Season 1973 · Round 8

French Grand Prix

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1973-07-01 · Circuit Paul Ricard · France · French Grand Prix · 54Lap · 313.686km
2 Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus 1:41:36.520
Team win 9pt P1 · P18
6 François Cevert
Tyrrell +40.920
Team win 9pt P2 · P4
10 Carlos Reutemann
Brabham +46.480
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
9
Jody Scheckter L43 Emerson Fittipaldi L41 Mike Hailwood L29 Andrea de Adamich L28 Reine Wisell L20 George Follmer L16 Henri Pescarolo L16 Jean-Pierre Jarier L7 Jackie Oliver L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 11/18 61.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France
54Lap 313.686km 18 races held (1971–) Lap record 1:32.740 · Sebastian Vettel (2019)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Jackie Stewart 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P7 Ronnie Peterson 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
P7 Niki Lauda 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
Starts
P1 Graham Hill 17 starts · GP #1
P12 Niki Lauda 12 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P20 Chris Amon 10 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L54 Peterson · P5 → P1 · +4 5 Peterson PET 1 Peterson PET Cevert · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Cevert CEV 2 Cevert CEV Reutemann · P8 → P3 · +5 8 Reutemann REU 3 Reutemann REU Stewart · P1 → P4 · -3 1 Stewart STE 4 Stewart STE Ickx · P12 → P5 · +7 12 Ickx ICK 5 Ickx ICK Hunt · P14 → P6 · +8 14 Hunt HUN 6 Hunt HUN Merzario · P10 → P7 · +3 10 Merzario MER 7 Merzario MER Hulme · P6 → P8 · -2 6 Hulme HUL 8 Hulme HUL Lauda · P17 → P9 · +8 17 Lauda LAU 9 Lauda LAU Hill · P16 → P10 · +6 16 Hill HIL 10 Hill HIL Beltoise · P15 → P11 · +4 15 Beltoise BEL 11 Beltoise BEL Regazzoni · P9 → P12 · -3 9 Regazzoni REG 12 Regazzoni REG Pace · P18 → P13 · +5 18 Pace PAC 13 Pace PAC Ganley · P24 → P14 · +10 24 Ganley GAN 14 Ganley GAN von Opel · P25 → P15 · +10 25 von Opel VON 15 von Opel VON Fittipaldi · P19 → P16 · +3 19 Fittipaldi FIT 16 Fittipaldi FIT Scheckter · P2 → retired L43 Scheckter · retired L43 2 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Fittipaldi · P3 → retired L41 Fittipaldi · retired L41 3 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Hailwood · P11 → retired L29 Hailwood · retired L29 11 Hailwood HAI R Hailwood HAI de Adamich · P13 → retired L28 de Adamich · retired L28 13 de Adamich DE R de Adamich DE Wisell · P22 → retired L20 Wisell · retired L20 22 Wisell WIS R Wisell WIS Follmer · P20 → retired L16 Follmer · retired L16 20 Follmer FOL R Follmer FOL Pescarolo · P23 → retired L16 Pescarolo · retired L16 23 Pescarolo PES R Pescarolo PES Jarier · P7 → retired L7 Jarier · retired L7 7 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Oliver · P21 → retired L0 Oliver · retired L0 21 Oliver OLI R Oliver OLI
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 5 54 1:41:36.520 9
2 6 François Cevert Tyrrell 4 54 +40.920 6
3 10 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 8 54 +46.480 4
4 5 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 1 54 +46.930 3
5 26 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 12 54 +48.900 2
6 27 James Hunt March 14 54 +1:22.540 1
7 4 Arturo Merzario Ferrari 10 54 +1:29.190
8 7 Denny Hulme McLaren 6 54 +1:29.530
9 21 Niki Lauda BRM 17 54 +1:45.760
10 12 Graham Hill Shadow 16 53 +1 Lap
11 20 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 15 53 +1 Lap
12 19 Clay Regazzoni BRM 9 53 +1 Lap
13 24 Carlos Pace Surtees 18 51 +3 Laps
14 25 Howden Ganley Iso Marlboro 24 51 +3 Laps
15 28 Rikky von Opel Ensign 25 51 +3 Laps
16 11 Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham 19 50 +4 Laps
R 30 Jody Scheckter McLaren 2 43 Accident
R 1 Emerson Fittipaldi Team Lotus 3 41 Accident
R 23 Mike Hailwood Surtees 11 29 Oil leak
R 9 Andrea de Adamich Brabham 13 28 Halfshaft
R 15 Reine Wisell March 22 20 Overheating
R 16 George Follmer Shadow 20 16 Fuel system
R 26 Henri Pescarolo Iso Marlboro 23 16 Overheating
R 18 Jean-Pierre Jarier March 7 7 Halfshaft
R 17 Jackie Oliver Shadow 21 0 Clutch
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Jackie Stewart
2
30 Jody Scheckter
3
1 Emerson Fittipaldi
4
6 François Cevert
5
2 Ronnie Peterson
6
7 Denny Hulme
7
18 Jean-Pierre Jarier
8
10 Carlos Reutemann
9
19 Clay Regazzoni
10
4 Arturo Merzario
11
23 Mike Hailwood
12
26 Jacky Ickx
13
9 Andrea de Adamich
14
27 James Hunt
15
20 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
16
12 Graham Hill
17
21 Niki Lauda
18
24 Carlos Pace
19
11 Wilson Fittipaldi
20
16 George Follmer
21
17 Jackie Oliver
22
15 Reine Wisell
23
26 Henri Pescarolo
24
25 Howden Ganley
25
28 Rikky von Opel
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