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1973 Italian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMonza, 55 laps
Round13 of 15
Race numbers

The 1973 Italian Grand Prix was the:

  • 233rd World Championship race
  • 24th World Championship Italian Grand Prix
  • 24th World Championship race at Monza
  • 1973 Drivers’ title decider
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth551hr 29m 17.000s9
2+2(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth55+0.800s6
3-1(USA) Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth55+28.800s4
4+2(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth55+33.200s3
5+6(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth55+46.200s2
6+4(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth55+59.800s1
7+1(GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth55+1m 28.700s 
8+6(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari54+1 lap 
9+15(GBR) David PurleyMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)54+1 lap 
10+11(USA) George FollmerShadow-Ford Cosworth54+1 lap 
11+8(GBR) Jackie OliverShadow-Ford Cosworth54+1 lap 
12-3(DEU) Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford Cosworth54+1 lap 
13 (FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM54+1 lap 
14+8(GBR) Graham HillShadow-Ford Cosworth (privateer)54+1 lap 
15-12(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth53+2 laps 
NC (NZL) Howden GanleyIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)44+11 laps 
R (GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)34DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaBRM33DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniBRM31DNF 
R (BRA) Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R (NLD) Gijs van LennepIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)14DNF 
R (LIE) Rikky von OpelEnsign-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
R (BRA) Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R (ITA) Arturo MerzarioFerrari2DNF 
Did not start
  (GBR) James HuntMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:34.800

PosDriverConstructor
1(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth
2(USA) Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
3(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
4(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth
5(BRA) Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth
6(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
7(ITA) Arturo MerzarioFerrari
8(GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth
9(DEU) Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford Cosworth
10(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth
11(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
12(GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
13(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM
14(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari
15(AUT) Niki LaudaBRM
16(BRA) Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth
17(LIE) Rikky von OpelEnsign-Ford Cosworth
18(CHE) Clay RegazzoniBRM
19(GBR) Jackie OliverShadow-Ford Cosworth
20(NZL) Howden GanleyIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
21(USA) George FollmerShadow-Ford Cosworth
22(GBR) Graham HillShadow-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23(NLD) Gijs van LennepIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
24(GBR) David PurleyMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Jackie Stewart69
2(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi48
3(FRA) Francois Cevert47
4(SWE) Ronnie Peterson43
5(USA) Peter Revson27
6(NZL) Denny Hulme23
7(ARG) Carlos Reutemann12
8(BEL) Jacky Ickx12
9(GBR) James Hunt8
10(BRA) Carlos Pace7
11(ITA) Arturo Merzario6
12(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise6
13(USA) George Follmer5
14(ITA) Andrea de Adamich3
15(BRA) Wilson Fittipaldi3
16(AUT) Niki Lauda2
17(CHE) Clay Regazzoni2
18(NZL) Chris Amon1
=(NLD) Gijs van Lennep1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth80
2Lotus-Ford Cosworth77
3McLaren-Ford Cosworth46
4Brabham-Ford Cosworth18
5Ferrari12
6BRM9
7March-Ford Cosworth8
8Surtees-Ford Cosworth7
9Shadow-Ford Cosworth5
10Tecno1
=Iso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

World Champion
3rd and last title for Jackie Stewart (3rd driver to win three championships, 1st British driver; last British champion until 1976)
Wins
3rd for Ronnie Peterson
53rd for Lotus
Race 1-2
4th for Lotus
Podiums
19th for Emerson Fittipaldi
12th for Ronnie Peterson
7th for Peter Revson
92nd & 93rd for Lotus
35th for McLaren
Poles
7th for Ronnie Peterson
64th for Lotus
Fastest laps
15th and last for Jackie Stewart
10th for Tyrrell (9th constructor to set ten fastest laps)
Front row starts
11th for Ronnie Peterson
4th for Peter Revson
Points finishes
19th and last for Francois Cevert
Pole & win
1st for Ronnie Peterson (21st different driver to win from pole, 2nd Swedish driver; first Swedish driver to win from pole since 1959)