1973 French Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+4	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	54	1hr 41m 36.520s	9
2	+2	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	54	+40.920s	6
3	+5	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	54	+46.480s	4
4	-3	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	54	+46.930s	3
5	+7	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	54	+48.900s	2
6	+8	James Hunt	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	54	+1m 22.540s	1
7	+3	Arturo Merzario	Ferrari	54	+1m 29.190s
8	-2	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	54	+1m 29.530s
9	+8	Niki Lauda	BRM	54	+1m 45.760s
10	+6	Graham Hill	Shadow-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	53	+1 lap
11	+4	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	53	+1 lap
12	-3	Clay Regazzoni	BRM	53	+1 lap
13	+5	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	51	+3 laps
14	+10	Howden Ganley	Iso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	51	+3 laps
15	+10	Rikky von Opel	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	51	+3 laps
16	+3	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	50	DNF
R		Jody Scheckter	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	43	DNF
R		Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	41	DNF
R		Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	29	DNF
R		Andrea de Adamich	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	28	DNF
R		Reine Wisell	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	20	DNF
R		George Follmer	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	16	DNF
R		Henri Pescarolo	Iso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	16	DNF
R		Jean-Pierre Jarier	March-Ford Cosworth	7	DNF
R		Jackie Oliver	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	0	DNF

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:48.370

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
2	Jody Scheckter	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
3	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
4	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
5	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
6	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
7	Jean-Pierre Jarier	March-Ford Cosworth
8	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
9	Clay Regazzoni	BRM
10	Arturo Merzario	Ferrari
11	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
12	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
13	Andrea de Adamich	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
14	James Hunt	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
15	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM
16	Graham Hill	Shadow-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
17	Niki Lauda	BRM
18	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
19	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
20	George Follmer	Shadow-Ford Cosworth
21	Jackie Oliver	Shadow-Ford Cosworth
22	Reine Wisell	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23	Henri Pescarolo	Iso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
24	Howden Ganley	Iso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
25	Rikky von Opel	Ensign-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

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

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jackie Stewart	42
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	41
3	Francois Cevert	31
4	Ronnie Peterson	19
5	Denny Hulme	19
6	Peter Revson	11
7	Jacky Ickx	8
8	Carlos Reutemann	7
9	Arturo Merzario	6
10	George Follmer	5
11	Andrea de Adamich	3
12	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	2
=	Niki Lauda	2
14	Wilson Fittipaldi	1
=	Clay Regazzoni	1
=	Chris Amon	1
=	James Hunt	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	52
2	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	51
3	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	26
4	Ferrari	12
5	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	11
6	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	5
7	BRM	5
8	Tecno	1
=	March-Ford Cosworth	1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut

Rikky von Opel (first Liechtensteiner driver to start a race)

Ensign

Wins

1st for Ronnie Peterson (49th different winner, 2nd Swedish driver; first Swedish winner since 1959)

51st for Lotus

Podiums

11th for Francois Cevert, 9th for Ronnie Peterson, 1st for Carlos Reutemann (114th different podium finisher, 5th Argentine driver; first Argentine driver to finish on the podium since 1957)

89th for Lotus, 57th for Brabham, 28th for Tyrrell

Poles

16th for Jackie Stewart

11th for Tyrrell

Fastest laps

8th for Denny Hulme

6th for McLaren

Front row starts

40th for Jackie Stewart (4th driver to achieve 40 front row starts, 3rd British driver), 11th for Emerson Fittipaldi, 2nd for Jody Scheckter (last for McLaren)

Points finishes

1st for James Hunt (174th different point scorer, 40th British driver)

See also

• French Grand Prix
• Le Castellet circuit
• 1973 World Championship season