SWEDISH GRAND PRIX 1973

Ronnie Peterson's success with Team Lotus was the catalyst for a Swedish Grand Prix and the race was held at the grandly-named Scandinavian Raceway, a rather featureless circuit built alongside (and incorporating) the runway of a small airfield at Anderstorp, 80 miles out into the forests from Goteborg and 250 miles from Stockholm. The field was smaller than usual as there was no time for teams to repair the damage done at Monaco as they had to cover the 1200 miles from Monaco to Anderstorp.

Missing from the action were Arturo Merzario (Ferrari), ChrisAmon (Tecno), Andrea de Adamich (Ceramica Pagnossin Brabham) while Nanni Galli had decided to retire and soWilliams ran Denmark's Tom Belso until it became clear that there was no money available for the race. Reine Wisell, however, had rented David Purley's March and so there were 21 cars in practice.

Peterson did not disappoint his fans in qualifying, taking pole in his Lotus from Francois Cevert's Tyrrell. The World Championship contenders Jackie Stewart (Tyrrell) and Emerson Fittipaldi (Lotus) shared the second row while Carlos Reutemann (Brabham) and Denny Hulme (McLaren) were on the third. The top 10 was completed by Peter Revson (McLaren), Jacky Ickx (Ferrari), Jean-Pierre Beltoise (BRM) and Mike Hailwood (Surtees).

After the start was delayed by the Grand Prix Drivers Association complaining about photographers in dangerous places, the race began a little late. Emerson Fittipaldi made the best start and grabbed second behind Peterson. Cevert was third with Stewart behind him and then came Reutemann and Hulme, although the McLaren driver moved ahead of the Brabham on the fourth lap. The order then remained stable until the 34th lap when Stewart overtook Cevert and began to close of the two JPS Lotuses ahead of him. Cevert, in trouble with tires, dropped back and was overtaken by Hulme on lap 62. Hulme then closed the gap on Stewart and on lap 71 he moved to third place when Fittipaldi suddenly slowed with a gearbox failure. With just three laps to go Hulme overtook Stewart when the Scot suffered a rear brake failure. On the penultimate lap Hulme was able to pass the local hero to snatch victory, the New Zealander's decision to run harder tires having paid off. Peterson was second with Cevert third

POS	NO	DRIVER	ENTRANT	LAPS	TIME/RETIREMENT	QUAL POS
1	7	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Cosworth M23	80	1h56m46.049s	6
2	2	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Cosworth 72E	80	1h56m50.088s	1
3	6	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell-Cosworth 006	80	1h57m00.716s	2
4	10	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Cosworth BT42	80	1h57m04.117s	5
5	5	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Cosworth 006	80	1h57m12.047s	3
6	3	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312B3	79		8
7	8	Peter Revson	McLaren-Cosworth M23	79		7
8	15	Mike Beuttler	March-Cosworth 731	77		21
9	19	Clay Regazzoni	BRM P160E	77		12
10	24	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Cosworth TS14A	77		16
11	25	Howden Ganley	Iso Marlboro-Cosworth IR	76		11
12r	1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Cosworth 72E	76	Gearbox	4
13	21	Niki Lauda	BRM P160E	75		15
14	16	George Follmer	Shadow-Cosworth DN1	74		19
r	20	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM P160E	57	Engine	9
r	17	Jackie Oliver	Shadow-Cosworth DN1	50	Transmission	17
r	23	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Cosworth TS14A	41	Vibration	10
r	14	Jean-Pierre Jarier	March-Cosworth 731	36	Throttle Linkage	20
r	12	Graham Hill	Shadow-Cosworth DN1	16	Ignition	18
r	11	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Cosworth BT42	0	Accident	13
r	27	Reine Wisell	March-Cosworth 731	-1	Suspension	14
ns	26	Tom Belso	Iso Marlboro-Cosworth IR		Car Raced By Ganley	22

Swedish GP, Anderstorp, June 17, 1973, Round: 7, Race Number: 227