Race · Round 2 of 15 · 11 February 1973

1973 Brazilian Grand Prix

Emerson Fittipaldi won for Team Lotus from 2nd on the grid at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos). 8 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos)Sao Paulo, Brazil
Winner: Emerson FittipaldiTeam Lotus
Pole: Ronnie Peterson
Fastest lap: Emerson Fittipaldi / Denny Hulme
Entries: 2012 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Lotus	—	2	40	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Sir Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell	—	8	40	Finished	6
3	Denny Hulme	McLaren	—	5	40	Finished	4	fastest lap
4	Arturo Merzario	Ferrari	—	17	39	Finished	3
5	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	—	3	39	Finished	2
6	Clay Regazzoni	BRM	—	4	39	Finished	1
7	Howden Ganley	Iso-Marlboro	—	16	39	Finished	0
8	Niki Lauda	BRM	—	13	38	Finished	0
9	Nanni Galli	Iso-Marlboro	—	18	38	Finished	0
10	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell	—	9	38	Finished	0
11	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham	—	7	38	Finished	0
12	Luiz Bueno	Surtees	—	20	36	Finished	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	—	10	23	Electrical	0
DNF	Mike Beuttler	March	—	19	18	Overheating	0
DNF	Carlos Pace	Surtees	TS14A	6	9	Suspension	0
DNF	Mike Hailwood	Surtees	TS14A	14	6	Gearbox	0
DNF	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	—	1	5	Wheel	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	March	—	15	5	Gearbox	0
DNF	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham	—	11	5	Overheating	0
DNF	Peter Revson	McLaren	—	12	3	Gearbox	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout interlagos-1 · 7.873 km · 26 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Emerson Fittipaldi	2	1	40
Sir Jackie Stewart	8	2	40
Denny Hulme	5	3	40
Arturo Merzario	17	4	39
Jacky Ickx	3	5	39
Clay Regazzoni	4	6	39
Howden Ganley	16	7	39
Niki Lauda	13	8	38
Nanni Galli	18	9	38
Francois Cevert	9	10	38
Carlos Reutemann	7	11	38
Luiz Bueno	20	12	36
Jean-Pierre Beltoise	10	DNF	23
Mike Beuttler	19	DNF	18
Carlos Pace	6	DNF	9
Mike Hailwood	14	DNF	6
Ronnie Peterson	1	DNF	5
Jean-Pierre Jarier	15	DNF	5
Wilson Fittipaldi	11	DNF	5
Peter Revson	12	DNF	3

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	2	2:30.500	—	—
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Lotus	1	2:30.700	+0.200	+0.200
3	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	9	2:32.000	+1.500	+1.300
4	Clay Regazzoni	BRM	14	2:32.400	+1.900	+0.400
5	Denny Hulme	McLaren	7	2:32.700	+2.200	+0.300
6	Carlos Pace	Surtees	6	2:32.700	+2.200	+0.000
7	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham	17	2:32.900	+2.400	+0.200
8	Sir Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell	3	2:33.300	+2.800	+0.400
9	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell	4	2:33.400	+2.900	+0.100
10	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	15	2:33.500	+3.000	+0.100
11	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham	18	2:34.300	+3.800	+0.800
12	Peter Revson	McLaren	8	2:34.300	+3.800	+0.000
13	Niki Lauda	BRM	16	2:35.100	+4.600	+0.800
14	Mike Hailwood	Surtees	5	2:35.500	+5.000	+0.400
15	Jean-Pierre Jarier	March	11	2:37.600	+7.100	+2.100
16	Howden Ganley	Iso-Marlboro	19	2:37.600	+7.100	+0.000
17	Arturo Merzario	Ferrari	10	2:37.700	+7.200	+0.100
18	Nanni Galli	Iso-Marlboro	20	2:38.700	+8.200	+1.000
19	Mike Beuttler	March	12	2:39.900	+9.400	+1.200
20	Luiz Bueno	Surtees	23	2:42.500	+12.000	+2.600

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Where this comes from

Round: 2 of 1973
Grand Prix: Brazilian Grand Prix
Dates: 11 Feb 1973
Layout raced: Original long circuit · 7.96 km · 26 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Team Lotus
Entrant: Lotus-Ford
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.