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Home / Seasons / 1973 F1 World Championship Season / 1973 Belgian Grand Prix

1973 Belgian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 20 May 1973
Winner
  • Jackie Stewart
  • Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • Ronnie Peterson
  • Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • Francois Cevert
  • Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
CircuitZolder, 70 laps
Round5 of 15
Race numbers

The 1973 Belgian Grand Prix was the:

  • 225th World Championship race
  • 20th World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 1st World Championship race at Zolder
More 1973 season
More Belgian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth701hr 42m 13.430s9
2+2(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth70+31.840s6
3+6(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth70+2m 02.790s4
4+14(ITA) Andrea de AdamichBrabham-Ford Cosworth69+1 lap3
5+9(AUT) Niki LaudaBRM69+1 lap2
6+9(NZL) Chris AmonTecno67+3 laps1
7-5(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth67+3 laps 
8 (BRA) Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth66+4 laps 
9+14(GBR) Graham HillShadow-Ford Cosworth (privateer)65+5 laps 
10+2(CHE) Clay RegazzoniBRM63DNF 
11+9(GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)63DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierMarch-Ford Cosworth60DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM56DNF 
R (BRA) Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth46DNF 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth42DNF 
R (USA) Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R (NZL) Howden GanleyIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)16DNF 
R (ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R (USA) George FollmerShadow-Ford Cosworth13DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie OliverShadow-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
R (ITA) Nanni GalliIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)6DNF 
R (BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari6DNF 
R (GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth4DNF 

Notes

  • Clay Regazzoni ended lap 63 in P6 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Mike Beuttler ended lap 63 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:22.460

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

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi35
2(GBR) Jackie Stewart28
3(FRA) Francois Cevert18
4(USA) Peter Revson9
5(NZL) Denny Hulme9
6(ITA) Arturo Merzario6
7(USA) George Follmer5
8(BEL) Jacky Ickx5
9(ITA) Andrea de Adamich3
10(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise2
=(AUT) Niki Lauda2
12(BRA) Wilson Fittipaldi1
=(CHE) Clay Regazzoni1
=(NZL) Chris Amon1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth36
2Lotus-Ford Cosworth35
3McLaren-Ford Cosworth15
4Ferrari9
5Shadow-Ford Cosworth5
6BRM5
7Brabham-Ford Cosworth4
8Tecno1

Stats & milestones

Wins
24th for Jackie Stewart
13th for Tyrrell
Race 1-2
4th for Tyrrell
Podiums
39th for Jackie Stewart
17th for Emerson Fittipaldi
9th for Francois Cevert
85th for Lotus
24th & 25th for Tyrrell
Poles
3rd for Ronnie Peterson
59th for Lotus
Fastest laps
2nd and last for Francois Cevert (first since 1971)
9th for Tyrrell
Front row starts
22nd for Denny Hulme
4th for Ronnie Peterson
Points finishes
2nd and last for Andrea de Adamich
1st for Niki Lauda (173rd different point scorer, 2nd Austrian driver)

See also

  • Belgian Grand Prix
  • Zolder circuit
  • 1973 World Championship season

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