 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - TS9 yakatanga kuratidzwa pa1971 South African Grand Prix, Chassis imwe chete ndiyo yaivepo yemutyairi muridzi wechiChirungu John Surtees asi akabva pamutambo uyu nenyaya ye gearbox. Motokari yechipiri yaivepo kuGerman Rolf Stommelen weSpain asi muGerman akasiya basa nekutadza kumanikidza mafuta uye Surtees akapedza gumi nerimwe, kuMonaco Grand Prix Stommelen akapedza wechitanhatu uye Surtees wechinomwe. Nokuda kweHolland muChirungu akapedza ari wechishanu uye muGermany akarambidzwa nokuda kwokudzingirirwa kuvamba nava marshal pashure pokunge atenderera. MuFrench Grand PrixSurtees akapedza ari wechisere uye Stommelen ari wechi11. Derek Bell akabatana neStommelin neSurtees For Britain. Bell akarega uye Stommelen akapedza ari wechishanu naSurtees ari wechitanhatu, MuGerman Grand Prix, muChirungu akapedza ari wechinomwe uye muGermany ari wechigumi. MuAustria, murume wokuEngland akarega basa nokuti injini yakanga isiri kushanda zvakanaka uye murume wokuGermany akapedza ari wechinomwe. Mutyairi weEngland Mike Hailwood akabatana naStommelin naSurtees kuItaly Grand Prix uye akapedza wechina. Stommelen akasiya basa netsaona mushure mokutanga uye Surtees akasiyawo basa nekukundikana kweinjini. MuCanada, muEngland akapedza ari wechi11 uye muGermany akarega nokuda kwokunyanyisa kupisa. Shanduko mbiri dzakatevera, Stommelen akatsiviwa neAmerican Sam Posey uye Hailwood akadzoka kuzobatana neSurtees pamberi peUnited States Grand Prix. Hailwood akapedza ari wechi15, Surtees ari wechi17 uye Posey akarega basa nechikanganiso chepiston. 