Peter Revson 1973 Poster
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In 1972 and ’73 Peter Revson – already a winner in Indy cars, Can-Am cars and Trans-Am – started to show his true potential in Formula 1 with McLaren. In ’72 in the McLaren M19A and C models, he racked up four podium finishes despite missing three Grands Prix due to his Indy car commitments, took pole at Mosport, and finished fifth in the F1 Drivers’ Championship.
He started 1973 with an M19C – and took a fine second place at Kyalami – but from the fourth round was armed with one of Gordon Coppuck’s masterpieces, the McLaren M23. In this car, shown here, he beat Ronnie Peterson’s Lotus 72 and his own teammate Denny Hulme to claim victory in the British GP at Silverstone. In the season’s penultimate race, Revson again triumphed, this time ahead of Emerson Fittipaldi’s Lotus. Despite again missing a race, “Revvie” was classified fifth in the points table, but was aware that he was being replaced by Fittipaldi for 1974.
Thus he made the switch to Shadow and immediately made an impression, qualifying his Tony Southgate-designed DN3 fourth in Argentina and sixth in Brazil. Even though he retired from both events, he had outpaced his very fast if flaky teammate, Jean-Pierre Jarier. However, in testing for the third race of the season at Kyalami, a titanium balljoint in the car’s front suspension failed as Revson approached a fast corner, and the 35-year-old star was killed when the car struck a guardrail. Given that he was seemingly getting better with age, who knows what he might have gone on to achieve?
Museum-quality posters made on thick matte paper.
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan
He started 1973 with an M19C – and took a fine second place at Kyalami – but from the fourth round was armed with one of Gordon Coppuck’s masterpieces, the McLaren M23. In this car, shown here, he beat Ronnie Peterson’s Lotus 72 and his own teammate Denny Hulme to claim victory in the British GP at Silverstone. In the season’s penultimate race, Revson again triumphed, this time ahead of Emerson Fittipaldi’s Lotus. Despite again missing a race, “Revvie” was classified fifth in the points table, but was aware that he was being replaced by Fittipaldi for 1974.
Thus he made the switch to Shadow and immediately made an impression, qualifying his Tony Southgate-designed DN3 fourth in Argentina and sixth in Brazil. Even though he retired from both events, he had outpaced his very fast if flaky teammate, Jean-Pierre Jarier. However, in testing for the third race of the season at Kyalami, a titanium balljoint in the car’s front suspension failed as Revson approached a fast corner, and the 35-year-old star was killed when the car struck a guardrail. Given that he was seemingly getting better with age, who knows what he might have gone on to achieve?
Museum-quality posters made on thick matte paper.
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan
