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1973 South African Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitKyalami, 79 laps
Round3 of 15
Race numbers

The 1973 South African Grand Prix was the:

  • 223rd World Championship race
  • 10th World Championship South African Grand Prix
  • 7th World Championship race at Kyalami
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+15(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth791hr 43m 11.070s9
2+4(USA) Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth79+24.550s6
3-1(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth79+25.060s4
4+11(ITA) Arturo MerzarioFerrari78+1 lap3
5-4(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth77+2 laps2
6+15(USA) George FollmerShadow-Ford Cosworth77+2 laps1
7+1(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth77+2 laps 
8+12(ITA) Andrea de AdamichSurtees-Ford Cosworth77+2 laps 
9-6(ZAF) Jody ScheckterMcLaren-Ford Cosworth75DNF 
10+9(NZL) Howden GanleyIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)73+6 laps 
11-7(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth73+6 laps 
R (BRA) Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth69DNF 
NC (ZAF) Eddie KeizanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer)67+12 laps 
NC (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierMarch-Ford Cosworth66+13 laps 
NC (FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth66+13 laps 
NC (GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)65+14 laps 
R (BRA) Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth52DNF 
R (ZAF) Jackie PretoriusIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)35DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaBRM26DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie OliverShadow-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM4DNF 
R (ZAF) Dave CharltonLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)3DNF 
R (BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari2DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniBRM2DNF 
R (GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth2DNF 

Notes

  • Jody Scheckter ended lap 75 in P4 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:16.280

PosDriverConstructor
1(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
2(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth
3(ZAF) Jody ScheckterMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
4(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth
5(CHE) Clay RegazzoniBRM
6(USA) Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
7(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM
8(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth
9(BRA) Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth
10(AUT) Niki LaudaBRM
11(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari
12(GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth
13(ZAF) Dave CharltonLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
14(GBR) Jackie OliverShadow-Ford Cosworth
15(ITA) Arturo MerzarioFerrari
16(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
17(BRA) Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth
18(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierMarch-Ford Cosworth
19(NZL) Howden GanleyIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
20(ITA) Andrea de AdamichSurtees-Ford Cosworth
21(USA) George FollmerShadow-Ford Cosworth
22(ZAF) Eddie KeizanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23(GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
24(ZAF) Jackie PretoriusIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
25(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi22
2(GBR) Jackie Stewart19
3(NZL) Denny Hulme8
4(FRA) Francois Cevert6
=(USA) Peter Revson6
6(ITA) Arturo Merzario6
7(BEL) Jacky Ickx5
8(BRA) Wilson Fittipaldi1
=(CHE) Clay Regazzoni1
=(USA) George Follmer1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Ford Cosworth22
2Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth21
3McLaren-Ford Cosworth12
4Ferrari9
5Brabham-Ford Cosworth1
=BRM1
=Shadow-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
George Follmer
Eddie Keizan
Shadow
Last start
Jackie Pretorius
Wins
23rd for Jackie Stewart
12th for Tyrrell
Podiums
38th for Jackie Stewart
15th for Emerson Fittipaldi
5th for Peter Revson
83rd for Lotus
30th for McLaren (7th constructor to score 30 podiums)
22nd for Tyrrell
Poles
1st and only for Denny Hulme (42nd different polesitter, 2nd New Zealander driver)
2nd for McLaren
Fastest laps
3rd for Emerson Fittipaldi
44th for Lotus
Front row starts
20th for Denny Hulme (12th driver to achieve 20 front row starts, 1st New Zealander driver)
10th for Emerson Fittipaldi (20th driver to achieve ten front row starts, 1st Brazilian driver)
1st for Jody Scheckter (82nd different front row starter, 1st South African driver)
Points finishes
1st for George Follmer (172nd different point scorer, 48th American driver)