Race details | |||
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Race 2 of 15 in the 1973 Formula One season | |||
Date | February 11, 1973 | ||
Official name | II Grande Prêmio do Brasil | ||
Location | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 7.960 km (4.975 mi) | ||
Distance | 40 laps, 318.4 km (199 mi) | ||
Weather | Partly cloudy and hot | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Lotus-Ford | ||
Time | 2:30.5 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Drivers | Emerson Fittipaldi (lap 14) | Lotus-Ford | |
Denny Hulme (lap 20) | McLaren-Ford | ||
Time | 2:35.0 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Lotus-Ford | ||
Second | Tyrrell-Ford | ||
Third | McLaren-Ford |
The 1973 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Interlagos on February 11, 1973. It was the second race of the 1973 World Championship of Drivers and the 1973 International Cup for F1 Manufacturers. It was also the first ever world championship race to be held in Brazil. The race was won by home town hero Emerson Fittipaldi after starting from first row beside Ronnie Peterson, who claimed the first pole position in his Formula One career, both driving Lotus. Jackie Stewart finished in second position, driving a Tyrrell. Denny Hulme finished in third position, driving a McLaren.