1973 German Grand Prix

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The 1973 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Nürburgring on August 5, 1973.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	14	1:42:03.0	1	9
2	6	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	14	1.6	3	6
3	30	Jacky Ickx	McLaren-Ford	14	41.2	7	4
4	24	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford	14	53.8	11	3
5	11	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	14	+ 1:19.9	13	2
6	1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	14	+ 1:24.3	14	1
7	31	Jochen Mass	Surtees-Ford	14	+ 1:25.2	15
8	17	Jackie Oliver	Shadow-Ford	14	+ 1:25.7	17
9	8	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	14	+ 2:11.8	7
10	26	Henri Pescarolo	Iso Marlboro-Ford	14	+ 2:22.5	12
11	9	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	14	+ 3:27.3	16
12	7	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	14	+ 3:38.7	8
13	12	Graham Hill	Shadow-Ford	14	+ 3:49.0	20
14	23	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	13	+ 1 Lap	18
15	18	David Purley	March-Ford	13	+ 1 Lap	22
16	15	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	13	+ 1 Lap	19
Ret	10	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	7	Engine	6
Ret	19	Clay Regazzoni	BRM	7	Engine	10
Ret	16	George Follmer	Shadow-Ford	5	Accident	21
Ret	20	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	4	Gearbox	9
Ret	21	Niki Lauda	BRM	1	Accident	5
Ret	2	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	0	Ignition	2

[edit] Notes

• Fastest lap: Carlos Pace - 7:11.4
• First run of the German Grand Prix with limited advertising for all the cigarette brands. Tobacco advertising would return to the German Grand Prix in 1999 until be banned again for the 2006 race.
• The race was rebroadcast in 2003 in the USA on Speed Channel as a special broadcast of their Formula 1 retrospective, Formula One Decade. Commentary was by Jackie Stewart and David Hobbs.

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