PORSCHE RACING HISTORY1973 - Le Mans 24 Hours
10 June 1973 - Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France
The 1973 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 41st Grand Prix of Endurance and took place on 9 and 10 June 1973.
The race promised to be close, with Ferrari, Matra and Porsche all having two wins in the championship along with a surprise victory for Mirage at Spa. It did indeed turn out to be one of the most tense Le Mans, with the race won in the pits as both Ferrari and Matra took turns in the lead only to be stymied by mechanical failures. All three Ferraris had time in the lead, but as mechanical issues overtook them it was the Matra of Henri Pescarolo and Gérard Larrousse, despite its own tribulations, that took the chequered flag. In the end it was a comfortable six-lap margin over the second-placed Ferrari of Merzario and Pace with the Matra of Jabouille/Jaussaud third.
| No. | Car | # | Class | Drivers | Entrant | Pos | Class | Grid | Notes |
| 46 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 911 360 0686 R7 | S3.0 | Gijs van Lennep (NL)/Herbert Müller (CH) | Martini Racing Team (D) | 4th | 4th | 18th | 329 laps |
| 3 | Porsche 908/03 | 908/03-013 | S3.0 | Juan Fernandez (E)/Bernard Cheneviére (CH)/Francisco Torredemer (E) | Escuderia Montjuïch (E) | 5th | 5th | 21st | 320 laps |
| 4 | Porsche 908/02 | 908-022 | S3.0 | Guillermo Ortega (EC)/Fausto Merello (EC) | Guillermo Ortega (EC) | 7th | 6th | 33rd | 317 laps |
| 45 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 911 360 0610 | GT3.0 | Paul Keller (CH)/Erwin Kremer (D)/Clemens Schickentanz (D) | Porsche Kremer Racing Team (D) | 8th | 1st | 38th | 317 laps |
| 63 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 911 360 0847 | GT3.0 | Georg Loos (D)/Jürgen Barth (D) | Gelo Racing Team (D) | 10th | 2nd | 32nd | 312 laps |
| 48 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 911 360 0020 R2 | GT3.0 | Peter Gregg (USA)/Guy Chasseuil (F) | Porsche Sonauto BP Racing (F) | 14th | 3rd | 36th | 299 laps |
| 41 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | GT3.0 | Jean Selz (CH)/Florian Vetsch (CH) | Schiller Racing Team (CH) | 16th | 4th | 54th | 298 laps | |
| 42 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | GT3.0 | Pierre Mauroy (F)/Marcel Mignot (F) | René Mazzia (F) | 17th | 5th | 52nd | 291 laps | |
| 52 | Porsche 908/02 | 908/02-010 | S3.0 | André Wicky (CH)/Max Cohen-Olivar (MOR)/Philippe Carron (CH) | Wicky Racing Team (CH) | 21st | 9th | 46th | 271 laps |
| 22 | Porsche 910 | S2.0 | Raymond Touroul (F)/Jean-Pierre Rouget (F)/Pierre Pagani (F) | Raymond Touroul (F) | DNF | 53rd | 142 laps - Fuel System | ||
| 49 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 911 360 1196 | GT3.0 | Jean Égreteaud (F)/Jean-Claude Lagniez (F) | Jean Egreteaud (F) | DNF | 45th | 140 laps - Axle | |
| 44 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 911 360 0659 | GT3.0 | Jean-Francois Piot (F)/Peter Zbinden (CH) | Porsche Club Romand (CH) | DNF | 50th | 110 laps - Gearbox | |
| 43 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 911 360 0636 | GT3.0 | Jürgen Zink (D)/Gerd F. Quist (D)/Manfred Laub (D) | Max Moritz Racing Team (D) | DNF | 48th | 103 laps - Accident | |
| 78 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 911 360 0960 | GT3.0 | Hervé Bayard (F)/René Ligonnet (F) | Jean Sage (F) | DNF | 51st | 95 laps - Head Gasket | |
| 47 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 911 360 0588 R6 | GT3.0 | Reinhold Jöst (D)/Claude Haldi (CH) | Martini Racing Team (D) | DNF | 19th | 65 laps - fuel System |
World Championship for Makes Le Mans 24 Hours
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