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Results from the [[1973]] [[Formula One]] '''[[Dutch Grand Prix]]''' held at [[Netherlands]] on [[July 29]], 1973
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{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
|Type = F1
|Grand Prix = Dutch
|Country = Netherlands
|Image = Circuit Park Zandvoort-1973.svg
|Date = 29 July
|Year = 1973
|Official name = XX [[Dutch Grand Prix|Grand Prix Zandvoort]]
|Course = Permanent racing facility
|Location = [[Circuit Zandvoort]], [[Zandvoort]], [[Netherlands]]
|Course_mi = 2.626<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1973-dutch-grand-prix/ | title=1973 Dutch Grand Prix &#124; Motorsport Database }}</ref>
|Course_km = 4.226
|Distance_laps = 72
|Distance_mi = 189.072
|Distance_km = 304.272
|Weather = Dry
|Pole_Driver = {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Ronnie Peterson]]
|Pole_Team = [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Pole_Time = 1:19.47
|Fast_Driver = [[Ronnie Peterson]]
|Fast_Country = Sweden
|Fast_Team = [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Fast_Time = 1:20.31
|Fast_Lap =
|First_Driver = [[Jackie Stewart]]
|First_Team = [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|First_Country = UK
|Second_Driver = [[François Cevert]]
|Second_Team = [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Second_Country= France
|Third_Driver = [[James Hunt]]
|Third_Team = [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Third_Country = UK
|Lapchart = {{F1Laps1973|NED}}
}}


The '''1973 Dutch Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] motor race held at [[Circuit Zandvoort|Zandvoort]] on 29 July 1973. It was race 10 of 15 in both the [[1973 World Championship of Drivers]] and the [[1973 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers]]. Zandvoort returned to the Formula One calendar following a year's absence for extensive safety upgrades to the race track including new asphalt, new barriers and a new race control tower. [[Jackie Stewart]] won the race, this Grand Prix being fourth of five wins for Stewart during the [[1973 Formula One season]], and he became the most successful Formula One driver of all time with his 26th Grand Prix victory, surpassing [[Jim Clark]]'s record of 25 victories. Stewart's friend and future world champion [[James Hunt]] scored his first podium finish.
== Classification ==

{| border=2 cellspacing=0
Driver [[Roger Williamson]] was killed in the race; this was the first of two driver fatalities in the 1973 season. [[François Cevert]], who took the podium in second place at this race, would later perish during practice for the [[1973 United States Grand Prix]].
! Pos

! No
==Qualifying==
! Driver
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Team
|-
! Laps
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Lap !! Gap
! Time/Retired
|-
! Grid
! Points
! 1
| 2
| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Ronnie Peterson]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:19.47
|align="center"| —
|-
! 2
| 5
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:19.97
| +0.50
|-
! 3
| 6
| {{flagicon|France}} [[François Cevert]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.12
| +0.65
|-
! 4
| 7
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Denny Hulme]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.31
| +0.84
|-
! 5
| 10
| {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Carlos Reutemann]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.59
| +1.12
|-
! 6
| 8
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Revson]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.60
| +1.13
|-
! 7
| 27
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[James Hunt]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:20.70
| +1.23
|-
! 8
| 24
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[José Carlos Pace|Carlos Pace]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:21.02
| +1.55
|-
! 9
| 20
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]
| [[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
| 1:21.14
| +1.67
|-
! 10
| 17
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Oliver]]
| [[Shadow Racing Cars|Shadow]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:21.23
| +1.76
|-
! 11
| 21
| {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Niki Lauda]]
| [[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
| 1:21.43
| +1.96
|-
! 12
| 19
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Clay Regazzoni]]
| [[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
| 1:21.56
| +2.09
|-
! 13
| 11
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Wilson Fittipaldi]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:21.82
| +2.35
|-
! 14
| 28
| {{flagicon|Liechtenstein}} [[Rikky von Opel]]
| [[Ensign (racing team)|Ensign]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:22.01
| +2.54
|-
! 15
| 25
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Howden Ganley]]
| [[Frank Williams Racing Cars|Iso-Marlboro]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:22.10
| +2.63
|-
! 16
| 1
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:22.24
| +2.77
|-
! 17
| 12
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Graham Hill]]
| [[Shadow Racing Cars|Shadow]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:22.50
| +3.03
|-
! 18
| 14
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Roger Williamson]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:22.72
| +3.25
|-
! 19
| 22
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Chris Amon]]
| [[Tecno (motorsport)|Tecno]]
| 1:22.73
| +3.26
|-
! 20
| 26
| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Gijs van Lennep]]
| [[Frank Williams Racing Cars|Iso-Marlboro]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:22.95
| +3.48
|-
! 21
| 18
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[David Purley]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:23.09
| +3.62
|-
! 22
| 16
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[George Follmer]]
| [[Shadow Racing Cars|Shadow]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:24.14
| +3.67
|-
! 23
| 15
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Mike Beuttler]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:24.45
| +3.98
|-
! 24
| 23
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Mike Hailwood]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:32.33
| +11.86
|}

==Race==
===Death of Roger Williamson===
[[File:Grand Prix van Nederland op circuit Zandvoort; o.a. verongelukte racewagen van Roger Williamson.jpg|thumb|right|The burned wreckage of [[Roger Williamson]]'s [[March 731]].]]
[[File:Fatal accident at 1973 Dutch Grand Prix (3).jpg|right|thumb|Williamson's fatal accident.]]
On the eighth lap of the race through the high speed esses near the Tunnel Oost (East Tunnel) right-hand corner, a suspected tyre failure caused Williamson's car to pitch into the barriers at high speed, and be catapulted 300 yards (275 m) across the track, eventually coming to rest upside down against the barriers on the other side. The petrol tank had ignited whilst being scraped along the track, and the car caught fire. Williamson had not been seriously injured by the impact, but was trapped in the car. The race was not stopped and continued with a local yellow at the scene, a fact which would become significant over the next few minutes.

Fellow driver [[David Purley]], who witnessed Williamson's impact, almost immediately pulled his car over on the opposite side of the track, then ran across the live racetrack to assist him. Williamson was heard shouting to Purley to get him out of the car as Purley tried in vain to turn the car upright. There appeared to have been ample time to right the car and pull Williamson out, but as desperately as he tried, Purley was unable to do it by himself, and the marshals, who were not wearing [[flame retardant]] overalls, were unable to help due to the intense heat.

Race control assumed that it was Purley's car that had crashed and that the driver had escaped unharmed. Many drivers who saw Purley waving them down to stop later claimed that they assumed Purley to be trying to put a fire out from his own car, having safely exited it, and thus did not know that a second driver had been involved. As a result, the race continued at full pace while Purley desperately tried to save the life of Williamson, unbeknownst to the marshals and the drivers.

There was only a single fire extinguisher in the area, and it was not enough to put out the fire. With the car still burning upside-down, the situation became hopeless, and the distraught Purley was led away by a marshal. As can be seen in the race footage, some spectators breached the safety fences in order to assist Williamson, but were likewise unable to get close to the upturned car due to the heat.

With the race still on, it took some eight minutes for a fire truck to completely travel around the circuit with the flow of race traffic.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/ezygww/lost-in-the-dunes-the-death-of-roger-williamson |title=Lost in the Dunes: The Death of Roger Williamson |publisher=vice.com |access-date=22 March 2021}}</ref> By the time the car was eventually righted, and the fire extinguished, Williamson had died of [[asphyxiation]]. A blanket was thrown over the burnt-out wreck with Williamson still inside, and the race carried on.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1-dictionary.net/roger_williamson.html |title=Roger Williamson fire, Zandvort, 29th July 1973 |publisher=Formula1-dictionary.net |access-date=22 March 2021}}</ref>

Purley was awarded the [[George Medal]] for his brave actions in trying to save his fellow sportsman. Williamson's remains were later cremated and his ashes transferred to an undisclosed location.

In an otherwise uneventful race, [[Jackie Stewart]] won his 26th career Grand Prix and broke [[Jim Clark]]'s 5-year-old record of the most career Grand Prix victories. The starting grid of this race was set up in 3-2-3-2-3 formation, making this Grand Prix the last race with the starting grid having been formed of more than two columns of cars.<ref>{{cite web|title=1973 Dutch Grand Prix|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1973/pays-bas/grille.aspx|publisher=StatsF1|accessdate=4 June 2022}}</ref>

===Classification===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Points
|-
|-
! 1
! 1
| 5
| 5
| '''[[Jackie Stewart]]'''
| {{flagicon|UK}} '''[[Jackie Stewart]]'''
| '''[[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| '''[[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 72
| 72
| 39:12.4
| 1:39:12.45
| 2
| 2
| '''9'''
| '''9'''
Line 23: Line 249:
! 2
! 2
| 6
| 6
| '''[[François Cévert]]'''
| {{flagicon|France}} '''[[François Cevert]]'''
| '''[[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| '''[[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 72
| 72
| 15.83
| + 15.83
| 3
| 3
| '''6'''
| '''6'''
Line 32: Line 258:
! 3
! 3
| 27
| 27
| '''[[James Hunt]]'''
| {{flagicon|UK}} '''[[James Hunt]]'''
| '''March-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| '''[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 72
| 72
| + 1:03.01
| + 1:03.01
Line 41: Line 267:
! 4
! 4
| 8
| 8
| '''[[Peter Revson]]'''
| {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Peter Revson]]'''
| '''[[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| '''[[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 72
| 72
Line 50: Line 276:
! 5
! 5
| 20
| 20
| '''[[Jean Pierre Beltoise]]'''
| {{flagicon|France}} '''[[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]'''
| '''[[BRM]]'''
| '''[[BRM]]'''
| 72
| 72
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! 6
! 6
| 26
| 26
| '''[[Gijs Van Lennep]]'''
| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} '''[[Gijs van Lennep]]'''
| '''[[Iso Marlboro]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| '''[[Frank Williams Racing Cars|Iso-Marlboro]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 70
| 70
| + 2 Laps
| + 2 Laps
Line 68: Line 294:
! 7
! 7
| 24
| 24
| [[Carlos Pace]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[José Carlos Pace|Carlos Pace]]
| [[Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 69
| 69
| + 3 Laps
| + 3 Laps
Line 77: Line 303:
! 8
! 8
| 19
| 19
| [[Clay Regazzoni]]
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Clay Regazzoni]]
| [[BRM]]
| [[BRM]]
| 68
| 68
Line 86: Line 312:
! 9
! 9
| 25
| 25
| [[Howden Ganley]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Howden Ganley]]
| [[Iso Marlboro]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Iso-Marlboro]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 68
| 68
| + 4 Laps
| + 4 Laps
Line 95: Line 321:
! 10
! 10
| 16
| 16
| [[George Follmer]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[George Follmer]]
| [[Shadow]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Shadow Racing Cars|Shadow]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 67
| 67
| + 5 Laps
| + 5 Laps
Line 104: Line 330:
! 11
! 11
| 2
| 2
| [[Ronnie Peterson]]
| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Ronnie Peterson]]
| [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 66
| 66
| Engine
| Engine
Line 113: Line 339:
! NC
! NC
| 12
| 12
| [[Graham Hill]]
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Graham Hill]]
| [[Shadow]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Shadow Racing Cars|Shadow]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 56
| 56
| Not Classified
| Not Classified
Line 122: Line 348:
! Ret
! Ret
| 21
| 21
| [[Niki Lauda]]
| {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Niki Lauda]]
| [[BRM]]
| [[BRM]]
| 52
| 52
Line 131: Line 357:
! Ret
! Ret
| 23
| 23
| [[Mike Hailwood]]
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Mike Hailwood]]
| [[Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 52
| 52
| Electrical
| Electrical
Line 140: Line 366:
! Ret
! Ret
| 7
| 7
| [[Denny Hulme]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Denny Hulme]]
| [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 31
| 31
Line 149: Line 375:
! Ret
! Ret
| 11
| 11
| [[Wilson Fittipaldi]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Wilson Fittipaldi]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 27
| 27
Line 158: Line 384:
! Ret
! Ret
| 22
| 22
| [[Chris Amon]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Chris Amon]]
| [[Tecno]]
| [[Tecno (motorsport)|Tecno]]
| 22
| 22
| Fuel System
| Fuel System
Line 167: Line 393:
! Ret
! Ret
| 10
| 10
| [[Carlos Reutemann]]
| {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Carlos Reutemann]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 9
| 9
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| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
|-
! WD
! Ret
| 18
| 18
| [[David Purley]]
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[David Purley]]
| March-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 8
| 8
| Withdrew
| Withdrew
Line 185: Line 411:
! Ret
! Ret
| 14
| 14
| [[Roger Williamson]]
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Roger Williamson]]
| March-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 7
| 7
| Fatal Accident
| Fatal Accident
Line 194: Line 420:
! Ret
! Ret
| 1
| 1
| [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
| [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 2
| 2
| Physical
| Physical
Line 203: Line 429:
! Ret
! Ret
| 15
| 15
| [[Mike Beuttler]]
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Mike Beuttler]]
| March-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 2
| 2
| Electrical
| Electrical
Line 212: Line 438:
! Ret
! Ret
| 17
| 17
| [[Jackie Oliver]]
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Oliver]]
| [[Shadow]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Shadow Racing Cars|Shadow]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1
| 1
| Accident
| Accident
Line 221: Line 447:
! DNS
! DNS
| 28
| 28
| [[Rikky von Opel]]
| {{flagicon|Liechtenstein}} [[Rikky von Opel]]
| [[Ensign]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Ensign (racing team)|Ensign]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 0
| 0
| Non Starter
| Non Starter
| 14
| 14
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
!colspan="8"|{{center|Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1973/496/ |title=1973 Dutch Grand Prix |publisher=formula1.com |access-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907232553/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1973/496/ |archive-date=7 September 2014}}</ref>}}
|}
|}


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
*Fastest Lap: Ronnie Peterson 1'20.310
*Driver [[Roger Williamson]] was killed in this race when his car crashed into the barriers, spun upside-down and caught fire. The race continued on with his burnt-out car still on the track.


* This was [[Jackie Stewart]]'s 26th Grand Prix win, thereby breaking the record set by [[Jim Clark]] at the [[1968 South African Grand Prix]]. Coincidentally, it was also the 100th Grand Prix win for a [[United Kingdom|British]] driver.
{| class="browser" border="2" align="center"
* This was the 10th Grand Prix start for Italian constructor [[Iso (automobile)|Iso-Marlboro]], entered by [[Frank Williams Racing Cars|Frank Williams]].
|class="prev"|Previous Race:<br />[[1973 British Grand Prix]]
* This was the 5th win of a [[Dutch Grand Prix]] by a [[Cosworth|Ford]]-powered car, breaking the old record set by [[Coventry Climax]] at the [[1965 Dutch Grand Prix]].
|class="topic"align="center"|'''[[FIA]] [[1973 Formula One season|1973 Formula One]]<br />World Championship'''
* This was the 75th consecutive time a [[Cosworth|Ford]]-powered car had finished in the top #10. This broke the record of the longest streak of top #10-finishes set by [[Coventry Climax]] between the [[1958 Argentine Grand Prix]] and the [[1965 Mexican Grand Prix]].
|class="next"|Next Race:<br />[[1973 German Grand Prix]]

==Championship standings after the race==
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}
;Drivers' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
|-
!
|class="prev"|Previous Race:<br />[[1971 Dutch Grand Prix]]
! Pos
|class="topic" align="center"|'''[[Dutch Grand Prix]]'''
! Driver
|class="next"|Next Race:<br />[[1974 Dutch Grand Prix]]
! Points
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Stewart]]
| align="left"| 51
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
| align="left"| 41
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[François Cevert]]
| align="left"| 39
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ronnie Peterson]]
| align="left"| 25
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 5
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Revson]]
| align="left"| 23
|-
!colspan=4|Source: <ref name="champ">{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1973/pays-bas/championnat.aspx|title=Netherlands 1973 - Championship • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref>
|}
|}
{{col-2}}
;Constructors' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Constructor
! Points
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 62 (66)
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 58 (62)
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 38
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="left"| 12
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg|10px]]
|align="center"| 5
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| align="left"| 12
|-
!colspan=4|Source: <ref name="champ"/>
|}
{{col-end}}

*<small>'''Note''': Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 7 results from the first 8 races and the best 6 results from the last 7 races counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.</small>

==References==
{{reflist | 30em}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
*{{cite web |title=Formula 1 complete – all access F1 – Williamson, Roger |url=http://www.f1complete.com/content/view/432/273/ |access-date=19 June 2009 |author=Admin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227224637/http://f1complete.com/content/view/432/273 |archive-date=27 February 2009 |url-status=usurped }}


{{F1 race report
[[Category:1973 in sports|Dutch Grand Prix]]
|Name_of_race = [[Dutch Grand Prix]]
[[Category:Formula One race reports]]
|Year_of_race = 1973
|Previous_race_in_season = [[1973 British Grand Prix]]
|Next_race_in_season = [[1973 German Grand Prix]]
|Previous_year's_race = [[1971 Dutch Grand Prix]]
|Next_year's_race = [[1974 Dutch Grand Prix]]
}}
{{F1GP 70-79}}


[[Category:1973 Formula One races|Dutch Grand Prix]]
[[es:Gran Premio de Holanda de 1973]]
[[Category:Dutch Grand Prix]]
[[Category:1973 in Dutch motorsport|Grand Prix]]
[[Category:July 1973 sports events in Europe|Dutch Grand Prix]]

Latest revision as of 20:46, 20 December 2024

1973 Dutch Grand Prix
Race details
Date 29 July 1973
Official name XX Grand Prix Zandvoort
Location Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.226 km (2.626[1] miles)
Distance 72 laps, 304.272 km (189.072 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver
Lotus-Ford
Time 1:19.47
Fastest lap
Driver Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford
Time 1:20.31
Podium
First
Tyrrell-Ford
Second
Tyrrell-Ford
Third
March-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1973 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zandvoort on 29 July 1973. It was race 10 of 15 in both the 1973 World Championship of Drivers and the 1973 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. Zandvoort returned to the Formula One calendar following a year's absence for extensive safety upgrades to the race track including new asphalt, new barriers and a new race control tower. Jackie Stewart won the race, this Grand Prix being fourth of five wins for Stewart during the 1973 Formula One season, and he became the most successful Formula One driver of all time with his 26th Grand Prix victory, surpassing Jim Clark's record of 25 victories. Stewart's friend and future world champion James Hunt scored his first podium finish.

Driver Roger Williamson was killed in the race; this was the first of two driver fatalities in the 1973 season. François Cevert, who took the podium in second place at this race, would later perish during practice for the 1973 United States Grand Prix.

Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap
1 2 Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 1:19.47 —
2 5 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 1:19.97 +0.50
3 6 France François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 1:20.12 +0.65
4 7 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 1:20.31 +0.84
5 10 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 1:20.59 +1.12
6 8 United States Peter Revson McLaren-Ford 1:20.60 +1.13
7 27 United Kingdom James Hunt March-Ford 1:20.70 +1.23
8 24 Brazil Carlos Pace Surtees-Ford 1:21.02 +1.55
9 20 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 1:21.14 +1.67
10 17 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver Shadow-Ford 1:21.23 +1.76
11 21 Austria Niki Lauda BRM 1:21.43 +1.96
12 19 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni BRM 1:21.56 +2.09
13 11 Brazil Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham-Ford 1:21.82 +2.35
14 28 Liechtenstein Rikky von Opel Ensign-Ford 1:22.01 +2.54
15 25 New Zealand Howden Ganley Iso-Marlboro-Ford 1:22.10 +2.63
16 1 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 1:22.24 +2.77
17 12 United Kingdom Graham Hill Shadow-Ford 1:22.50 +3.03
18 14 United Kingdom Roger Williamson March-Ford 1:22.72 +3.25
19 22 New Zealand Chris Amon Tecno 1:22.73 +3.26
20 26 Netherlands Gijs van Lennep Iso-Marlboro-Ford 1:22.95 +3.48
21 18 United Kingdom David Purley March-Ford 1:23.09 +3.62
22 16 United States George Follmer Shadow-Ford 1:24.14 +3.67
23 15 United Kingdom Mike Beuttler March-Ford 1:24.45 +3.98
24 23 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Surtees-Ford 1:32.33 +11.86

Race

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Death of Roger Williamson

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The burned wreckage of Roger Williamson's March 731.
Williamson's fatal accident.

On the eighth lap of the race through the high speed esses near the Tunnel Oost (East Tunnel) right-hand corner, a suspected tyre failure caused Williamson's car to pitch into the barriers at high speed, and be catapulted 300 yards (275 m) across the track, eventually coming to rest upside down against the barriers on the other side. The petrol tank had ignited whilst being scraped along the track, and the car caught fire. Williamson had not been seriously injured by the impact, but was trapped in the car. The race was not stopped and continued with a local yellow at the scene, a fact which would become significant over the next few minutes.

Fellow driver David Purley, who witnessed Williamson's impact, almost immediately pulled his car over on the opposite side of the track, then ran across the live racetrack to assist him. Williamson was heard shouting to Purley to get him out of the car as Purley tried in vain to turn the car upright. There appeared to have been ample time to right the car and pull Williamson out, but as desperately as he tried, Purley was unable to do it by himself, and the marshals, who were not wearing flame retardant overalls, were unable to help due to the intense heat.

Race control assumed that it was Purley's car that had crashed and that the driver had escaped unharmed. Many drivers who saw Purley waving them down to stop later claimed that they assumed Purley to be trying to put a fire out from his own car, having safely exited it, and thus did not know that a second driver had been involved. As a result, the race continued at full pace while Purley desperately tried to save the life of Williamson, unbeknownst to the marshals and the drivers.

There was only a single fire extinguisher in the area, and it was not enough to put out the fire. With the car still burning upside-down, the situation became hopeless, and the distraught Purley was led away by a marshal. As can be seen in the race footage, some spectators breached the safety fences in order to assist Williamson, but were likewise unable to get close to the upturned car due to the heat.

With the race still on, it took some eight minutes for a fire truck to completely travel around the circuit with the flow of race traffic.[2] By the time the car was eventually righted, and the fire extinguished, Williamson had died of asphyxiation. A blanket was thrown over the burnt-out wreck with Williamson still inside, and the race carried on.[3]

Purley was awarded the George Medal for his brave actions in trying to save his fellow sportsman. Williamson's remains were later cremated and his ashes transferred to an undisclosed location.

In an otherwise uneventful race, Jackie Stewart won his 26th career Grand Prix and broke Jim Clark's 5-year-old record of the most career Grand Prix victories. The starting grid of this race was set up in 3-2-3-2-3 formation, making this Grand Prix the last race with the starting grid having been formed of more than two columns of cars.[4]

Classification

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 72 1:39:12.45 2 9
2 6 France François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 72 + 15.83 3 6
3 27 United Kingdom James Hunt March-Ford 72 + 1:03.01 7 4
4 8 United States Peter Revson McLaren-Ford 72 + 1:09.13 6 3
5 20 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 72 + 1:13.37 9 2
6 26 Netherlands Gijs van Lennep Iso-Marlboro-Ford 70 + 2 Laps 20 1
7 24 Brazil Carlos Pace Surtees-Ford 69 + 3 Laps 8  
8 19 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni BRM 68 + 4 Laps 12  
9 25 New Zealand Howden Ganley Iso-Marlboro-Ford 68 + 4 Laps 15  
10 16 United States George Follmer Shadow-Ford 67 + 5 Laps 22  
11 2 Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 66 Engine 1  
NC 12 United Kingdom Graham Hill Shadow-Ford 56 Not Classified 17  
Ret 21 Austria Niki Lauda BRM 52 Fuel Pump 11  
Ret 23 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Surtees-Ford 52 Electrical 24  
Ret 7 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 31 Engine 4  
Ret 11 Brazil Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham-Ford 27 Accident 13  
Ret 22 New Zealand Chris Amon Tecno 22 Fuel System 19  
Ret 10 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 9 Tyre 5  
Ret 18 United Kingdom David Purley March-Ford 8 Withdrew 21  
Ret 14 United Kingdom Roger Williamson March-Ford 7 Fatal Accident 18  
Ret 1 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 2 Physical 16  
Ret 15 United Kingdom Mike Beuttler March-Ford 2 Electrical 23  
Ret 17 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver Shadow-Ford 1 Accident 10  
DNS 28 Liechtenstein Rikky von Opel Ensign-Ford 0 Non Starter 14  
Source:[5]

Notes

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Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 7 results from the first 8 races and the best 6 results from the last 7 races counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

References

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  1. ^ "1973 Dutch Grand Prix | Motorsport Database".
  2. ^ "Lost in the Dunes: The Death of Roger Williamson". vice.com. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Roger Williamson fire, Zandvort, 29th July 1973". Formula1-dictionary.net. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  4. ^ "1973 Dutch Grand Prix". StatsF1. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  5. ^ "1973 Dutch Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Netherlands 1973 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
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