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1973 Italian Grand Prix

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1973 Italian Grand Prix
Race details
Date 9 September 1973
Official name 44º Gran Premio d'Italia[1]
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Monza, Lombardy, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.775 km (3.588 miles)
Distance 55 laps, 317.625 km (197.363 miles)
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Ford
Time 1:34.8
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford
Time 1:35.3
Podium
First Lotus-Ford
Second Lotus-Ford
Third McLaren-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1973 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 9 September 1973. It was race 13 of 15 in both the 1973 World Championship of Drivers and the 1973 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.

The 55-lap race was won from pole position by Ronnie Peterson, driving a Lotus-Ford, with teammate Emerson Fittipaldi second and Peter Revson third in a McLaren-Ford. Jackie Stewart suffered a puncture early in the race which dropped him to 20th, but charged through the field to finish fourth, which was enough to secure his third (and final) Drivers' Championship.

Stewart's Tyrrell teammate François Cevert finished fifth, scoring what would turn out to be the final points of his Formula One career. Carlos Reutemann completed the top six in his Brabham.

The race also saw Jacky Ickx's last drive for Ferrari, the Belgian returning to the team for its home race having left after the British Grand Prix. Ickx qualified 14th and finished eighth, a lap down on Peterson.

Qualifying classification

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Pos No Driver Constructor Time/Gap
1 2 Sweden Ronnie Peterson LotusFord 1:34.80
2 8 United States Peter Revson McLarenFord +0.49
3 7 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLarenFord +0.65
4 1 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi LotusFord +0.88
5 24 Brazil Carlos Pace SurteesFord +1.26
6 5 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart TyrrellFord +1.30
7 4 Italy Arturo Merzario Ferrari +1.57
8 23 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood SurteesFord +1.64
9 9 West Germany Rolf Stommelen BrabhamFord +1.74
10 10 Argentina Carlos Reutemann BrabhamFord +1.75
11 6 France François Cevert TyrrellFord +1.78
12 15 United Kingdom Mike Beuttler MarchFord +1.87
13 20 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM +2.08
14 3 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari +2.19
15 21 Austria Niki Lauda BRM +2.46
16 11 Brazil Wilson Fittipaldi BrabhamFord +2.50
17 28 Liechtenstein Frederick von Opel EnsignFord +2.60
18 19 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni BRM +2.78
19 17 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver ShadowFord +3.01
20 25 New Zealand Howden Ganley WilliamsFord +3.33
21 16 United States George Follmer ShadowFord +3.86
22 12 United Kingdom Graham Hill ShadowFord +4.08
23 26 Netherlands Gijs van Lennep WilliamsFord +4.44
24 29 United Kingdom David Purley MarchFord +4.48
25 27 United Kingdom James Hunt MarchFord +5.02
Source:[2]

Race classification

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 2 Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 55 1:29:17.0 1 9
2 1 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 55 + 0.8 4 6
3 8 United States Peter Revson McLaren-Ford 55 + 28.8 2 4
4 5 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 55 + 33.2 6 3
5 6 France François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 55 + 46.2 11 2
6 10 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 55 + 59.8 10 1
7 23 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Surtees-Ford 55 + 1:28.7 8  
8 3 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 54 + 1 Lap 14  
9 29 United Kingdom David Purley March-Ford 54 + 1 Lap 24  
10 16 United States George Follmer Shadow-Ford 54 + 1 Lap 21  
11 17 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver Shadow-Ford 54 + 1 Lap 19  
12 9 Germany Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Ford 54 + 1 Lap 9  
13 20 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 54 + 1 Lap 13  
14 12 United Kingdom Graham Hill Shadow-Ford 54 + 1 Lap 22  
15 7 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 53 + 2 Laps 3  
NC 25 New Zealand Howden Ganley Iso-Marlboro-Ford 44 + 11 Laps 20  
Ret 15 United Kingdom Mike Beuttler March-Ford 34 Gearbox 12  
Ret 21 Austria Niki Lauda BRM 33 Accident 15  
Ret 19 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni BRM 30 Ignition 18  
Ret 24 Brazil Carlos Pace Surtees-Ford 17 Tyre 5  
Ret 26 Netherlands Gijs van Lennep Iso-Marlboro-Ford 14 Overheating 23  
Ret 28 Liechtenstein Rikky von Opel Ensign-Ford 10 Overheating 17  
Ret 11 Brazil Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham-Ford 6 Brakes 16  
Ret 4 Italy Arturo Merzario Ferrari 2 Suspension 7  
DNS 27 United Kingdom James Hunt March-Ford Practice Accident
Source:[3]

Notes

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  • This was the 10th fastest lap set by Tyrrell.

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 7 results from the first 8 races and the best 6 results from the last 7 races counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

References

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  1. ^ "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1973". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Formula One 1973 Italian Grand Prix Classification | Motorsport Stats".
  3. ^ "1973 Italian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Italy 1973 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.


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