Season 1973 · Round 9

British Grand Prix

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1973-07-14 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix · 67Lap · 315.597km
8 Peter Revson
McLaren 1:29:18.500
Team win 13pt P1 · P3 · P19 1-3
2 Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus +2.800
7 Denny Hulme
McLaren +3.000
Fastest Lap
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DNF
16
Wilson Fittipaldi L44 Emerson Fittipaldi L36 John Watson L36 Graham Hill L24 Chris Amon L6 Jody Scheckter L0 Mike Hailwood L0 Jochen Mass L0 Carlos Pace L0 Jean-Pierre Beltoise L0 +6
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/61 36.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P35
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK
67Lap 315.597km 61 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:18.739 · Michael Schumacher (2004)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P5 Niki Lauda 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P8 Jackie Stewart 2 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
Starts
P6 Graham Hill 17 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P24 Niki Lauda 12 starts · → Jean Alesi -1
P32 Emerson Fittipaldi 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L67 Revson · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Revson REV 1 Revson REV Peterson · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Peterson PET 2 Peterson PET Hulme · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Hulme HUL 3 Hulme HUL Hunt · P11 → P4 · +7 11 Hunt HUN 4 Hunt HUN Cevert · P7 → P5 · +2 7 Cevert CEV 5 Cevert CEV Reutemann · P8 → P6 · +2 8 Reutemann REU 6 Reutemann REU Regazzoni · P10 → P7 · +3 10 Regazzoni REG 7 Regazzoni REG Ickx · P19 → P8 · +11 19 Ickx ICK 8 Ickx ICK Ganley · P18 → P9 · +9 18 Ganley GAN 9 Ganley GAN Stewart · P4 → P10 · -6 4 Stewart STE 10 Stewart STE Beuttler · P24 → P11 · +13 24 Beuttler BEU 11 Beuttler BEU Lauda · P9 → P12 · -3 9 Lauda LAU 12 Lauda LAU von Opel · P21 → P13 · +8 21 von Opel VON 13 von Opel VON Fittipaldi · P13 → retired L44 Fittipaldi · retired L44 13 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Fittipaldi · P5 → retired L36 Fittipaldi · retired L36 5 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Watson · P23 → retired L36 Watson · retired L36 23 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Hill · P27 → retired L24 Hill · retired L24 27 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Amon · P29 → retired L6 Amon · retired L6 29 Amon AMO R Amon AMO Scheckter · P6 → retired L0 Scheckter · retired L0 6 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Hailwood · P12 → retired L0 Hailwood · retired L0 12 Hailwood HAI R Hailwood HAI Mass · P14 → retired L0 Mass · retired L0 14 Mass MAS R Mass MAS Pace · P15 → retired L0 Pace · retired L0 15 Pace PAC R Pace PAC Beltoise · P17 → retired L0 Beltoise · retired L0 17 Beltoise BEL R Beltoise BEL de Adamich · P20 → retired L0 de Adamich · retired L0 20 de Adamich DE R de Adamich DE Williamson · P22 → retired L0 Williamson · retired L0 22 Williamson WIL R Williamson WIL Follmer · P25 → retired L0 Follmer · retired L0 25 Follmer FOL R Follmer FOL Oliver · P26 → retired L0 Oliver · retired L0 26 Oliver OLI R Oliver OLI McRae · P28 → retired L0 McRae · retired L0 28 McRae MCR R McRae MCR Purley · P16 → retired L0 Purley · retired L0 16 Purley PUR R Purley PUR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 8 Peter Revson McLaren 3 67 1:29:18.500 9
2 2 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 1 67 +2.800 6
3 7 Denny Hulme McLaren 2 67 +3.000 4
4 27 James Hunt March 11 67 +3.400 3
5 6 François Cevert Tyrrell 7 67 +36.600 2
6 10 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 8 67 +44.700 1
7 19 Clay Regazzoni BRM 10 67 +1:11.700
8 26 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 19 67 +1:17.400
9 25 Howden Ganley Iso Marlboro 18 66 +1 Lap
10 5 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 4 66 +1 Lap
11 15 Mike Beuttler March 24 65 +2 Laps
12 21 Niki Lauda BRM 9 63 +4 Laps
13 28 Rikky von Opel Ensign 21 61 +6 Laps
R 11 Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham 13 44 Oil leak
R 1 Emerson Fittipaldi Team Lotus 5 36 Transmission
R 9 John Watson Brabham 23 36 Fuel system
R 12 Graham Hill Shadow 27 24 Chassis
R 29 Chris Amon Tecno 29 6 Fuel system
R 30 Jody Scheckter McLaren 6 0 Collision
R 23 Mike Hailwood Surtees 12 0 Collision
R 30 Jochen Mass Surtees 14 0 Collision
R 24 Carlos Pace Surtees 15 0 Collision
R 20 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 17 0 Collision
R 9 Andrea de Adamich Brabham 20 0 Collision
R 14 Roger Williamson March 22 0 Collision
R 16 George Follmer Shadow 25 0 Collision
R 17 Jackie Oliver Shadow 26 0 Collision
R 26 Graham McRae Iso Marlboro 28 0 Throttle
R 29 David Purley March 16 0 Spun off
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2 Ronnie Peterson
2
7 Denny Hulme
3
8 Peter Revson
4
5 Jackie Stewart
5
1 Emerson Fittipaldi
6
30 Jody Scheckter
7
6 François Cevert
8
10 Carlos Reutemann
9
21 Niki Lauda
10
19 Clay Regazzoni
11
27 James Hunt
12
23 Mike Hailwood
13
11 Wilson Fittipaldi
14
30 Jochen Mass
15
24 Carlos Pace
16
29 David Purley
17
20 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
18
25 Howden Ganley
19
26 Jacky Ickx
20
9 Andrea de Adamich
21
28 Rikky von Opel
22
14 Roger Williamson
23
9 John Watson
24
15 Mike Beuttler
25
16 George Follmer
26
17 Jackie Oliver
27
12 Graham Hill
28
26 Graham McRae
29
29 Chris Amon
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.
No data for this session.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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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: 2026-10-21 14:15