1973 Brazilian Grand Prix

 1973 Brazilian Grand Prix

Racing data
2nd of 15 races of the 1973 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	II Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Date:	February 11, 1973
Place:	São Paulo
Course:	Interlagos
Length:	318.4 km in 40 laps of 7.96 km
Weather:	sunny and hot
Spectator:	~ 120,000
Pole position
Driver:	Ronnie Peterson	lotus
Time:	2: 30.5 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Emerson Fittipaldi Denis Hulme	Lotus McLaren
Time:	2: 35.0 min
Podium
First:	Emerson Fittipaldi	lotus
Second:	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell
Third:	Denis Hulme	McLaren

The 1973 Brazilian Grand Prix took place in São Paulo on February 11th and was the second race of the 1973 Automobile World Championship .

Reports

background

After the first edition of the Brazilian Grand Prix had not counted towards the World Championship last year, the race took place with World Championship status for the first time in 1973. Last but not least, the fact that the local Emerson Fittipaldi was the reigning world champion sparked great interest from the audience.

All teams traveled directly from Buenos Aires , where the Argentine Grand Prix had taken place two weeks earlier, with the same line-up. Only the local guest starter Luiz Bueno completed the field by renting a used Surtees TS9B for the race. It was his first and only participation in a Formula 1 race with world championship status.

training

Lotus had conducted extensive tests on the track the week before the Grand Prix to increase Emerson Fittipaldi's chances of winning in front of the home crowd. The experience gained in the process paid off in official training, in which both regular drivers qualified for the front row, with the pole position going to Ronnie Peterson two tenths of a second ahead . It was the first Pole in his career. Apart from the two Lotus drivers, no other driver achieved a fastest lap time of less than 2:32 minutes.

The first row, consisting of three vehicles, was completed by Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx . Behind them Clay Regazzoni and Denis Hulme qualified for the second row. The third row consisted of Carlos Pace , Carlos Reutemann and Jackie Stewart .

run

With very high temperatures on race day, the spectators experienced a perfect start by two local drivers. Emerson Fittipaldi took the lead and Carlos Pace shot up from sixth on the grid to second. It was followed by Jackie Stewart, Ronnie Peterson and Jacky Ickx.

Pace could not hold his very good position for long. In the second lap he was overtaken by Stewart, and a little later by Peterson. The Swede then dueled Stewart for second place up to the sixth lap, before he went off the track and had an accident due to damage to the wheel attachment.

Meanwhile, Ickx was past Pace and finished third. The positions at the top then remained constant over several laps, while Denis Hulme created tension by constantly catching up on the leaders. After Pace had to give up on the tenth lap due to a suspension damage, Hulme overtook fourth-placed Jean-Pierre Beltoise on lap 12 and quickly caught up with Ickx, whom he was also able to overtake three laps later.

As Ickx had to make a pit stop towards the end of the race due to a flat tire , Beltoise was eliminated due to an electrical fault and Clay Regazzoni also had to have new tires fitted in the pits, fourth place ultimately went to Arturo Merzario , who started the race from 17th on the grid was.

Emerson Fittipaldi won his home Grand Prix in his hometown for the first time and thus celebrated the second victory in the second round of the season. He had also achieved the fastest race lap, albeit at the same time as Denis Hulme.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
John Player Team Lotus	1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus 72D	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	2	Ronnie Peterson
Eleven Team Tyrrell	3	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell 005		G
	4th	François Cevert	Tyrrell 006
Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees	5	Mike Hailwood	Surtees TS14A		F.
	6th	Carlos Pace
Yardley Team McLaren	7th	Denis Hulme	McLaren M19C		G
	8th	Peter Revson
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	9	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312B2	Ferrari 001/1 3.0 F12	G
	10	Arturo Merzario
STP March Racing Team	11	Jean-Pierre Jarier	March 721G	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing	12	Mike Beuttler			G
Marlboro BRM	14th	Clay Regazzoni	BRM P160D	BRM P142 3.0 V12	F.
	15th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise
	16	Niki Lauda	BRM P160C
Motor Racing Developments	17th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham BT37	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	18th	Wilson Fittipaldi
Frank Williams Racing Cars	19th	Howden Ganley	Iso-Marlboro FX3B		F.
	20th	Nanni Galli
Team Surtees	23	Luiz Bueno	Surtees TS9B		F.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	2: 30.5	190.405 km / h	01
02	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	2: 30.7	190.153 km / h	02
03	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	2: 32.0	188.526 km / h	03
04th	Clay Regazzoni	BRM	2: 32.4	188.031 km / h	04th
05	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	2: 32.7	187.662 km / h	05
06th	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford	2: 32.7	187.662 km / h	06th
07th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	2: 32.9	187.417 km / h	07th
08th	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	2: 33.3	186.928 km / h	08th
09	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	2: 33.4	186.806 km / h	09
10	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	2: 33.5	186.684 km / h	10
11	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	2: 34.3	185.716 km / h	11
12	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	2: 34.3	185.716 km / h	12
13	Niki Lauda	BRM	2: 35.1	184.758 km / h	13
14th	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	2: 35.5	184.283 km / h	14th
15th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	March-Ford	2: 37.6	181.827 km / h	15th
16	Howden Ganley	Iso-Ford	2: 37.6	181.827 km / h	16
17th	Arturo Merzario	Ferrari	2: 37.7	181.712 km / h	17th
18th	Nanni Galli	Iso-Ford	2: 38.7	180.567 km / h	18th
19th	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	2: 39.9	179.212 km / h	19th
20th	Luiz Bueno	Surtees-Ford	2: 42.5	176.345 km / h	20th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	40	0	1: 43: 55.6	02	2: 35.0
02	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	40	0	+ 13.5	08th
03	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	40	0	+1: 46.4	05	2: 35.0
04th	Arturo Merzario	Ferrari	39	0	+ 1 lap	17th
05	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	39	1	+ 1 lap	03
06th	Clay Regazzoni	BRM	39	1	+ 1 lap	04th
07th	Howden Ganley	Iso-Ford	39	0	+ 1 lap	16
08th	Niki Lauda	BRM	38	1	+ 2 rounds	13
09	Nanni Galli	Iso-Ford	38	0	+ 2 rounds	18th
10	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	38	1	+ 2 rounds	09
11	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	38	0	+ 2 rounds	07th
12	Luiz Bueno	Surtees-Ford	36	0	+ 4 rounds	20th
-	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	23	0	DNF	10		Electrical defect
-	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	18th	0	DNF	19th		overheated engine
-	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford	09	0	DNF	06th		Suspension damage
-	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	06th	0	DNF	14th		Gearbox damage
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	March-Ford	06th	0	DNF	15th		Gearbox damage
-	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	05	0	DNF	01		defective wheel attachment
-	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	05	3	DNF	11		overheated engine
-	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	03	0	DNF	12		Gearbox damage

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  Emerson Fittipaldi lotus 18th 02  Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 10 03  François Cevert Tyrrell 6th 04th  Denis Hulme McLaren 6th

Item driver constructor Points 05  Jacky Ickx Ferrari 5 06th  Arturo Merzario Ferrari 3 07th  Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham 1 08th  Clay Regazzoni BRM 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  lotus 18th 02  Tyrrell 12 03  McLaren 6th

Item constructor Points 04th  Ferrari 6th 05  BRM 1 06th  Brabham 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 23, 2011)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on July 23, 2011)
3. ^ "World Championship stands" ( Memento from January 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 23, 2011)

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website