The 1973 German Grand Prix was a

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motor race held at

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on 5 August 1973. It was race 11 of 15 in both the

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and the

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. The 14-lap race was won from

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by Jackie Stewart, driving a Tyrrell- Ford. It was Stewart's 27th and final Grand Prix victory, a record that would stand until . Teammate François Cevert finished second, with

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third in a

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-Ford. Ferrari did not participate in this race due to internal political issues and the uncompetitiveness of their car, enabling regular Ferrari driver and Nürburgring specialist Ickx to accept a one-off drive for McLaren. The works March team also did not participate in this race following the accident at the

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the previous weekend that had claimed the life of

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. The Ensign, Tecno and Hesketh teams also did not participate. To boost the field, the McLaren, Brabham and Surtees teams all entered three cars: Ferrari released Ickx to drive the third McLaren; Rolf Stommelen drove the third Brabham in place of the injured Andrea de Adamich; and

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drove the third Surtees. Niki Lauda, who out-qualified his teammates by more than 8 seconds crashed at Kesselchen on Lap 2 and injured his wrist; he had to miss the subsequent race, the

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, which was his home race. The race was rebroadcast in 2003 in the USA on Speed Channel as a special broadcast of their Formula 1 retrospective, Formula One Decade. Commentary was by Jackie Stewart and David Hobbs.

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Race

Classification

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings *

References

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