1973 French Grand Prix

  1973 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 15 in the 1973 Formula One season
Date	July 1, 1973
Location	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.809 km (3.610 mi)
Distance	54 laps, 313.686 km (194.94 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford
Time	1:48.37
Fastest lap
Driver	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford
Time	1:50.99
Podium
First	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford
Second	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford
Third	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford

The 1973 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Paul Ricard Circuit on July 1, 1973.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	54	1:41:36.52	5	9
2	6	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	54	+ 40.92	4	6
3	10	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	54	+ 46.48	8	4
4	5	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	54	+ 46.93	1	3
5	3	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	54	+ 48.90	12	2
6	27	James Hunt	March-Ford	54	+ 1:22.54	14	1
7	4	Arturo Merzario	Ferrari	54	+ 1:29.19	10
8	7	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	54	+ 1:29.53	6
9	21	Niki Lauda	BRM	54	+ 1:45.76	17
10	12	Graham Hill	Shadow-Ford	53	+ 1 Lap	16
11	20	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	53	+ 1 Lap	15
12	19	Clay Regazzoni	BRM	53	+ 1 Lap	9
13	24	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford	51	+ 3 Laps	18
14	25	Howden Ganley	Iso Marlboro-Ford	51	+ 3 Laps	24
15	29	Rikky von Opel	Ensign-Ford	51	+ 3 Laps	25
16	11	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	50	+ 4 Laps	19
Ret	8	Jody Scheckter	McLaren-Ford	43	Accident	2
Ret	1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	41	Collision	3
Ret	23	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	29	Oil Leak	11
Ret	9	Andrea de Adamich	Brabham-Ford	28	Halfshaft	13
Ret	15	Reine Wisell	March-Ford	20	Overheating	22
Ret	16	George Follmer	Shadow-Ford	16	Fuel System	20
Ret	26	Henri Pescarolo	Iso Marlboro-Ford	16	Overheating	23
Ret	14	Jean-Pierre Jarier	March-Ford	7	Halfshaft	7
Ret	17	Jackie Oliver	Shadow-Ford	0	Clutch	21

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
1	1	Jackie Stewart	42
1	2	Emerson Fittipaldi	41
	3	François Cevert	31
2	4	Ronnie Peterson	19
1	5	Denny Hulme	19

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
1	1	Lotus-Ford	52 (56)
1	2	Tyrrell-Ford	51 (55)
	3	McLaren-Ford	26
	4	Ferrari	12
	5	Brabham-Ford	11

• 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

• "The Official Formula 1 website". Retrieved 2008-01-22. 

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