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1973 British Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSilverstone, 67 laps
Round9 of 15
Race numbers

The 1973 British Grand Prix was the:

  • 229th World Championship race
  • 24th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 14th World Championship race at Silverstone
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(USA) Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth671hr 29m 18.500s9
2-1(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth67+2.800s6
3-1(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth67+3.000s4
4+7(GBR) James HuntMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)67+3.400s3
5+2(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth67+36.600s2
6+2(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth67+44.700s1
7+3(CHE) Clay RegazzoniBRM67+1m 11.700s 
8+11(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari67+1m 17.400s 
9+9(NZL) Howden GanleyIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)66+1 lap 
10-6(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth66+1 lap 
11+13(GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)65+2 laps 
12-3(AUT) Niki LaudaBRM63+4 laps 
13+8(LIE) Rikky von OpelEnsign-Ford Cosworth61+6 laps 
R (BRA) Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth44DNF 
R (BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth36DNF 
R (GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)36DNF 
R (GBR) Graham HillShadow-Ford Cosworth (privateer)24DNF 
R (NZL) Chris AmonTecno6DNF 
R (NZL) Graham McRaeIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)0DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM0DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de AdamichBrabham-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (USA) George FollmerShadow-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (DEU) Jochen MassSurtees-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (BRA) Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (ZAF) Jody ScheckterMcLaren-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (GBR) Roger WilliamsonMarch-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie OliverShadow-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
Did not start
  (GBR) David PurleyMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:16.300

PosDriverConstructor
1(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth
2(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
3(USA) Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
4(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
5(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth
6(ZAF) Jody ScheckterMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
7(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
8(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth
9(AUT) Niki LaudaBRM
10(CHE) Clay RegazzoniBRM
11(GBR) James HuntMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
12(GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth
13(BRA) Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth
14(DEU) Jochen MassSurtees-Ford Cosworth
15(BRA) Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth
16  
17(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM
18(NZL) Howden GanleyIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
19(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari
20(ITA) Andrea de AdamichBrabham-Ford Cosworth
21(LIE) Rikky von OpelEnsign-Ford Cosworth
22(GBR) Roger WilliamsonMarch-Ford Cosworth
23(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
24(GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
25(USA) George FollmerShadow-Ford Cosworth
26(GBR) Jackie OliverShadow-Ford Cosworth
27(GBR) Graham HillShadow-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
28(NZL) Graham McRaeIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
29(NZL) Chris AmonTecno

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Jackie Stewart42
2(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi41
3(FRA) Francois Cevert33
4(SWE) Ronnie Peterson25
5(NZL) Denny Hulme23
6(USA) Peter Revson20
7(ARG) Carlos Reutemann8
8(BEL) Jacky Ickx8
9(ITA) Arturo Merzario6
10(USA) George Follmer5
11(GBR) James Hunt4
12(ITA) Andrea de Adamich3
13(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise2
=(AUT) Niki Lauda2
15(BRA) Wilson Fittipaldi1
=(CHE) Clay Regazzoni1
=(NZL) Chris Amon1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Ford Cosworth58
2Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth53
3McLaren-Ford Cosworth35
4Brabham-Ford Cosworth12
5Ferrari12
6Shadow-Ford Cosworth5
7BRM5
8March-Ford Cosworth4
9Tecno1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Jochen Mass
Graham McRae (only start)
John Watson
Roger Williamson
Last start
Andrea de Adamich
Wins
1st for Peter Revson (50th different winner, 15th American driver; 1st driver to win the British Grand Prix for McLaren)
7th for McLaren
Podiums
31st for Denny Hulme
10th for Ronnie Peterson (24th driver to score ten podiums, 1st Swedish driver)
6th for Peter Revson
90th for Lotus (2nd constructor to score 90 podiums)
32nd & 33rd for McLaren
Poles
5th for Ronnie Peterson
61st for Lotus NEW RECORD
Fastest laps
1st for James Hunt (54th different fastest lap setter, 12th British driver)
3rd for March
Front row starts
23rd and last for Denny Hulme
7th for Ronnie Peterson
3rd for Peter Revson