1973 Formula One season

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1973 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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The 1973 Formula One season included the 24th FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on January 28, 1973, and ended on October 7 after fifteen races.

1 Season summary
2 Season review
3 1973 Constructors Championship final standings
4 1973 Drivers Championship final standings
5 Notes

[edit] Season summary

In 1973, Lotus teammates Fittipaldi and Ronnie Peterson raced each other while Stewart was supported by François Cevert at Tyrrell. Stewart took the Driver's title, but then at the final race of the season, the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, Cevert crashed during Saturday practice in the notorious esses and was killed instantly. Stewart and Tyrrell withdrew from the race effectively handing the Constructor's title to Lotus. At the end of the season Stewart made public his decision to retire, a decision that was already made before the US Grand Prix.

By the end of 1973 season the best car on the track was probably the new McLaren M23, a wedge-shaped car following the same concept as the Lotus 72 but with more conventional suspension and up to date aerodynamics.

[edit] Season review

Round	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	January 28	Oscar Gálvez	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	Report
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	February 11	Interlagos	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	Report
3	South African Grand Prix	March 3	Kyalami	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
4	Spanish Grand Prix	April 29	Montjuïc	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	Report
5	Belgian Grand Prix	May 20	Zolder	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	June 3	Monaco	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
7	Swedish Grand Prix	June 17	Scandinavian Raceway	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	Report
8	French Grand Prix	July 1	Paul Ricard	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	Report
9	British Grand Prix	July 14	Silverstone	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	Report
10	Dutch Grand Prix	July 29	Zandvoort	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
11	German Grand Prix	August 5	Nürburgring	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
12	Austrian Grand Prix	August 19	Österreichring	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	Report
13	Italian Grand Prix	September 9	Monza	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	Report
14	Canadian Grand Prix	September 23	Mosport Park	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	Report
15	United States Grand Prix	October 7	Watkins Glen	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	Report

[edit] 1973 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Points^[1]	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Lotus-Ford	72D 72E	Ford Cosworth DFV	92 (96)	7	15	10
2	Tyrrell-Ford	005 006	Ford Cosworth DFV	82 (86)	5	15	3
3	McLaren-Ford	M18C M19C M23	Ford Cosworth DFV	58	3	8	1
4	Brabham-Ford	BT37 BT42	Ford Cosworth DFV	22		2
5	March-Ford	721G 731	Ford Cosworth DFV	14		2
6	Ferrari	312B2 312B3	Ferrari 001/1 Ferrari 001/11	12
7	BRM	P160C P160D P160E	BRM P142	12			1
8	Shadow-Ford	DN1	Ford Cosworth DFV	9		2
9	Surtees-Ford	TS9A TS14A	Ford Cosworth DFV	7		1
10	Iso Marlboro-Ford	FX3B IR	Ford Cosworth DFV	2
11	Tecno	PA123B E731	Tecno Series-P	1
12	Ensign-Ford	N173	Ford Cosworth DFV

[edit] 1973 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos	Driver	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	Points
1	Jackie Stewart	3	2	1	Ret	1	1	5	4	10	1	1	2	4	5	WD	71
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	1	1	3	1	3	2	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	2	2	6	55
3	Ronnie Peterson	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	3	2	1	2	11	Ret	1	1	Ret	1	52
4	François Cevert	2	10	NC	2	2	4	3	2	5	2	2	Ret	5	Ret	DNS	47
5	Peter Revson	8	Ret	2	4	Ret	5	7		1	4	9	Ret	3	1	5	38
6	Denny Hulme	5	3	5	6	7	6	1	8	3	Ret	12	8	15	13	4	26
7	Carlos Reutemann	Ret	11	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	3	6	Ret	Ret	4	6	8	3	16
8	James Hunt								6	4	3		Ret	Ret	7	2	14
9	Jacky Ickx	4	5	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	6	5	8		3		8		7	12
10	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	5	Ret	5	13	4	9	9
11	José Carlos Pace	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	10	13	Ret	7	4	3	Ret	18	Ret	7
12	Arturo Merzario	9	4	4			Ret		7				7	Ret	15	16	6
13	George Follmer			6	3	Ret		14	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	10	17	14	5
14	Jackie Oliver			Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	11	3	15	4
15	Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior	6	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	11	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	11	NC	3
16	Andrea de Adamich			8	Ret	4	7		Ret	Ret							3
17	Clay Regazzoni	7	6	Ret	9	10	Ret	9	12	7	8	Ret	6	Ret		8	3
18	Niki Lauda	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	13	9	12	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	2
19	Howden Ganley	NC	7	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	9	9		NC	NC	6	12	1
20	Gijs van Lennep										6		9	Ret			1
21	Chris Amon					6	Ret			Ret	Ret				10	WD	1
22	Mike Hailwood	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	10	7	9	Ret	0
23	Mike Beuttler	10	Ret	Ret	NC	7	11	Ret	8		11	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
24	Jochen Mass									Ret		7				Ret	0
25	Henri Pescarolo				8				Ret			10					0
26	Graham Hill				Ret	9	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	NC	13	Ret	14	16	13	0
27	Nanni Galli	Ret	9		11	Ret	Ret										0
28	Jody Scheckter			9					Ret	Ret					Ret	Ret	0
29	Rolf Stommelen											11	Ret	12	12		0
30	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ret	Ret	NC		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret				Ret		NC	11	0
31	Luiz Bueno		12														0
32	Rikky von Opel								15	13	DNS		Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	0
33	Tim Schenken															14	0
34	David Purley						Ret			Ret	WD	16		Ret			0
—	Jackie Pretorius	Ret	Ret	NC		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret				Ret		NC		0
—	Reine Wisell							Ret	Ret								0
—	Roger Williamson									Ret	Ret						0
—	John Watson									Ret						Ret	0
—	Eddie Keizan			NC													0
—	Dave Charlton			Ret													0
—	Graham McRae									Ret							0
—	Peter Gethin														Ret		0
—	Brian Redman															DSQ	0
Pos	Driver	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Finished, in points
Blue	Finished, no points
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Purple	Not classified (NC)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate
	Injured (INJ)
	Excluded (EX)

[edit] Notes

^ Only the best 7 results from the first 8 races and the best 6 results from the last 7 races counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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