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1973 Argentine Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitBuenos Aires, 96 laps
Round1 of 15
Race numbers

The 1973 Argentine Grand Prix was the:

  • 221st World Championship race
  • 9th World Championship Argentine Grand Prix
  • 9th World Championship race at Buenos Aires
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth961hr 56m 18.220s9
2+4(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth96+4.690s6
3+1(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth96+33.190s4
4-1(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari96+42.570s3
5+3(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth95+1 lap2
6+6(BRA) Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth95+1 lap1
7-6(CHE) Clay RegazzoniBRM93+3 laps 
8+3(USA) Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth92+4 laps 
9+5(ITA) Arturo MerzarioFerrari92+4 laps 
10+8(GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)90DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierMarch-Ford Cosworth84DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM79DNF 
NC (NZL) Howden GanleyIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)79+17 laps 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth66DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaBRM66DNF 
R (ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth16DNF 
R (BRA) Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
R (GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
R (ITA) Nanni GalliIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)0DNF 

Notes

  • Mike Beuttler ended lap 90 in P10 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:10.540

PosDriverConstructor
1(CHE) Clay RegazzoniBRM
2(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth
3(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari
4(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
5(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth
6(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
7(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM
8(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
9(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth
10(GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth
11(USA) Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
12(BRA) Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth
13(AUT) Niki LaudaBRM
14(ITA) Arturo MerzarioFerrari
15(BRA) Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth
16(ITA) Nanni GalliIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
17(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierMarch-Ford Cosworth
18(GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
19(NZL) Howden GanleyIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi9
2(FRA) Francois Cevert6
3(GBR) Jackie Stewart4
4(BEL) Jacky Ickx3
5(NZL) Denny Hulme2
6(BRA) Wilson Fittipaldi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Ford Cosworth9
2Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth6
3Ferrari3
4McLaren-Ford Cosworth2
5Brabham-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Iso-Marlboro
Wins
7th for Emerson Fittipaldi
48th for Lotus
Podiums
36th for Jackie Stewart EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Graham Hill)
13th for Emerson Fittipaldi
7th for Francois Cevert
81st for Lotus
19th & 20th for Tyrrell (10th constructor to score 20 podiums)
Poles
3rd for Clay Regazzoni (first since 1971; only pole for BRM)
11th and last for BRM
Fastest laps
1st for Emerson Fittipaldi (52nd different fastest lap setter, 1st Brazilian driver)
42nd for Lotus (first since 1970)
Front row starts
10th for Clay Regazzoni (19th driver to achieve ten front row starts, 1st Swiss driver; only front row start for BRM)
8th for Emerson Fittipaldi
Points finishes
1st for Wilson Fittipaldi (171st different point scorer, 5th Brazilian driver)
Win & fastest lap
1st for Emerson Fittipaldi (27th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 1st Brazilian driver)