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1973 Spanish Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMontjuic Park, 75 laps
Round4 of 15
Race numbers

The 1973 Spanish Grand Prix was the:

  • 224th World Championship race
  • 8th World Championship Spanish Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Montjuic Park
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+6(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth751hr 48m 18.700s9
2+1(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth75+42.700s6
3+11(USA) George FollmerShadow-Ford Cosworth75+1m 13.100s4
4+1(USA) Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap3
5+5(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM74+1 lap2
6-4(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap1
7+12(GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)74+1 lap 
8+10(FRA) Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth73+2 laps 
9-1(CHE) Clay RegazzoniBRM69+6 laps 
10+2(BRA) Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth69+6 laps 
11+9(ITA) Nanni GalliIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)69+6 laps 
12-6(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari69+6 laps 
R (ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth66DNF 
R (NZL) Howden GanleyIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)63DNF 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth56DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth47DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaBRM28DNF 
R (GBR) Graham HillShadow-Ford Cosworth (privateer)27DNF 
R (GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth25DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie OliverShadow-Ford Cosworth23DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de AdamichBrabham-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R (BRA) Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth13DNF 

Notes

  • Ronnie Peterson ended lap 56 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:21.800

PosDriverConstructor
1(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth
2(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
3(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
4(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
5(USA) Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
6(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari
7(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth
8(CHE) Clay RegazzoniBRM
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10(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM
11(AUT) Niki LaudaBRM
12(BRA) Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth
13(GBR) Jackie OliverShadow-Ford Cosworth
14(USA) George FollmerShadow-Ford Cosworth
15(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth
16(BRA) Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth
17(ITA) Andrea de AdamichBrabham-Ford Cosworth
18(FRA) Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth
19(GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
20(ITA) Nanni GalliIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
21(NZL) Howden GanleyIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22(GBR) Graham HillShadow-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
Started from the pit lane
 (GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi31
2(GBR) Jackie Stewart19
3(FRA) Francois Cevert12
4(USA) Peter Revson9
5(NZL) Denny Hulme9
6(ITA) Arturo Merzario6
7(USA) George Follmer5
8(BEL) Jacky Ickx5
9(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise2
10(BRA) Wilson Fittipaldi1
=(CHE) Clay Regazzoni1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Ford Cosworth31
2Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth27
3McLaren-Ford Cosworth15
4Ferrari9
5Shadow-Ford Cosworth5
6BRM3
7Brabham-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Wins
9th for Emerson Fittipaldi (last for Lotus)
50th for Lotus (1st constructor to win 50 races) NEW RECORD
Podiums
16th for Emerson Fittipaldi
8th for Francois Cevert
1st and only for George Follmer (113th different podium finisher, 34th American driver)
84th for Lotus
23rd for Tyrrell
1st for Shadow (30th different podium finisher)
Poles
2nd for Ronnie Peterson
58th for Lotus
Fastest laps
1st for Ronnie Peterson (53rd different fastest lap setter, 1st Swedish driver)
45th for Lotus
Front row starts
21st for Denny Hulme
3rd for Ronnie Peterson
Points finishes
50th for Denny Hulme
2nd and last for George Follmer