1973 Singapore Grand Prix

November 2019 GP Non-championship Formula Two race Singapore Singapore 22 April 1973 Thomson Road Circuit.svg VIII International Singapore Grand Prixhttp://www.smsa.org.sg/about.htm About Singapore Motor Sports Association 3 October 2008 Singapore Motor Sports Association https://web.archive.org/web/20080703061651/http://www.smsa.org.sg/about.htm 3 July 2008 dead Old Upper Thomson Road, Singapore Thomson Road Grand Prix circuit 3.023 4.865 50 151.149 243.250 Graeme Lawrence New Zealand Surtees-Hart 1:57.1 Leo Geoghegan Birrana-Hart 1:54.9 Australia Vern Schuppan Australia March-Hart Graeme Lawrence New Zealand Surtees-Hart John MacDonald Hong Kong Brabham-Ford 1959 The 1973 Singapore Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Thomson Road Grand Prix circuit on 22 April 1973. It was the final Singapore Grand Prix before the cancellation of the event, which resumed in 2008 as a round of the Formula One World Championship. The race was contested over 50 laps and was won by Vern Schuppan driving a March. The race was run to Australian Formula Two rules.Singapore:The Encyclopedia Singapore Grand Prix 2006 Tommy T.B. Koh Editions Didier Millet 981-4155-63-2 490 Report Background John MacDonald had a brand new Brabham BT40 delivered to him for the race. However, his team ran into difficulty due to fuel pick-up problems with the new car.Solomon Eli March 2006 Singapore Fling Motor Sport 77 March 2006 In the 1972 event, the 28-year-old Singaporean driver Lionel Chan was involved in an accident which saw his car roll into a ditch on the fourth lap after losing a wheel and hitting an official car. He was taken to hospital but fell into a coma and later died.Driver dies after racing crash The Times 6 5 April 1972http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=4107 Lionel Chan 3 October 2008 Motorsport Memorial The circuit was considered dangerous and the Singaporean Minister of Social Affairs, Encik Othman Wok, stated, "I'll be the happiest man when we get a permanent circuit."Feast Richard 26 April 1973 Schuppan shows the way Autosport 51 4 16–17 Race Schuppan was leading Malcolm Ramsay's Birrana when Schuppan's March kicked up some stones, puncturing Ramsay's fuel tank and covering him in petrol. Malcolm soldiered on until the pain of the petrol burning his balls forced him to retire. 200 50 Angus Lamont, mechanic for John MacDonald Aftermath "The circuit over which the Grand Prix is run would send shivers down the collective spines of the CSI safety committee. To obtain the circuit the public roads are simply closed off. If there are any safety devices I didn't see any." Richard Feast 21% right During a support race for touring cars, Swiss driver Joe Huber went off the track into a lamp post. He died six days later as a result of his injuries.http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=2983 Joe Huber 3 October 2008 Motorsport Memorial He was the seventh fatality in the history of the Singapore Grand Prix. The difficulty of implementing adequate safety measures, along with concerns that the Grand Prix was promoting reckless driving, led to motor racing being banned in Singapore after the 1973 Grand Prix.Singapore Grand Prix Singapore Infopedia National Library, Singapore http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1353_2008-08-28.html 20 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081201102114/http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1353_2008-08-28.html 1 December 2008 dead Other contributory factors have been suggested, including an increase in traffic, the inconvenience of having to close roads for the event and also a surge of oil prices stemming from the Suez Crisis.A History of the Singapore Grand Prix Snakes & Devils http://www.snakes-devils.com/TheIntro.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20170917080823/http://www.snakes-devils.com/TheIntro.htm dead 17 September 2017 15 February 2008 On average the Grand Prix saw one fatality per year, partly due to the nature of the circuit which featured monsoon drains and bus stops. Graeme Lawrence, a three-time winner of the Singapore Grand Prix, believed that the Thomson Road circuit was one of the most dangerous in the world. A permanent track incorporating a sports complex was proposed as a replacement for the Thomson Road circuit, but this did not come to fruition. Classification Starting grid PosNameChassisEngineTime1New Zealand Graeme LawrenceSurtees TS15Hart1:57.12Australia Vern SchuppanMarch 722Hart1:57.33Australia Leo GeogheganBirrana 273Hart1:57.84New Zealand Ken SmithMarch 722Hart1:59.15Hong Kong 1959 John MacDonaldBrabham BT40Hart1:59.16Australia Malcolm RamsayBirrana 273Hart1:59.57Australia Max StewartRennmax BN3England2:01.38Australia Tony StewartDolphin 732England2:01.59Malaysia Sonny RajahMarch 722Hart2:02.610Hong Kong 1959 Albert PoonBrabham BT40Hart2:03.011USA Mike HallBrabham BT40Hart2:04.012Malaysia Percy ChanLotus 69RES2:07.513Singapore Jan BussellPalliser WDB4BRM2:07.614Indonesia Hanny WianoGRD 272Hart2:08.915Japan Kiyoshi MisakiBrabham BT30Toyota2:11.116New Zealand Steve MillenElden Mk. 8Ford2:12.717United States Harvey SimonElfin 600BFord2:13.618USA John GreenChevron B20Hart2:14.419New Zealand Dave HaywardHawkeFord2:31.820Singapore Chong Boon SengBrabham BT302:49.1Source: Race Pos Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 Australia Vern Schuppan March-Hart 50 1:38:58.3 2 2New Zealand Graeme Lawrence Surtees-Hart 50 +38.5 1 3 Hong Kong 1959 John MacDonald Brabham-Hart 49 +1 lap 5 4Australia Max Stewart Rennmax-England 49 +1 lap 7 5 Australia Tony Stewart Dolphin-England 49 +1 lap 8 6 New Zealand Ken Smith March-Hart 47 +3 laps 4 7 Singapore Jan Bussell Palliser-BRM 47 +3 laps 13 8 New Zealand Steve Millen Elden-Ford 43 +7 laps 16 9 Australia Leo Geoghegan Birrana-Hart 41 +9 laps 3 10 United States Harvey Simon Elfin-Ford 40 +10 laps 17 ? Malaysia Percy Chan Lotus-RES 12 ? Indonesia Hanny Wiano GRD-Hart 14 ?Japan Kiyoshi Misaki Brabham-Toyota 15 ? USA John Green Chevron-Hart 18 ?New Zealand Dave Hayward Hawke-Ford 19 ?Singapore Chong Boon Seng Brabham 20 Ret Malaysia Sonny Rajah March-Hart 25 Battery 9 RetAustralia Malcolm RamsayBirrana-Hart 17 Fuel tank 6 Ret USA Mike Hall Brabham-Hart 7 Radiator 11DNSHong Kong 1959 Albert Poon Brabham-Hart Engine 10DNS Canada Brian Robertson Brabham-Hart Practice crash —DNS Indonesia Robert Silitonga GRD-Hart Practice crash —Source: References Singapore Grand Prix 1972 Singapore Grand Prix 1973 2008 Singapore Grand Prix Grand Prix Singapore Grand Prix Category:Singapore Grand Prix