The following is an overview of the events of 1973 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
Annual events The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles. DateEventRef 3–4 February12th 24 Hours of Daytona 18 February15th Daytona 500 6 May57th Targa Florio 28–30 May57th Indianapolis 500 3 June31st Monaco Grand Prix 4–8 June55th Isle of Man TT 9–10 June41st 24 Hours of Le Mans 23–24 June4th 24 Hours of Nurburgring 21–22 July25th 24 Hours of Spa 30 September14th Hardie-Ferodo 1000 18 November20th Macau Grand Prix
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef14JanuaryGiancarlo FisichellaItalianRacing driverWinner of the 3 Formula One Grand Prix.27Yoshihide MuroyaJapaneseAir racerRed Bull Air World Race champion (2017).1MarchRyo MichigamiJapaneseRacing driverAll Japan GTC champion (2000).3Jason BrightAustralianRacing driver1998 FAI 1000 winner.19MayDario FranchittiBritishRacing driverIndianapolis 500 winner (2007, 2010, 2012).4JulyJan MagnussenDanishRacing driverDanish Touringcar champion (2003, 2008).25Kenny Roberts Jr.AmericanMotorcycle racer500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion ().20NovemberNeil HodgsonBritishMotorcycle racerSuperbike World champion ().1DecemberAndrea BertoliniItalianRacing driverChampion of the FIA GT Championship in 2006, 2008-2009 and FIA GT1 World Championship in 2010.
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef30MarchYves Giraud-Cabantous68FrenchRacing driverOne of the first French Formula One drivers.5AprilDavid Murray63BritishRacing driverOne of the first British Formula One drivers.15Ernst Klodwig69GermanRacing driverThe first East German Formula One driver.6OctoberFrançois Cevert29FrenchRacing driver1971 United States Grand Prix winner.
See also List of 1973 motorsport champions
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