1973 Belgian Grand Prix

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1973 Belgian Grand Prix
Circuit Zolder-1973-1974.svg
Race details
Date20 May 1973
Official name XXXI GROTE PRIJS VAN BELGIE
Location Circuit Zolder
Heusden-Zolder, Limburg, Belgium
Course Grand Prix Circuit
Course length 4.220 km (2.622 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 295.379 km (183.540 miles)
Weather Warm, dry
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Ford
Time 1:22.46
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of France.svg François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford
Time 1:25.42 on lap 28
Podium
First Tyrrell-Ford
Second Tyrrell-Ford
Third Lotus-Ford
Lap leaders
  • 1973 Belgian Grand Prix

The 1973 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zolder on 20 May 1973. [1] It was race 5 of 15 in both the 1973 World Championship of Drivers and the 1973 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was won by British driver Jackie Stewart driving a Tyrrell 006.

Contents

The entire Zolder track had to be resurfaced a week before the actual Grand Prix after a few drivers such as Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi and François Cevert walked around the track to inspect it. They found that the track started to break up as a result of a previous race, and the track owners immediately decided to resurface the track, only a week before the Grand Prix. Cevert, Fittipaldi and Stewart refused to drive on the track because of the danger, and Cevert responded to the FIA that they would attempt to cancel the race if the owners did not do a good enough job of fixing the track.

Future world champion Niki Lauda took his first ever career points here, by finishing in fifth place in his BRM.

This race saw the end of teams' numbers changing from race to race - the numbers teams raced with at Zolder lasted until the end of the season. For the 1974 season, the finishing positions in the Constructors' Championship were used to allocate the numbers, after which teams did not change numbers unless they won the Drivers' Championship (or signed the current World Champion).

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos.DriverConstructorTimeNo
1Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford1:22,461
2Denis HulmeMcLaren-Ford1:23,002
3Jacky IckxFerrari1:23,103
4François CevertTyrrell-Ford1:23,224
5Jean-Pierre BeltoiseB.R.M.1:23,255
6Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford1:23,286
7Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford1:23,347
8Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford1:23,348
9Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford1:23,449
10Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford1:23,5210
11George FollmerShadow-Ford1:23,8611
12Clay RegazzoniB.R.M.1:23,9112
13Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford1:23,9613
14Niki LaudaB.R.M.1:24,5114
15Chris AmonTecno1:24,7915
16Jean-Pierre JarierMarch-Ford1:24,8316
17Nanni GalliIso-Ford1:24,8917
18Andrea de AdamichBrabham-Ford1:25,2818
19Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford1:25,5719
20Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford1:25,7720
21Howden GanleyIso-Ford1:26,6821
22Jackie OliverShadow-Ford1:28,1222
23Graham HillShadow-Ford1:30,4523

Race

Classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 701:42:13.4369
26 Flag of France.svg François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 70+ 31.8446
31 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 70+ 2:02.7994
49 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Adamich Brabham-Ford 69+ 1 Lap183
521 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda BRM 69+ 1 Lap142
622 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Amon Tecno 67+ 3 Laps151
77 Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 67+3 Laps2 
824 Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Pace Surtees-Ford 66+4 Laps8 
912 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill Shadow-Ford 65+5 Laps23 
1019 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni BRM 63Accident12 
1115 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Beuttler March-Ford 63Accident20 
Ret14 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier March-Ford 60Accident16 
Ret20 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 56Not classified5 
Ret11 Flag of Brazil.svg Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham-Ford 46Engine19 
Ret2 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 42Accident1 
Ret8 Flag of the United States.svg Peter Revson McLaren-Ford 33Accident10 
Ret25 Flag of New Zealand.svg Howden Ganley Iso-Marlboro-Ford 16Accident21 
Ret10 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 14Engine7 
Ret16 Flag of the United States.svg George Follmer Shadow-Ford 13Throttle11 
Ret17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Oliver Shadow-Ford 11Accident22 
Ret3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx Ferrari 6Oil pump3 
Ret26 Flag of Italy.svg Nanni Galli Iso-Marlboro-Ford 6Engine17 
Ret23 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Hailwood Surtees-Ford 4Accident13 
Source: [2]

Notes

Championship standings after the race

References

  1. "1973 Belgian Grand Prix Entry list".
  2. "1973 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Belgium 1973 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
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