1973 Spanish Grand Prix
| Racing data | ||
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| 4th of 15 races of the 1973 Automobile World Championship | ||
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| Surname: | XIX Gran Premio de España | |
| Date: | April 29, 1973 | |
| Place: | Barcelona | |
| Course: | Circuit de Montjuïc | |
| Length: | 284.25 km in 75 laps of 3.79 km
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| Weather: | sunny and hot | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
 Ronnie Peterson
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 lotus
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| Time: | 1: 21.8 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
Ronnie Peterson
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lotus
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| Time: | 1: 23.8 min | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
.svg){kind=small} Emerson Fittipaldi
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lotus
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| Second: |
 François Cevert
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Tyrrell
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| Third: |
 George Follmer
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Shadow
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The 1973 Spanish Grand Prix took place on April 29 at the Circuit de Montjuïc in Barcelona and was the fourth race of the 1973 World Automobile Championship .
Reports
background
During the seven-week break after the South African Grand Prix , two non-World Championship Formula 1 races took place in Great Britain: Peter Gethin finished victorious in the Race of Champions at Brands Hatch , Jackie Stewart won the International Trophy at Silverstone .
New safety rules were adopted on April 1st. Among other things, the racing cars had to have deformable structures, so-called crumple zones . Since some teams were not able to finish the corresponding renovation work in time, a smaller field of participants than expected entered the Spanish Grand Prix, which took place again at Montjuïc in accordance with the annual change .
Ferrari only reported one car for Jacky Ickx . It was the new development 312B3 . Andrea de Adamich changed teams and instead of a Surtees drove a third works Brabham under the name of his own main sponsor. Graham Hill made his first appearance this season behind the wheel of a privately used Shadow .
Since March regular driver Jean-Pierre Jarier was taking part in a Formula 2 race taking place at the same time on the Nürburgring , he was represented by Henri Pescarolo . The new Type 731 was used for the first time .
After his recovery, Nanni Galli returned to Frank Williams' team, where a new chassis called "IR" was used as an abbreviation for Iso Rivolta from this weekend .
training
The fastest training lap was driven by Ronnie Peterson , who was the only driver this weekend under 1:22 min. stayed. Next to him, Denis Hulme qualified for the front row in front of the two Tyrrell of Jackie Stewart and François Cevert .
run
Peterson put his starting place in a lead ahead of Hulme and Stewart. Mike Hailwood had to start out of the pit lane after the morning warm-up because of an engine change and follow the field, while Niki Lauda had moved up from eleventh place to sixth after a good start.
In the third lap, Hulme was ousted by Stewart to third, while Emerson Fittipaldi , who had started from the fourth row, worked his way past Lauda and Jean-Pierre Beltoise to fifth.
This order remained essentially constant until the 20th lap. Then Hulme had to pit because of an imbalance in one of the bikes and released third place. Fittipaldi passed Cevert and when Stewart had to retire on lap 47, the two Lotus factory drivers had a one-two lead. This lasted until the 57th lap when the leading Peterson had to retire due to transmission problems. Since Carlos Reutemann, who was second from this point on, also dropped out a little later, Fittipaldi, Cevert and George Follmer finally reached the podium. For Follmer, this was his greatest success in Formula 1, although he only contested his second Grand Prix.
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: 21.8 | 166.797 km / h | 1 |
| 2 |
 Denis Hulme
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 22.5 | 165.382 km / h | 2 |
| 3 |
François Cevert
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 22.7 | 164.982 km / h | 3 |
| 4th |
Jackie Stewart
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 23.2 | 163.990 km / h | 4th |
| 5 |
Peter Revson
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 23.4 | 163.597 km / h | 5 |
| 6th |
 Jacky Ickx
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 Ferrari
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1: 23.5 | 163.401 km / h | 6th |
| 7th |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Lotus Ford
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1: 23.7 | 163.011 km / h | 7th |
| 8th |
 Clay Regazzoni
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BRM
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1: 23.7 | 163.011 km / h | 8th |
| 9 |
Mike Hailwood
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Surtees-Ford
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1: 24.2 | 162.043 km / h | 9 |
| 10 |
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
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BRM
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1: 24.2 | 162.043 km / h | 10 |
| 11 |
 Niki Lauda
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BRM
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1: 24.4 | 161.659 km / h | 11 |
| 12 |
Wilson Fittipaldi
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Brabham-Ford
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1: 24.5 | 161.467 km / h | 12 |
| 13 |
Jackie Oliver
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Shadow Ford
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1: 24.6 | 161.277 km / h | 13 |
| 14th |
George Follmer
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Shadow Ford
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1: 24.7 | 161.086 km / h | 14th |
| 15th |
 Carlos Reutemann
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Brabham-Ford
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1: 24.7 | 161.086 km / h | 15th |
| 16 |
Carlos Pace
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Surtees-Ford
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1: 25.0 | 160.518 km / h | 16 |
| 17th |
Andrea de Adamich
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Brabham-Ford
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1: 25.2 | 160.141 km / h | 17th |
| 18th |
Henri Pescarolo
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March-Ford
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1: 26.1 | 158.467 km / h | 18th |
| 19th |
Mike Beuttler
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March-Ford
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1: 26.2 | 158.283 km / h | 19th |
| 20th |
Nanni Galli
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Iso-Ford
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1: 26.3 | 158.100 km / h | 20th |
| 21st |
Howden Ganley
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Iso-Ford
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1: 26.5 | 157.734 km / h | 21st |
| 22nd |
Graham Hill
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Shadow Ford
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1: 30.3 | 151.096 km / h | 22nd |
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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| 1 |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Lotus Ford
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75 | 0 | 1: 48: 18.7 | 7th | 1: 24.8 | |
| 2 |
François Cevert
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Tyrrell-Ford
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75 | 1 | + 42.7 | 3 | 1: 24.2 | |
| 3 |
George Follmer
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Shadow Ford
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75 | 0 | +1: 13.1 | 14th | 1: 25.2 | |
| 4th |
Peter Revson
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McLaren-Ford
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74 | 0 | + 1 lap | 5 | 1: 24.9 | |
| 5 |
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
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BRM
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74 | 0 | + 1 lap | 10 | 1: 26.4 | |
| 6th |
Denis Hulme
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McLaren-Ford
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74 | 1 | + 1 lap | 2 | 1: 24.0 | |
| 7th |
Mike Beuttler
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March-Ford
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74 | 0 | + 1 lap | 19th | 1: 26.8 | |
| 8th |
Henri Pescarolo
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March-Ford
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73 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 18th | 1: 26.9 | |
| 9 |
Clay Regazzoni
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BRM
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69 | 1 | + 6 rounds | 8th | 1: 24.8 | |
| 10 |
Wilson Fittipaldi
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Brabham-Ford
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69 | 0 | + 6 rounds | 12 | 1: 25.7 | |
| 11 |
Nanni Galli
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Iso-Ford
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69 | 0 | + 6 rounds | 20th | 1: 27.1 | |
| 12 |
Jacky Ickx
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Ferrari
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69 | 1 | + 6 rounds | 6th | 1: 24.1 | |
| - |
Carlos Reutemann
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Brabham-Ford
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66 | 0 | DNF | 15th | 1: 24.4 | broken drive shaft |
| - |
Howden Ganley
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Iso-Ford
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63 | 0 | DNF | 21st | 1: 28.2 | Lack of fuel |
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Ronnie Peterson
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Lotus Ford
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56 | 0 | DNF | 1 | 1: 23.8 | Gearbox damage |
| - |
Jackie Stewart
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Tyrrell-Ford
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47 | 0 | DNF | 4th | 1: 24.3 | Brake defect |
| - |
Niki Lauda
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BRM
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28 | 1 | DNF | 11 | 1: 26.4 | Tire damage |
| - |
Graham Hill
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Shadow Ford
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27 | 0 | DNF | 22nd | 1: 30.5 | Brake defect |
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Mike Hailwood
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Surtees-Ford
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25th | 0 | DNF | 9 | 1: 25.2 | Oil loss |
| - |
Jackie Oliver
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Shadow Ford
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23 | 0 | DNF | 13 | 1: 26.1 | Engine failure |
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Andrea de Adamich
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Brabham-Ford
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17th | 0 | DNF | 17th | 1: 26.9 | lost wheel |
| - |
Carlos Pace
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Surtees-Ford
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13 | 0 | DNF | 16 | 1: 25.3 | broken drive shaft |
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
- ↑ 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. 173
- ↑ "Training" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the 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 25, 2013 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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