1973 Formula One season

The 1973 Formula One season crowned as champion Jackie Stewart.

Season review

Round	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentine Grand Prix	January 28	Oscar Gálvez	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	Report
2	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazilian Grand Prix	February 11	Interlagos	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	Report
3	South African Grand Prix	March 3	Kyalami	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
4	Spanish Grand Prix	April 29	Montjuïc	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	Report
5	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgian Grand Prix	May 20	Zolder	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	June 3	Monaco	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
7	Swedish Grand Prix	June 17	Scandinavian Raceway	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	Report
8	French Grand Prix	July 1	Paul Ricard	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	Report
9	British Grand Prix	July 14	Silverstone	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	Report
10	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dutch Grand Prix	July 29	Zandvoort	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
11	German Grand Prix	August 5	Nürburgring	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
12	Austrian Grand Prix	August 19	Österreichring	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	Report
13	Italian Grand Prix	September 9	Monza	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	Report
14	Canadian Grand Prix	September 23	Mosport Park	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	Report
15	United States Grand Prix	October 7	Watkins Glen	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	Report

1973 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos	Driver	ARG File:Flag of Argentina.svg	BRA File:Flag of Brazil.svg	RSA	ESP	BEL File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	NED File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	Points
1	Jackie Stewart	3	2	1	Ret	1	1	5	4	10	1	1	2	4	5	WD	71
2	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi	1	1	3	1	3	2	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	2	2	6	55
3	Ronnie Peterson	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	3	2	1	2	11	Ret	1	1	Ret	1	52
4	François Cevert	2	10	NC	2	2	4	3	2	5	2	2	Ret	5	Ret	DNS	47
5	Peter Revson	8	Ret	2	4	Ret	5	7		1	4	9	Ret	3	1	5	38
6	Denny Hulme	5	3	5	6	7	6	1	8	3	Ret	12	8	15	13	4	26
7	File:Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann	Ret	11	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	3	6	Ret	Ret	4	6	8	3	16
8	James Hunt								6	4	3		Ret	Ret	7	2	14
9	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx	4	5	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	6	5	8		3		8		7	12
10	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	5	Ret	5	13	4	9	9
11	File:Flag of Brazil.svg José Carlos Pace	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	10	13	Ret	7	4	3	Ret	18	Ret	7
12	Arturo Merzario	9	4	4			Ret		7				7	Ret	15	16	6
13	George Follmer			6	3	Ret		14	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	10	17	14	5
14	Jackie Oliver			Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	11	3	15	4
15	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior	6	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	11	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	11	NC	3
16	Andrea de Adamich			8	Ret	4	7		Ret	Ret							3
17	Clay Regazzoni	7	6	Ret	9	10	Ret	9	12	7	8	Ret	6	Ret		8	3
18	Niki Lauda	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	13	9	12	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	2
19	Howden Ganley	NC	7	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	9	9		NC	NC	6	12	1
20	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gijs van Lennep										6		9	Ret			1
21	Chris Amon					6	Ret			Ret	Ret				10	WD	1
22	Mike Hailwood	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	10	7	9	Ret	0
23	Mike Beuttler	10	Ret	Ret	NC	7	11	Ret	8		11	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
24	Jochen Mass									Ret		7				Ret	0
25	Henri Pescarolo				8				Ret			10					0
26	Graham Hill				Ret	9	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	NC	13	Ret	14	16	13	0
27	Nanni Galli	Ret	9		11	Ret	Ret										0
28	Jody Scheckter			9					Ret	Ret					Ret	Ret	0
29	Rolf Stommelen											11	Ret	12	12		0
30	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ret	Ret	NC		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret				Ret		NC	11	0
31	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Bueno		12														0
32	Rikky von Opel								15	13	DNS		Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	0
33	Tim Schenken															14	0
34	David Purley						Ret			Ret	WD	16		Ret			0
—	Jackie Pretorius	Ret	Ret	NC		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret				Ret		NC		0
—	Reine Wisell							Ret	Ret								0
—	Roger Williamson									Ret	Ret						0
—	John Watson									Ret						Ret	0
—	Eddie Keizan			NC													0
—	Dave Charlton			Ret													0
—	Graham McRae									Ret							0
—	Peter Gethin														Ret		0
—	Brian Redman															DSQ	0
Pos	Driver	ARG File:Flag of Argentina.svg	BRA File:Flag of Brazil.svg	RSA	ESP	BEL File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	NED File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Finished, in points
Blue	Finished, no points
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Purple	Not classified (NC)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate
	Injured (INJ)
	Excluded (EX)

1973 Formula One Season Media

Graham Hill bought a chassis from the new Shadow team and painted it in his Embassy Racing colours.
Ronnie Peterson driving for Team Lotus at the Dutch Grand Prix.
Future champion Niki Lauda shortly led the Argentine Grand Prix.
Roger Williamson burned to death while the Dutch Grand Prix continued.
François Cevert fatally crashed during practice for the United States Grand Prix.