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1973 Race of Champions

United Kingdom  1973 Race of Champions
Race details
Non-Championship race in the 1973 Formula One season
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Date 18 March 1973
Official name VIII Race of Champions
Location Brands Hatch
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.264 km (2.65 mi)
Distance 40 laps, 170.554 km (105.977 mi)
Pole position
Driver BRM
Time 1:21.1
Fastest lap
Drivers France Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM
Fastest lap Austria Niki Lauda BRM
Fastest lap Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Cosworth
Time 1:23.0
Podium
First Chevron-Chevrolet
Second McLaren-Cosworth
Third Surtees-Cosworth

The 8th Race of Champions was a non-Championship motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 18 March 1973 at Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, UK. The race included several entrants in Formula 5000 cars and was won by Peter Gethin in a Chevron-Chevrolet B24 '72-05'. This was the only race other than the poorly-attended 1969 Madrid Grand Prix in which a Formula 5000 car beat a Formula One car.



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