1973 Monaco Grand Prix
| Racing data | ||
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| 6th of 15 races of the 1973 Automobile World Championship | ||
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| Surname: | XXXI Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco | |
| Date: | 3rd June 1973 | |
| Place: | Monaco | |
| Course: | Circuit de Monaco | |
| Length: | 255.684 km in 78 laps of 3.278 km
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| Weather: | sunny and warm | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
 Jackie Stewart
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Tyrrell
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| Time: | 1: 27.5 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
.svg){kind=small} Emerson Fittipaldi
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lotus
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| Time: | 1: 28.1 min | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
Jackie Stewart
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Tyrrell
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| Second: |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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lotus
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| Third: |
 Ronnie Peterson
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lotus
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The 1973 Monaco Grand Prix took place on June 3rd and was the sixth race of the 1973 Automobile World Championship .
Reports
background
After extensive renovation work, the Monaco circuit presented itself with a new tunnel, expanded pit systems and a new section in the swimming pool area. Because of this, the race did not take place until the beginning of June, after a date had usually been set in May in previous years.
The starting field was expanded to include two March customer vehicles in which David Purley and James Hunt made their Formula 1 debuts this weekend. In addition, Scuderia Ferrari sent two cars into the race for the first time since the South African Grand Prix . Thus, for the first time this season, 26 vehicles were registered for a Grand Prix.
training
Jackie Stewart qualified for pole position and Ronnie Peterson for second place in the front row. Behind them were Denis Hulme , François Cevert , Emerson Fittipaldi and Niki Lauda . For the Austrian, this was the best starting position of his career to date.
George Follmer damaged his Shadow so badly in the course of a collision with Arturo Merzario in Saturday's training session that he had to forego the race.
run
Cevert took the lead from the second row, but only kept it one lap as he spun on the second lap and had to let the entire field pass by. Peterson then managed to create and expand a lead at the front as second-placed Regazzoni seemed to hold up the rest of the field. None of the actually faster drivers behind him got past him on the narrow and winding course until he made a mistake on the sixth lap and had to use the run-off zone in the harbor chicane. This put Stewart in second place and quickly caught up with Peterson, who was now plagued by fuel injection problems and eventually dropped to sixth place.
Stewart was now ahead of Emerson Fittipaldi and Niki Lauda, who stayed there until a gearbox failure on lap 25. After Jacky Ickx had to give up on lap 45 due to technical problems, Wilson Fittipaldi took third place for a few laps, directly behind his brother. However, on lap 71 he retired due to a leak in the fuel system. The last place on the podium ultimately went to Peterson. In the meantime, Cevert had worked his way up from the end of the field to fourth place.
Newcomer James Hunt impressed with a good performance. If he had not had to give up a few laps before the end due to an engine failure, he would have been rewarded with a championship point in his first race.
Registration list
Classifications
Starting grid
| Item | driver | constructor | time | Ø speed | begin |
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| 1 |
Jackie Stewart
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 27.5 | 134.866 km / h | 1 |
| 2 |
Ronnie Peterson
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Lotus Ford
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1: 27.7 | 134.559 km / h | 2 |
| 3 |
 Denis Hulme
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 27.8 | 134.405 km / h | 3 |
| 4th |
 François Cevert
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 27.9 | 134.253 km / h | 4th |
| 5 |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Lotus Ford
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1: 28.1 | 133.948 km / h | 5 |
| 6th |
 Niki Lauda
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BRM
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1: 28.5 | 133.342 km / h | 6th |
| 7th |
 Jacky Ickx
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 Ferrari
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1: 28.7 | 133.042 km / h | 7th |
| 8th |
 Clay Regazzoni
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BRM
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1: 28.9 | 132.742 km / h | 8th |
| 9 |
Wilson Fittipaldi
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Brabham-Ford
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1: 28.9 | 132.742 km / h | 9 |
| 10 |
Howden Ganley
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Iso-Ford
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1: 29.0 | 132.593 km / h | 10 |
| 11 |
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
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BRM
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1: 29.0 | 132.593 km / h | 11 |
| 12 |
Chris Amon
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Tecno
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1: 29.3 | 132.148 km / h | 12 |
| 13 |
Mike Hailwood
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Surtees-Ford
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1: 29.4 | 132,000 km / h | 13 |
| 14th |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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March-Ford
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1: 29.4 | 132,000 km / h | 14th |
| 15th |
 Peter Revson
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 29.4 | 132,000 km / h | 15th |
| 16 |
Arturo Merzario
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Ferrari
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1: 29.5 | 131.853 km / h | 16 |
| 17th |
Carlos Pace
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Surtees-Ford
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1: 29.6 | 131.705 km / h | 17th |
| 18th |
James Hunt
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March-Ford
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1: 29.9 | 131.266 km / h | 18th |
| 19th |
 Carlos Reutemann
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Brabham-Ford
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1: 30.1 | 130.974 km / h | 19th |
| 20th |
George Follmer
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Shadow Ford
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1: 30.4 | 130.540 km / h | DNS |
| 21st |
Mike Beuttler
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March-Ford
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1: 31.0 | 129.679 km / h | 20th |
| 22nd |
Nanni Galli
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Iso-Ford
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1: 31.1 | 129.537 km / h | 21st |
| 23 |
Jackie Oliver
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Shadow Ford
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1: 31.2 | 129.395 km / h | 22nd |
| 24 |
David Purley
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March-Ford
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1: 31.9 | 128.409 km / h | 23 |
| 25th |
Graham Hill
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Shadow Ford
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1: 31.9 | 128.409 km / h | 24 |
| 26th |
Andrea de Adamich
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Brabham-Ford
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1: 32.1 | 128.130 km / h | 25th |
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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| 1 |
Jackie Stewart
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Tyrrell-Ford
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78 | 0 | 1: 57: 44.3 | 1 | 1: 28.8 | |
| 2 |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Lotus Ford
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78 | 0 | + 1.3 | 5 | 1: 28.1 | |
| 3 |
Ronnie Peterson
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Lotus Ford
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77 | 0 | + 1 lap | 2 | 1: 29.4 | |
| 4th |
François Cevert
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Tyrrell-Ford
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77 | 0 | + 1 lap | 4th | 1: 29.0 | |
| 5 |
Peter Revson
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McLaren-Ford
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76 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 15th | 1: 31.4 | |
| 6th |
Denis Hulme
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McLaren-Ford
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76 | 1 | + 2 rounds | 3 | 1: 29.0 | |
| 7th |
Andrea de Adamich
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Brabham-Ford
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75 | 0 | + 3 rounds | 25th | 1: 32.0 | |
| 8th |
Mike Hailwood
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Surtees-Ford
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75 | 1 | + 3 rounds | 13 | 1: 30.6 | |
| 9 |
James Hunt
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March-Ford
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73 | 0 | DNF | 18th | 1: 31.7 | Engine failure |
| 10 |
Jackie Oliver
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Shadow Ford
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72 | 0 | + 6 rounds | 22nd | 1: 33.8 | |
| 11 |
Wilson Fittipaldi
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Brabham-Ford
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71 | 0 | DNF | 9 | 1: 29.8 | defective fuel supply |
| - |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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March-Ford
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67 | 0 | DNF | 14th | 1: 31.0 | Gearbox damage |
| - |
Graham Hill
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Shadow Ford
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62 | 0 | DNF | 24 | 1: 34.0 | Suspension damage |
| - |
Arturo Merzario
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Ferrari
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58 | 0 | DNF | 16 | 1: 31.4 | Oil pressure loss |
| - |
Carlos Reutemann
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Brabham-Ford
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46 | 0 | DNF | 19th | 1: 31.3 | Gearbox damage |
| - |
Jacky Ickx
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Ferrari
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44 | 0 | DNF | 7th | 1: 30.1 | Engine failure |
| - |
Howden Ganley
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Iso-Ford
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41 | 0 | DNF | 10 | 1: 30.1 | broken half-wave |
| - |
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
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BRM
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39 | 0 | DNF | 11 | 1: 30.4 | accident |
| - |
Carlos Pace
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Surtees-Ford
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31 | 0 | DNF | 17th | 1: 30.9 | broken drive shaft |
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David Purley
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March-Ford
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31 | 0 | DNF | 23 | 1: 30.2 | Fuel leak |
| - |
Nanni Galli
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Iso-Ford
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30th | 0 | DNF | 21st | 1: 32.9 | Gearbox damage |
| - |
Niki Lauda
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BRM
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24 | 0 | DNF | 6th | 1: 30.4 | Gearbox damage |
| - |
Chris Amon
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Tecno
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22nd | 1 | DNF | 12 | 1: 31.9 | overheated engine |
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Clay Regazzoni
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BRM
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15th | 1 | DNF | 8th | 1: 33.6 | Brake defect |
| - |
Mike Beuttler
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March-Ford
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3 | 0 | DNF | 20th | overheated engine |
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
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "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)
- ^ "Report" (accessed on July 23, 2011)
- ↑ "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)
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