| rdfs:comment | - 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:2 color:yellow shift:(20,-5) text:Ronnie Peterson (Laps 1-2) from:2 till:19 color:red shift:(20,-5) text:Niki Lauda (Laps 3-19) from:19 till:32 color:green shift:(20,-5) text:Emerson Fittipaldi (Laps 20-32) from:32 till:33 color:purple shift:(20,-5) text:Jackie Stewart (Lap 33) from:33 till:39 color:blue shift:(20,-5) text:Jean-Pierre Beltoise (Laps 34-39) from:39 till:47 color:pink shift:(20,-5) text:Jackie Oliver (Laps 40-47) from:47 till:end color:white shift:(20,-5) text:Peter Revson (Laps 48-80)
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| abstract | - 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:2 color:yellow shift:(20,-5) text:Ronnie Peterson (Laps 1-2) from:2 till:19 color:red shift:(20,-5) text:Niki Lauda (Laps 3-19) from:19 till:32 color:green shift:(20,-5) text:Emerson Fittipaldi (Laps 20-32) from:32 till:33 color:purple shift:(20,-5) text:Jackie Stewart (Lap 33) from:33 till:39 color:blue shift:(20,-5) text:Jean-Pierre Beltoise (Laps 34-39) from:39 till:47 color:pink shift:(20,-5) text:Jackie Oliver (Laps 40-47) from:47 till:end color:white shift:(20,-5) text:Peter Revson (Laps 48-80) The 1973 Canadian Grand Prix, otherwise known as the XIII Labatt's Canadian Grand Prix, was the fourteenth and penultimate round of the 1973 FIA Formula One World Championship, staged at Mosport Park on the 23rd of September 1973. The race is primarily known for being the first Grand Prix to feature a Safety Car, which created a lot of chaos for the timekeepers when Howden Ganley was incorrectly considered to be the race leader. Jackie Stewart had been declared as World Champion at the previous race in Italy, meaning it was the second placed fight between François Cevert, Emerson Fittipaldi and Ronnie Peterson that came to the fore. First blood was drawn by Peterson in this fight, the Swede taking pole position from Peter Revson, while Fittipaldi and Cevert shared the third row. A rain coated Mosport Park greeted the field on raceday, with Peterson slithering away from the line fastest, ahead of a quick starting Jody Scheckter. Fittipaldi moved into third ahead of a surging Stewart, with Carlos Reutemann and Peter Revson completing the top six. The early stages saw one man demonstrate his abilities, with young Austrian racer Niki Lauda climbing from eighth to first over the first three laps, before duly driving clear of the rest. Peterson was left to fend off Scheckter over the following laps, although the Swede would crash on lap seventeen while the South African fell behind Fittipaldi and Carlos Pace. Lauda's lead lasted until lap 20, when his BRM burned through his wet tyres, leaving Fittipaldi with the lead. Then, Scheckter and Cevert came together and blocked the road, leading the officials to call-out a bright yellow Porsche 914 to control the field. Unfortunately the pilot of the Safety Car, Eppie Wietzes, pulled out in front of Howden Ganley, as several drivers pulled in to change tyres. The effect of this intervention was to hand Jackie Oliver the lead for Shadow, with Revson second and Jean-Pierre Beltoise in third, a lap clear of most of the field. Old race leader Fittipaldi, meanwhile, was down in fourth, and at the restart managed to gain his lap back, before beginning a thrilling charge to regain the lead. The Brazilian racer was mesmerising behind the wheel catching Beltoise and Oliver hand over fist after Revson grabbed the lead. Oliver and Beltoise ultimately resisted the Brazilian until the penultimate lap, by which stage Revson was thirty seconds clear. Indeed, many believed that Fittipaldi had taken the lead on that lap, with Colin Chapman throwing his hat into the air in celebration, only to see the chequered flag waved at Revson instead. The official lap charts were released three hours later, and revealed that Revson had actually completed 81 laps around Mosport before he crossed the line. Fittipaldi was listed in second ahead of Oliver and Beltoise, while Stewart was a composed fifth, one lap down. Ganley, meanwhile, briefly believed he had won the race, having been just ahead of Revson when the chequered flag was thrown, and was therefore disappointed to discover he had been classified in sixth.
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