| 1 | Jody David Scheckter | ZA |  | Yardley Team McLaren | McLaren M23
McLaren M19C | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 2 | Denis Clive Hulme | NZ |  |
| 3 | Jacques-Bernard Ickx | B |  | McLaren M23 |
| 4 | Peter Jeffrey Revlon Revson | USA |  | McLaren M19C
McLaren M23
McLaren M19A |
| 5 | Emerson Fittipaldi | BR |  | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 72D
Lotus 72E | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 6 | Bengt Ronnie Peterson | S |  |
| 7 | David Charlton | ZA | | Scribante Lucky Strike Racing | Lotus 72D | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 8 | John Young Stewart | GB |  | Elf Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell 005
Tyrrell 006 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 9 | Albert François Cévert | F |  |
| 10 | Christopher Arthur Amon | NZ | | Tyrrell 005 |
| 11 | Edward Keizan | ZA | | Blignaut Lucky Strike Racing | Tyrrell 004 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 12 | Jacques-Bernard Ickx | B | | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312B2
Ferrari 312B3 | Ferrari 3.0 F12 | |
| 13 | Arturo Francesco Merzario | I |  |
| 14 | Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood | GB | | Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees | Surtees TS14A | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 15 | José Carlos Pace | BR | |
| 16 | Andrea Ludovico de Adamich | I | | Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees | Surtees TS9B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 17 | Luiz Pereira Bueno | BR | | Team Surtees | Surtees TS9B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 18 | Joachim Mass | D |  | Surtees TS14A |
| 19 | Andrea Ludovico de Adamich | I | | Ceramica Pagnossin Team MRD | Brabham BT37
Brabham BT42 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 20 | John Marshall Watson | GB | |
| 21 | Rolf-Johann Stommelen | D | | Brabham BT42 |
| 22 | Carlos Alberto Reutemann | RA |  | Motor Racing Developments | Brabham BT37
Brabham BT42 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 23 | Wilson Fittipaldi Jr. | BR | |
| 24 | Jean-Pierre Jacques Paul Jarier | F | | STP March Racing Team | March 721G
March 731 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 25 | Henri Jacques William Pescarolo | F | | March 731 |
| 26 | Roger Williamson | GB | |
| 27 | Jean-Pierre Jacques Paul Jarier | F | | March Racing Team | March 731 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 28 | Michael Beuttler | GB | | Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie-Durlacher | March 721G
March 731 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 29 | Reine Tore Leif Wisell | S | | March 731 |
| 30 | David Purley | GB | | LEC Refrigeration Racing | March 731 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 31 | Norman Graham Hill | GB | | Embassy Racing | Shadow DN1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 32 | George Follmer | USA | | UOP Shadow Racing Team | Shadow DN1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 33 | Keith Jack Oliver | GB | |
| 34 | Brian Thomas Redman | GB | |
| 35 | Gian-Claudio Giuseppe Regazzoni | CH |  | Marlboro BRM | BRM P160D
BRM P160E | BRM 3.0 V12 | |
| 36 | Jean-Pierre Maurice Georges Beltoise | F | |
| 37 | Andreas Nikolaus Lauda | A |  | BRM P160D
BRM P160E
BRM P160C |
| 38 | Peter Kenneth Gethin | GB | | BRM P160E |
| 39 | James Howden Ganley | NZ | | Frank Williams Racing Cars | Iso Marlboro IR
Iso Marlboro FX3B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 40 | Giovanni Giuseppe Gilberto Galli | I | |
| 41 | Tom Belsų | DK |  | Iso Marlboro IR |
| 42 | Henri Jacques William Pescarolo | F | |
| 43 | Graham McRae | NZ | |
| 44 | Gijsbert van Lennep | NL |  |
| 45 | Timothy Schenken | AUS |  |
| 46 | Jacques-Bernard Ickx | B | |
| 47 | Jacobus Pretorius | ZA | | Iso Marlboro FX3B |
| 48 | Christopher Arthur Amon | NZ | | Martini Racing Team | Tecno PA123B | Tecno 3.0 F12 | |
| 49 | James Simon Wallis Hunt | GB | | Hesketh Racing | March 731 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 50 | Reine Tore Leif Wisell | S | | Team Pierre Robert | March 731 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 51 | Frederick von Opel | FL |  | Team Ensign | Ensign N173 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
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