{"id":14923,"date":"2020-12-04T16:11:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T16:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1971-japanese-grand-prix\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T22:00:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T22:00:44","slug":"1971-japanese-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"race","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1971-japanese-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"1971 Japanese Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"hero hero--small-image\">\n    \n            \n<section class=\"c-site-breadcrumbs site-breadcrumbs proxima \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n    \n    <div class=\"hero__content\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                            <div class=\"circular-image\">\n                                            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\"Race Report\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png\" \/>\n                                    <\/div>\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\"><\/h1>\n                                        <p class=\"hero__text\">Amongst the many annuals devoted to reporting, largely with excellent illustrations, the previous season&#8217;s motor racing, &#8220;Race Report&#8221; by Eddie Cuba deserves especial mention. It claims to be the only complete report of all the 1970 major World Championships and it is certainly full of first-class illustrations of all kinds, including a number of high-class colour prints, some of which are pull-out doubles. <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"anchor-menu container-no-breakpoints proxima\">\n    <ul>\n                    <li><a href=\"#race-report\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Race Report<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#results\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Results<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#qualifying\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Qualifying<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#circuit\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Circuit<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"race-report\">\n            <div class=\"post__item\">\n                <div data-behaviour=\"race-data-box\" data-race-id=\"14923\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n    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