1973 Dutch Grand Prix

March 2019 May 2024 F1 Dutch Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort-1973.svg 29 July 1973 XX Grand Prix Zandvoort Permanent racing facility Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands 2.626https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1973-dutch-grand-prix/ 1973 Dutch Grand Prix | Motorsport Database 4.226 72 189.072 304.272 Dry Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 1:19.47 Ronnie Peterson Sweden Lotus-Ford 1:20.31 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford UK François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford France James Hunt March-Ford UK NED The 1973 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zandvoort on 29 July 1973. It was race 10 of 15 in both the 1973 World Championship of Drivers and the 1973 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. Zandvoort returned to the Formula One calendar following a year's absence for extensive safety upgrades to the race track including new asphalt, new barriers and a new race control tower. Jackie Stewart won the race, this Grand Prix being fourth of five wins for Stewart during the 1973 Formula One season, and he became the most successful Formula One driver of all time with his 26th Grand Prix victory, surpassing Jim Clark's record of 25 victories. Stewart's friend and future world champion James Hunt scored his first podium finish. Driver Roger Williamson was killed in the race; this was the first of two driver fatalities in the 1973 season. François Cevert, who took the podium in second place at this race, would later perish during qualifying for the 1973 United States Grand Prix. Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap 1 2 Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 1:19.47 — 2 5 UK Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 1:19.97 +0.50 3 6 France François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 1:20.12 +0.65 4 7 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 1:20.31 +0.84 5 10 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 1:20.59 +1.12 6 8 USA Peter Revson McLaren-Ford 1:20.60 +1.13 7 27 UK James Hunt March-Ford 1:20.70 +1.23 8 24 Brazil Carlos Pace Surtees-Ford 1:21.02 +1.55 9 20 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 1:21.14 +1.67 10 17 UK Jackie Oliver Shadow-Ford 1:21.23 +1.76 11 21 Austria Niki Lauda BRM 1:21.43 +1.96 12 19 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni BRM 1:21.56 +2.09 13 11 Brazil Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham-Ford 1:21.82 +2.35 14 28 Liechtenstein Rikky von Opel Ensign-Ford 1:22.01 +2.54 15 25 New Zealand Howden Ganley Iso-Marlboro-Ford 1:22.10 +2.63 16 1 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 1:22.24 +2.77 17 12 UK Graham Hill Shadow-Ford 1:22.50 +3.03 18 14 UK Roger Williamson March-Ford 1:22.72 +3.25 19 22 New Zealand Chris Amon Tecno 1:22.73 +3.26 20 26 Netherlands Gijs van Lennep Iso-Marlboro-Ford 1:22.95 +3.48 21 18 UK David Purley March-Ford 1:23.09 +3.62 22 16 USA George Follmer Shadow-Ford 1:24.14 +3.67 23 15 UK Mike Beuttler March-Ford 1:24.45 +3.98 24 23 UK Mike Hailwood Surtees-Ford 1:32.33 +11.86 Race Death of Roger Williamson thumb|right|The burned wreckage of Roger Williamson's March 731. right|thumb|Williamson's fatal accident. On the eighth lap of the race through the high speed esses near the Tunnel Oost (East Tunnel) right-hand corner, a suspected tyre failure caused Williamson's car to pitch into the barriers at high speed, and be catapulted 300 yards (275 m) across the track, eventually coming to rest upside down against the barriers on the other side. The petrol tank had ignited whilst being scraped along the track, and the car caught fire. Williamson had not been seriously injured by the impact, but was trapped in the car. The race was not stopped and continued with a local yellow at the scene, a fact which would become significant over the next few minutes. Fellow driver David Purley, who witnessed Williamson's impact, almost immediately pulled his car over on the opposite side of the track, then ran across the live racetrack to assist him. Williamson was heard shouting to Purley to get him out of the car as Purley tried in vain to turn the car upright. There appeared to have been ample time to right the car and pull Williamson out, but as desperately as he tried, Purley was unable to do it by himself, and the marshals, who were not wearing flame retardant overalls, refrained from assisting him due to the intense heat. Race control assumed that it was Purley's car that had crashed and that the driver had escaped unharmed. Many drivers who saw Purley waving them down to stop later claimed that they assumed Purley to be trying to put a fire out from his own car, having safely exited it, and thus did not know that a second driver had been involved. As a result, the race continued at full pace while Purley desperately tried to save the life of Williamson, unbeknownst to the marshals and the drivers. There was only a single fire extinguisher in the area, and it was not enough to put out the fire. With the car still burning upside-down, the situation became hopeless, and the distraught Purley was led away by a marshal. As can be seen in the race footage, some spectators breached the safety fences in order to assist Williamson, but were likewise unable to get close to the upturned car due to the heat. With the race still on, it took some eight minutes for a fire truck to completely travel around the circuit with the flow of race traffic.https://www.vice.com/en/article/lost-in-the-dunes-the-death-of-roger-williamson/ Lost in the Dunes: The Death of Roger Williamson vice.com 22 March 2021 By the time the car was eventually righted, and the fire extinguished, Williamson had died of asphyxiation. A blanket was thrown over the burnt-out wreck with Williamson still inside, and the race carried on.http://www.formula1-dictionary.net/roger_williamson.html Roger Williamson fire, Zandvoort, 29th July 1973 Formula1-dictionary.net 22 March 2021 Purley was awarded the George Medal for his brave actions in trying to save his fellow sportsman. Williamson's remains were later cremated and his ashes transferred to an undisclosed location. In an otherwise uneventful race, Jackie Stewart won his 26th career Grand Prix and broke Jim Clark's 5-year-old record of the most career Grand Prix victories. The starting grid of this race was set up in 3-2-3-2-3 formation, making this Grand Prix the last race with the starting grid having been formed of more than two columns of cars.1973 Dutch Grand Prix https://www.statsf1.com/en/1973/pays-bas/grille.aspx StatsF1 4 June 2022 Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 UK Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 72 1:39:12.45 2 9 2 6 France François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 72 + 15.83 3 6 3 27 UK James Hunt March-Ford 72 + 1:03.01 7 4 4 8 USA Peter Revson McLaren-Ford 72 + 1:09.13 6 3 5 20 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 72 + 1:13.37 9 2 6 26 Netherlands Gijs van Lennep Iso-Marlboro-Ford 70 + 2 laps 20 1 7 24 Brazil Carlos Pace Surtees-Ford 69 + 3 laps 8   8 19 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni BRM 68 + 4 laps 12   9 25 New Zealand Howden Ganley Iso-Marlboro-Ford 68 + 4 laps 15   10 16 USA George Follmer Shadow-Ford 67 + 5 laps 22   11 2 Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 66 Engine 1   NC Not classified 12 UK Graham Hill Shadow-Ford 56 + 16 laps 17   Ret Retired 21 Austria Niki Lauda BRM 52 Fuel pump 11   Ret Retired 23 UK Mike Hailwood Surtees-Ford 52 Electrical 24   Ret Retired 7 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 31 Engine 4   Ret Retired 11 Brazil Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham-Ford 27 Accident 13   Ret Retired 22 New Zealand Chris Amon Tecno 22 Fuel system 19   Ret Retired 10 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 9 Tyre 5   Ret Retired 18 UK David Purley March-Ford 8 Withdrew (Williamson's Fatal accident) 21   Ret Retired 14 UK Roger Williamson March-Ford 7 Fatal accident 18   Ret Retired 1 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 2 Physical 16   Ret Retired 15 UK Mike Beuttler March-Ford 2 Electrical 23   Ret Retired 17 UK Jackie Oliver Shadow-Ford 1 Accident 10   DNS Did not start 28 Liechtenstein Rikky von Opel Ensign-Ford 0 Non starter 14  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1973/496/ 1973 Dutch Grand Prix formula1.com 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140907232553/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1973/496/ 7 September 2014 Notes This was Jackie Stewart's 26th Grand Prix win, thereby breaking the record set by Jim Clark at the 1968 South African Grand Prix. Coincidentally, it was also the 100th Grand Prix win for a British driver. This was the 10th Grand Prix start for Italian constructor Iso-Marlboro, entered by Frank Williams. This was the 5th win of a Dutch Grand Prix by a Ford-powered car, breaking the old record set by Coventry Climax at the 1965 Dutch Grand Prix. This was the 75th consecutive time a Ford-powered car had finished in the top #10. This broke the record of the longest streak of top #10-finishes set by Coventry Climax between the 1958 Argentine Grand Prix and the 1965 Mexican Grand Prix. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 UK Jackie Stewart* 51 10px 2 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi* 41 10px 3 FRA François Cevert* 39 10px 4 SWE Ronnie Peterson* 25 10px 1 5 USA Peter Revson* 23Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1973/pays-bas/championnat.aspx Netherlands 1973 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 15 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 1 UK Tyrrell-Ford* 62 (66) 10px 1 2 UK Lotus-Ford* 58 (62) 10px 3 UK McLaren-Ford* 38 10px 4 UK Brabham-Ford 12 10px 5 ITA Ferrari 12Source: 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. Competitors in bold and marked with an asterisk still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion. References 30em External links Formula 1 complete – all access F1 – Williamson, Roger http://www.f1complete.com/content/view/432/273/ 19 June 2009 Admin https://web.archive.org/web/20090227224637/http://f1complete.com/content/view/432/273 27 February 2009 usurped Dutch Grand Prix 1973 1973 British Grand Prix 1973 German Grand Prix 1971 Dutch Grand Prix 1974 Dutch Grand Prix Dutch Grand Prix Category:Dutch Grand Prix Grand Prix Dutch Grand Prix