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1973 Swedish Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitAnderstorp, 80 laps
Round7 of 15
Race numbers

The 1973 Swedish Grand Prix was the:

  • 227th World Championship race
  • 1st World Championship Swedish Grand Prix
  • 1st World Championship race at Anderstorp
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth801hr 56m 46.049s9
2-1(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth80+4.039s6
3-1(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth80+14.667s4
4+1(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth80+18.068s3
5-2(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth80+25.998s2
6+2(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari79+1 lap1
7 (USA) Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
8+13(GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)77+3 laps 
9+3(CHE) Clay RegazzoniBRM77+3 laps 
10+6(BRA) Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps 
11 (NZL) Howden GanleyIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)76+4 laps 
12-8(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth76DNF 
13+2(AUT) Niki LaudaBRM75+5 laps 
14+5(USA) George FollmerShadow-Ford Cosworth74+6 laps 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM57DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie OliverShadow-Ford Cosworth50DNF 
R (GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth41DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierMarch-Ford Cosworth36DNF 
R (GBR) Graham HillShadow-Ford Cosworth (privateer)16DNF 
R (BRA) Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
Did not start
  (SWE) Reine WisellMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)   
  (DNK) Tom BelsoIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)   

Notes

  • Emerson Fittipaldi ended lap 76 in P6 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:23.810

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

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi41
2(GBR) Jackie Stewart39
3(FRA) Francois Cevert25
4(NZL) Denny Hulme19
5(USA) Peter Revson11
6(SWE) Ronnie Peterson10
7(ITA) Arturo Merzario6
8(BEL) Jacky Ickx6
9(USA) George Follmer5
10(ITA) Andrea de Adamich3
=(ARG) Carlos Reutemann3
12(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise2
=(AUT) Niki Lauda2
14(BRA) Wilson Fittipaldi1
=(CHE) Clay Regazzoni1
=(NZL) Chris Amon1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth49
2Lotus-Ford Cosworth47
3McLaren-Ford Cosworth26
4Ferrari10
5Brabham-Ford Cosworth7
6Shadow-Ford Cosworth5
7BRM5
8Tecno1

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
150th for Graham Hill (1st driver to start 150 races, 1st British driver)
Wins
7th for Denny Hulme
6th for McLaren
Podiums
30th for Denny Hulme (6th driver to score 30 podiums, 1st New Zealander driver)
10th for Francois Cevert (23rd driver to score ten podiums, 2nd French driver)
8th for Ronnie Peterson
88th for Lotus
31st for McLaren
27th for Tyrrell
Poles
4th for Ronnie Peterson
60th for Lotus (2nd constructor to take 60 pole positions) EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Ferrari)
Fastest laps
7th for Denny Hulme
5th for McLaren
Front row starts
6th for Ronnie Peterson
2nd for Francois Cevert (first since 1971)
Win & fastest lap
1st and only for Denny Hulme (28th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 1st New Zealander driver)