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The 1973 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zolder on 20 May 1973. It was race 5 of 15 in 1973 Formula One season. The race was won by British driver Jackie Stewart driving a Tyrrell 006.

The entire Zolder track had to be resurfaced a week before the actual Grand Prix after a few drivers such as Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi and François Cevert walked around the track to inspect it. They found that the track started to break up as a result of a previous race, and the track owners immediately decided to resurface the track, only a week before the Grand Prix. Cevert, Fittipaldi and Stewart refused to drive on the track because of the danger, and Cevert responded to the FIA that they would attempt to cancel the race if the owners did not do a good enough job of fixing the track.

Future world champion Niki Lauda took his first ever career points here, by finishing in fifth place in his BRM.

This race saw the end of teams' numbers changing from race to race - the numbers teams raced with at Zolder lasted until the end of the season. For the 1974 season, the finishing positions in the Constructors' Championship were used to allocate the numbers, after which teams did not change numbers unless they won the Drivers' Championship or signed the current World Champion.


Offical Name
XXXI Grote Prijs van Belgie
Date
1973-05-20
Circuit
Course Length
km \ miles
Distance
70 laps, km \ miles

Podium
Pos. Driver Constructor

Pole Position
Driver Consturctor Time

Fastest Lap
Driver Constructor Fastest Lap

This race saw...
  • Driver
    • 24th win for 
    • 2nd and last fastest lap for 
    • 1st championship point for
  • Team
    • 13th win for 
  • Engine
    • 56th win for Ford Cosworth
    • 50th pole position for Ford Cosworth
Data
  • Weather: Sunny
  • Attendance:
  • Entries: 23
  • Qualified: 23
  • Classified: 11
Post-race Drivers' Standings
Pos. Driver Points
1 35
2 28
3 18
4 9
5 9
6 6
7 5
8 5
9 3
10 2
10 2
12 1
12 1
12 1
Post-race Constructors' Standings
Pos. Constructor Points
1 36
2 35
3 15
4 9
5 5
6 5
7 4
8 1


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