Season 1973 · Round 3

South African Grand Prix

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1973-03-03 · Kyalami · South Africa · South African Grand Prix · 79Lap · 324.216km
5 Jackie Stewart
Tyrrell 1:43:11.070
Team win 9pt P1 · P13 · P15
8 Peter Revson
McLaren +24.550
1 Emerson Fittipaldi
Team Lotus +25.060
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
14
Carlos Pace L69 Eddie Keizan L67 Jean-Pierre Jarier L66 François Cevert L66 Mike Beuttler L65 Wilson Fittipaldi L52 Jackie Pretorius L35 Niki Lauda L26 Jackie Oliver L14 Jean-Pierre Beltoise L4 +4
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 4/20 20%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P41
Circuit Info
Kyalami Midrand, South Africa
79Lap 324.216km 20 races held (1967–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Niki Lauda 3 wins · GP #1
P3 Jackie Stewart 2 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
P6 Graham Hill 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Podiums
P1 Graham Hill 5 · GP #1
P2 Jackie Stewart 4 · → Graham Hill -1
P4 Denny Hulme 3 · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P1 Niki Lauda 12 starts · GP #1
P2 Graham Hill 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
P2 Emerson Fittipaldi 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L79 Stewart · P16 → P1 · +15 16 Stewart STE 1 Stewart STE Revson · P6 → P2 · +4 6 Revson REV 2 Revson REV Fittipaldi · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Fittipaldi FIT 3 Fittipaldi FIT Merzario · P15 → P4 · +11 15 Merzario MER 4 Merzario MER Hulme · P1 → P5 · -4 1 Hulme HUL 5 Hulme HUL Follmer · P21 → P6 · +15 21 Follmer FOL 6 Follmer FOL Reutemann · P8 → P7 · +1 8 Reutemann REU 7 Reutemann REU de Adamich · P20 → P8 · +12 20 de Adamich DE 8 de Adamich DE Scheckter · P3 → P9 · -6 3 Scheckter SCH 9 Scheckter SCH Ganley · P19 → P10 · +9 19 Ganley GAN 10 Ganley GAN Peterson · P4 → P11 · -7 4 Peterson PET 11 Peterson PET Pace · P9 → retired L69 Pace · retired L69 9 Pace PAC R Pace PAC Keizan · P22 → retired L67 Keizan · retired L67 22 Keizan KEI R Keizan KEI Jarier · P18 → retired L66 Jarier · retired L66 18 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Cevert · P25 → retired L66 Cevert · retired L66 25 Cevert CEV R Cevert CEV Beuttler · P23 → retired L65 Beuttler · retired L65 23 Beuttler BEU R Beuttler BEU Fittipaldi · P17 → retired L52 Fittipaldi · retired L52 17 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Pretorius · P24 → retired L35 Pretorius · retired L35 24 Pretorius PRE R Pretorius PRE Lauda · P10 → retired L26 Lauda · retired L26 10 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Oliver · P14 → retired L14 Oliver · retired L14 14 Oliver OLI R Oliver OLI Beltoise · P7 → retired L4 Beltoise · retired L4 7 Beltoise BEL R Beltoise BEL Charlton · P13 → retired L3 Charlton · retired L3 13 Charlton CHA R Charlton CHA Regazzoni · P5 → retired L2 Regazzoni · retired L2 5 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG Ickx · P11 → retired L2 Ickx · retired L2 11 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK Hailwood · P12 → retired L2 Hailwood · retired L2 12 Hailwood HAI R Hailwood HAI
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 16 79 1:43:11.070 9
2 8 Peter Revson McLaren 6 79 +24.550 6
3 1 Emerson Fittipaldi Team Lotus 2 79 +25.060 4
4 4 Arturo Merzario Ferrari 15 78 +1 Lap 3
5 7 Denny Hulme McLaren 1 77 +2 Laps 2
6 16 George Follmer Shadow 21 77 +2 Laps 1
7 10 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 8 77 +2 Laps
8 9 Andrea de Adamich Surtees 20 77 +2 Laps
9 30 Jody Scheckter McLaren 3 75 Engine
10 25 Howden Ganley Iso Marlboro 19 73 +6 Laps
11 2 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 4 73 +6 Laps
R 24 Carlos Pace Surtees 9 69 Accident
R 26 Eddie Keizan Tyrrell 22 67 Not classified
R 18 Jean-Pierre Jarier March 18 66 Not classified
R 6 François Cevert Tyrrell 25 66 Not classified
R 15 Mike Beuttler March 23 65 Not classified
R 11 Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham 17 52 Gearbox
R 20 Jackie Pretorius Iso Marlboro 24 35 Overheating
R 21 Niki Lauda BRM 10 26 Engine
R 17 Jackie Oliver Shadow 14 14 Engine
R 20 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 7 4 Clutch
R 25 Dave Charlton Team Lotus 13 3 Accident
R 19 Clay Regazzoni BRM 5 2 Accident
R 26 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 11 2 Accident
R 23 Mike Hailwood Surtees 12 2 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
7 Denny Hulme
2
1 Emerson Fittipaldi
3
30 Jody Scheckter
4
2 Ronnie Peterson
5
19 Clay Regazzoni
6
8 Peter Revson
7
20 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
8
10 Carlos Reutemann
9
24 Carlos Pace
10
21 Niki Lauda
11
26 Jacky Ickx
12
23 Mike Hailwood
13
25 Dave Charlton
14
17 Jackie Oliver
15
4 Arturo Merzario
16
5 Jackie Stewart
17
11 Wilson Fittipaldi
18
18 Jean-Pierre Jarier
19
25 Howden Ganley
20
9 Andrea de Adamich
21
16 George Follmer
22
26 Eddie Keizan
23
15 Mike Beuttler
24
20 Jackie Pretorius
25
6 François Cevert
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