Onboard Stewart’s Elf-Tyrrell-Ford - Brandshatch 1971

Stewart increased his lead to 14 seconds on lap 20 and 18 seconds by half distance. Ickx dropped out of fourth place with rubber breaking off from his front left tyre, and Siffert dropped way down with a broken coil bracket. The battle between Peterson, Schenken and Fittipaldi moved up into 3rd, 4th and 5th places.