1973 British Grand Prix. Silverstone. Becketts Corner. First Lap.Originally Posted by Steve Holmes
Same photo as above, only cropped.
Jackie Stewart dove under Ronnie Peterson for the lead here in a move that was described as "jaw dropping."in Autosport magazine. It was the last time Stewart would lead a British Grand Prix as at the end of this lap Scheckter would lose it and cause the huge accident that would take out 9 of the cars in this field. Peterson (Lotus 72) is followed by Reutemann (Brabham BT 42) then Hulme, Revson and Scheckter on the far right in their McLaren M23s. Remember there are 4 Kiwis in this field and I think 2 are at the back. (Amon and McRae). So all this action was about to come to a grinding halt while the track was cleared and the race restarted 90 minutes later. Eventually to be won by Peter Revson in his McLaren.
Even though it was a long day it was exciting and I was with my fellow Trojan work mate, Patrick Head, who would go on to design for Williams. But on this day he was just one of "the lads" having a good time.
(Ken Hyndman )
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