The 1973 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Two motor race held on 6 May 1973 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by François Cevert, driving the Alpine A367. Jean-Pierre Jarier finished second and Tim Schenken third.

1973 Pau Grand Prix
Race details
Date 6 May 1973
Official name XXXIII Pau Grand Prix
Location Pau, France
Course Temporary Street Circuit
Course length 2.760 km (1.720 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 193.200 km (120.048 miles)
Pole position
Driver March-BMW
Time 1:15.0
Fastest lap
Driver France Jean-Pierre Beltoise March-BMW
Time 1:15.0
Podium
First Alpine-Ford
Second March-BMW
Third Motul-Ford

Classification edit

Race edit

Pos No Driver Vehicle Laps Time/retired Grid
1 10   François Cevert Alpine-Ford 70 1hr 30min 49.77sec
2 1   Jean-Pierre Jarier March-BMW 70 + 24.67 s 1
3 3   Tim Schenken Motul-Ford 70 + 35.93 s
4   Mike Beuttler March-BMW 69 + 1 lap
5 14   Bob Wollek Motul-Ford 69 + 1 lap
6 12   Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Motul-BMW 69 + 1 lap
7 22   Roger Williamson GRD-Ford 68 + 2 laps
8 6   Sten Gunnarsson GRD-Ford 68 + 2 laps
9   Hiroshi Kazato GRD-Ford 68 + 2 laps
10 33   Graham Birrell Chevron-Ford 66 + 4 laps
11 25   Tetsu Ikuzawa GRD-Ford 64 + 6 laps
12 2   Jean-Pierre Beltoise March-BMW 62 + 8 laps
Ret 5   Reine Wisell GRD-Cosworth 51 Oil pressure
Ret 31   Silvio Moser Surtees-Ford 42 Gear lever
Ret 9   Patrick Depailler Alpine-Ford 38 Electrical
Ret   Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham-Ford 30 Rear wing
Ret   François Migault Pygmée-Ford 24 Distributor
Ret   Dave Morgan Chevron-Ford 16 Oil leak
Ret 18   Vittorio Brambilla March-BMW 15 Oil pressure
Ret 19   Ernesto Brambilla March-BMW 0 Accident
DNQ   Patrick Dal Bo Pygmée-Ford Did not qualify
DNQ   Brendan McInerney GRD-Ford Did not qualify
DNS   Jacques Coulon March-BMW Did not start
DNS   Colin Vandervell March-BMW Did not start
DNS   Bill Gubelmann March-BMW Did not start
DNS   James Hunt Surtees-Ford Did not start
DNS   John Wingfield Brabham-Ford Did not start
DNS   Richard Scott Scott-Ford Did not start
Fastest Lap: Jean-Pierre Beltoise (March-BMW) - 1:15.0
Sources:[1]
Preceded by Pau Grand Prix
1973
Succeeded by

References edit

  1. ^ "Formula 2 1973 - Pau GP". Formula2.net. Retrieved 2017-02-25.