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词条 1973 Singapore Grand Prix
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  1. Report

     Background  Race  Aftermath 

  2. Classification

     Starting grid  Race 

  3. References

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2011}}{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
|Type = GP
|Description = Non-championship Formula Two race
|Country = Singapore
|Grand Prix = Singapore
|Date = 22 April
|Year = 1973
|Image = Thomson Road Circuit.svg
|Official name = VIII International Singapore Grand Prix[1]
|Location =Old Upper Thomson Road, Singapore
|Course = Thomson Road Grand Prix circuit
|Course_mi = 3.023
|Course_km = 4.865
|Distance_laps = 50
|Distance_mi = 151.149
|Distance_km = 243.250
|Pole_Driver = Graeme Lawrence
|Pole_Country = New Zealand
|Pole_Team = Surtees-Hart
|Pole_Time = 1:57.1
|Fast_Driver = Leo Geoghegan
|Fast_Team = Birrana-Hart
|Fast_Time = 1:54.9
|Fast_Country = Australia
|First_Driver = Vern Schuppan
|First_Country = Australia
|First_Team = March-Hart
|Second_Driver = Graeme Lawrence
|Second_Country = New Zealand
|Second_Team = Surtees-Hart
|Third_Driver = John MacDonald
|Third_Country = Hong Kong
|Third_Team = Brabham-Ford
|Third_flag_suffix = 1959
}}

The 1973 Singapore Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Thomson Road Grand Prix circuit on 22 April 1973. It was the final Singapore Grand Prix before the cancellation of the event, which resumed in 2008 as a round of the Formula One World Championship. The race was contested over 50 laps and was won by Vern Schuppan driving a March. The race was run to Australian Formula Two rules.[2]

Report

Background

John MacDonald had a brand new Brabham BT40 delivered to him for the race. However, his team ran into difficulty due to fuel pick-up problems with the new car.[3]

In the 1972 event, the 28-year-old Singaporean driver Lionel Chan was involved in an accident which saw his car roll into a ditch on the fourth lap after losing a wheel and hitting an official car. He was taken to hospital but fell into a coma and later died.[4][5] The circuit was considered dangerous and the Singaporean Minister of Social Affairs, Encik Othman Wok, stated, "I'll be the happiest man when we get a permanent circuit."[6]

Race

Schuppan was leading Malcolm Ramsay's Birrana when Schuppan's March kicked up some stones, puncturing Ramsay's fuel tank and covering him in petrol.[3]

{{cquote|Malcolm soldiered on until the pain of the petrol burning his balls forced him to retire.|200|50|Angus Lamont, mechanic for John MacDonald[3]}}

Aftermath

{{quote box|quote="The circuit over which the Grand Prix is run would send shivers down the collective spines of the CSI safety committee. To obtain the circuit the public roads are simply closed off. If there are any safety devices I didn't see any."|source=Richard Feast[6]|width=21%|align=right}}

During a support race for touring cars, Swiss driver Joe Huber went off the track into a lamp post. He died six days later as a result of his injuries.[7] The difficulty of implementing adequate safety measures, along with concerns that the Grand Prix was promoting reckless driving, led to motor racing being banned in Singapore after the 1973 Grand Prix.[8] Other contributory factors have been suggested, including an increase in traffic, the inconvenience of having to close roads for the event and also a surge of oil prices stemming from the Suez Crisis.[9] On average the Grand Prix saw one fatality per year, partly due to the nature of the circuit which featured monsoon drains and bus stops.[2] Graeme Lawrence, a three-time winner of the Singapore Grand Prix, believed that the Thomson Road circuit was one of the most dangerous in the world.[8]

A permanent track incorporating a sports complex was proposed as a replacement for the Thomson Road circuit, but this did not come to fruition.[3]

Classification

Starting grid

PosNameChassisEngineTime
1New Zealand}} Graeme LawrenceSurtees TS15Hart1:57.1
2Australia}} Vern SchuppanMarch 722Hart1:57.3
3Australia}} Leo GeogheganBirrana 273Hart1:57.8
4New Zealand}} Ken SmithMarch 722Hart1:59.1
5Hong Kong|1959}} John MacDonaldBrabham BT40Hart1:59.1
6Australia}} Malcolm RamsayBirrana 273Hart1:59.5
7Australia}} Max StewartRennmax BN3England2:01.3
8Australia}} Tony StewartDolphin 732England2:01.5
9Malaysia}} Sonny RajahMarch 722Hart2:02.6
10Hong Kong|1959}} Albert PoonBrabham BT40Hart2:03.0
11USA}} Mike HallBrabham BT40Hart2:04.0
12Malaysia}} Percy ChanLotus 69RES2:07.5
13Singapore}} Jan BussellPalliser WDB4BRM2:07.6
14Indonesia}} Hanny WianoGRD 272Hart2:08.9
15Japan}} Kiyoshi MisakiBrabham BT30Toyota2:11.1
16New Zealand}} Steve MillenElden Mk. 8Ford2:12.7
17United States}} Harvey SimonElfin 600BFord2:13.6
18USA}} John GreenChevron B20Hart2:14.4
19New Zealand}} Dave HaywardHawkeFord2:31.8
20Singapore}} Chong Boon SengBrabham BT302:49.1
{{center|Source:[6]}}

Race

Pos Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid
1Australia}} Vern Schuppan March-Hart 50 1:38:58.3 2
2New Zealand}} Graeme Lawrence Surtees-Hart 50 +38.5 1
3Hong Kong|1959}} John MacDonald Brabham-Hart 49 +1 lap 5
4Australia}} Max Stewart Rennmax-England 49 +1 lap 7
5Australia}} Tony Stewart Dolphin-England 49 +1 lap 8
6New Zealand}} Ken Smith March-Hart 47 +3 laps 4
7Singapore}} Jan Bussell Palliser-BRM 47 +3 laps 13
8New Zealand}} Steve Millen Elden-Ford 43 +7 laps 16
9Australia}} Leo Geoghegan Birrana-Hart 41 +9 laps 3
10United States}} Harvey Simon Elfin-Ford 40 +10 laps 17
?Malaysia}} Percy Chan Lotus-RES 12
?Indonesia}} Hanny Wiano GRD-Hart 14
?Japan}} Kiyoshi Misaki Brabham-Toyota 15
?USA}} John Green Chevron-Hart 18
?New Zealand}} Dave Hayward Hawke-Ford 19
?Singapore}} Chong Boon Seng Brabham 20
RetMalaysia}} Sonny Rajah March-Hart 25 Battery 9
RetAustralia}} Malcolm RamsayBirrana-Hart 17 Fuel tank 6
RetUSA}} Mike Hall Brabham-Hart 7 Radiator 11
DNSHong Kong|1959}} Albert Poon Brabham-Hart Engine 10
DNSCanada}} Brian Robertson Brabham-Hart Practice crash —
DNSIndonesia}} Robert Silitonga GRD-Hart Practice crash —
{{center|Source:[6]

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.smsa.org.sg/about.htm |title=About Singapore Motor Sports Association |accessdate=2008-10-03 |work=Singapore Motor Sports Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703061651/http://www.smsa.org.sg/about.htm |archive-date=3 July 2008 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}
2. ^1 {{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Singapore:The Encyclopedia |title=Singapore Grand Prix|editor=Tommy T.B. Koh|publisher=Editions Didier Millet |isbn=981-4155-63-2|pages=490}}
3. ^1 2 3 {{cite journal |last=Solomon |first=Eli |date=March 2006 |title=Singapore Fling |journal=Motor Sport |pages=77 |issue = March 2006}}
4. ^{{cite news |title=Driver dies after racing crash|work=The Times |pages=6 |date=5 April 1972}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=4107 |title=Lionel Chan |accessdate=2008-10-03 |work=Motorsport Memorial}}
6. ^1 2 3 {{cite journal |last=Feast |first=Richard |date=26 April 1973|title=Schuppan shows the way |journal=Autosport |volume=51 |issue=4 |pages=16–17}}
7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=2983 |title=Joe Huber |accessdate=2008-10-03 |work=Motorsport Memorial}} He was the seventh fatality in the history of the Singapore Grand Prix.
8. ^1 {{cite encyclopedia|title=Singapore Grand Prix |encyclopedia=Singapore Infopedia |publisher=National Library, Singapore |url=http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1353_2008-08-28.html |accessdate=20 October 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201102114/http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1353_2008-08-28.html |archivedate=1 December 2008 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }}
9. ^{{cite web|title=A History of the Singapore Grand Prix |publisher=Snakes & Devils |url=http://www.snakes-devils.com/TheIntro.htm |accessdate=2008-02-15 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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