Jackie Stewart won the 1973 Monaco Grand Prix to equal Jim Clark's record of 25 Formula One victories, while James Hunt made his world championship debut.
Key Facts
- Race laps
- 78
- Winner
- Jackie Stewart (Tyrrell-Ford)
- Grand Prix wins equalled
- 25 (Jim Clark's record)
- Race position in season
- Round 6 of 15
- James Hunt debut result
- Classified 9th (engine failure)
- Circuit change
- New swimming pool section and Rascasse corner added
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Monaco's circuit underwent extensive revision before the 1973 race, incorporating a longer tunnel, a new harbour-front swimming pool section, and replacement of the Gasworks hairpin with the Rascasse and Antony Noghès corners. The pits were relocated to the start-finish straight on a wider pit lane, making the layout closer to its modern form.
On 3 June 1973, Jackie Stewart started from pole position and led the 78-lap race to victory in his Tyrrell-Ford, with Emerson Fittipaldi second and Ronnie Peterson third. The race also marked the Formula One World Championship debut of James Hunt, driving a March-Ford for Hesketh Racing, who retired with engine failure but was classified ninth.
Stewart's victory gave him his 25th Grand Prix win, equalling the record held by his late friend Jim Clark. James Hunt's debut, despite its mechanical conclusion, launched a career that would culminate in the 1976 World Championship. The revised Monaco circuit layout introduced that day became the basis for the modern configuration of the street circuit.