20 May 1973 Belgian Grand Prix
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The 1973 Belgian Grand Prix was Round 5 of the 1973 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at the Zolder circuit in Belgium on Sunday, 20 May 1973. Ronnie Peterson started on pole position in the Lotus Ford and Jackie Stewart was the race winner in the Tyrrell Ford.
1973 Belgian Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Jackie Stewart | Great Britain | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 70 | 1:42:13.430 | 1:42:13.430 | - | - | 1:25.480 | 6 | 9 | |
| 2 | 6 | François Cévert | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 70 | +31.840 | 1:42:45.270 | +31.840 | +31.840 | 1:25.420 | 28 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Brazil | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 70 | +2:02.790 | 1:44:16.220 | +2:02.790 | +1:30.950 | 1:25.620 | 9 | 4 | |
| 4 | 9 | Andrea de Adamich | Italy | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | 69 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 18 | 3 | |||
| 5 | 21 | Niki Lauda | Austria | BRM | Firestone | 69 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:25.690 | 14 | 2 | |||
| 6 | 22 | Chris Amon | New Zealand | Tecno | Firestone | 67 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 2 laps | 15 | 1 | |||
| 7 | 7 | Denny Hulme | New Zealand | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 67 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 2 | |||||
| 8 | 24 | Carlos Pace | Brazil | Surtees Ford | Firestone | 66 | +4 laps | 4 laps | 1 lap | 1:26.190 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 12 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 65 | +5 laps | 5 laps | 1 lap | 23 | ||||
| 10 | 19 | Clay Regazzoni | Switzerland | BRM | Firestone | 63 | Accident | 7 laps | 2 laps | 1:26.180 | 12 | |||
| 11 | 15 | Mike Beuttler | Great Britain | March Ford | Goodyear | 63 | Accident | 7 laps | 20 | |||||
| DNF | 14 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | France | March Ford | Goodyear | 60 | Accident | 16 | ||||||
| DNF | 20 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | France | BRM | Firestone | 56 | Not classified | 1:26.230 | 5 | |||||
| DNF | 11 | Wilson Fittipaldi | Brazil | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | 46 | Engine | 1:25.840 | 19 | |||||
| DNF | 2 | Ronnie Peterson | Sweden | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 42 | Accident | 1 | ||||||
| DNF | 8 | Peter Revson | United States | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 33 | Accident | 1:25.600 | 10 | |||||
| DNF | 25 | Howden Ganley | New Zealand | Iso Marlboro Ford | Firestone | 16 | Accident | 21 | ||||||
| DNF | 10 | Carlos Reutemann | Argentina | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | 14 | Engine | 1:26.130 | 7 | |||||
| DNF | 16 | George Follmer | United States | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 13 | Throttle | 11 | ||||||
| DNF | 17 | Jackie Oliver | Great Britain | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 11 | Accident | 22 | ||||||
| DNF | 3 | Jacky Ickx | Belgium | Ferrari | Goodyear | 6 | Oil pump | 3 | ||||||
| DNF | 26 | Nanni Galli | Italy | Iso Marlboro Ford | Firestone | 6 | Engine | 17 | ||||||
| DNF | 23 | Mike Hailwood | Great Britain | Surtees Ford | Firestone | 4 | Accident | 13 |