The 1973 Formula One season was the 27th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1973 World Championship of Drivers and the 1973 International Cup for F1 Manufacturers, which were contested concurrently over a fifteen-race series that commenced on 28 January and ended on 7 October. The season also included two non-championship races which were open to both Formula One and Formula 5000 cars.
Jackie Stewart (right) won his third and final Drivers' Championship, driving for Tyrrell, the Tyrrell team's final drivers champion
John Player Team Lotus won their second consecutive Manufacturers' Cup with the Lotus 72.
Graham Hill bought a chassis from the new Shadow team and painted it in his Embassy Racing colours.
Ronnie Peterson driving for Team Lotus at the Dutch Grand Prix.
Sir John Young Stewart OBE is a British former Formula One racing driver from Scotland. Nicknamed the "Flying Scot", he competed in Formula One between 1965 and 1973, winning three World Drivers' Championships and twice finishing as runner-up over those nine seasons. He was the only British driver to win three championships until Lewis Hamilton in 2015.
Stewart at the 2014 6 Hours of Silverstone
Stewart at the 1969 Dutch Grand Prix.
Stewart in 1969 with the Matra MS80 at the Nürburgring.
Stewart in the Tyrrell entered March 701 at the 1970 Dutch Grand Prix.
