Sunday 18th March 1973
Henri Pescarolo, Gerard Larrousse and Francois Cevert teamed in a Matra-Simca to win the ‘6 Hours of Vallelunga’ World Championship for Makes race, in Italy. The winning trio completed 290 laps of the Vallelunga circuit, finishing a lap ahead of the Ferraris of Tim Schenken/Carlos Reutemann and Jacky Ickx/Brian Redman.