1973 German Grand Prix

The 1973 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Nürburgring on 5 August 1973. It was race 11 of 15 in both the 1973 World Championship of Drivers and the 1973 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.

1973 German Grand Prix
Race details
Date 5 August 1973
Official name XXXVIII Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 22.835 km (14.19 mi)
Distance 14 laps, 319.690 km (198.65 mi)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver
Tyrrell-Ford
Time 7:07.8[1]
Fastest lap
Driver Carlos Pace Surtees-Ford
Time 7:11.4[1] on lap 13
Podium
First
Tyrrell-Ford
Second
Tyrrell-Ford
Third
McLaren-Ford

The 14-lap race was won from pole position by Jackie Stewart, driving a Tyrrell-Ford. It was Stewart's 27th and final Grand Prix victory, a record that would stand until 1987. Teammate François Cevert finished second, with Jacky Ickx third in a McLaren-Ford.

The works March team did not participate in this race following the accident at the Dutch Grand Prix the previous weekend that had claimed the life of Roger Williamson. The Ferrari, Ensign, Tecno and Hesketh teams also did not participate. To boost the field, the McLaren, Brabham and Surtees teams all entered three cars: Ferrari released Ickx to drive the third McLaren; Rolf Stommelen drove the third Brabham in place of the injured Andrea de Adamich; and Jochen Mass drove the third Surtees.

Qualifying

Qualifying classification
Pos. Driver Constructor Time No
1 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 7:07,8 1
2 Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 7:08,3 2
3 François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 7:09,3 3
4 Jacky Ickx McLaren-Ford 7:09,7 4
5 Niki Lauda B.R.M. 7:09,9 5
6 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 7:15,1 6
7 Peter Revson McLaren-Ford 7:15,9 7
8 Denis Hulme McLaren-Ford 7:16,5 8
9 Jean-Pierre Beltoise B.R.M. 7:18,1 9
10 Clay Regazzoni B.R.M. 7:18,2 10
11 Carlos Pace Surtees-Ford 7:18,8 11
12 Henri Pescarolo Iso-Ford 7:18,8 12
13 Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham-Ford 7:19,1 13
14 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 7:19,7 14
15 Jochen Mass Surtees-Ford 7:20,4 15
16 Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Ford 7:22,2 16
17 Jackie Oliver Shadow-Ford 7:22,3 17
18 Mike Hailwood Surtees-Ford 7:22,3 18
19 Howden Ganley Iso-Ford 7:25,1 DNS
20 Mike Beuttler March-Ford 7:26,6 19
21 Graham Hill Shadow-Ford 7:27,1 20
22 George Follmer Shadow-Ford 7:28,3 21
23 David Purley March-Ford 7:54,2 22

Race

Classification
PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 5 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 14 1:42:03.0 1 9
2 6 François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 14 + 1.6 3 6
3 30 Jacky Ickx McLaren-Ford 14 + 41.2 4 4
4 24 Carlos Pace Surtees-Ford 14 + 53.8 11 3
5 11 Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham-Ford 14 + 1:19.9 13 2
6 1 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 14 + 1:24.3 14 1
7 31 Jochen Mass Surtees-Ford 14 + 1:25.2 15  
8 17 Jackie Oliver Shadow-Ford 14 + 1:25.7 17  
9 8 Peter Revson McLaren-Ford 14 + 2:11.8 7  
10 26 Henri Pescarolo Iso-Marlboro-Ford 14 + 2:22.5 12  
11 9 Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Ford 14 + 3:27.3 16  
12 7 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 14 + 3:38.7 8  
13 12 Graham Hill Shadow-Ford 14 + 3:49.0 20  
14 23 Mike Hailwood Surtees-Ford 13 + 1 Lap 18  
15 18 David Purley March-Ford 13 + 1 Lap 22  
16 15 Mike Beuttler March-Ford 13 + 1 Lap 19  
Ret 10 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 7 Engine 6  
Ret 19 Clay Regazzoni BRM 7 Engine 10  
Ret 16 George Follmer Shadow-Ford 5 Accident 21  
Ret 20 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 4 Gearbox 9  
Ret 21 Niki Lauda BRM 1 Accident 5  
Ret 2 Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 0 Ignition 2  
DNS 25 Howden Ganley Iso-Marlboro-Ford Accident in qualifying
Source:[2]

Notes
  • Lap leaders: Jackie Stewart (1-14)
  • New Zealander Howden Ganley heavily crashed his Williams/Iso-Marlboro-Ford and the car could not be repaired in time for the race.
  • Austrian Niki Lauda had outqualified his next-fastest teammate Jean-Pierre Beltoise by 8.2 seconds, but due to a suspension failure, he crashed at Kesselchen on the second lap, escaping with a broken wrist, but this accident forced him to miss his home race 2 weeks later.
  • Belgian Jacky Ickx and Swede Ronnie Peterson battled for 3rd on the first lap, but at Breidscheid the failure of the alternator on Peterson's Lotus put him out of the race. He went across the Adenauer Bridge and stopped at Ex-Mühle, and spent the next 3 laps trying to fix the car.
  • The race was rebroadcast in 2003 in the USA on Speed Channel as a special broadcast of their Formula 1 retrospective, Formula One Decade. Commentary was by Jackie Stewart and David Hobbs.[3][4]

Championship standings after the race
  • 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
  1. "Formula One World - History - German Grand Prix 1973". Archived from the original on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  2. "1973 German Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  3. "Part1". Youtube.com. 2007-09-20. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
  4. "Part2". Youtube.com. 2007-09-20. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
  5. "Germany 1973 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
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