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1973 Brazilian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitInterlagos, 40 laps
Round2 of 15
Race numbers

The 1973 Brazilian Grand Prix was the:

  • 222nd World Championship race
  • 1st World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 1st World Championship race at Interlagos
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth401hr 43m 55.600s9
2+6(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth40+13.500s6
3+2(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth40+1m 46.400s4
4+13(ITA) Arturo MerzarioFerrari39+1 lap3
5-2(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari39+1 lap2
6-2(CHE) Clay RegazzoniBRM39+1 lap1
7+9(NZL) Howden GanleyIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)39+1 lap 
8+5(AUT) Niki LaudaBRM38+2 laps 
9+9(ITA) Nanni GalliIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)38+2 laps 
10-1(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth38+2 laps 
11-4(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth38+2 laps 
12+8(BRA) Luiz BuenoSurtees-Ford Cosworth36+4 laps 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM23DNF 
R (GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)18DNF 
R (BRA) Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth9DNF 
R (GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierMarch-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
R (BRA) Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
R (USA) Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth3DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:30.500

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

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi18
2(GBR) Jackie Stewart10
3(FRA) Francois Cevert6
4(NZL) Denny Hulme6
5(BEL) Jacky Ickx5
6(ITA) Arturo Merzario3
7(BRA) Wilson Fittipaldi1
=(CHE) Clay Regazzoni1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Ford Cosworth18
2Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth12
3McLaren-Ford Cosworth6
4Ferrari6
5Brabham-Ford Cosworth1
=BRM1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Luiz Bueno (only start)
Milestone race start
200th for Ferrari (1st constructor to start 200 races)
Wins
8th for Emerson Fittipaldi
49th for Lotus EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Ferrari)
Podiums
37th for Jackie Stewart NEW RECORD
29th for Denny Hulme
14th for Emerson Fittipaldi
82nd for Lotus
29th for McLaren
21st for Tyrrell
Poles
1st for Ronnie Peterson (41st different polesitter, 2nd Swedish driver; first Swedish polesitter since 1959)
57th for Lotus
1-2 start
6th for Lotus
Fastest laps
6th for Denny Hulme
2nd for Emerson Fittipaldi
43rd for Lotus
4th for McLaren
Front row starts
25th and last for Jacky Ickx (last Belgian front row starter until 1990)
9th for Emerson Fittipaldi
2nd for Ronnie Peterson (first for Lotus)
Win & fastest lap
2nd and last for Emerson Fittipaldi (last Brazilian driver to win and set the fastest lap until 1980)