# Campionat del Món de motociclisme de 1973

La temporada de 1973 del Campionat del món de motociclisme fou la 25a edició d'aquest campionat, organitzat per la FIM. Després d'anys de domini de Giacomo Agostini, es preveia un campionat molt igualat, tot i que la mort de Jarno Saarinen a Monza va provocar la retirada de l'equip oficial Yamaha quedant el campionat en un enfrontament entre els dos pilots de MV Agusta, on finalment Phil Read va trencar 7 anys d'hegemonia del pilot italià. En les categories petites, la sorpresa és que Ángel Nieto no va guanyar cap cursa amb Morbidelli, després d'haver guanyat el doblet l'any anterior amb Derbi.

## Grans Premis

| Cursa | Gran Premi | Circuit | Guanyador 50cc | Guanyador 125cc | Guanyador 250cc | Guanyador 350cc | Guanyador 500cc | Resultats |
| 1 | Gran Premi de França | Paul Ricard | | Kent Andersson | Jarno Saarinen | Giacomo Agostini | Jarno Saarinen | Resultat |
| 2 | Gran Premi d'Àustria | Salzburg | | Kent Andersson | Jarno Saarinen | János Drapál | Jarno Saarinen | Resultat |
| 3 | Gran Premi d'Alemanya Occidental | Hockenheim | Theo Timmer | Kent Andersson | Jarno Saarinen | Teuvo Lasivuori | Phil Read | Resultat |
| 4 | Gran Premi de les Nacions | Monza | Jan de Vries | Kent Andersson | | Giacomo Agostini | | Resultat |
| 5 | TT de l'Illa de Man | Illa de Man | | Tommy Robb | Charlie Williams | Tony Rutter | Jack Findlay | Resultat |
| 6 | Gran Premi de Iugoslàvia | Opatija | Jan de Vries | Kent Andersson | Dieter Braun | János Drapál | Kim Newcombe | Resultat |
| 7 | TT d'Holanda | Assen | Bruno Kneubühler | Eugenio Lazzarini | Dieter Braun | Giacomo Agostini | Phil Read | Resultat |
| 8 | Gran Premi de Bèlgica | Spa | Jan de Vries | Jos Schurgers | Teuvo Lansivuori | | Giacomo Agostini | Resultat |
| 9 | Gran Premi de Txecoslovàquia | Brno | | Otello Buscherini | Dieter Braun | Teuvo Lansivuori | Giacomo Agostini | Resultat |
| 10 | Gran Premi de Suècia | Anderstorp | Jan de Vries | Börje Jansson | Dieter Braun | Teuvo Lansivuori | Phil Read | Resultat |
| 11 | Gran Premi de Finlàndia | Imatra | | Otello Buscherini | Teuvo Lansivuori | Giacomo Agostini | Giacomo Agostini | Resultat |
| 12 | Gran Premi d'Espanya | Jarama | Jan de Vries | Chas Mortimer | John Dodds | Adu Celso | Phil Read | Resultat |

## Campions del món

| Campió | 50cc | 125cc | 250cc | 350cc | 500cc |
| Campió | Jan de Vries | Kent Andersson | Dieter Braun | Giacomo Agostini | Phil Read |

## Sistema de puntuació

Barem de puntuació de 1969 a 1987:
| Posició | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Punts | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

## 500 cc

| Pos. | Pilot | Moto | FRA | AUT | GER | IOM | YUG | NED | BEL | CZE | SWE | FIN | ESP | Pts |
| 1 | Phil Read | MV Agusta | 2 | Ret. | 1 | | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 84 |
| 2 | Kim Newcombe | König | 5 | 3 | Ret. | | 1 | 2 | 4 | Ret. | 3 | 4 | Ret. | 63 |
| 3 | Giacomo Agostini | MV Agusta | Ret. | Ret. | Ret. | NVC | Ret. | Ret | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Ret. | 57 |
| 4 | Werner Giger | Yamaha | Ret. | 6 | 2 | | 5 | 6 | Ret. | Ret. | 5 | 7 | 3 | 43 |
| 5 | Jack Findlay | Suzuki | 10 | Ret. | Ret. | 1 | Ret. | 5 | 3 | 5 | Ret. | Ret. | Ret. | 38 |
| 6 | Bruno Kneubühler | Yamaha | Ret. | 9 | Ret. | | | | Ret. | 3 | Ret. | 3 | 2 | 34 |
| 7 | Jarno Saarinen | Yamaha | 1 | 1 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 30 |
| 8 | Hideo Kanaya | Yamaha | 3 | 2 | Ret. | | | | | | | | | 22 |
| 9 | Alex George | Yamaha | Ret. | | 9 | 4 | 6 | | 11 | 14 | Ret. | Ret. | 7 | 19 |
| 10 | Billie Nelson | Yamaha | 9 | 8 | 5 | | Ret. | 8 | 10 | Ret. | 7 | 10 | Ret. | 19 |
| 11 | Christian Bourgeois | Yamaha | Ret. | | | | | 3 | Ret. | Ret. | 6 | 9 | Ret. | 17 |
| 12 | Eric Offenstadt | Kawasaki | 7 | | Ret. | | | 9 | Ret. | 4 | Ret. | 8 | Ret. | 17 |
| 13 | Reinhard Hiller | König | Ret. | Ret. | 6 | | | Ret. | 7 | | | 6 | | 14 |
| 14 | Guido Mandracci | Suzuki | 6 | 4 | Ret. | | | | | Ret. | Ret. | Ret. | Ret. | 13 |
| 15 | Steve Ellis | Yamaha | | | | | 2 | | Ret. | Ret. | Ret. | Ret. | Ret. | 12 |
| 16 | Peter Williams | Matchless | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 17 | Bosse Granath | Husqvarna | 12 | 7 | Ret. | | Ret. | Ret. | 14 | 8 | Ret. | 13 | 6 | 12 |
| 18 | Paul Eicekberg | König | Ret. | Ret. | Ret. | | 14 | Ret. | 6 | Ret. | | 5 | Ret. | 11 |
| 19 | Ernst Hiller | König | 19 | Ret. | 3 | | | Ret. | Ret. | | | Ret. | | 10 |
| 20 | Gianfranco Bonera | Harley Davidson | | | | | 3 | | | Ret. | | | Ret. | 10 |
| 21 | Charlie Sanby | Suzuki | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 22 | Seppo Kangasniemi | Yamaha | 22 | | | | 4 | 13 | | | 9 | 12 | | 10 |
| 23 | Borge Nielsen | Yamaha | | DSQ | | | Ret. | | Ret. | | 4 | | 10 | 9 |
| 24 | Georg Pohlmann | Yamaha | | | 4 | | | 10 | | | | | | 9 |
| 25 | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | Ret. | | | | | | | 15 | Ret. | 11 | 4 | 8 |
| 26 | Wil Hartog | Yamaha | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | 8 |
| = | Christian Léon | Kawasaki | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 28 | Marcel Ankoné | Seeley-Yamaha / Yamaha | | | | | | | 9 | | | | 5 | 8 |
| 29 | Roberto Gallina | Paton | Ret. | 5 | | | Ret. | Ret. | Ret. | | Ret. | | | 6 |
| 30 | Michel Rougiere | Harley Davidson | Ret. | | | | | Ret. | 5 | | | | | 6 |
| 31 | Roger Nichols | Suzuki | | | | 5 | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 32 | Bohumil Stasa | Yamaha | | | | | | | | 6 | | | Ret. | 5 |
| 33 | David Hughes | Matchless | | | | 6 | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 34 | Gyula Marsovszky | Yamaha | Ret. | Ret. | | | 7 | Ret. | 13 | | | Ret. | Ret. | 4 |
| 35 | Derek Chatterton | Yamaha | | | | Ret. | | 7 | | | | | | 4 |
| = | Mario Lega | Yamaha | | | | | | | | 7 | | | Ret. | 4 |
| 37 | Donnie Robinson | Suzuki | | | | 7 | | | | | | | | 4 |
| = | Peter Stocksiefen | Suzuki | | | 7 | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 39 | Sven-Olof Gunnarsson | Kawasaki | 15 | 11 | 10 | | Ret. | | 15 | Ret. | 8 | Ret. | Ret. | 4 |
| 40 | Piet van der Wal | Yamaha | | | | | | | 8 | 10 | | | Ret. | 4 |
| 41 | Derek Lee | Suzuki | 18 | | 13 | | 8 | | 16 | | | | | 3 |
| 42 | Kurt-Ivan Carlsson | Yamaha / HM | | | | | Ret. | Ret. | | | Ret. | | 8 | 3 |
| 43 | Jean-François Baldé | Kawasaki | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| = | Udo Kochanski | König | | | 8 | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| = | John Taylor | Suzuki | | | | 8 | | | | | | | | 3 |
| 46 | Lothar John | Suzuki | | | Ret. | | | 15 | 12 | 9 | | | Ret. | 2 |
| 47 | Ted Jansen | König | | | | | 9 | | | | | Ret. | | 2 |
| 48 | Jean-Paul Boinet | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 2 |
| = | Selwyn Griffiths | Matchless | | | | 9 | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 50 | Alois Maxwald | Rotax | 11 | 10 | Ret. | | | | | Ret. | | | Ret. | 1 |
| 51 | Jerôme van Haeltert | Suzuki | | | | | 10 | | 18 | | | | | 1 |
| 52 | Graham Bailey | Kawasaki | | | | 10 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| = | Bosse Brolin | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | 10 | | | 1 |
| 54 | Charlie Dobson | Kawasaki | | | Ret. | | Ret. | | | 11 | | 14 | Ret. | 0 |
| 55 | Walter Kaletsch | Yamaha | | 14 | 11 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 56 | Kurt-Harald Florin | König | | Ret. | Ret. | | Ret. | 11 | | | | | | 0 |
| 57 | Sergio Baroncini | Ducati | | | | | 11 | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Roger Fowler | Suzuki | | | | 11 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Sture Wass | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | | 11 | | | 0 |
| = | Lois With | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 0 |
| 61 | David Harris | Suzuki | | | 16 | | 12 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 62 | Horst Lahfeld | Yamaha | 23 | | 12 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 63 | Jan Kostwinder | Yamaha | | | | Ret. | | 12 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Rod Tingate | Yamaha | | | | | | | | 12 | | | Ret. | 0 |
| 65 | Ingemar Bentsson | Norton | | | | | | | | | 12 | | | 0 |
| 66 | Alan Lawton | Norton | | | | 12 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Gernot Maas | Rotax | | 12 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 68 | Armando Toracca | Paton | 14 | | | | 13 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 69 | Michael Schmid | Yamaha | 20 | 13 | | | | | | | | Ret. | | 0 |
| 70 | Kjell Solberg | Yamaha | 13 | | | | | | | | Ret. | Ret. | | 0 |
| 71 | Werner Schmied | Yamaha | | | | | | | | 13 | | | Ret. | 0 |
| 72 | Agne Carlsson | Husqvarna | | | | | | | | | 13 | | | 0 |
| = | Mick Chatterton | Yamaha | | | | 13 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 74 | Lars Pahlsson | OSSA / Suzuki | 17 | | | | | | | | 14 | | | 0 |
| 75 | Rob Bron | Suzuki | | | 14 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Gerrit Veldink | Suzuki | | | | | | 14 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Brian Warburton | Yamaha | | | | 14 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 78 | Tapani Peltonen | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | 15 | Ret. | | 0 |
| = | Hansueli Rothermann | Yamaha | | Ret. | 15 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Tapio Virtanen | Yamaha | | | | Ret. | | | | | | 15 | | 0 |
| 81 | Don Grant | Norton | | | | 15 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Bert Nijland | Honda | | 15 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 83 | Gerhard Greiffenhagen | Norton | | 16 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Henk Klaassen | Yamaha | | | | | | 16 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Jean Luc | Kawasaki | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Dennis Trollope | Yamaha | | | | 16 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 87 | Jerry Lancaster | Suzuki | | | Ret. | | | 17 | | | | | | 0 |
| 88 | François Hollebecq | Yamaha | | | | | | | 17 | | | | | 0 |
| = | Mike Trimby | Aermacchi | | | | 17 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 90 | Cees Bouwmeester | Suzuki | | | | | | 18 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Keith Martin | Kawasaki | | | | 18 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 92 | Fred Walton | Velocette Metisse | | | | 19 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 93 | Nigel Rollason | BSA | | | | 20 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 94 | Tony Anderson | Seeley | | | | 21 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | André Pogolotti | Suzuki | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 96 | Tom Loughridge | Suzuki | | | | 22 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 97 | Carl Ward | Yamaha | | | | 23 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 98 | Walter Dawson | Seeley | | | | 24 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 99 | Ken Huggett | Yamaha | | | | 25 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 100 | Graham Bentman | Suzuki | | | | 26 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Janos Drapal | Yamaha | Ret. | Ret. | | | Ret. | | | Ret. | Ret. | | Ret. | 0 |
| - | Kaarlo Koivuniemi | Kawasaki | Ret. | Ret. | Ret. | | | Ret. | | | | Ret. | | 0 |
| - | Silvano Bertarelli | Paton | | Ret. | Ret. | | Ret. | | Ret. | | | | | 0 |
| - | Werner Bergold | Kawasaki | | Ret. | | | | | | Ret. | | | Ret. | 0 |
| - | Mike Grant | Yamaha / Monark | | | | Ret | | | | | Ret. | | | 0 |
| - | Franz Kroon | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | Ret. | Ret. | | 0 |
| - | Werner Pfirter | Yamaha | | | Ret. | | | | Ret. | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jim Ashton | Seeley | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Geoff Barry | Seeley | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Godfrey Benson | Suzuki | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Hans Braumandl | Rotax | | Ret. | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Dieter Braun | Yamaha | | | | | | | Ret. | | | | | 0 |
| - | Dennis Brew | Suzuki | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Cliff Brown | Kawasaki | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Phil Carpenter | Yamaha | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ron Chandler | Kawasaki | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Olivier Chevalier | Yamaha | | | | | | | Ret. | | | | | 0 |
| - | Guy Cooremans | Kawasaki | | | | | | | Ret. | | | | | 0 |
| - | Alistair Copeland | AMC | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Paul Cott | Seeley-Yamaha | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jim Curry | Honda | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Etienne Delamarre | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | Ret. | 0 |
| - | Tom Dickie | Yamaha | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | John Dodds | Yamaha | | | | | | | Ret. | | | | | 0 |
| - | Pete Elmore | Norton | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Derek Filler | Seeley | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bill Fulton | FSR | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Phil Gurner | Yamaha | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Billie Guthrie | Yamaha | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Tony Jefferies | Suzuki | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Helmut Kasper | Kawasaki | | Ret. | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ken Kay | Seeley | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Danny Keany | Yamaha | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ray Knight | Triumph | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Kai Kuparinen | Kawasaki | | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Brian Moses | Norton | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Steve Moynihan | Norton | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Chris Neve | Seeley | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Garth Neveling | Seeley-Suzuki | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Brian O'Neill | Norton | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Gordon Pantall | Suzuki | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Norman Price | Norton | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bill Rae | Kawasaki | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Barry Randle | Yamaha | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Tommy Robb | Yamaha | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Tony Rutter | Yamaha | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Adolf Schneider | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | Ret. | 0 |
| - | Barry Sheene | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | Ret. | | 0 |
| - | Frank Shortt | Yamaha | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Roy Simmons | Suzuki | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bill Smith | Honda | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Roger Sutcliffe | Suzuki | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Brian Taggart | Norton | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Derek Tierney | Yamaha | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Kjell Watz | Seeley | | | | | | | | | Ret. | | | 0 |
| - | John Wilkinson | Norton | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Charlie Williams | Yamaha | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | John Williams | Matchless | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Stan Woods | Suzuki | | | | Ret. | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos. | Pilot | Moto | FRA | AUT | GER | IOM | YUG | NED | BEL | CZE | SWE | FIN | ESP | Pts |
| Color | Resultat |
| Or | Guanyador |
| Argent | 2n lloc |
| Bronze | 3r lloc |
| Verd | Va acabar sumant punts |
| Blau | Va acabar sense sumar punts |
| Blau | No classificat (NC) |
| Porpra | Es retirà (Ret o DNF) |
| Vermell | No qualificat (NQ o DNQ) |
| Vermell | No pre-qualificat (NPQ o DNPQ) |
| Negre | Desqualificat (DSQ) |
| Blanc | No va començar (NVC o DNS) |
| Blanc | Abandonà (AB o WD) |
| Blanc | Retirat per lesió (LES) |
| Blanc | Cursa cancel·lada (C) |
| Gris | No va entrenar (NE o DNP) |
| Gris | No va arribar (NA o DNA) |
| Gris | Exclòs (EX) |

## 350 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | Punts | Victòries |
| 1 | Giacomo Agostini | MV Agusta | 84 | 4 |
| 2 | Teuvo Länsivuori | Yamaha | 77 | 3 |
| 3 | Phil Read | MV Agusta | 56 | 0 |
| 4 | John Dodds | Yamaha | 49 | 0 |
| 5 | Billie Nelson | Yamaha | 38 | 0 |
| 6 | Kent Andersson | Yamaha | 38 | 0 |
| 7 | Adu Celso-Santos | Yamaha | 33 | 1 |
| 8 | Dieter Braun | Yamaha | 33 | 0 |
| 9 | János Drapál | Yamaha | 30 | 2 |
| 10 | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 25 | 0 |
| 16 | Víctor Palomo | Yamaha | 12 | 0 |

## 250 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | Punts | Victòries |
| 1 | Dieter Braun | Yamaha | 80 | 4 |
| 2 | Teuvo Länsivuori | Yamaha | 64 | 2 |
| 3 | John Dodds | Yamaha | 58 | 1 |
| 4 | Jarno Saarinen | Yamaha | 45 | 3 |
| 5 | Michel Rougerie | Harley-Davidson | 45 | 0 |
| 6 | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 40 | 0 |
| 7 | Hideo Kanaya | Yamaha | 36 | 0 |
| 8 | Roberto Gallina | Yamaha | 32 | 0 |
| 9 | Bruno Kneubühler | Yamaha | 28 | 0 |
| 10 | Silvio Grassetti | Yamaha | 21 | 0 |
| 34 | Víctor Palomo | Yamaha | 4 | 0 |

## 125 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | Punts | Victòries |
| 1 | Kent Andersson | Yamaha | 99 | 5 |
| 2 | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 75 | 1 |
| 3 | Jos Schurgers | Bridgestone | 70 | 1 |
| 4 | Börje Jansson | Maico | 64 | 1 |
| 5 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Maico | 59 | 1 |
| 6 | Otello Buscherini | Malanca | 51 | 2 |
| 7 | Angel Nieto | Morbidelli | 46 | 0 |
| 8 | Rolf Minhoff | Maico | 42 | 0 |
| 9 | Matti Salonen | Yamaha | 32 | 0 |
| 10 | Pentti Salonen | Yamaha | 28 | 0 |

## 50 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | Punts | Victòries |
| 1 | Jan de Vries | Kreidler | 60 | 5 |
| 2 | Bruno Kneubühler | Kreidler | 51 | 1 |
| 3 | Theo Timmer | Jamathi | 47 | 1 |
| 4 | Gerhard Thurow | Kreidler | 36 | 0 |
| 5 | Henk van Kessel | Kreidler | 27 | 0 |
| 6 | Herbert Rittberger | Kreidler | 22 | 0 |
| 7 | Ulrich Graf | Kreidler | 21 | 0 |
| 8 | Jan Huberts | Kreidler | 21 | 0 |
| 9 | Rudolf Kunz | Kreidler | 14 | 0 |
| 10 | Wolfgang Gedlich | Kreidler | 13 | 0 |
| 16 | Jaume Alguersuari | Derbi | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | Joan Bordons | Derbi | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | Ricardo Tormo | Derbi | 1 | 0 |

## Referències

* Büla, Maurice; Schertenleib, Jean-Claude. Continental Circus 1949–2000 (en anglès, francès i alemany). Chronosports S.A., 2001. ISBN 2-940125-32-5.
* «The Official MotoGP website» (en anglès). Arxivat de l'original el 18/9/2012. [Consulta: 6 juliol 2010].