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| - Colors = id:canvas value:rgb(0.937,0.937,0.937) id:linemark value:gray(0.8) id:linemark2 value:gray(0.9) BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas PlotData = mark:(line,linemark) from:start till:1 color:darkblue shift:(20,-5) text:François Cevert (Lap 1) from:1 till:7 color:yellow shift:(20,-5) text:Ronnie Peterson (Laps 2-7) from:7 till:end color:purple shift:(20,-5) text:Jackie Stewart (Laps 8-78)
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| - Colors = id:canvas value:rgb(0.937,0.937,0.937) id:linemark value:gray(0.8) id:linemark2 value:gray(0.9) BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas PlotData = mark:(line,linemark) from:start till:1 color:darkblue shift:(20,-5) text:François Cevert (Lap 1) from:1 till:7 color:yellow shift:(20,-5) text:Ronnie Peterson (Laps 2-7) from:7 till:end color:purple shift:(20,-5) text:Jackie Stewart (Laps 8-78) The 1973 Monaco Grand Prix, otherwise officially advertised as the XXXI Grand Prix de Monaco, was the sixth round of the 1973 FIA Formula One World Championship, staged on the Circuit de Monaco on the 3rd of June 1973. The race, which was the first to be staged on a heavily revised Monte Carlo circuit, would see Jackie Stewart match a record set by friend and fallen Champion Jim Clark. Pole position would go the small Scot after an impressive display, Stewart having pushed his Tyrrell round in a 1:27.5, far closer to the old circuit record of 1:21.4 than anyone thought possible. Ronnie Peterson pushed his Lotus to second ahead of Denny Hulme and François Cevert, while a debutante called James Hunt proved to be best of the privateers down in eighteenth. There was a small shock at the start when Cevert shot past the front row to take the lead into Sainte Devote, with Peterson only just able to keep ahead of an equally quick Clay Regazzoni. The rest of the field squeezed through the tight opening corner largely in grid order, with Stewart down to fourth ahead of arch rival Emerson Fittipaldi. Unfortunately for Cevert a meeting with a curb ended his chance of victory, the Frenchman having to drag a wounded Tyrrell back to the pits with a puncture. Peterson was therefore gifted the lead, and with a slow Regazzoni holding up the rest of the field, the Swede's advantage soon ballooned out to five seconds. As for Regazzoni, the Swiss racer was making his BRM as wide as possible on the city streets, only to make a mistake at the chicane and slither to a stop on the escape road. Stewart was released to hunt down Peterson, although before a fight could truly emerge the Swede suffered a fuel feed problem, sending him tumbling down the order. Fittipaldi inherited second but was struggling to keep pace with Stewart, while Lauda briefly ran up in third before a gearbox failure ended his race prematurely. Jacky Ickx then claimed the final podium spot before a driveshaft failure knocked his Ferrari out of action, with Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior duly taking over the position. With that the race was run, with Stewart sweeping home to a twenty-fifth career win, equalling the record set by the now legendary Jim Clark. Emerson Fittipaldi finished second while a late fuel leak ended the chances of his brother claiming third, leaving a limping Peterson to inherit the final podium spot. A charging Cevert claimed fourth ahead of Peter Revson, while Hulme assumed sixth after debutante Hunt suffered an engine failure just five laps from the chequered flag.
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