' Championship. The race produced an exceptionally close finish with 5 cars crossing the line within 0.6 seconds. Peter Gethin, BRM P160 (No 18) won the race, followed by Ronnie Peterson, March 711 (No 25), Francois Cevert, Tyrrell 002 (No 2), Mike Hailwood, Surteees TS9 (No 9) and Howden Ganley, BRM P160 (No 19). Ross Wardle has captured the excitement of this unique race for our 1971 cover.

Special number 3 features PETER GETHIN who was one of the UK's top club sports car drivers who moved into Formula 3 in 1965; his career stood still until 1968 when he dove for a full season of F2. However, his true potential was not seen until 1969 when F5000 was inaugurated; he drove the semi-works McLaren to 4 straight wins at the beginning of the season and defended his lead to become the first champion.

He retained the title in 1970, before moving on to F1, staying with McLaren. In1971, he switched to BRM mid season and achieved the famous victory at Monza in the Yardley colours of the P160. He achieved further race wins outside the F1 World Championship, for BRM in the 1971 Victory race at Brands Hatch and the 1972 Pau F2 GP. His final win was the 1973 Race of Champions at Brands Hatch where he drove his Chevron to victory, beating Denny Hulme and James Hunt.