1973 Swedish Grand Prix
| Racing data | ||
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| 7th of 15 races of the 1973 Automobile World Championship | ||
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| Surname: | IX Sveriges Grand Prix | |
| Date: | 17th June 1973 | |
| Place: | Anderstorp | |
| Course: | Scandinavian Raceway | |
| Length: | 321.44 km in 80 laps of 4.018 km
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| Weather: | sunny and warm | |
| Spectator: | ~ 50,000 | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
 Ronnie Peterson
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 lotus
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| Time: | 1: 23.810 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
 Denis Hulme
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McLaren
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| Time: | 1: 26.146 min | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
Denis Hulme
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McLaren
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| Second: |
Ronnie Peterson
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lotus
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| Third: |
 François Cevert
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Tyrrell
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The 1973 Swedish Grand Prix took place on June 17th at the Scandinavian Raceway in Anderstorp and was the seventh race of the 1973 Automobile World Championship .
Reports
background
The organizers were motivated, among other things, by the success of Ronnie Peterson to hold a Grand Prix of Sweden, which is part of the World Cup, for the first time.
The field of participants was smaller than in the previous races, as some small private teams in particular did not manage to repair the damage caused to their vehicles in Monaco in good time and travel to Sweden.
Ferrari again did without Arturo Merzario and only registered one car for the Grand Prix. Instead, the local Reine Wisell wanted to supplement the field in a privately deployed March . It was the vehicle that David Purley had driven in Monaco .
Nanni Galli had withdrawn from Formula 1 after the Monaco GP and was replaced in Frank Williams' second vehicle for the rest of the season by changing drivers who each had to pay for their work. Tom Belsø received the cockpit for the Swedish GP and was thus the first Dane in Formula 1. Since he could not raise the money to start the race, he had to forego the race despite a successful qualification.
training
To the delight of the audience, local hero Ronnie Peterson qualified for pole position. He shared the first row with François Cevert . The two rivals for the world title, Emerson Fittipaldi and Jackie Stewart , formed the second row of the grid.
run
Reine Wisell damaged his car in one of the warm-up laps and was therefore unable to compete.
After members of the GPDA complained that some photographers were in dangerous positions on the track, the race started a little late.
Emerson Fittipaldi had the best start, putting him in second place behind his teammate Peterson. Cevert, Stewart, Reutemann and Hulme followed, with the placement changing between the latter two in the fourth round.
This order remained unchanged until Stewart overtook Cevert on lap 34 and caught up with the two Lotus in the lead. Cevert, who had problems with the tires, fell behind Hulme on lap 62. The New Zealander caught up with the leading group and overtook Fittipaldi on lap 71, who suddenly slowed down due to a transmission problem and retired a short time later. With four laps to go, Hulme also passed Stewart into second place.
On the penultimate lap, Hulme's decision to start on harder tires than most of the competition turned out to be the right one. He overtook Peterson, whose softer tires were no longer competitive and thus wrested the tangible home win from him.
Registration list
Classifications
Starting grid
| Item | driver | constructor | time | Ø speed | begin |
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| 1 |
Ronnie Peterson
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Lotus Ford
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1: 23.810 | 172.590 km / h | 1 |
| 2 |
François Cevert
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 23.899 | 172.407 km / h | 2 |
| 3 |
Jackie Stewart
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 23.912 | 172.381 km / h | 3 |
| 4th |
.svg){kind=small} Emerson Fittipaldi
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Lotus Ford
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1: 24.084 | 172.028 km / h | 4th |
| 5 |
 Carlos Reutemann
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Brabham-Ford
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1: 24.489 | 171.203 km / h | 5 |
| 6th |
Denis Hulme
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 24.625 | 170.928 km / h | 6th |
| 7th |
 Peter Revson
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 24.937 | 170.300 km / h | 7th |
| 8th |
 Jacky Ickx
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 Ferrari
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1: 25.604 | 168.973 km / h | 8th |
| 9 |
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
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BRM
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1: 25.738 | 168.709 km / h | 9 |
| 10 |
Mike Hailwood
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Surtees-Ford
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1: 25.776 | 168.635 km / h | 10 |
| 11 |
Howden Ganley
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Iso-Ford
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1: 25.800 | 168.587 km / h | 11 |
| 12 |
 Clay Regazzoni
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BRM
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1: 25.995 | 168.205 km / h | 12 |
| 13 |
Wilson Fittipaldi
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Brabham-Ford
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1: 26.127 | 167.947 km / h | 13 |
| 14th |
Pure Wisell
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March-Ford
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1: 26.187 | 167.830 km / h | 14th |
| 15th |
 Niki Lauda
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BRM
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1: 26.211 | 167.784 km / h | 15th |
| 16 |
Carlos Pace
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Surtees-Ford
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1: 26.255 | 167.698 km / h | 16 |
| 17th |
Jackie Oliver
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Shadow Ford
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1: 26.305 | 167.601 km / h | 17th |
| 18th |
Graham Hill
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Shadow Ford
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1: 26.382 | 167.452 km / h | 18th |
| 19th |
George Follmer
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Shadow Ford
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1: 26.632 | 166.968 km / h | 19th |
| 20th |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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March-Ford
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1: 26.874 | 166.503 km / h | 20th |
| 21st |
Mike Beuttler
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March-Ford
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1: 28.580 | 163.296 km / h | 21st |
| 22nd |
 Tom Belsø
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Iso-Ford
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1: 28.972 | 162.577 km / h | DNS |
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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| 1 |
Denis Hulme
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McLaren-Ford
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80 | 0 | 1: 56: 46.049 | 6th | 1: 26,146 | |
| 2 |
Ronnie Peterson
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Lotus Ford
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80 | 0 | + 4.039 | 1 | 1: 26.352 | |
| 3 |
François Cevert
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Tyrrell-Ford
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80 | 0 | + 14.667 | 2 | 1: 26.673 | |
| 4th |
Carlos Reutemann
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Brabham-Ford
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80 | 0 | + 18.068 | 5 | 1: 27.094 | |
| 5 |
Jackie Stewart
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Tyrrell-Ford
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80 | 0 | + 25.998 | 3 | 1: 26.591 | |
| 6th |
Jacky Ickx
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Ferrari
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79 | 0 | + 1 lap | 8th | 1: 27.766 | |
| 7th |
Peter Revson
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McLaren-Ford
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79 | 0 | + 1 lap | 7th | 1: 27.677 | |
| 8th |
Mike Beuttler
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March-Ford
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78 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 21st | 1: 29.171 | |
| 9 |
Clay Regazzoni
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BRM
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77 | 0 | + 3 rounds | 12 | 1: 29.567 | |
| 10 |
Carlos Pace
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Surtees-Ford
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77 | 1 | + 3 rounds | 16 | 1: 28.530 | |
| 11 |
Howden Ganley
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Iso-Ford
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77 | 1 | + 3 rounds | 11 | 1: 28.574 | |
| 12 |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Lotus Ford
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76 | 0 | DNF | 4th | 1: 26.542 | Gearbox damage |
| 13 |
Niki Lauda
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BRM
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75 | 1 | + 5 rounds | 15th | 1: 28.708 | |
| 14th |
George Follmer
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Shadow Ford
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74 | 1 | + 6 rounds | 19th | 1: 29.119 | |
| - |
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
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BRM
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57 | 1 | DNF | 9 | 1: 27.804 | Engine failure |
| - |
Jackie Oliver
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Shadow Ford
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50 | 0 | DNF | 17th | 1: 27.497 | Suspension damage |
| - |
Mike Hailwood
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Surtees-Ford
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41 | 0 | DNF | 10 | 1: 27.846 | Tire damage |
| - |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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March-Ford
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38 | 0 | DNF | 20th | 1: 28.700 | broken throttle |
| - |
Graham Hill
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Shadow Ford
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16 | 0 | DNF | 18th | 1: 30.108 | defective ignition |
| - |
Wilson Fittipaldi
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Brabham-Ford
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0 | 0 | DNF | 13 | - | accident |
| - |
Pure Wisell
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March-Ford
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- | 0 | DNS | 14th | - | 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
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from November 1, 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 October 31, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet 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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