Grand Prix of Austria 1973

The 1973 Austrian Grand Prix is the twelfth stage of the world championship in motor racing in the Formula 1 class of the 1973 season. Auto racing took place on August 19, 1973 on the Osterreichring .

Grand Prix of Austria 1973
him. XI Grosser Preis von Osterreich
date	August 19, 1973
A place	Austria , Zeltweg
Track	Osterreichring (5911 m)
Distance	54 laps , 319.194 km
Weather	Hot, dry
Pole
1: 34.98 (224.04 km / h)	Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus - Ford
Fast lap
1: 37.29 (218.72 km / h)	Carlus Pase
46 circle	Surtees - Ford
Podium
Winner	Ronnie Peterson Lotus - Ford
2nd place	Jackie Stewart Tyrrell - Ford
3rd place	Carlus Pase Surtees - Ford

Scuderia Ferrari returned to the championship, exhibiting one car with Arturo Merzario at the wheel. March also returned, having lost the sponsorship of the American company STP, Ensign and Tecno , and the BRM team performed without injured Nicky Lauda . The first row of the starting field was occupied by two Lotus pilots led by Emerson Fittipaldi , followed by two McLaren pilots. Tyrrell pilots were only seventh and tenth.

The Brazilian lost the start to Ronnie Peterson and Denny Hume and rolled back to third place. Peter Revson hesitated at the start and Mike Halewood , who was driving around him, collided with Mike Böttler’s car , damaging the oil cooler to the latter. After six laps, another clash with the Ferrari Arturo Merzario pulled Francois Sever out of the fight. Danny Hume was forced to stop at the pit stop due to a malfunction in the ignition and Fittipaldi first came in second and then became the leader of the race, but six laps before the finish line he got down due to damage to the fuel line. The failure of the Brazilian took advantage of Ronnie Peterson, who won the race.