The 1973 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 3 June 1973. It was race 6 of 15 in both the 1973 World Championship of Drivers and the 1973 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.
The race was held on a heavily revised circuit, with a longer tunnel, a new section of track around the new swimming pool on the harbour front, and the Gasworks hairpin replaced by the Rascasse and Antony Noghès corners, the latter named after the founder of the race. The pits were also moved back to the start-finish straight, on a wider pit lane.
The 78-lap race was won from pole position by Scotland's Jackie Stewart, driving a Tyrrell-Ford. In the process, Stewart equalled the record of 25 Grand Prix victories set by his friend Jim Clark. Brazil's Emerson Fittipaldi finished second in a Lotus-Ford, with Swedish teammate Ronnie Peterson third.
This was the first race for future World Champion James Hunt, driving a March-Ford entered by Hesketh Racing. Hunt suffered an engine failure in the closing stages of the race, but was classified ninth.
Qualifying
Qualifying classification Pos.DriverConstructorTimeNo1Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford1:27.512Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford1:27.723Denis HulmeMcLaren-Ford1:27.834François CevertTyrrell-Ford1:27.945Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford1:28.156Niki LaudaBRM1:28.567Jacky IckxFerrari1:28.778Clay RegazzoniBRM1:28.989Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford1:28.9910Howden GanleyIso-Ford1:29.01011Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM1:29.01112Chris AmonTecno1:29.31213Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford1:29.41314Jean-Pierre JarierMarch-Ford1:29.41415Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford1:29.41516Arturo MerzarioFerrari1:29.51617Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford1:29.61718James HuntMarch-Ford1:29.91819Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford1:30.11920George FollmerShadow-Ford1:30.421Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford1:31.02022Nanni GalliIso-Ford1:31.12123Jackie OliverShadow-Ford1:31.22224David PurleyMarch-Ford1:31.92325Graham HillShadow-Ford1:31.92426Andrea de AdamichBrabham-Ford1:32.125
Race
Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 78 1:57:44.3 1 9 2 1 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 78 + 1.3 5 6 3 2 Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 77 + 1 Lap 2 4 4 6 François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 77 + 1 Lap 4 3 5 8 Peter Revson McLaren-Ford 76 + 2 Laps 15 2 6 7 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 76 + 2 Laps 3 1 7 9 Andrea de Adamich Brabham-Ford 75 + 3 Laps 25 8 23 Mike Hailwood Surtees-Ford 75 + 3 Laps 13 9 27 James Hunt March-Ford 73 Engine 18 10 17 Jackie Oliver Shadow-Ford 72 + 6 Laps 22 11 11 Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham-Ford 71 Fuel System 9 14 Jean-Pierre Jarier March-Ford 67 Gearbox 14 12 Graham Hill Shadow-Ford 62 Suspension 24 4 Arturo Merzario Ferrari 58 Oil Pressure 16 10 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 46 Gearbox 19 3 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 44 Halfshaft 7 25 Howden Ganley Iso-Marlboro-Ford 41 Halfshaft 10 20 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 39 Accident 11 24 Carlos Pace Surtees-Ford 31 Halfshaft 17 18 David Purley March-Ford 31 Fuel Leak 23 26 Nanni Galli Iso-Marlboro-Ford 30 Halfshaft 21 21 Niki Lauda BRM 24 Gearbox 6 22 Chris Amon Tecno 22 Overheating 12 19 Clay Regazzoni BRM 15 Brakes 8 15 Mike Beuttler March-Ford 3 Engine 20 16 George Follmer Shadow-Ford Practice Accident
Notes
This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British drivers David Purley and future World Champion James Hunt. This was the 10th pole position for Tyrrell.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Emerson Fittipaldi 41 2 Jackie Stewart 37 3 François Cevert 21 4 Peter Revson 11 5 Denny Hulme 10Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Tyrrell-Ford 45 2 Lotus-Ford 41 3 McLaren-Ford 17 4 Ferrari 9 5 Shadow-Ford 5Source:
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