1973 Belgian Grand Prix

F1 Belgium Belgian XXXI GROTE PRIJS VAN BELGIE Circuit Zolder-1973-1974.svg 20 May 1973 Circuit ZolderHeusden-Zolder, Limburg, Belgium Grand Prix Circuit 2.622 4.220 70 183.540 295.379 Warm, dry Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 1:22.46 SWE François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 1:25.42 28 FRA Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford UK François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford FRA Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford BRA BEL The 1973 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zolder on 20 May 1973.https://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Zolder-1973-05-20e.jpg 1973 Belgian Grand Prix Entry list It was race 5 of 15 in both the 1973 World Championship of Drivers and the 1973 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was won by British driver Jackie Stewart driving a Tyrrell 006. The entire Zolder track had to be resurfaced a week before the actual Grand Prix after a few drivers such as Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi and François Cevert walked around the track to inspect it. They found that the track started to break up as a result of a previous race, and the track owners immediately decided to resurface the track, only a week before the Grand Prix. Cevert, Fittipaldi and Stewart refused to drive on the track because of the danger, and Cevert responded to the FIA that they would attempt to cancel the race if the owners did not do a good enough job of fixing the track. Future world champion Niki Lauda took his first ever career points here, by finishing in fifth place in his BRM. This race saw the end of teams' numbers changing from race to race - the numbers teams raced with at Zolder lasted until the end of the season. For the 1974 season, the finishing positions in the 1973 Constructors' Championship were used to allocate the numbers, after which teams did not change numbers unless they won the Drivers' Championship (or signed the current World Champion). Qualifying Qualifying classification Pos.DriverConstructorTimeNo1 SWE Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 1:22.4612NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford1:23.0023 BEL Jacky Ickx Ferrari1:23.1034 FRA François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford1:23.2245 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM1:23.2556 GBR Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford1:23.2867 ARG Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford1:23.3478 BRA Carlos Pace Surtees-Ford1:23.3489BRA Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford1:23.44910 USA Peter Revson McLaren-Ford1:23.521011 USA George Follmer Shadow-Ford1:23.861112 SUI Clay Regazzoni BRM1:23.911213 GBR Mike Hailwood Surtees-Ford1:23.961314 AUT Niki Lauda BRM1:24.511415 NZL Chris Amon Tecno1:24.791516 FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier March-Ford1:24.831617 ITA Nanni Galli Iso-Marlboro-Ford1:24.891718 ITA Andrea de Adamich Brabham-Ford1:25.281819 BRA Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham-Ford1:25.571920 GBR Mike Beuttler March-Ford1:25.772021 NZL Howden Ganley Iso-Marlboro-Ford1:26.682122 GBR Jackie Oliver Shadow-Ford1:28.122223 GBR Graham Hill Shadow-Ford1:30.4523 Race Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 GBR Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 70 1:42:13.43 6 9 2 6 FRA François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 70 + 31.84 4 6 3 1BRA Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 70 + 2:02.79 9 4 4 9 ITA Andrea de Adamich Brabham-Ford 69 + 1 Lap 18 3 5 21 AUT Niki Lauda BRM 69 + 1 Lap 14 2 6 22 NZL Chris Amon Tecno 67 + 3 Laps 15 1 7 7NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 67 +3 Laps 2   8 24 BRA Carlos Pace Surtees-Ford 66 +4 Laps 8   9 12 GBR Graham Hill Shadow-Ford 65 +5 Laps 23   10 19 SUI Clay Regazzoni BRM 63 Accident 12   11 15 GBR Mike Beuttler March-Ford 63 Accident 20   Ret Retired 14 FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier March-Ford 60 Accident 16   Ret Retired 20 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 56 Not classified 5   Ret Retired 11 BRA Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham-Ford 46 Engine 19   Ret Retired 2 SWE Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 42 Accident 1   Ret Retired 8 USA Peter Revson McLaren-Ford 33 Accident 10   Ret Retired 25 NZL Howden Ganley Iso-Marlboro-Ford 16 Accident 21   Ret Retired 10 ARG Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 14 Engine 7   Ret Retired 16 USA George Follmer Shadow-Ford 13 Throttle 11   Ret Retired 17 GBR Jackie Oliver Shadow-Ford 11 Accident 22   Ret Retired 3 BEL Jacky Ickx Ferrari 6 Oil pump 3   Ret Retired 26 ITA Nanni Galli Iso-Marlboro-Ford 6 Engine 17   Ret Retired 23 GBR Mike Hailwood Surtees-Ford 4 Accident 13  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1973/491/ 1973 Belgian Grand Prix formula1.com 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140903034913/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1973/491/ 3 September 2014 Notes This was the 50th race in which a Brazilian driver participated. This race marked the 24th and 25th podium finish for British constructor Tyrrell. This was the 50th pole position for a Ford-powered car. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi 35 10px 2 UK Jackie Stewart 28 10px 3 FRA François Cevert 18 10px 4 USA Peter Revson 9 10px 5 NZL Denny Hulme 9Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1973/belgique/championnat.aspx Belgium 1973 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 12 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 1 UK Tyrrell-Ford 36 10px 1 2 UK Lotus-Ford 35 10px 3 UK McLaren-Ford 15 10px 4 ITA Ferrari 9 10px 5 UK Shadow-Ford 5Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Belgian Grand Prix 1973 1973 Spanish Grand Prix 1973 Monaco Grand Prix 1972 Belgian Grand Prix 1974 Belgian Grand Prix 1972 British Grand Prix 1974 German Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix Category:Belgian Grand Prix Category:European Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:Circuit Zolder Category:Sports competitions in Limburg (Belgium) Category:May 1973 sports events in Europe