1973 European Formula Two Championship

The 1973 European Formula Two season was contested over 17 rounds. STP March Racing Team driver Jean-Pierre Jarier clinched the championship title.^[1]

Calendar[]

Race No	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	Mallory Park	11 March	50+50	2.17=217.0 km	1'12:09.8	180.424 km/h	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Jean-Pierre Jarier
2	Hockenheim	8 April	20+20	6.797=271.56 km	1'22:27.0	197.618 km/h	Jochen Mass	Patrick Depailler	Jean-Pierre Jarier
3	Thruxton	23 April	50	3.791=189.55 km	1'01:45.4 1'02:00.2	184.158 km/h 183.425 km/h	Patrick Depailler	Carlos Pace Jean-Pierre Jarier	Henri Pescarolo Bob Wollek
4	Nürburgring (Eifelrennen)	29 April	10	22.835=228.35 km	1'31:22.9 1'31:40.5	149.932 km/h 149.452 km/h	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Derek Bell	Reine Wisell Patrick Depailler
5	Pau	5-6 May	70	2.76=193.2 km	1'30:49.77 1'31:14.44	127.624 km/h 127.049 km/h	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	François Cevert Jean-Pierre Jarier
6		19-20 May	48+48	2.07=202.86 km	1'20:45.3	150.723 km/h	Jochen Mass	Jochen Mass	Jochen Mass
7	Nivelles	10 June	28+28	3.724=208.544 km	1'10:33.35	177.344 km/h	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Jochen Mass	Jean-Pierre Jarier
8	Hockenheim	17 June	20+20	6.797=271.56 km	1'22:20.7	197.870 km/h	Jochen Mass	Jochen Mass	Jochen Mass
9	Rouen	24 June	30	5.543=166.29 km	0'56:20.7	177.077 km/h	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Jean-Pierre Jarier
10	Monza	29 June	20+20	5.75=230.0 km	1'09:05.15	199.752 km/h	Roger Williamson	Roger Williamson	Roger Williamson
11	Mantorp Park	July 28/29	36+36	4.092=294.624 km	1'42:05.0	173.167 km/h	John Watson	Patrick Depailler	Jean-Pierre Jarier
12	Karlskoga	12 August	48	3.0=144.0 km	0'59:14.4	145.847 km/h	Peter Gethin	Torsten Palm	Jean-Pierre Jarier
13	Pergusa-Enna	26 August	30+30	4.797=287.82 km	1'23:53.6	205.847 km/h	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Patrick Depailler	Jean-Pierre Jarier
14	Salzburgring	2 September	50	4.238=211.90 km	0'59:47.28	212.651 km/h	Patrick Depailler	Patrick Depailler	Vittorio Brambilla
15	Norisring	9 September	60+60	2.3=276.0 km	1'46:40.9 1'47:40.9	161.642 km/h 155.228 km/h	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tim Schenken Tom Pryce
16		19 September	56	3.636=203.616 km	1'04:59.2	187.992 km/h	Vittorio Brambilla	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Vittorio Brambilla
17	Vallelunga	14 October	35+35	3.2=224.0 km	1'24:40.0	158.740 km/h	Vittorio Brambilla	Vittorio Brambilla

Note:

Race 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15 and 17 were held in two heats, with results shown in aggregate.

Race 3, 5, 9 and 12 were held with two semi-final heats and the final run, with time only shown for the final.

Race 3, 4, 5 and 15 were won by graded drivers, all graded drivers are shown in Italics

Race 9 Gerry Birrell was fatally injured in practice.

Final point standings[]

Driver[]

For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. All scores from basic events counts: Race No. 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16 and 17. Also the first four starts (not scores) in the complementary races counts: Race No. 1, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 15. But only the first result in any country of the complementary races counts. Three drivers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place	Name	Team	Chassis	Engine	MAL	HOC	THR	NÜR	PAU	KIN	NIV	HOC	ROU	MNZ	MAN	KAR	EMM	SAL	NOR	ALB	VLL	Points
1	Jean-Pierre Jarier	March Engineering	March	BMW	9	9	-	-	9	-	9	-	9	-	9	9	9	-	-	6	-	78
2	Jochen Mass	Surtees Racing	Surtees	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	9	6	-	6	-	4	-	-	2	-	42
3	Patrick Depailler		Elf-Alpine	Ford	-	6	-	9	-	6	-	-	2	6	3	-	-	6	-	-	-	38
4	Vittorio Brambilla		March	Ford	2	-																35
			March	BMW			1	4	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	6	(9)	-	9	6
5		Scuderia Filipinetti	March	BMW	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-							34
			March	BMW												4	-	4	-	4	9
6	Bob Wollek	Motul Rondel Racing		Ford	-	-	9	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	23
7	Mike Beuttler		March	BMW	-	-	6	-	6	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
8	Derek Bell	Surtees Racing	Surtees	Ford	-	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13
			March	BMW	-	2																13
			March	BMW			-	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
10	Roger Williamson	Wheatcroft Racing	GRD	Ford	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-									11
		Wheatcroft Racing	March	BMW										9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	Dave Morgan		Chevron	Ford	4	-	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
12	Dave McConnell		Surtees	Ford	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Wilson Fittipaldi	Motor Racing Developments	Brabham	Ford	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-										6
		Motor Racing Developments	Brabham	BMW									3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Motul Rondel Racing		Ford	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Torsten Palm	Surtees Racing	Surtees	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Gunnar Nilsson		GRD	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6
17			GRD	Ford	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
		private entry	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	(2)	2	3	-	-	-	5
		private entry	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	5
20	Gerry Birrell	Chevron Racing	Chevron	Ford	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Hiroshi Kazato	/	GRD	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	John Watson		Chevron	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Jo Vonlanthen		GRD	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
24		Chevron Racing	Chevron	Ford	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
			GRD	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Jean-Pierre Jabouille		Elf-Alpine	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
	Silvio Moser	private entry	Surtees	Ford	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		3
			March	BMW																	1
28		private entry		Ford	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Tom Pryce	Motul Rondel Racing		Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	(9)	-	-	2
	Brett Lunger		Chevron	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2
			Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
32			Surtees	Ford	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
		private entry	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
			Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
			March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
	Bertil Roos		GRD	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1

Note:

Only drivers which were not graded were able to score points.

Race 6 and 15 not all points were awarded (not enough finishers).

Vittorio Brambilla had nine points deducted for his win at Austria, because this was his fifth start in a complementary race. He had also raced in race No. 1, 5, 8 and 10.

had two points deducted for his fifth place at Karlskoga, because this was his second start in a complementary race in Sweden. He had also raced in race No. 6.

Tom Pryce had nine points deducted for his win at Norisring, because this was his second start in a complementary race in Germany. He had also raced in race No. 8.

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