 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Ni awọn ere-ije akọkọ, Ferrari tun lo 312 B2 atijọ: ọkọ ayọkẹlẹ naa ko ni idije mọ, ati Ickx nikan ṣakoso ipo kẹrin kan ni GP ṣiṣi ti akoko naa. 312 B3 tuntun ti ṣe ifilọlẹ ni iyipo Ilu Sipeeni, ṣugbọn o fihan pe o lọra ati aiṣedede ti o ṣaṣeyọri awọn abajade ti o buru julọ. Ni afikun si awọn ọkọ ayọkẹlẹ ere idaraya, eyiti o ṣẹgun nipasẹ Matra Faranse, eto F1 ti ẹgbẹ Itali ti kọja, ati pe wọn paapaa fo diẹ ninu awọn ere-ije F1, pataki ni Nürburgring. Èyí kò dùn mọ Ickx nínú rárá, nítorí pé Nürburgring, níbi tí wọn ti ń ṣe ìdíje Grand Prix Jámánì lọdún yẹn, ni pápá eré ìdárayá tó fẹràn jù lọ. Nípa bẹẹ, ó fi ẹgbẹ náà sílẹ ní ìdajì sáà ìdíje náà kí ó lè díje nínú ìdíje : 1973 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring in a McLaren, where he took 3rd place behind the Tyrrells of Stewart and François Cevert, despite being given an older-spec Ford Cosworth V8 and the hardest compound of tires available. 1973 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring in a McLaren, where he took 3rd place behind the Tyrrells of Stewart and François Cevert, despite being given an older-spec Ford Cosworth V8 and the hardest compound of tires available. 1973 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring in a McLaren, where he took 3rd place behind the Tyrrells of Stewart and François Cevert, despite being given an older-spec Ford Cosworth V8 and the hardest compound of tires available. 