1973 German F1 Grand Prix Race Report & Results

Event: German Grand Prix
Track: Nürburgring

Weather: sunny, dry, warm

Jackie Stewart won his 27th F1 World Championship race at the 1973 German Grand Prix. The Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth driver started from pole position and won on the Nurburgring circuit for the 2nd time. It was also his 5th win of the season and the 16th win for the Tyrrell F1 team.

Stewart’s 27th and last

The 1973 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring delivered Jackie Stewart his 27th and final F1 World Championship victory and his 17th and last pole position. It was also another Tyrrell 1-2, with Francois Cevert finishing 1.5 seconds behind in second. On the podium Stewart told the press his team-mate could have passed him “whenever he wanted”, the clearest public signal yet that the Scot intended to hand the team leadership to Cevert at season’s end.

The race

Peterson took yet another pole position, but spun off on lap 1 with distributor failure, his luck in 1973 endured. Niki Lauda, fifth on the grid for BRM, crashed heavily at Kesselchen on lap 2 after a suspension failure, breaking his wrist. Jacky Ickx, racing a third McLaren M23 after his bitter split from Ferrari, qualified fourth and finished third on a circuit he knew better than any, his last F1 podium for a long time.

From there it was Stewart and Cevert in formation, ten seconds clear by lap 3 and 30 seconds clear by lap 8. Carlos Pace set fastest lap (his first in F1) in the Surtees on the way to fourth and the headline drive of the day. The Fittipaldi brothers were fifth and sixth, Emerson manfully driving with broken bones in both feet from Zandvoort.

Standings

Stewart now had 60 points to Cevert’s 45 and Fittipaldi’s 42, the championship was now Stewart’s to lose. Tyrrell led Lotus by 12 in the constructors’. With four rounds remaining and Stewart known to be heading for retirement, the question was whether he could secure the title before the end, and whether the Cevert succession would survive what was about to happen at Watkins Glen.

Classification 1973 German F1 GP

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Car & Engine	Grid	Laps	Led	Time	Pts
1	5	JackieStewart	Tyrrell	Tyrrell 006Ford DFV	1	14	14	1:42:03.000	9
2	6	FrançoisCevert	Tyrrell	Tyrrell 006Ford DFV	3	14		1:42:04.600+1.600s	6
3	30	JackyIckx	McLaren	McLaren M23Ford DFV	4	14		1:42:44.200+41.200s	4
4	24	CarlosPace	Surtees	Surtees TS14AFord DFV	11	14		1:42:56.800+53.800s	3
5	11	WilsonFittipaldi	Brabham	Brabham BT42Ford DFV	13	14		1:43:22.900+1:19.900	2
6	1	EmersonFittipaldi	Team Lotus	Lotus 72EFord DFV	14	14		1:43:27.300+1:24.300	1
7	31	JochenMass	Surtees	Surtees TS14AFord DFV	15	14		1:43:28.200+1:25.200
8	17	JackieOliver	Shadow	Shadow DN1Ford DFV	17	14		1:43:28.700+1:25.700
9	8	PeterRevson	McLaren	McLaren M23Ford DFV	7	14		1:44:14.800+2:11.800
10	26	HenriPescarolo	Iso Marlboro	Iso Marlboro IRFord DFV	12	14		1:44:25.500+2:22.500
11	9	RolfStommelen	Brabham	Brabham BT42Ford DFV	16	14		1:45:30.300+3:27.300
12	7	DennyHulme	McLaren	McLaren M23Ford DFV	8	14		1:45:41.700+3:38.700
13	12	GrahamHill	Shadow	Shadow DN1Ford DFV	20	14		1:45:52.000+3:49.000
14	23	MikeHailwood	Surtees	Surtees TS14AFord DFV	18	13		+1 lap
15	18	DavidPurley	March	March 731Ford DFV	22	13		+1 lap
16	15	MikeBeuttler	March	March 731Ford DFV	19	13		+1 lap
DNF	10	CarlosReutemann	Brabham	Brabham BT42Ford DFV	6	7		Engine
DNF	19	ClayRegazzoni	BRM	BRM P160EBRM P142	10	7		Engine
DNF	16	GeorgeFollmer	Shadow	Shadow DN1Ford DFV	21	5		Accident
DNF	20	Jean-PierreBeltoise	BRM	BRM P160EBRM P142	9	4		Gearbox
DNF	21	NikiLauda	BRM	BRM P160EBRM P142	5	1		Accident
DNF	2	RonniePeterson	Team Lotus	Lotus 72EFord DFV	2	0		Ignition

Fastest lap: 7:11.400 min by Carlos Pace (Surtees TS14A) in lap 13

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