Season 1973 · Round 12

Austrian Grand Prix

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1973-08-19 · Red Bull Ring · Austria · Austrian Grand Prix · 54Lap · 319.194km
2 Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus 1:28:48.780
Team win 9pt P1 · P11
5 Jackie Stewart
Tyrrell +9.010
24 Carlos Pace
Surtees +46.640
Fastest Lap
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DNF
13
Emerson Fittipaldi L48 Howden Ganley L44 Jean-Pierre Jarier L37 Rikky von Opel L34 Wilson Fittipaldi L31 Graham Hill L28 George Follmer L23 Rolf Stommelen L21 Jackie Oliver L9 François Cevert L6 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 16/40 40%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P4
Most lead changes · all-time P25
Circuit Info
Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria
54Lap 319.194km 40 races held (1970–) Lap record 1:05.619 · Carlos Sainz (2020)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Ronnie Peterson 2 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P10 Jacky Ickx 1 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
P10 Emerson Fittipaldi 1 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
P8 Emerson Fittipaldi 11 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
P8 Niki Lauda 11 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
P11 Carlos Reutemann 10 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L54 Peterson · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Peterson PET 1 Peterson PET Stewart · P7 → P2 · +5 7 Stewart STE 2 Stewart STE Pace · P8 → P3 · +5 8 Pace PAC 3 Pace PAC Reutemann · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Reutemann REU 4 Reutemann REU Beltoise · P13 → P5 · +8 13 Beltoise BEL 5 Beltoise BEL Regazzoni · P14 → P6 · +8 14 Regazzoni REG 6 Regazzoni REG Merzario · P6 → P7 · -1 6 Merzario MER 7 Merzario MER Hulme · P3 → P8 · -5 3 Hulme HUL 8 Hulme HUL van Lennep · P23 → P9 · +14 23 van Lennep VAN 9 van Lennep VAN Hailwood · P15 → P10 · +5 15 Hailwood HAI 10 Hailwood HAI Fittipaldi · P1 → retired L48 Fittipaldi · retired L48 1 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Ganley · P21 → retired L44 Ganley · retired L44 21 Ganley GAN R Ganley GAN Jarier · P12 → retired L37 Jarier · retired L37 12 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR von Opel · P19 → retired L34 von Opel · retired L34 19 von Opel VON R von Opel VON Fittipaldi · P16 → retired L31 Fittipaldi · retired L31 16 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Hill · P22 → retired L28 Hill · retired L28 22 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Follmer · P20 → retired L23 Follmer · retired L23 20 Follmer FOL R Follmer FOL Stommelen · P17 → retired L21 Stommelen · retired L21 17 Stommelen STO R Stommelen STO Oliver · P18 → retired L9 Oliver · retired L9 18 Oliver OLI R Oliver OLI Cevert · P10 → retired L6 Cevert · retired L6 10 Cevert CEV R Cevert CEV Hunt · P9 → retired L3 Hunt · retired L3 9 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Revson · P4 → retired L0 Revson · retired L0 4 Revson REV R Revson REV Beuttler · P11 → retired L0 Beuttler · retired L0 11 Beuttler BEU R Beuttler BEU
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 2 54 1:28:48.780 9
2 5 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 7 54 +9.010 6
3 24 Carlos Pace Surtees 8 54 +46.640 4
4 10 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 5 54 +47.910 3
5 20 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 13 54 +1:21.300 2
6 19 Clay Regazzoni BRM 14 54 +1:38.400 1
7 4 Arturo Merzario Ferrari 6 53 +1 Lap
8 7 Denny Hulme McLaren 3 53 +1 Lap
9 26 Gijs van Lennep Iso Marlboro 23 52 +2 Laps
10 23 Mike Hailwood Surtees 15 49 +5 Laps
R 1 Emerson Fittipaldi Team Lotus 1 48 Fuel system
R 25 Howden Ganley Iso Marlboro 21 44 Not classified
R 18 Jean-Pierre Jarier March 12 37 Engine
R 28 Rikky von Opel Ensign 19 34 Fuel system
R 11 Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham 16 31 Fuel system
R 12 Graham Hill Shadow 22 28 Suspension
R 16 George Follmer Shadow 20 23 Differential
R 9 Rolf Stommelen Brabham 17 21 Wheel
R 17 Jackie Oliver Shadow 18 9 Fuel system
R 6 François Cevert Tyrrell 10 6 Suspension
R 27 James Hunt March 9 3 Injection
R 8 Peter Revson McLaren 4 0 Clutch
R 15 Mike Beuttler March 11 0 Collision
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Emerson Fittipaldi
2
2 Ronnie Peterson
3
7 Denny Hulme
4
8 Peter Revson
5
10 Carlos Reutemann
6
4 Arturo Merzario
7
5 Jackie Stewart
8
24 Carlos Pace
9
27 James Hunt
10
6 François Cevert
11
15 Mike Beuttler
12
18 Jean-Pierre Jarier
13
20 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
14
19 Clay Regazzoni
15
23 Mike Hailwood
16
11 Wilson Fittipaldi
17
9 Rolf Stommelen
18
17 Jackie Oliver
19
28 Rikky von Opel
20
16 George Follmer
21
25 Howden Ganley
22
12 Graham Hill
23
26 Gijs van Lennep
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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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