Gran Premio d`Italia 9 September 1973, Monza

Ronnie Peterson i sin 45:e F1 start. Återigen träningssnabbast, för sjunde gången på säsongen och i det främst startledet för tionde gången - det säger det mesta om hans formidabla snabbhet. 

Ronnie således i "pole position", denna gång med Peter Revson strax bakom i första startled. Ronnie tar direkt täten och leder från start till mål. Teamkompisen Fittipaldi, som mycket väl skulle ha behövt alla upptänkliga poäng i jakten på VM-ledande Jackie Stewart, kommer tvåa - endast 0,8 sekunder efter Ronnie. Bevisligen existerar inga stallorders!

Stewart (Tyrrell) får snabbaste varvtid med 1.35,3 och kör in som fyra bakom Peter Revson i en McLaren. Med endast två tävlingar kvar på säsongen så innebär denna målgång att Stewart har ointagliga 69 poäng, 21 poäng upp på jagande Fittipaldi. Hade Emerson fått passera Ronnie skulle fortfarande VM-titeln vara möjlig att nå åtminstone i teorin (d v s ytterligare två vinster under det att Stewart kammar noll)...

...men det är alltså Ronnie Peterson som i sin Lotus tar sin tredje seger för säsongen och Lotus första dubbelseger på fem år. Det har lossnat nu!

Emerson Fittipaldi var inte glad över att Ronnie ej släppt förbi honom. Han har i efterhand erkänt att det var denna händelse som fick honom att definitivt skriva kontrakt med ett annat stall inför kommande säsong.

Summary in english

With three races to go in the World Championship Emerson Fittipaldi was faced with the almost impossible task of scoring 24 points in the final three races with Jackie Stewart scoring nothing. The Lotus was becoming the dominant car but it remained fragile, Fittipaldi having retired from the lead at the previous race in Austria with just a few laps to go.

The usual grid was bolstered by the return to full strength of Ferrari which had convinced Jacky Ickx to rejoin the team (on a temporary contract). Niki Lauda was back in action after breaking his wrist at the Nürburgring.

In qualifying the field was reduced by one when James Hunt crashed the Hesketh March heavily and neither Jean-Pierre Jarier's March nor Chris Amon's Tecno were very fast and so both were withdrawn. Up at the front Ronnie Peterson took pole for Lotus while Peter Revson qualified alongside him in his McLaren. The second row featured Denny Hulme in the second McLaren and Fittipaldi's Lotus. Carlos Pace (Surtees) and Stewart shared the third row with Merzario and Mike Hailwood (Surtees) behind them and the Brabhams of Rolf Stommelen and Carlos Reutemann on the fifth row. Francois Cevert was a disappointing 11th in his Tyrrell while Ickx was 14th.

At the start Peterson went into the lead with Fittipaldi chasing him while Hulme claimed third ahead of Stewart and Revson. Merzario disappeared on the second lap when he broke his suspension running over a curb. Both Hulme and Stewart disappeared to the pits, the Scotsman with a puncture and the New Zealander for a check after a wild ride over a curb. This left Revson third. The order at the front remained unchanged while Stewart charged back with a marvelous drive and at the end was up to fourth place. It was enough to make it impossible for Fittipaldi to win the World title and so Peterson was allowed to win. It was Lotus's first 1-2 result for five years.  

Kepsen i luften!

 

Sammanställning Grand Prix Italien Datum 9 September 1973 Bana Monza Säsong 1973 Deltävling 13 Längd (km) 5.775 Varv 55 Tid 1:29:17.000

Placering Nr Förare Team Tid Grid 1 2 Ronnie Peterson Lotus 1:29:17.000 1 2 1 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus 0.800 4 3 8 Peter Revson McLaren 28.800 2 4 5 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 33.200 6 5 6 François Cevert Tyrrell 46.200 11 6 10 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 59.800 10 7 23 Mike Hailwood Surtees 88.700 8 8 3 Jacky Ickx Ferrari +1 varv 14 9 29 David Purley March +1 varv 24 10 16 George Follmer Shadow +1 varv 21 11 17 Jackie Oliver Shadow +1 varv 19 12 9 Rolf Stommelen Brabham +1 varv 9 13 20 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM +1 varv 13 14 12 Graham Hill Shadow +1 varv 22 15 7 Denny Hulme McLaren +2 varv 3 nc 25 Howden Ganley Williams +11 varv 20 r 15 Mike Beuttler March +21 varv 12 r 21 Niki Lauda BRM +22 varv 15 r 19 Clay Regazzoni BRM +24 varv 18 r 24 Carlos Pace Surtees +38 varv 5 r 26 Gijs van Lennep Williams +41 varv 23 r 28 Rikky von Opel Ensign +45 varv 17 r 11 Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham +49 varv 16 r 4 Arturo Merzario Ferrari +53 varv 7 ns 27 James Hunt March

NC=Not Classified NT=No time set in qualifying R=Retired EX=Excluded from meeting W=Withdrawn DQ=Disqualified NS=Did not start NQ=Did not qualify NPQ=Did not pre-qualify

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