1973 Canadian Grand Prix

 1973 Canadian Grand Prix

Racing data
14th of 15 races of the 1973 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XIII Canadian Grand Prix
Date:	23rd September 1973
Place:	Bowmanville
Course:	Mosport Park
Length:	316.48 km in 80 laps of 3.956 km
Weather:	rain
Pole position
Driver:	Ronnie Peterson	lotus
Time:	1: 13.697 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Emerson Fittipaldi	lotus
Time:	1: 15.496 min
Podium
First:	Peter Revson	McLaren
Second:	Emerson Fittipaldi	lotus
Third:	Jackie Oliver	Shadow

The 1973 Canadian Grand Prix took place on September 23rd and was the fourteenth race of the 1973 Automobile World Championship .

Reports

background

After Jackie Stewart had secured the drivers 'world title two weeks earlier at the Italian Grand Prix , the main focus during the remaining two races in North America was on the constructors' title. The lead in this classification had changed several times between Tyrrell and Lotus in the course of the previous Grand Prix . For this reason, Tyrrell planned to compete in Canada with three works cars. Since Patrick Depailler, who was actually the third driver, could not compete due to a motorcycle accident, Chris Amon was hired at short notice , who was available because his previous team, Tecno, no longer competed.

Jacky Ickx had left Scuderia Ferrari for good, so, as has already been done several times this season, they started with just one car, which was driven by Arturo Merzario .

Jody Scheckter returned to the McLaren team as the third works driver for the last two races of the season . He was the first driver in Formula 1 history to be given the starting number "0".

In BRM was Clay Regazzoni from Peter Gethin represented, which thus came to his only GP-use this year. The second car in Frank Williams' team , which was rented out to paying guest starters as usual, was driven by Tim Schenken , for whom this was also the only appearance this season.

training

For the eighth time this year, Ronnie Peterson qualified for pole position. His fastest training lap he completed over a second faster than the runner-up Peter Revson . Behind them Jody Scheckter and Carlos Reutemann formed the second row, while the two duelists for second place in the drivers' championship, Emerson Fittipaldi and François Cevert , qualified for the third row.

run

When it rained on race day, Peterson took the lead from Scheckter and Niki Lauda , who had an excellent start from eighth place. Fittipaldi was initially fourth ahead of Stewart, Reutemann and Revson.

In the third round, Lauda managed to take the lead. Behind them, Peterson and Scheckter were battling it out for second place until the Swede had an accident on lap 17 due to a suspension damage. A little later, Scheckter fell behind Fittipaldi. He took the lead when Lauda had to make a pit stop to have his tires changed. Jackie Oliver and François Cevert were second and third at that time.

After Cevert and Scheckter collided in the battle for third place on lap 33, a safety car was sent out onto the track for the first time in Formula 1 history . This first outing was quite chaotic because Eppie Wietzes , who drove the Porsche 914 , did not sit in front of the leader, but in front of Howden Ganley , who was eighth . The vehicles in front of him had the opportunity to catch up for almost a whole lap or to gain a corresponding lead. As a result, after the four laps of the safety car phase, Jackie Oliver was in the lead ahead of Peter Revson and Jean-Pierre Beltoise . As Revson had the most competitive car of the three rivals at his disposal, he quickly took the lead, while Fittipaldi steadily caught up with the top trio and finally moved up to second in the final laps.

The race management was overwhelmed with the mess. The lap counting tables had to be evaluated for several hours so that the official race result could only be announced in the evening.

Peter Revson won a Grand Prix for the second and final time after winning the British Grand Prix for the first time this season. Jackie Oliver achieved the last of two podium finishes during his Formula 1 career. He achieved the first at the 1968 Mexican Grand Prix .

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	4th	Arturo Merzario	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
	29	Chris Amon	Tyrrell 005
Yardley Team McLaren	0	Jody Scheckter	McLaren M23		G
	7th	Denis Hulme
	8th	Peter Revson
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
March Racing Team	18th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	March 731		G
Marlboro BRM	19th	Peter Gethin	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
Frank Williams Racing Cars	25th	Howden Ganley	Iso-Marlboro IR2		F.
	26th	Tim donation	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: 13.697	193.245 km / h	01
02	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	1: 14.737	190.556 km / h	02
03	Jody Scheckter	McLaren-Ford	1: 14.758	190.434 km / h	03
04th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	1: 14.813	190.363 km / h	04th
05	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	1: 15.035	189.799 km / h	05
06th	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 15.118	189.590 km / h	06th
07th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 15.319	189.084 km / h	07th
08th	Niki Lauda	BRM	1: 15,400	188.881 km / h	08th
09	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 15.641	188.279 km / h	09
10	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	1: 16.112	187.114 km / h	10
11	Chris Amon	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 16.228	186.829 km / h	11
12	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	1: 16.290	186.677 km / h	12
13	George Follmer	Shadow Ford	1: 16.358	186.511 km / h	13
14th	Jackie Oliver	Shadow Ford	1: 16.436	186.321 km / h	14th
15th	James Hunt	March-Ford	1: 16.584	185.961 km / h	15th
16	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	1: 16.623	185.866 km / h	16
17th	Graham Hill	Shadow Ford	1: 16.740	185.582 km / h	17th
18th	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	1: 16.846	185.326 km / h	18th
19th	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford	1: 17.028	184.889 km / h	19th
20th	Arturo Merzario	Ferrari	1: 17.350	184.119 km / h	20th
21st	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	1: 17.383	184.040 km / h	21st
22nd	Howden Ganley	Iso-Ford	1: 17.579	183.575 km / h	22nd
23	Jean-Pierre Jarier	March-Ford	1: 17.721	183.240 km / h	23
24	Tim donation	Iso-Ford	1: 18.402	181.648 km / h	24
25th	Peter Gethin	BRM	1: 18.498	181.426 km / h	25th
26th	Rikky from Opel	Ensign-Ford	1: 18.682	181.002 km / h	26th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	80	0	1: 59: 04.083	02
02	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	80	0	+ 32.734	05	1: 15.496
03	Jackie Oliver	Shadow Ford	80	0	+ 34.505	14th
04th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	80	0	+ 36.514	16
05	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	80	0	+ 36.514	09
06th	Howden Ganley	Iso-Ford	79	0	+ 1 lap	22nd
07th	James Hunt	March-Ford	78	0	+ 2 rounds	15th
08th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	78	0	+ 2 rounds	04th
09	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	78	0	+ 2 rounds	12
10	Chris Amon	Tyrrell-Ford	77	0	+ 3 rounds	11
11	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	77	0	+ 3 rounds	10
12	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	76	0	+ 4 rounds	18th
13	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	75	0	+ 5 rounds	07th
14th	Tim donation	Iso-Ford	75	0	+ 5 rounds	24
15th	Arturo Merzario	Ferrari	75	0	+ 5 rounds	20th
16	Graham Hill	Shadow Ford	73	0	+ 7 rounds	17th
17th	George Follmer	Shadow Ford	73	0	+ 7 rounds	13
18th	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford	72	0	+ 8 rounds	19th
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	March-Ford	71	0	NC	23		Unrated
-	Rikky from Opel	Ensign-Ford	68	0	NC	26th		Unrated
-	Niki Lauda	BRM	62	1	DNF	08th		Gearbox damage
-	Jody Scheckter	McLaren-Ford	32	0	DNF	03		collision
-	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	32	0	DNF	06th		collision
-	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	20th	0	DNF	21st		Engine failure
-	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	16	0	DNF	01		Suspension damage
-	Peter Gethin	BRM	05	0	DNF	25th		defective oil pump

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 71 02  Emerson Fittipaldi lotus 54 03  François Cevert Tyrrell 47 04th  Ronnie Peterson lotus 43 05  Peter Revson McLaren 36 06th  Denis Hulme McLaren 23 07th  Carlos Reutemann Brabham 12 08th  Jacky Ickx Ferrari / McLaren 12 09  Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 9 10  James Hunt March 8th 11  Carlos Pace Surtees 7th

Item driver constructor Points 12  Arturo Merzario Ferrari 6th 13  George Follmer Shadow 5 14th  Jackie Oliver Shadow 4th 15th  Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham 3 16  Andrea de Adamich Brabham 3 17th  Clay Regazzoni BRM 2 18th  Niki Lauda BRM 2 19th  Gijs van Lennep Iso-Marlboro 1 20th  Howden Ganley Iso-Marlboro 1 21st  Chris Amon Tecno 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  lotus 83 02  Tyrrell 82 03  McLaren 55 04th  Brabham 18th 05  BRM 12 06th  Ferrari 12

Item constructor Points 09  Shadow 9 08th  March 8th 09  Surtees 7th 10  Iso-Marlboro 2 11  Tecno 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from October 29, 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. 171
3. ^ "Report" (accessed on July 23, 2011)
4. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from November 13, 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

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website