The 1973 Formula One Season was the 24th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It was contested over fifteen races, beginning in Argentina on January 28 and concluding in the United States of America on October 7. There were also two non-champiponship races, also open to Formula 5000 cars.
The Drivers' Championship was won by Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth's Jackie Stewart, his third and final title, in his final season. 1972 champion, Emerson Fittipaldi, was the runner-up after his title challenge faded mid-season, scoring just one point in the six races between Sweden and Austria. Fittipaldi's teammate, Ronnie Peterson, came third in the Championship, despite taking nine pole positions. His season was set back by failing to score in the first five races, at which point Fittipaldi had 35 points, and Stewart had 28.
Fittipaldi and Peterson's team, Lotus-Ford Cosworth, took the Constructors' Championship (then known as the "International Cup for F1 Manufacturers"), by a margin of ten points ahead of Tyrrell.
The end of the season was marred by the death of François Cevert in practice for the United States Grand Prix. His team, Tyrrell, withdrew their entries as a mark of respect. As a result, Stewart failed to reach the 100-start mark. He later announced his retirement from the sport, a decision which already had been made prior to the tragedy.
Background[]
Teams and Drivers[]
Entry List[]
Calendar[]
World Championship Schedule[]
The full world championship schedule for the 1973 season is outlined below:
Round | Grand Prix | Date |
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1 | Argentine Grand Prix | 28 January | |||
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Official Title | X Gran Premio de la República Argentina | ||||
Circuit | Autódromo Municipal de Ciudad de Buenos Aires | ||||
Location | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||
Lap distance | 3.346 km (2.079 mi) | ||||
Race distance | 321.216 km (199.594 mi) | ||||
Date | 28 January | Laps | 96 |
2 | Brazilian Grand Prix | 11 February | |||
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Official Title | 2° Grande Prêmio do Brasil | ||||
Circuit | Interlagos | ||||
Location | São Paulo, Brazil | ||||
Lap distance | 7.960 km (4.946 mi) | ||||
Race distance | 318.4 km (197.845 mi) | ||||
Date | 11 February | Laps | 40 |
3 | South African Grand Prix | 3 March | |||
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Official Title | XIX Grand Prix of South Africa | ||||
Circuit | Kyalami | ||||
Location | Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa | ||||
Lap distance | 4.104 km (2.550 mi) | ||||
Race distance | 324.216 km (201.458 mi) | ||||
Date | 3 March | Laps | 79 |
4 | Spanish Grand Prix | 29 April | |||
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Official Title | XIX Gran Premio de España | ||||
Circuit | Montjuïc Park | ||||
Location | Montjuïc, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain | ||||
Lap distance | 3.790 km (2.355 mi) | ||||
Race distance | 284.25 km (176.625 mi) | ||||
Date | 29 April | Laps | 75 |
5 | Belgian Grand Prix | 20 May | |||
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Official Title | XXX Grand Prix of Europe | ||||
Circuit | Circuit Zolder | ||||
Location | Heusden-Zolder, Limburg, Belgium | ||||
Lap distance | 4.220 km (2.622 mi) | ||||
Race distance | 295.4 km (183.553 mi) | ||||
Date | 20 May | Laps | 70 |
6 | Monaco Grand Prix | 3 June | |||
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Official Title | 31e Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco | ||||
Circuit | Circuit de Monaco | ||||
Location | Monte Carlo, Monaco | ||||
Lap distance | 3.278 km (2.037 mi) | ||||
Race distance | 255.684 km (158.875 mi) | ||||
Date | 3 June | Laps | 78 |
Non-Championship Schedule[]
The full non-championship schedule for the 1973 season is outlined below:
Date | Event | Circuit | Report |
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18th March | VIII Daily Mail Race of Champions | Brands Hatch | Report |
8th April | XXV GKN Silver Jubilee International Trophy | Silverstone | Report |
Results[]
A run down of results for the 1973 FIA Formula 1 World Championship is shown below:
Round | Event | Report | |||
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Grid | Result |
1 | Argentine Grand Prix | Report | |||
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[[Clay Regazzoni]] BRM |
1 | [[Emerson Fittipaldi]] Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Emerson Fittipaldi]] Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
2 | [[François Cevert]] Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
[[Emerson Fittipaldi]] Lotus-Ford Cosworth | ||
[[Jacky Ickx]] Ferrari |
3 | [[Jackie Stewart]] Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
1:11.22 on Lap 79 |
2 | Brazilian Grand Prix | Report | |||
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[[Ronnie Peterson]] Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
1 | [[Emerson Fittipaldi]] Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Emerson Fittipaldi]] Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
2 | [[Jackie Stewart]] Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
[[Emerson Fittipaldi]] Lotus-Ford Cosworth | ||
[[Jacky Ickx]] Ferrari |
3 | [[Denny Hulme]] McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
2:35.0 on Lap 14 |
3 | South African Grand Prix | Report | |||
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[[Denny Hulme]] McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
1 | [[Jackie Stewart]] Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Emerson Fittipaldi]] Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
2 | [[Peter Revson]] McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
[[Emerson Fittipaldi]] Lotus-Ford Cosworth | ||
[[Jody Scheckter]] McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
3 | [[Emerson Fittipaldi]] Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
1:17.10 on Lap 76 |
Final Standings[]
World Championship for Drivers[]
Outline below are the full standings from the 1973 FIA Formula 1 World Championship for drivers:
Pos. | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Points |
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1st | Jackie Stewart | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | Ret | 1st | 1st | 5th | 4th | 10th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 5th | WD | 71 |
2nd | Emerson Fittipaldi | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 12th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6th | Ret | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 55 |
3rd | Ronnie Peterson | Ret | Ret | 11th | Ret | Ret | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 11th | Ret | 1st | 1st | Ret | 1st | 52 |
4th | François Cevert† | 2nd | 10th | NC | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | Ret | 5th | Ret | DNS† | 47 |
5th | Peter Revson | 8th | Ret | 2nd | 4th | Ret | 5th | 7th | 1st | 4th | 9th | Ret | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 38 | |
6th | Denny Hulme | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 1st | 8th | 3rd | Ret | 12th | 8th | 15th | 13th | 4th | 26 |
7th | Carlos Reutemann | Ret | 11th | 7th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4th | 3rd | 6th | Ret | Ret | 4th | 6th | 8th | 3rd | 16 |
8th | James Hunt | 9th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | Ret | DNS | 7th | 2nd | 14 | |||||||
9th | Jacky Ickx | 4th | 5th | Ret | 12th | Ret | Ret | 6th | 5th | 8th | 3rd | 8th | 7th | 12 | |||
10th | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11th | Ret | 5th | Ret | 5th | 13th | 4th | 9th | 9 |
11th | Carlos Pace | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8th | Ret | 10th | 13th | Ret | 7th | 4th | 3rd | Ret | 18th | Ret | 7 |
12th | Arturo Merzario | 9th | 4th | 4th | Ret | 7th | 7th | 13th | Ret | 16th | 6 | ||||||
13th | George Follmer | 6th | 3rd | Ret | DNS | 14th | Ret | Ret | 10th | Ret | Ret | 10th | 17th | 14th | 5 | ||
14th | Jackie Oliver | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10th | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8th | Ret | 11th | 3rd | 15th | 4 | ||
15th | Andrea de Adamich | 8th | Ret | 4th | 7th | Ret | Ret | 3 | |||||||||
= | Wilson Fittipaldi | 6th | Ret | Ret | 10th | Ret | 11th | Ret | 16th | Ret | Ret | 5th | Ret | Ret | 11th | NC | 3 |
17th | Niki Lauda | Ret | 8th | Ret | Ret | 5th | Ret | 13th | 9th | 12th | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 |
= | Clay Regazzoni | 7th | 6th | Ret | 9th | 10th | Ret | 9th | 12th | 7th | 8th | Ret | 6th | Ret | 8th | 2 | |
19th | Chris Amon | 6th | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | 10th | WD | 1 | ||||||||
= | Gijs van Lennep | 6th | 9th | Ret | 1 | ||||||||||||
= | Howden Ganley | NC | 7th | 10th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11th | 14th | 9th | 9th | DNS | NC | NC | 6th | 12th | 1 |
— | Mike Hailwood | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8th | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14th | 10th | 7th | 9th | Ret | 0 |
— | Mike Beuttler | 10th | Ret | NC | 7th | 11th | Ret | 8th | 11th | Ret | 16th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10th | 0 | |
— | Jochen Mass | Ret | 7th | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||
— | Henri Pescarolo | 8th | Ret | 10th | 0 | ||||||||||||
— | Graham Hill | Ret | 9th | Ret | Ret | 10th | Ret | NC | 13th | Ret | 14th | 16th | 13th | 0 | |||
— | Nanni Galli | Ret | 9th | 11th | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
— | David Purley | Ret | DNS | Ret | 15th | 9th | 0 | ||||||||||
— | Jody Scheckter | 9th | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
— | Rolf Stommelen | 11th | Ret | 12th | 12th | 0 | |||||||||||
— | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ret | Ret | NC | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | NC | 11th | 0 | |||||
— | Luiz Bueno | 12th | 0 | ||||||||||||||
— | Rikky von Opel | 15th | 13th | DNS | Ret | Ret | NC | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
— | Tim Schenken | 14th | 0 | ||||||||||||||
— | Eddie Keizan | NC | 0 | ||||||||||||||
— | Roger Williamson† | Ret | Ret† | 0 | |||||||||||||
— | John Watson | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
— | Reine Wisell | DNS | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
— | Dave Charlton | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||
— | Jackie Pretorius | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||
— | Graham McRae | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||
— | Peter Gethin | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||
— | Brian Redman | DSQ | 0 | ||||||||||||||
— | Tom Belsø | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Pos. | Driver | Points | |||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
World Championship for Constructors[]
Outline below are the full standings from the 1973 FIA Formula 1 World Championship for constructors:
Pos. | Constructor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Points |
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1st | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 11th | 6th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 92 (96) |
2nd | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 5th | DNS | 82 (86) |
3rd | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 7th | 5th | 1st | 8th | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 8th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 58 |
4th | Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 6th | 11th | 7th | 10th | 4th | 7th | 4th | 3rd | 6th | Ret | 5th | 4th | 6th | 8th | 3rd | 22 |
5th | March-Ford Cosworth | 10th | Ret | NC | 7th | 11th | 9th | 8th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 15th | Ret | 9th | 7th | 2nd | 14 |
6th | Ferrari | 4th | 4th | 4th | 12th | Ret | Ret | 6th | 5th | 8th | DNA | DNA | 7th | 8th | 15th | 16th | 12 |
= | BRM | 7th | 6th | Ret | 5th | 5th | Ret | 9th | 9th | 7th | 5th | Ret | 5th | 13th | 4th | 8th | 12 |
8th | Shadow-Ford Cosworth | DNA | 6th | 3rd | 9th | 10th | 14th | 10th | Ret | 10th | 8th | Ret | 10th | 3rd | 13th | 9 | |
9th | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | Ret | 12th | 8th | Ret | 8th | 8th | 10th | 13th | Ret | 7th | 4th | 3rd | 7th | 9th | Ret | 7 |
10th | Iso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth | NC | 7th | 10th | 11th | Ret | Ret | 11th | 14th | 9th | 6th | 10th | 9th | NC | 6th | 7th | 2 |
11th | Tecno | 6th | Ret | DNA | DNA | Ret | Ret | DNA | DNS | DNA | DNA | 1 | |||||
— | Ensign-Ford Cosworth | DNA | DNA | DNA | 15th | 13th | DNS | DNA | Ret | Ret | NC | Ret | 0 | ||||
Pos. | Constructor | Points | |||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Notes[]
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