1973 European Formula Two Championship

Last updated May 26, 2025

The 1973 European Formula Two Championship was a motor racing competition for Formula Two cars, contested over 17 rounds. STP March Racing Team driver Jean-Pierre Jarier clinched the championship title.^[1]

Calendar

Race No	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	Mallory Park	11 March	50+50	2.17=217.0 km	1'12:09.8	180.424 km/h	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Jean-Pierre Jarier
2	Hockenheim	8 April	20+20	6.797=271.56 km	1'22:27.0	197.618 km/h	Jochen Mass	Patrick Depailler	Jean-Pierre Jarier
3	Thruxton	23 April	50	3.791=189.55 km	1'01:45.4 1'02:00.2	184.158 km/h 183.425 km/h	Patrick Depailler	Jacques Coulon Carlos Pace Jean-Pierre Jarier	Henri Pescarolo Bob Wollek
4	Nürburgring (Eifelrennen)	29 April	10	22.835=228.35 km	1'31:22.9 1'31:40.5	149.932 km/h 149.452 km/h	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Derek Bell	Reine Wisell Patrick Depailler
5	Pau	5-6 May	70	2.76=193.2 km	1'30:49.77 1'31:14.44	127.624 km/h 127.049 km/h	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	François Cevert Jean-Pierre Jarier
6	Kinnekulle	19-20 May	48+48	2.07=202.86 km	1'20:45.3	150.723 km/h	Jochen Mass	Jochen Mass	Jochen Mass
7	Nivelles	10 June	28+28	3.724=208.544 km	1'10:33.35	177.344 km/h	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Jochen Mass	Jean-Pierre Jarier
8	Hockenheim	17 June	20+20	6.797=271.56 km	1'22:20.7	197.870 km/h	Jochen Mass	Jochen Mass	Jochen Mass
9	Rouen	24 June	30	5.543=166.29 km	0'56:20.7	177.077 km/h	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Jean-Pierre Jarier
10	Monza	29 June	20+20	5.75=230.0 km	1'09:05.15	199.752 km/h	Roger Williamson	Roger Williamson	Roger Williamson
11	Mantorp Park	July 28/29	36+36	4.092=294.624 km	1'42:05.0	173.167 km/h	John Watson	Patrick Depailler	Jean-Pierre Jarier
12	Karlskoga	12 August	48	3.0=144.0 km	0'59:14.4	145.847 km/h	Peter Gethin	Torsten Palm	Jean-Pierre Jarier
13	Pergusa-Enna	26 August	30+30	4.797=287.82 km	1'23:53.6	205.847 km/h	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Patrick Depailler	Jean-Pierre Jarier
14	Salzburgring	2 September	50	4.238=211.90 km	0'59:47.28	212.651 km/h	Patrick Depailler	Patrick Depailler	Vittorio Brambilla
15	Norisring	9 September	60+60	2.3=276.0 km	1'46:40.9 1'47:40.9	161.642 km/h 155.228 km/h	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tim Schenken Tom Pryce
16	Albi	19 September	56	3.636=203.616 km	1'04:59.2	187.992 km/h	Vittorio Brambilla	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Vittorio Brambilla
17	Vallelunga	14 October	35+35	3.2=224.0 km	1'24:40.0	158.740 km/h	Vittorio Brambilla	Vittorio Brambilla	Jacques Coulon

Note:

Race 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15 and 17 were held in two heats, with results shown in aggregate.

Race 3, 5, 9 and 12 were held with two semi-final heats and the final run, with time only shown for the final.

Race 3, 4, 5 and 15 were won by graded drivers, all graded drivers are shown in Italics

Race 9 Gerry Birrell was fatally injured in practice.

Final point standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. All scores from basic events counts: Race No. 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16 and 17. Also the first four starts (not scores) in the complementary races counts: Race No. 1, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 15. But only the first result in any country of the complementary races counts. Three drivers had a point deduction, which are given in ().It was actually a very complicated scoring system and, for this reason, there are some differences in the scoring, depending on the consulate source, mainly regarding Jochen Mass (42 or 41 points), and Jacques Coulon (24 or 32 points).

Place	Name	Team	Chassis	Engine	MAL	HOC	THR	NÜR	PAU	KIN	NIV	HOC	ROU	MNZ	MAN	KAR	EMM	SAL	NOR	ALB	VLL	Points
1	Jean-Pierre Jarier	March Engineering	March	BMW	9	9	-	-	9	-	9	-	9	-	9	9	9	-	-	6	-	78
2	Jochen Mass	Surtees Racing	Surtees	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	9	6	-	6	-	4	-	-	2	-	42
3	Patrick Depailler	Coombs Racing	Elf-Alpine	Ford	-	6	-	9	-	6	-	-	2	6	3	-	-	6	-	-	-	38
4	Vittorio Brambilla	Beta Racing	March	Ford	2	-																35
4	Vittorio Brambilla	Beta Racing	March	BMW			1	4	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	6	(9)	-	9	6	35
5	Jacques Coulon	Scuderia Filipinetti	March	BMW	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-							34
5	Jacques Coulon	Lewis Racing	March	BMW												4	-	4	-	4	9	34
6	Bob Wollek	Motul Rondel Racing	Motul	Ford	-	-	9	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	23
7	Mike Beuttler	Lewis Racing	March	BMW	-	-	6	-	6	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
8	Derek Bell	Surtees Racing	Surtees	Ford	-	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13
	Colin Vandervell	Vandervell Racing	March	BMW	-	2																13
	Colin Vandervell	Lewis Racing	March	BMW			-	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	13
10	Roger Williamson	Wheatcroft Racing	GRD	Ford	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-									11
10	Roger Williamson	Wheatcroft Racing	March	BMW										9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
11	Dave Morgan	Team Reeves	Chevron	Ford	4	-	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
12	Dave McConnell	DWM Racing	Surtees	Ford	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Wilson Fittipaldi	Motor Racing Developments	Brabham	Ford	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-										6
	Wilson Fittipaldi	Motor Racing Developments	Brabham	BMW									3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Motul Rondel Racing	Motul	Ford	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Torsten Palm	Surtees Racing	Surtees	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Gunnar Nilsson	Team Robert	GRD	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6
17	Sten Gunnarsson	Team Robert	GRD	Ford	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
	Bill Gubelmann	private entry	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	(2)	2	3	-	-	-	5
	Roland Binder	private entry	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	5
20	Gerry Birrell	Chevron Racing	Chevron	Ford	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Hiroshi Kazato	GRS International/Team Nippon	GRD	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	John Watson	Team Arnold	Chevron	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Jo Vonlanthen	Vonlanthen Racing	GRD	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
24	John Lepp	Chevron Racing	Chevron	Ford	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Håkan Dahlqvist	Team Robert	GRD	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Coombs Racing	Elf-Alpine	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
	Silvio Moser	private entry	Surtees	Ford	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		3
	Silvio Moser	Lewis Racing Racing	March	BMW																	1	3
28	Richard Scott	private entry	Scott-Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Tom Pryce	Motul Rondel Racing	Motul	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	(9)	-	-	2
	Brett Lunger	Space Racing	Chevron	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Spartaco Dini	Scuderia Nettuno	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
32	Peter Salisbury	Team Gerard	Surtees	Ford	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Bob Marsland	private entry	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Gabriele Serblin	Team de Adamich	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
	Kurt Rieder	Lewis Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
	Bertil Roos	DART Racing	GRD	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1

Note:

Only drivers which were not graded were able to score points.

Race 6 and 15 not all points were awarded (not enough finishers).

Vittorio Brambilla had nine points deducted for his win at Austria, because this was his fifth start in a complementary race. He had also raced in race No. 1, 5, 8 and 10.

Bill Gubelmann had two points deducted for his fifth place at Karlskoga, because this was his second start in a complementary race in Sweden. He had also raced in race No. 6.

Tom Pryce had nine points deducted for his win at Norisring, because this was his second start in a complementary race in Germany. He had also raced in race No. 8.

Non-Championship race results

Other Formula Two races, which did not count towards the European Championship, also held in 1973.

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor
I Coppa di Santamonica	Misano	22 July	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford
I Grande Prémio do Estoril	Estoril	21 October	Jean-Pierre Jarier	March-BMW

References

↑ "1973 European F2 Championship". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

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