1972 French Grand Prix
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The 1972 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Charade Circuit on July 2, 1972.
Due to cutting the corners, a stone thrown from Emerson Fittipaldi's Lotus hit Helmut Marko in the eye during the 1972 French Grand Prix, ending his F1 career. The stones also had caused ten deflated tyres, but no big crashes. The French Grand Prix moved to the new Paul Ricard Circuit for 1973.
Chris Amon achieved the fifth and final pole position of his career and was leading the race until a puncture forced him to pit, but he charged back through the field, annihilating the circuit's lap record to finish third.
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[edit] Classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 4 |  Jackie Stewart |
Tyrrell-Ford | 38 | 1:52:22.5 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 |  Emerson Fittipaldi |
Lotus-Ford | 38 | + 27.7 | 8 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 |  Chris Amon |
Matra | 38 | + 31.9 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 |  François Cevert |
Tyrrell-Ford | 38 | + 49.3 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | 12 |  Ronnie Peterson |
March-Ford | 38 | + 56.8 | 9 | 2 |
| 6 | 26 | Mike Hailwood |
Surtees-Ford | 38 | + 1:36.1 | 10 | 1 |
| 7 | 2 | Denny Hulme |
McLaren-Ford | 38 | + 1:48.1 | 2 | |
| 8 | 19 | Wilson Fittipaldi |
Brabham-Ford | 38 | + 2:25.1 | 14 | |
| 9 | 11 | Brian Redman |
McLaren-Ford | 38 | + 2:55.5 | 13 | |
| 10 | 18 | Graham Hill |
Brabham-Ford | 38 | + 2:59.5 | 20 | |
| 11 | 3 |  Jacky Ickx |
Ferrari | 37 | + 1 Lap | 4 | |
| 12 | 20 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Brabham-Ford | 37 | + 1 Lap | 17 | |
| 13 | 30 |  Nanni Galli |
Ferrari | 37 | + 1 Lap | 19 | |
| 14 | 28 | Andrea de Adamich |
Surtees-Ford | 37 | + 1 lap | 12 | |
| 15 | 5 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise |
BRM | 37 | + 1 Lap | 24 | |
| 16 | 10 |  Rolf Stommelen |
March-Ford | 37 | + 1 Lap | 15 | |
| 17 | 27 |  Tim Schenken |
Surtees-Ford | 36 | + 2 Laps | 5 | |
| 18 | 6 | Dave Walker |
Lotus-Ford | 34 | Halfshaft | 22 | |
| 19 | 15 | Mike Beuttler |
March-Ford | 33 | Out of Fuel | 23 | |
| NC | 8 | Patrick Depailler |
Tyrrell-Ford | 33 | Not Classified | 16 | |
| Ret | 24 | Reine Wisell |
BRM | 25 | Gearbox | 18 | |
| Ret | 17 | Carlos Pace |
March-Ford | 18 | Engine | 11 | |
| Ret | 25 |  Helmut Marko |
BRM | 8 | Eye injury | 6 | |
| Ret | 14 | Niki Lauda |
March-Ford | 4 | Halfshaft | 21 | |
| DNQ | 29 |  Dave Charlton |
Lotus-Ford |
[edit] Notes
- Pole Position: Chris Amon - 2:53.4
- Fastest Lap: Chris Amon - 2:53.9 (lap 32)
- François Cevert drove and crashed the new Tyrrell 005 in practice. He was forced to drive the 003 during the race.
[edit] Standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
[edit] References
- "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1972/513/. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
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