Only one chassis was available for English driver and team owner, John Surtees but he retired with fuel system failure.

The Englishman did not start due to an engine shortage and the Australian retired with suspension failure.

[4] For 1973, The Surtees team updated the TS14 into the TS14A and the driver line up was former motorcycle champion, Englishman Mike Hailwood and Brazilian José Carlos Pace.

The first race of 1973 was the 1973 Argentine Grand Prix and both drivers retired on the same lap, Hailwood with suspension failure and Pace with a broken halfshaft.

[6] At the South African Grand Prix, both drivers retired with accidents, Pace had a flat tyre and Hailwood crashed with Clay Regazzoni's BRM.

Hailwood dived into the flames, undid Regazzoni's belts and managed to drag him clear.