The 1973 Formula 750 season was the first season of the FIM Formula 750 Prize. The series had previously been run as a British competition under ACU rules. Ten races were held over seven rounds. Although disqualified at Silverstone for using a different bike in the second race, Barry Sheene won the championship.
Calendar
1973 Calendar Round Race title Circuit Date Heat 1 Winner Heat 2 Winner Overall winner 1 Imola 200 Imola April 15 Jarno Saarinen Jarno Saarinen Jarno Saarinen 2 France Clermont-Ferrand May 27 Barry Sheene 3 GP de Suède Anderstorp July 22 Jack Findlay 4 Finland Hämeenlinna August 1 Teuvo Länsivuori 5 John Player International Silverstone August 12 Paul Smart Paul Smart Paul Smart 6 Germany Hockenheim September 30 Jack Findlay Stan Woods Stan Woods 7 Spain Montjuïc October 7 John Dodds References
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The Ontario Motor Speedway in California, US was scheduled to hold a round in May 1973. Due to financial difficulties and management changes the event was rescheduled to October. The FIM rules are that a race date cannot be changed once the calendar is ratified so would not sanction the race. The race was therefore run as an AMA Road Race National not a F750 event.
Points system Points for each event were awarded as below, events at Imola, Silverstone and Hockenheim consisted of two races and points were awarded by aggregate times of the two. At Hockenheim, Jack Findlay won the first race but fell in the second. As there was no aggregate time over the two rounds for him he wasn't awarded points. Suzuki objected and the points awarded were based on positions in each race.
Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Only the four best results achieved by a rider counted towards the championship standings.
Championship standings
Pos Rider Bike IMO CHA AND HEM SIL HOC MON Points(gross) 1 Barry Sheene Suzuki TR750 - 1 3 2 DSQ 2 2 51 (61) 2 John Dodds Yamaha TZ 350 - 2 - - 3 3 1 47 3 Jack Findlay Suzuki 750 6 - 1 3 2 5 4 45 (56) 4 Stan Woods Suzuki 750 - 4 2 5 - 1 6 41 (46) 5 Suzuki 750 - - 4 4 - - 3 26 6 Teuvo Länsivuori Yamaha 350 4 - - 1 - - - 23 7 Jarno Saarinen Yamaha 350 1 - - - - - - 15 = Paul Smart Suzuki 750 - - - - 1 - - 15 9 Ron Chandler Triumph 750 8 5 - - 7 - - 13 10 Bruno Spaggiari Ducati 750SS 2 - - - - - - 12 11 Walter Villa Kawasaki H2R 3 - - - - - - 10 = Peter Williams John Player Norton - 3 - - - - - 10 13 Mick Grant Yamaha 350 - - - - 4 - - 8 = Dieter Braun Yamaha 350 - - - - - 4 - 8 15 Werner Giger Yamaha 350 - - - - - 7 8 7 16 Kel Carruthers Yamaha 350 5 - - - - - - 6 = Michel Rougerie Harley-Davidson XR-750 - - 5 - - - - 6 = John Newbold Yamaha 350 - - - - 5 - - 6 = Alain Genoud Honda CR750 - - - - - - 5 6 20 Gilbert Argo Honda 750 - 6 - - - - - 5 = Johnny Bengtsson Yamaha 350 - - 6 - - - - 5 = Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 350 - - - 6 - - - 5 = Pat Mahoney Kawasaki 750 - - - - 6 - - 5 = Billie Nelson Yamaha 350 - - - - - 6 - 5 25 Philippe Coulon Yamaha 350 - 8 - - - 9 - 5 26 Werner Pfirter Yamaha 350 7 - - - - - - 4 = Percy Tait Triumph 750 - 7 - - - - - 4 = Roberto Gallina Honda 750 - - 7 - - - - 4 = Yamsel 350 - - - 7 - - - 4 = Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 350 - - - - - - 7 4 31 David Nixon Triumph 750 - - 8 - - - - 3 = Yamaha 350 - - - 8 - - - 3 = Darryl Pendlebury Triumph 750 - - - - 8 - - 3 = Kork Ballington Yamaha 350 - - - - - 8 - 3 35 Derek Chatterton Yamaha 350 9 - - - - - - 2 = Michel Garnier Moto Guzzi V7 Sport - 9 - - - - - 2 = Lars Påhlsson Yamaha 350 - - 9 - - - - 2 = Yamaha 350 - - - 9 - - - 2 = Kawasaki 750 - - - - 9 - - 2 = Víctor Palomo Yamaha 350 - - - - - - 9 2 41 Galeazzo Pederneschi Yamaha 350 10 - - - - - - 1 = Franz Kroon Yamaha 350 - 10 - - - - - 1 = Honda 750 - - 10 - - - - 1 = Yamaha 350 - - - 10 - - - 1 = Martin Sharpe BSA 750 - - - - 10 - - 1 = Klaus Leonhardt Yamaha 350 - - - - - 10 - 1 = Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 350 - - - - - - 10 1 Pos Rider Bike IMO CHA AND HEM SIL HOC MON Points(gross) References
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