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1973 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitLe Castellet, 54 laps
Round8 of 15
Race numbers

The 1973 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 228th World Championship race
  • 23rd World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Le Castellet
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+4(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth541hr 41m 36.520s9
2+2(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth54+40.920s6
3+5(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth54+46.480s4
4-3(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth54+46.930s3
5+7(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari54+48.900s2
6+8(GBR) James HuntMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)54+1m 22.540s1
7+3(ITA) Arturo MerzarioFerrari54+1m 29.190s 
8-2(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth54+1m 29.530s 
9+8(AUT) Niki LaudaBRM54+1m 45.760s 
10+6(GBR) Graham HillShadow-Ford Cosworth (privateer)53+1 lap 
11+4(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM53+1 lap 
12-3(CHE) Clay RegazzoniBRM53+1 lap 
13+5(BRA) Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth51+3 laps 
14+10(NZL) Howden GanleyIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)51+3 laps 
15+10(LIE) Rikky von OpelEnsign-Ford Cosworth51+3 laps 
16+3(BRA) Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth50DNF 
R (ZAF) Jody ScheckterMcLaren-Ford Cosworth43DNF 
R (BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth41DNF 
R (GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth29DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de AdamichBrabham-Ford Cosworth28DNF 
R (SWE) Reine WisellMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)20DNF 
R (USA) George FollmerShadow-Ford Cosworth16DNF 
R (FRA) Henri PescaroloIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)16DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierMarch-Ford Cosworth7DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie OliverShadow-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Wilson Fittipaldi ended lap 50 in P16 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:48.370

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
2(ZAF) Jody ScheckterMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
3(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth
4(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
5(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth
6(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
7(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierMarch-Ford Cosworth
8(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth
9(CHE) Clay RegazzoniBRM
10(ITA) Arturo MerzarioFerrari
11(GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth
12(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari
13(ITA) Andrea de AdamichBrabham-Ford Cosworth
14(GBR) James HuntMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
15(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM
16(GBR) Graham HillShadow-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
17(AUT) Niki LaudaBRM
18(BRA) Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth
19(BRA) Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth
20(USA) George FollmerShadow-Ford Cosworth
21(GBR) Jackie OliverShadow-Ford Cosworth
22(SWE) Reine WisellMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23(FRA) Henri PescaroloIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
24(NZL) Howden GanleyIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
25(LIE) Rikky von OpelEnsign-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Jackie Stewart42
2(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi41
3(FRA) Francois Cevert31
4(SWE) Ronnie Peterson19
5(NZL) Denny Hulme19
6(USA) Peter Revson11
7(BEL) Jacky Ickx8
8(ARG) Carlos Reutemann7
9(ITA) Arturo Merzario6
10(USA) George Follmer5
11(ITA) Andrea de Adamich3
12(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise2
=(AUT) Niki Lauda2
14(BRA) Wilson Fittipaldi1
=(CHE) Clay Regazzoni1
=(NZL) Chris Amon1
=(GBR) James Hunt1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Ford Cosworth52
2Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth51
3McLaren-Ford Cosworth26
4Ferrari12
5Brabham-Ford Cosworth11
6Shadow-Ford Cosworth5
7BRM5
8Tecno1
=March-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & 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)