1973 German Grand Prix

 1973 German Grand Prix

Racing data
11th of 15 races of the 1973 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XXXVIII Grand Prix of Germany
Date:	5th August 1973
Place:	Nürburg
Course:	Nürburgring
Length:	319.69 km in 14 laps of 22.835 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Pole position
Driver:	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell
Time:	7: 07.8 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Carlos Pace	Surtees
Time:	7: 11.4 min
Podium
First:	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell
Second:	François Cevert	Tyrrell
Third:	Jacky Ickx	McLaren

The 1973 German Grand Prix took place on August 5th at the Nürburgring and was the eleventh race of the 1973 Automobile World Championship .

Reports

George Follmer

Peter Revson

background

There was only a week between the tragic Dutch Grand Prix and the next World Championship round at the Nürburgring. The March factory team did not compete out of respect for the fatally injured factory driver Roger Williamson .

The teams Ferrari , Hesketh , Ensign and Tecno were also missing. Instead, the field was supplemented by some works teams using a third car. Ferrari regular driver Jacky Ickx was given the opportunity to contest the Grand Prix for McLaren as an exception . Jochen Mass completed his second GP outing behind the wheel of a third Surtee . From then on, Rolf Stommelen took over the wheel of the third Brabham factory , which was mostly driven by Andrea de Adamich in the first half of the season under the team name "Ceramica Pagnossin" .

Henri Pescarolo received from Frank Williams for the second time this season, the opportunity to drive the second Iso-Marlboro.

The absence of Ferrari and Tecno meant that, as an exception, only British teams with exclusively British vehicles entered the race. It was also the last race without an Italian driver until the 2012 Australian Grand Prix .

training

David Purley , who had tried unsuccessfully to save Roger Williamson in Zandvoort , was absent on the first day of training because he attended his funeral. He qualified far behind for last place on the grid on Saturday.

Jackie Stewart secured pole position and relegated Ronnie Peterson to second on the grid. Stewart's team-mate François Cevert shared the second row with McLaren guest starter Jacky Ickx, who, as a recognized Nordschleife specialist , undercut the two regular drivers Peter Revson and Denis Hulme by more than six seconds. The third row consisted of Niki Lauda's BRM and Carlos Reutemann's Brabham .

Emerson Fittipaldi had not yet fully recovered from his injuries sustained at Zandvoort, which was reflected in his qualification for 14th on the grid.

The regular driver in the Frank Williams Racing Cars team , Howden Ganley , had an accident during practice after the brakes failed on his Iso-Marlboro. Since it was not possible to repair the severely damaged car before the race, the New Zealander had to forego the start.

run

As usual, there was a large crowd of spectators along the approximately 22.8 kilometers long race track. In sunny weather, the audience saw Stewart take the lead from pole and hold this position unchallenged until the finish. He was followed by his team-mate Cevert from the second row. Ronnie Peterson's race ended on the first lap due to an engine failure. This brought Jacky Ickx to third place. The order of the first three pilots did not change until the finish line. The clear superiority of the two Tyrrell caused this rather unspectacular course of the race.

Niki Lauda initially occupied fourth place, until he went off the road in the area of ​​the Kesselchen section and retired. Revson also had an accident, so that the fight for fourth place between Reutemann, Hulme and Carlos Pace was fought. Reutemann also did not make it over the full distance and Hulme later fell back, so that all three Brazilians who competed ultimately finished in the points. In addition to Pace, these were the two Fittipaldi brothers, with Wilson Fittipaldi exceptionally ahead of his younger brother.

Then Stewart's 27th and last Grand Prix victory marked a record that only at the Belgian Grand Prix in 1987 by Alain Prost first set and eventually the Grand Prix of Portugal in 1987 was broken.

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
	30th	Jacky Ickx
Ceramica Pagnossin team	9	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham BT42		G
Motor Racing Developments	10	Carlos Reutemann
	11	Wilson Fittipaldi
Embassy Racing	12	Graham Hill	Shadow DN1		G
Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing	15th	Mike Beuttler	March 731		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
Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees	23	Mike Hailwood	Surtees TS14A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	24	Carlos Pace
Team Surtees	31	Jochen Mass
Frank Williams Racing Cars	25th	Howden Ganley	Iso-Marlboro IR2		F.
	26th	Henri Pescarolo	Iso-Marlboro IR1

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	7: 07.8	192.160 km / h	01
02	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	7: 08.3	191.936 km / h	02
03	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	7: 09.3	191.488 km / h	03
04th	Jacky Ickx	McLaren-Ford	7: 09.7	191.310 km / h	04th
05	Niki Lauda	BRM	7: 09.9	191.221 km / h	05
06th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	7: 15.1	188.936 km / h	06th
07th	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	7: 15.9	188.589 km / h	07th
08th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	7: 16.5	188.330 km / h	08th
09	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	7: 18.1	187.642 km / h	09
10	Clay Regazzoni	BRM	7: 18.2	187.599 km / h	10
11	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford	7: 18.8	187.343 km / h	11
12	Henri Pescarolo	Iso-Ford	7: 18.8	187.343 km / h	12
13	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	7: 19.1	187.215 km / h	13
14th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	7: 19.7	186.959 km / h	14th
15th	Jochen Mass	Surtees-Ford	7: 20.4	186.662 km / h	15th
16	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	7: 22.2	185.902 km / h	16
17th	Jackie Oliver	Shadow Ford	7: 22.3	185.860 km / h	17th
18th	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	7: 22.3	185.860 km / h	18th
19th	Howden Ganley	Iso-Ford	7: 25.1	184.691 km / h	DNS
20th	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	7: 26.6	184.071 km / h	19th
21st	Graham Hill	Shadow Ford	7: 27.1	183.865 km / h	20th
22nd	George Follmer	Shadow Ford	7: 28.3	183.373 km / h	21st
23	David Purley	March-Ford	7: 54.2	173.357 km / h	22nd

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	14th	0	1: 42: 03.0	01
02	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	14th	0	+ 1.6	03
03	Jacky Ickx	McLaren-Ford	14th	0	+ 41.2	04th
04th	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford	14th	0	+ 53.8	11	7: 11.4
05	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	14th	0	+1: 19.9	13
06th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	14th	0	+1: 24.3	14th
07th	Jochen Mass	Surtees-Ford	14th	0	+1: 25.2	15th
08th	Jackie Oliver	Shadow Ford	14th	0	+1: 25.7	17th
09	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	14th	0	+ 2: 11.8	07th
10	Henri Pescarolo	Iso-Ford	14th	0	+ 2: 22.5	12
11	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	14th	0	+ 3: 27.3	16
12	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	14th	1	+ 3: 38.7	08th
13	Graham Hill	Shadow Ford	14th	0	+ 3: 49.0	20th
14th	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	13	1	+ 1 lap	18th
15th	David Purley	March-Ford	13	1	+ 1 lap	22nd
16	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	13	2	+ 1 lap	19th
-	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	07th	0	DNF	06th		Engine failure
-	Clay Regazzoni	BRM	07th	0	DNF	10		Engine failure
-	George Follmer	Shadow Ford	05	0	DNF	21st		Driving error
-	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	04th	0	DNF	09		Tire damage
-	Niki Lauda	BRM	01	0	DNF	05		Driving error
-	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	00	0	DNF	02		defective ignition

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 60 02  François Cevert Tyrrell 45 03  Emerson Fittipaldi lotus 42 04th  Ronnie Peterson lotus 25th 05  Peter Revson McLaren 23 06th  Denis Hulme McLaren 23 07th  Jacky Ickx Ferrari / McLaren 12 08th  Carlos Reutemann Brabham 8th 09  James Hunt March 8th 10  Arturo Merzario Ferrari 6th

Item driver constructor Points 11  George Follmer Shadow 5 12  Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 4th 13  Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham 3 14th  Carlos Pace Surtees 3 15th  Andrea de Adamich Brabham 3 16  Niki Lauda BRM 2 17th  Clay Regazzoni BRM 1 18th  Gijs van Lennep Iso-Marlboro 1 19th  Chris Amon Tecno 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Tyrrell 71 02  lotus 59 03  McLaren 42 04th  Brabham 14th 05  Ferrari 12 06th  March 8th

Item constructor Points 07th  BRM 7th 08th  Shadow 5 09  Surtees 3 10  Tecno 1 11  Iso-Marlboro 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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
2. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from January 28, 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)  
3. ^ "Report" (accessed on July 23, 2011)
4. ↑ 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. 266
5. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from January 28, 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 : Grand Prix of Germany 1973  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website