1973 standings

Jackie Stewart won the 1973 Formula 1 drivers' championship with 71 points, 16 ahead of Emerson Fittipaldi. Team Lotus won the constructors' championship with 92 points.

Final standings, United States Grand Prix, 7 Oct 1973. Race results · Team-mate head-to-head · 1972 · 1974

Championship progression

Points after each round for the top eight drivers in the final standings. Hover or tap for a round.

Constructors, top six.

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points	Gap
1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell	5	71	leader
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Lotus	3	55	-16
3	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	4	52	-19
4	François Cevert	Tyrrell	0	47	-24
5	Peter Revson	McLaren	2	38	-33
6	Denny Hulme	McLaren	1	26	-45
7	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham	0	16	-55
8	James Hunt	March	0	14	-57
9	Jacky Ickx	Iso Marlboro	0	12	-59
10	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	0	9	-62
11	Carlos Pace	Surtees	0	7	-64
12	Arturo Merzario	Ferrari	0	6	-65
13	George Follmer	Shadow	0	5	-66
14	Jackie Oliver	Shadow	0	4	-67
15	Andrea de Adamich	Brabham	0	3	-68
16	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham	0	3	-68
17	Niki Lauda	BRM	0	2	-69
18	Clay Regazzoni	BRM	0	2	-69
19	Howden Ganley	Iso Marlboro	0	1	-70
20	Gijs van Lennep	Iso Marlboro	0	1	-70
21	Chris Amon	Tyrrell	0	1	-70
22	Mike Hailwood	Surtees	0	0	-71
23	Mike Beuttler	March	0	0	-71
24	Jochen Mass	Surtees	0	0	-71
25	Henri Pescarolo	Iso Marlboro	0	0	-71
26	Graham Hill	Shadow	0	0	-71
27	Nanni Galli	Iso Marlboro	0	0	-71
28	David Purley	March	0	0	-71
29	Jody Scheckter	McLaren	0	0	-71
30	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham	0	0	-71
31	Jean-Pierre Jarier	March	0	0	-71
32	Luiz Bueno	Surtees	0	0	-71
33	Rikky von Opel	Ensign	0	0	-71
34	Tim Schenken	Iso Marlboro	0	0	-71
35	Eddie Keizan	Tyrrell	0	0	-71
36	John Watson	Brabham	0	0	-71
37	Jackie Pretorius	Iso Marlboro	0	0	-71
38	Roger Williamson	March	0	0	-71
39	Reine Wisell	March	0	0	-71
40	Dave Charlton	Team Lotus	0	0	-71
41	Peter Gethin	BRM	0	0	-71
42	Graham McRae	Iso Marlboro	0	0	-71

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points	Gap
1	Team Lotus	7	92	leader
2	Tyrrell	5	82	-10
3	McLaren	3	58	-34
4	Brabham	0	22	-70
5	March	0	14	-78
6	Ferrari	0	12	-80
7	BRM	0	12	-80
8	Shadow	0	9	-83
9	Surtees	0	7	-85
10	Iso Marlboro	0	2	-90
11	Tecno	0	1	-91
12	Ensign	0	0	-92

Explained: how points and the two championships work · how often the leader after round 1 became champion.

Standings after each round

Rd	Race	Winner	Leader after the race	Pts
1	Argentine Grand Prix	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	9
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	18
3	South African Grand Prix	Jackie Stewart	Emerson Fittipaldi	22
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	31
5	Belgian Grand Prix	Jackie Stewart	Emerson Fittipaldi	35
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Jackie Stewart	Emerson Fittipaldi	41
7	Swedish Grand Prix	Denny Hulme	Emerson Fittipaldi	41
8	French Grand Prix	Ronnie Peterson	Jackie Stewart	42
9	British Grand Prix	Peter Revson	Jackie Stewart	42
10	Dutch Grand Prix	Jackie Stewart	Jackie Stewart	51
11	German Grand Prix	Jackie Stewart	Jackie Stewart	60
12	Austrian Grand Prix	Ronnie Peterson	Jackie Stewart	66
13	Italian Grand Prix	Ronnie Peterson	Jackie Stewart	69
14	Canadian Grand Prix	Peter Revson	Jackie Stewart	71
15	United States Grand Prix	Ronnie Peterson	Jackie Stewart	71