The 1973 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Österreichring on 19 August 1973. It was race 12 of 15 in both the 1973 World Championship of Drivers and the 1973 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.
The 54-lap race was won by Swedish driver Ronnie Peterson, driving a Lotus-Ford, after he started from second position. Scotland's Jackie Stewart achieved his final podium finish, coming second in his Tyrrell-Ford, while Brazil's Carlos Pace achieved his first, coming third in a Surtees-Ford.
Niki Lauda was forced to miss his home race after breaking his wrist at the Nürburgring two weeks previously. BRM did not replace him for the event.
Qualifying
Qualifying classification Pos.DriverConstructorTimeNo1Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford1:34.9812Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford1:35.3723Denis HulmeMcLaren-Ford1:35.6934Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford1:35.8645Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford1:36.0156Arturo MerzarioFerrari1:36.4267Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford1:36.4478Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford1:36.4889James HuntMarch-Ford1:36.63910François CevertTyrrell-Ford1:36.771011Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford1:36.831112Jean-Pierre JarierMarch-Ford1:36.931213Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM1:37.461314Clay RegazzoniBRM1:37.521415Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford1:37.601516Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford1:37.811617Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford1:37.851718Jackie OliverShadow-Ford1:37.971819Rikky von OpelEnsign-Ford1:38.221920George FollmerShadow-Ford1:38.302021Howden GanleyIso-Ford1:39.382122Graham HillShadow-Ford1:39.502223Chris AmonTecno1:40.3924Gijs van LennepIso-Ford1:41.0423
Race
Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 54 1:28:48.78 2 9 2 5 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 54 + 9.01 7 6 3 24 Carlos Pace Surtees-Ford 54 + 46.64 8 4 4 10 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 54 + 47.91 5 3 5 20 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 54 + 1:21.30 13 2 6 19 Clay Regazzoni BRM 54 + 1:38.40 14 1 7 4 Arturo Merzario Ferrari 53 + 1 Lap 6 8 7 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 53 + 1 Lap 3 9 26 Gijs van Lennep Iso-Marlboro-Ford 52 + 2 Laps 23 10 23 Mike Hailwood Surtees-Ford 49 + 5 Laps 15 1 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 48 Fuel System 1 25 Howden Ganley Iso-Marlboro-Ford 44 + 10 Laps 21 18 Jean-Pierre Jarier March-Ford 37 Engine 12 28 Rikky von Opel Ensign-Ford 34 Fuel System 19 11 Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham-Ford 31 Fuel System 16 12 Graham Hill Shadow-Ford 28 Suspension 22 16 George Follmer Shadow-Ford 23 Differential 20 9 Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Ford 21 Wheel 17 17 Jackie Oliver Shadow-Ford 9 Fuel System 18 6 François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 6 Suspension 10 27 James Hunt March-Ford 3 Injection 9 8 Peter Revson McLaren-Ford 0 Clutch 4 15 Mike Beuttler March-Ford 0 Collision 11 22 Chris Amon Tecno 21 Niki Lauda BRM
Notes
This was Jackie Stewart's 43rd and last podium finish. This record would stand until it was beaten by Carlos Reutemann at the 1981 Italian Grand Prix.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jackie Stewart* 66 2 François Cevert* 45 3 Emerson Fittipaldi* 42 4 Ronnie Peterson 34 5 Peter Revson 23Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Tyrrell-Ford* 77 (81) 2 Lotus-Ford* 68 (72) 3 McLaren-Ford 42 4 Brabham-Ford 17 5 Ferrari 12Source:
Competitors in bold and marked with an asterisk still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.
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