1973 British Grand Prix

 1973 British Grand Prix

Racing data
9th of 15 races of the 1973 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XXVI British Grand Prix
Date:	July 14, 1973
Place:	Silverstone
Course:	Silverstone Circuit
Length:	315.637 km in 67 laps of 4.711 km
Weather:	cloudy but dry
Pole position
Driver:	Ronnie Peterson	lotus
Time:	1: 16.3 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	James Hunt	March
Time:	1: 18.6 min
Podium
First:	Peter Revson	McLaren
Second:	Ronnie Peterson	lotus
Third:	Denis Hulme	McLaren

The 1973 British Grand Prix took place on July 14th at Silverstone and was the ninth race of the 1973 Automobile World Championship .

Reports

background

An exceptionally large field of 29 drivers was registered for the British Grand Prix. These included Roger Williamson in the works March , Jochen Mass in a third Surtees works car, John Watson in a fourth Brabham and Graham McRae in a second car from Frank Williams Racing Cars, four Formula 1 debutants.

Although McLaren regular driver Peter Revson returned to the team, his representative Jody Scheckter also received a third works car thanks to his good performance in previous appearances.

Jean-Pierre Jarier took a break at his own request and was replaced on the March factory team by Roger Williamson, while Mike Beuttler , James Hunt and David Purley each took part again in March on the race weekend for private purposes.

Chris Amon returned to the field at the wheel of the only factory Tecno .

training

The winner of the previous French Grand Prix , Ronnie Peterson , secured pole position. The two McLaren of Denis Hulme and Peter Revson followed in the next places in the front row . Behind them, the World Cup opponents Jackie Stewart and Emerson Fittipaldi qualified for the second row.

Jochen Mass qualified as the best of the four newcomers for the fourteenth place on the grid.

run

David Purley decided not to take part in the race after a training accident.

Hindered by a gearbox failure at the start, Niki Lauda was rammed by Jackie Oliver , who was not able to react quickly enough and dodge when coming from behind. Both vehicles were initially eliminated from the race.

Meanwhile, Peterson had converted his pole position into a lead, but lost that position to Stewart within the first lap. Behind them was Carlos Reutemann , who, after a good start from eighth place, was ahead of Scheckter and Hulme.

At the end of the first lap, Scheckter lost control of his vehicle in the area of ​​the Woodcote curve and spun into the pit wall. His car bounced back onto the track while some pursuers approached the spot as a dense group. Nine vehicles were then involved in the largest pile-up in Formula 1 history to date. Graham Hill was the only one involved who was initially able to continue because his vehicle was only slightly damaged. However, since the track was almost completely blocked and rescue workers had to get to the partially trapped drivers, the race management decided for the first time in history to interrupt a Grand Prix. Fortunately, Andrea de Adamich , who had broken his legs, turned out to be the only seriously injured person. After 90 minutes of clean-up work, the race could be restarted, with only 19 drivers left with intact vehicles.

Niki Lauda's car, which had been damaged at the first start, had meanwhile been repaired so that the Austrian could participate in the restart. His opponent Jackie Oliver, however, could no longer compete. Due to an empty grid position in front of him, Lauda made a good start that put him in second place behind Peterson and ahead of Stewart, Fittipaldi and Revson.

On the second lap, Lauda was overtaken by Stewart and finally on the seventh by Fittipaldi. At the same time, Stewart was spinning due to a transmission problem. In the following laps, Lauda kept falling back, being overtaken one after the other by Revson, Hulme, Hunt , Cevert and Reutemann. The order then remained constant until Emerson Fittipaldi had to retire on lap 37 due to a transmission problem. This failure put Revson in the position to duel with Peterson for the lead. In the 39th lap he won this duel and kept the lead just to the finish, with which he secured his first Grand Prix victory.

Once again, James Hunt caused a sensation. He moved up to third place and dueled Peterson for second place. The aggressive driving style required for this, however, caused heavy tire wear, so that Hunt was fourth behind Hulme in the end.

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
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	3	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312B3	Ferrari 001/11 3.0 F12	G
Eleven Team Tyrrell	5	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell 006	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	6th	François Cevert
Yardley Team McLaren	7th	Denis Hulme	McLaren M23		G
	8th	Peter Revson
	30th	Jody Scheckter
Ceramica Pagnossin team	29	John Watson	Brabham BT37		G
	9	Andrea de Adamich	Brabham BT42
Motor Racing Developments	10	Carlos Reutemann
	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
Team Surtees	31	Jochen Mass
Frank Williams Racing Cars	25th	Howden Ganley	Iso-Marlboro IR2		F.
	26th	Graham McRae	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: 16.3	222.275 km / h	01
02	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 16.5	221.694 km / h	02
03	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	1: 16.5	221.694 km / h	03
04th	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 16.7	221.116 km / h	04th
05	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	1: 16.7	221.116 km / h	05
06th	Jody Scheckter	McLaren-Ford	1: 16.9	220.541 km / h	06th
07th	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 17.3	219.400 km / h	07th
08th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	1: 17.4	219.116 km / h	08th
09	Niki Lauda	BRM	1: 17.4	219.116 km / h	09
10	Clay Regazzoni	BRM	1: 17.5	218.834 km / h	10
11	James Hunt	March-Ford	1: 17.6	218.552 km / h	11
12	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	1: 18.0	217.431 km / h	12
13	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	1: 18.1	217.152 km / h	13
14th	Jochen Mass	Surtees-Ford	1: 18.3	216.598 km / h	14th
15th	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford	1: 18.3	216.598 km / h	15th
16	David Purley	March-Ford	1: 18.4	216.321 km / h	16
17th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	1: 18.4	216.321 km / h	17th
18th	Howden Ganley	Iso-Ford	1: 18.6	215.771 km / h	18th
19th	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1: 18.9	214.951 km / h	19th
20th	Andrea de Adamich	Brabham-Ford	1: 19.1	214.407 km / h	20th
21st	Rikky from Opel	Ensign-Ford	1: 19.2	214.136 km / h	21st
22nd	Roger Williamson	March-Ford	1: 19.5	213.328 km / h	22nd
23	John Watson	Brabham-Ford	1: 20.1	211.730 km / h	23
24	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	1: 20.1	211.730 km / h	24
25th	George Follmer	Shadow Ford	1: 20.3	211.203 km / h	25th
26th	Jackie Oliver	Shadow Ford	1: 20.3	211.203 km / h	26th
27	Graham Hill	Shadow Ford	1: 20.5	210.678 km / h	27
28	Graham McRae	Iso-Ford	1: 20.8	209.896 km / h	28
29	Chris Amon	Tecno	1: 21.0	209.378 km / h	29

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	67	0	1: 29: 18.5	03	1: 18.7
02	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	67	0	+ 2.8	01	1: 18.7
03	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	67	0	+ 3.0	02	1: 18.7
04th	James Hunt	March-Ford	67	0	+ 3.4	11	1: 18.6
05	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	67	0	+ 36.6	07th	1: 19.4
06th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	67	0	+ 44.7	08th	1: 19.5
07th	Clay Regazzoni	BRM	67	0	+1: 11.7	10	1: 19.8
08th	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	67	0	+1: 17.4	19th	1: 20.0
09	Howden Ganley	Iso-Ford	66	0	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 20.1
10	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	66	1	+ 1 lap	04th	1: 19.0
11	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	65	0	+ 2 rounds	24	1: 21.6
12	Niki Lauda	BRM	63	1	+ 4 rounds	09	1: 19.6
13	Rikky from Opel	Ensign-Ford	61	0	+ 6 rounds	21st	1: 22.0
-	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	44	0	DNF	13	1: 20.0	Oil loss
-	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	36	0	DNF	05	1: 21.2	Gearbox damage
-	John Watson	Brabham-Ford	36	0	DNF	23	1: 19.0	defective fuel supply
-	Graham Hill	Shadow Ford	24	0	DNF	27	1: 21.2	accident
-	Chris Amon	Tecno	06th	0	DNF	29	1: 22.9	defective ignition
-	Graham McRae	Iso-Ford	00	0	DNF	28	-	Clutch damage
-	Jody Scheckter	McLaren-Ford	00	0	DNF	06th	-	collision
-	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	00	0	DNF	12	-	collision
-	Jochen Mass	Surtees-Ford	00	0	DNF	14th	-	collision
-	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford	00	0	DNF	15th	-	collision
-	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	00	0	DNF	17th	-	collision
-	Andrea de Adamich	Brabham-Ford	00	0	DNF	20th	-	collision
-	Roger Williamson	March-Ford	00	0	DNF	22nd	-	collision
-	George Follmer	Shadow Ford	00	0	DNF	25th	-	collision
-	Jackie Oliver	Shadow Ford	00	0	DNF	26th	-	collision
-	David Purley	March-Ford	-	0	DNS	16	-	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 42 02  Emerson Fittipaldi lotus 41 03  François Cevert Tyrrell 33 04th  Ronnie Peterson lotus 25th 05  Denis Hulme McLaren 23 06th  Peter Revson McLaren 20th 07th  Jacky Ickx Ferrari 8th 08th  Carlos Reutemann Brabham 8th 09  Arturo Merzario Ferrari 6th

Item driver constructor Points 10  George Follmer Shadow 5 11  James Hunt March 4th 12  Andrea de Adamich Brabham 3 13  Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 2 14th  Niki Lauda BRM 2 15th  Clay Regazzoni BRM 1 16  Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham 1 17th  Chris Amon Tecno 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  lotus 58 02  Tyrrell 53 03  McLaren 35 04th  Brabham 12 05  Ferrari 12

Item constructor Points 06th  Shadow 5 07th  BRM 5 08th  March 4th 09  Tecno 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from February 13, 2008 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. 171
3. ^ "Report" (accessed on July 23, 2011)
4. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from February 13, 2008 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

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website