Season 1973 · Round 1

Argentine Grand Prix

1973 Season R2 →
1973-01-28 · Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez · Argentina · Argentine Grand Prix · 96Lap · 321.216km
1 Emerson Fittipaldi
Team Lotus 1:56:18.220
6 François Cevert
Tyrrell +4.690
Team win 10pt P2 · P3 2-3
5 Jackie Stewart
Tyrrell +33.190
Fastest Lap
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DNF
9
Jean-Pierre Jarier L84 Jean-Pierre Beltoise L79 Howden Ganley L79 Ronnie Peterson L67 Niki Lauda L66 Carlos Reutemann L16 Mike Hailwood L10 Carlos Pace L10 Nanni Galli L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 7/20 35%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez Buenos Aires, Argentina
96Lap 321.216km 20 races held (1953–) Lap record 1:27.981 · Gerhard Berger (1997)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Emerson Fittipaldi 2 wins · → Juan Fangio -1
P4 Denny Hulme 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
P4 Jackie Stewart 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P1 Carlos Reutemann 9 starts · GP #1
P2 Emerson Fittipaldi 8 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
P2 Clay Regazzoni 8 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 90 L96 Fittipaldi · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Fittipaldi FIT 1 Fittipaldi FIT Cevert · P6 → P2 · +4 6 Cevert CEV 2 Cevert CEV Stewart · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Stewart STE 3 Stewart STE Ickx · P3 → P4 · -1 3 Ickx ICK 4 Ickx ICK Hulme · P8 → P5 · +3 8 Hulme HUL 5 Hulme HUL Fittipaldi · P13 → P6 · +7 13 Fittipaldi FIT 6 Fittipaldi FIT Regazzoni · P1 → P7 · -6 1 Regazzoni REG 7 Regazzoni REG Revson · P11 → P8 · +3 11 Revson REV 8 Revson REV Merzario · P14 → P9 · +5 14 Merzario MER 9 Merzario MER Beuttler · P18 → P10 · +8 18 Beuttler BEU 10 Beuttler BEU Jarier · P17 → retired L84 Jarier · retired L84 17 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Beltoise · P7 → retired L79 Beltoise · retired L79 7 Beltoise BEL R Beltoise BEL Ganley · P19 → retired L79 Ganley · retired L79 19 Ganley GAN R Ganley GAN Peterson · P5 → retired L67 Peterson · retired L67 5 Peterson PET R Peterson PET Lauda · P13 → retired L66 Lauda · retired L66 13 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Reutemann · P9 → retired L16 Reutemann · retired L16 9 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU Hailwood · P10 → retired L10 Hailwood · retired L10 10 Hailwood HAI R Hailwood HAI Pace · P15 → retired L10 Pace · retired L10 15 Pace PAC R Pace PAC Galli · P16 → retired L0 Galli · retired L0 16 Galli GAL R Galli GAL
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Emerson Fittipaldi Team Lotus 2 96 1:56:18.220 9
2 6 François Cevert Tyrrell 6 96 +4.690 6
3 5 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 4 96 +33.190 4
4 26 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 3 96 +42.570 3
5 7 Denny Hulme McLaren 8 95 +1 Lap 2
6 11 Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham 13 95 +1 Lap 1
7 19 Clay Regazzoni BRM 1 93 +3 Laps
8 8 Peter Revson McLaren 11 92 +4 Laps
9 4 Arturo Merzario Ferrari 14 92 +4 Laps
10 15 Mike Beuttler March 18 90 Suspension
R 18 Jean-Pierre Jarier March 17 84 Radiator
R 20 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 7 79 Engine
R 25 Howden Ganley Iso Marlboro 19 79 Not classified
R 2 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 5 67 Oil pressure
R 21 Niki Lauda BRM 13 66 Oil pressure
R 10 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 9 16 Gearbox
R 23 Mike Hailwood Surtees 10 10 Halfshaft
R 24 Carlos Pace Surtees 15 10 Suspension
R 26 Nanni Galli Iso Marlboro 16 0 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
19 Clay Regazzoni
2
1 Emerson Fittipaldi
3
26 Jacky Ickx
4
5 Jackie Stewart
5
2 Ronnie Peterson
6
6 François Cevert
7
20 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
8
7 Denny Hulme
9
10 Carlos Reutemann
10
23 Mike Hailwood
11
8 Peter Revson
13
11 Wilson Fittipaldi
13
21 Niki Lauda
14
4 Arturo Merzario
15
24 Carlos Pace
16
26 Nanni Galli
17
18 Jean-Pierre Jarier
18
15 Mike Beuttler
19
25 Howden Ganley
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15