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

1973 British Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 14 July 1973
Winner
  • USA flag lazyload Peter Revson
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie Peterson
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Ford Cosworth
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
More 1973 season
More British Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2USA flag lazyload Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth671hr 29m 18.500s9
2-1Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth67+2.800s6
3-1New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth67+3.000s4
4+7United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)67+3.400s3
5+2France flag lazyload Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth67+36.600s2
6+2Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth67+44.700s1
7+3Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniBRM67+1m 11.700s 
8+11Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari67+1m 17.400s 
9+9New Zealand flag lazyload Howden GanleyIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)66+1 lap 
10-6United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth66+1 lap 
11+13United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)65+2 laps 
12-3Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaBRM63+4 laps 
13+8Liechtenstein flag lazyload Rikky von OpelEnsign-Ford Cosworth61+6 laps 
R Brazil flag lazyload Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth44DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth36DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)36DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillShadow-Ford Cosworth (privateer)24DNF 
R New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonTecno6DNF 
R New Zealand flag lazyload Graham McRaeIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)0DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM0DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Andrea de AdamichBrabham-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R USA flag lazyload George FollmerShadow-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassSurtees-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterMcLaren-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Roger WilliamsonMarch-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie OliverShadow-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
Did not start
  United Kingdom flag lazyload David PurleyMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:16.300

PosDriverConstructor
1Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth
2New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
3USA flag lazyload Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
5Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth
6South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
7France flag lazyload Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
8Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth
9Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaBRM
10Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniBRM
11United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth
13Brazil flag lazyload Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth
14Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassSurtees-Ford Cosworth
15Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth
16  
17France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM
18New Zealand flag lazyload Howden GanleyIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
19Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari
20Italy flag lazyload Andrea de AdamichBrabham-Ford Cosworth
21Liechtenstein flag lazyload Rikky von OpelEnsign-Ford Cosworth
22United Kingdom flag lazyload Roger WilliamsonMarch-Ford Cosworth
23United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
24United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
25USA flag lazyload George FollmerShadow-Ford Cosworth
26United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie OliverShadow-Ford Cosworth
27United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillShadow-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
28New Zealand flag lazyload Graham McRaeIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
29New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonTecno

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1973 British Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart42
2Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi41
3France flag lazyload Francois Cevert33
4Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie Peterson25
5New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme23
6USA flag lazyload Peter Revson20
7Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann8
8Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx8
9Italy flag lazyload Arturo Merzario6
10USA flag lazyload George Follmer5
11United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt4
12Italy flag lazyload Andrea de Adamich3
13France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Beltoise2
=Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda2
15Brazil flag lazyload Wilson Fittipaldi1
=Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni1
=New Zealand flag lazyload Chris Amon1

Constructor

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

Statistics & 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

See also

  • British Grand Prix
  • Silverstone circuit
  • 1973 World Championship season

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