The 1973 British Grand Prix was Round 9 of the 1973 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Silverstone, United Kingdom on Sunday, 14 July 1973. Ronnie Peterson started on pole position in the Lotus Ford and Peter Revson was the race winner in the McLaren Ford.
1973 British Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Peter Revson | United States | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 67 | 1:29:18.500 | 1:29:18.500 | - | - | 1:18.700 | 3 | 9 | |
| 2 | 2 | Ronnie Peterson | Sweden | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 67 | +2.800 | 1:29:21.300 | +2.800 | +2.800 | 1:18.700 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | 7 | Denny Hulme | New Zealand | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 67 | +3.000 | 1:29:21.500 | +3.000 | +0.200 | 1:18.700 | 2 | 4 | |
| 4 | 27 | James Hunt | Great Britain | March Ford | Firestone | 67 | +3.400 | 1:29:21.900 | +3.400 | +0.400 | 1:18.600 | 63 | 11 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | François Cévert | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 67 | +36.600 | 1:29:55.100 | +36.600 | +33.200 | 1:19.400 | 7 | 2 | |
| 6 | 10 | Carlos Reutemann | Argentina | Brabam Ford | Goodyear | 67 | +44.700 | 1:30:03.200 | +44.700 | +8.100 | 1:19.500 | 8 | 1 | |
| 7 | 19 | Clay Regazzoni | Switzerland | BRM | Firestone | 67 | +1:11.700 | 1:30:30.200 | +1:11.700 | +27.000 | 1:19.800 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Jacky Ickx | Belgium | Ferrari | Goodyear | 67 | +1:17.400 | 1:30:35.900 | +1:17.400 | +5.700 | 1:20.000 | 19 | ||
| 9 | 25 | Howden Ganley | New Zealand | Iso Marlboro Ford | Firestone | 66 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:20.100 | 18 | |||
| 10 | 5 | Jackie Stewart | Great Britain | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 66 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:19.000 | 4 | ||||
| 11 | 15 | Mike Beuttler | Great Britain | March Ford | Goodyear | 65 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:21.600 | 24 | |||
| 12 | 21 | Niki Lauda | Austria | BRM | Firestone | 63 | +4 laps | 4 laps | 2 laps | 1:19.600 | 9 | |||
| 13 | 28 | Rikky von Opel | Liechtenstein | Ensign Ford | Firestone | 61 | +6 laps | 6 laps | 2 laps | 1:22.000 | 21 | |||
| DNF | 11 | Wilson Fittipaldi | Brazil | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | 44 | Oil Leak | 1:20.000 | 13 | |||||
| DNF | 1 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Brazil | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 36 | Transmission | 1:21.200 | 5 | |||||
| DNF | 29 | John Watson | Great Britain | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | 36 | Fuel system | 1:19.000 | 23 | |||||
| DNF | 12 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 24 | Chassis | 1:21.200 | 27 | |||||
| DNF | 22 | Chris Amon | New Zealand | Tecno | Firestone | 6 | Fuel system | 1:22.900 | 29 | |||||
| DNS | 30 | Jody Scheckter | South Africa | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | Collision | 6 | |||||||
| DNS | 23 | Mike Hailwood | Great Britain | Surtees Ford | Firestone | Collision | 12 | |||||||
| DNS | 31 | Jochen Mass | Germany | Surtees Ford | Firestone | Collision | 14 | |||||||
| DNS | 24 | Carlos Pace | Brazil | Surtees Ford | Firestone | Collision | 15 | |||||||
| DNS | 20 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | France | BRM | Firestone | Collision | 17 | |||||||
| DNS | 9 | Andrea de Adamich | Italy | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | Collision | 20 | |||||||
| DNS | 14 | Roger Williamson | Great Britain | March Ford | Goodyear | Collision | 22 | |||||||
| DNS | 16 | George Follmer | United States | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | Collision | 25 | |||||||
| DNS | 17 | Jackie Oliver | Great Britain | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | Collision | 26 | |||||||
| DNF | 26 | Graham McRae | New Zealand | Iso Marlboro Ford | Firestone | Throttle | 28 | |||||||
| DNS | 18 | David Purley | Great Britain | March Ford | Goodyear | Spun off | 16 |