1973 Dutch Grand Prix

 1973 Dutch Grand Prix

Racing data
10th of 15 races of the 1973 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XX Grote Prijs van Nederland
Date:	July 29, 1973
Place:	Zandvoort
Course:	Circuit Park Zandvoort
Length:	304.272 km in 72 laps of 4.226 km
Weather:	cloudy but dry
Pole position
Driver:	Ronnie Peterson	lotus
Time:	1: 19.47 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Ronnie Peterson	lotus
Time:	1: 20.31 min
Podium
First:	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell
Second:	François Cevert	Tyrrell
Third:	James Hunt	March

The Dutch Grand Prix 1973 took place on July 27th at Circuit Park Zandvoort and was the tenth race of the 1973 Automobile World Championship .

Reports

background

After a year break due to safety deficiencies, a Dutch Grand Prix was again added to the racing calendar in 1973. The route from Zandvoort had meanwhile been re-asphalted and equipped with guard rails and run-off zones. In addition, a chicane had been added to the route layout in order to slow down the vehicles in what was once a very fast section.

After the pile-up at the British Grand Prix two weeks earlier, the teams struggled to repair their vehicles on time. This was particularly true of the Surtees team , whose three vehicles were all damaged in the accident. The team then appeared in Zandvoort with only two cars, which meant that Jochen Mass's second assignment was postponed to the German GP .

Andrea de Adamich could not compete because of his leg injuries and finally decided to end his Formula 1 career for good.

Ferrari did not take part in the race due to the moderate competitiveness of the current 312B3 car .

As has been customary since Nanni Galli retired after the Monaco Grand Prix , the second vehicle in Frank Williams' team was available for a paying guest starter. Gijs van Lennep used this opportunity to take part in his home Grand Prix.

training

During Saturday's training session, Emerson Fittipaldi suffered a setback in the fight for the world title by crashing and injuring himself. The lap time he achieved on Friday only enabled him to finish 16th on the grid. His team-mate Ronnie Peterson again demonstrated the competitiveness of the Lotus 72 by qualifying for pole position for the sixth time this season. Beside him, the two Tyrrell of Fittipaldi's main competitor Jackie Stewart and François Cevert started from the front row.

The second set was divided McLaren -Pilot Denny Hulme with the Brabham of Carlos Reutemann . Behind them, Hulmes team mate Peter Revson qualified ahead of James Hunt in the customer march of the Hesketh team and the Surtees works driver Carlos Pace .

run

Ronnie Peterson in the Lotus 72

Ronnie Peterson in front of Jackie Stewart, Carlos Pace and Cevert

Peterson converted his pole position into a lead, while behind him Stewart was followed by Carlos Pace, who had started well from the third row. Emerson Fittipaldi retired after the second lap because the injuries sustained the day before were too painful. On the sixth lap, Cevert pushed Pace from third place.

On the eighth lap, Roger Williamson hit the crash barriers violently, presumably as a result of a puncture. His March 731 then overturned, slid across the track and caught fire. David Purley , who was an eyewitness to the accident, stopped immediately to help his colleague trapped in the burning vehicle. Since the marshals were not equipped with heat-resistant clothing, no one helped him in attempting to put the car on its side on its wheels. The use of the only fire extinguisher located at the scene of the accident also failed. The race was not interrupted. Since the other drivers did not see Purley's parked car, they erroneously assumed that the burning vehicle was Purley's and did not stop to provide assistance, as they could see Purley unharmed at the scene of the accident. Onlookers called for help were prevented by police officers with dogs from entering the route. Williamson eventually burned to death in his vehicle. His body was only recovered after the race had been driven to an almost unaffected end.

The entire rescue attempt had been seen on television. David Purley was later honored with the George Medal for his courageous efforts .

Peterson held the lead until the 63rd round. Then he had to let the two Tyrrell from Stewart and Cevert pass due to transmission problems and a little later he dropped out completely. As a result, James Hunt achieved the first podium finish in his Formula 1 career. The local guest starter Gijs van Lennep achieved a world championship point in sixth place.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
John Player Team Lotus	1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus 72E	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	2	Ronnie Peterson
Eleven Team Tyrrell	5	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell 006		G
	6th	François Cevert
Yardley Team McLaren	7th	Denis Hulme	McLaren M23		G
	8th	Peter Revson
Motor Racing Developments	10	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham BT42		G
	11	Wilson Fittipaldi
Embassy Racing	12	Graham Hill	Shadow DN1		G
STP March Racing Team	14th	Roger Williamson	March 731		G
Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing	15th	Mike Beuttler			G
UOP Shadow Racing Team	16	George Follmer	Shadow DN1		G
	17th	Jackie Oliver
LEC Refrigeration Racing	18th	David Purley	March 731		G
Marlboro BRM	19th	Clay Regazzoni	BRM P160E	BRM P142 3.0 V12	F.
	20th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise
	21st	Niki Lauda
Martini Racing Team	22nd	Chris Amon	Tecno PA123 / 6	Tecno Series-P 3.0 F12	F.
Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees	23	Mike Hailwood	Surtees TS14A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	24	Carlos Pace
Frank Williams Racing Cars	25th	Howden Ganley	Iso-Marlboro IR2		F.
	26th	Gijs van Lennep	Iso-Marlboro IR1
Hesketh Racing	27	James Hunt	March 731		G
Team Ensign	28	Rikky from Opel	Ensign N173		F.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	1: 19.47	191.438 km / h	01
02	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 19.97	190.241 km / h	02
03	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 20.12	189.885 km / h	03
04th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 20.31	189.436 km / h	04th
05	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	1: 20.59	188.778 km / h	05
06th	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	1: 20.60	188.754 km / h	06th
07th	James Hunt	March-Ford	1: 20.70	188.520 km / h	07th
08th	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford	1: 21.02	187.776 km / h	08th
09	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	1: 21.14	187.498 km / h	09
10	Jackie Oliver	Shadow Ford	1: 21.23	187.290 km / h	10
11	Niki Lauda	BRM	1: 21.43	186.830 km / h	11
12	Clay Regazzoni	BRM	1: 21.56	186.533 km / h	12
13	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	1: 21.82	185.940 km / h	13
14th	Rikky from Opel	Ensign-Ford	1: 22.01	185.509 km / h	14th
15th	Howden Ganley	Iso-Ford	1: 22.10	185.306 km / h	15th
16	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	1: 22.24	184.990 km / h	16
17th	Graham Hill	Shadow Ford	1: 22.50	184.407 km / h	17th
18th	Roger Williamson	March-Ford	1: 22.72	183.917 km / h	18th
19th	Chris Amon	Tecno	1: 22.73	183.895 km / h	19th
20th	Gijs van Lennep	Iso-Ford	1: 22.95	183.407 km / h	20th
21st	David Purley	March-Ford	1: 23.09	183.098 km / h	21st
22nd	George Follmer	Shadow Ford	1: 24.14	180.813 km / h	22nd
23	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	1: 24.45	180.149 km / h	23
24	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	1: 32.33	164.774 km / h	24

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	72	0	1: 39: 12.45	02
02	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	72	0	+ 15.83	03
03	James Hunt	March-Ford	72	0	+1: 03.01	07th
04th	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	72	0	+1: 09.13	06th
05	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	72	0	+1: 13.37	09
06th	Gijs van Lennep	Iso-Ford	70	0	+ 2 rounds	20th
07th	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford	69	2	+ 3 rounds	08th
08th	Clay Regazzoni	BRM	68	2	+ 4 rounds	12
09	Howden Ganley	Iso-Ford	68	1	+ 4 rounds	15th
10	George Follmer	Shadow Ford	67	1	+ 5 rounds	22nd
11	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	66	0	DNF	01	1: 20.31	Gearbox damage
-	Graham Hill	Shadow Ford	56	0	NC	17th		Unrated
-	Niki Lauda	BRM	52	0	DNF	11		defective fuel pump
-	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	52	0	DNF	24		Electrical defect
-	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	31	0	DNF	04th		Engine failure
-	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	27	0	DNF	13		Driving error
-	Chris Amon	Tecno	22nd	0	DNF	19th		defective fuel supply
-	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	09	0	DNF	05		Tire damage
-	David Purley	March-Ford	08th	0	DNF	21st		task
-	Roger Williamson	March-Ford	07th	0	DNF	18th		deadly accident
-	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	02	0	DNF	16		task
-	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	02	0	DNF	23		Electrical defect
-	Jackie Oliver	Shadow Ford	01	0	DNF	10		Driving error
-	Rikky from Opel	Ensign-Ford	-	0	DNS	14th	-	not started

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 51 02  Emerson Fittipaldi lotus 41 03  François Cevert Tyrrell 39 04th  Ronnie Peterson lotus 25th 05  Peter Revson McLaren 23 06th  Denis Hulme McLaren 23 07th  Jacky Ickx Ferrari 8th 08th  Carlos Reutemann Brabham 8th 09  James Hunt March 8th

Item driver constructor Points 10  Arturo Merzario Ferrari 6th 11  George Follmer Shadow 5 12  Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 4th 13  Andrea de Adamich Brabham 3 14th  Niki Lauda BRM 2 15th  Clay Regazzoni BRM 1 16  Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham 1 17th  Gijs van Lennep Iso-Marlboro 1 18th  Chris Amon Tecno 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Tyrrell 62 02  lotus 58 03  McLaren 38 04th  Brabham 12 05  Ferrari 12

Item constructor Points 06th  March 8th 07th  BRM 7th 08th  Shadow 5 09  Tecno 1 10  Iso-Marlboro 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from November 13, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 23, 2011)  
2. ↑ Fight at the limit. The Formula 1 Chronicle 1950–2000 , ed. v. Willy Knupp, RTL book edition: Zeitgeist Verlag: Düsseldorf / Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 3-89748-277-0 , p. 170
3. ^ "Report" (accessed on July 23, 2011)
4. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 23, 2011)  

Web links

Commons : Dutch Grand Prix 1973  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website