1972 British Grand Prix
Appearance
1972 British Grand Prix | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 15 July 1972 | ||
Official name | John Player Grand Prix[1] | ||
Location |
Brands Hatch Kent, England | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 4.26 km (2.65 miles) | ||
Distance | 76 laps, 324.122 km (201.400 miles) | ||
Weather | Warm, dry | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Ferrari | ||
Time | 1:22.2 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Jackie Stewart | Tyrrell-Ford | |
Time | 1:24.0 on lap 58 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Lotus-Ford | ||
Second | Tyrrell-Ford | ||
Third | McLaren-Ford |
The 1972 British Grand Prix (formally the John Player Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch on 15 July 1972. It was race 7 of 12 in both the 1972 World Championship of Drivers and the 1972 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was won by Brazilian driver Emerson Fittipaldi driving a Lotus 72D.
Ronnie Peterson suffered an engine failure with less than two laps to go, and crashed into the parked cars of Graham Hill and François Cevert.
Classification
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 8 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Lotus-Ford | 76 | 1:47:50.2 | 2 | 9 |
2 | 1 | Jackie Stewart | Tyrrell-Ford | 76 | + 4.1 | 4 | 6 |
3 | 19 | Peter Revson | McLaren-Ford | 76 | + 1:12.5 | 3 | 4 |
4 | 17 | Chris Amon | Matra | 75 | + 1 Lap | 17 | 3 |
5 | 18 | Denny Hulme | McLaren-Ford | 75 | + 1 Lap | 11 | 2 |
6 | 6 | Arturo Merzario | Ferrari | 75 | + 1 Lap | 9 | 1 |
7 | 3 | Ronnie Peterson | March-Ford | 74 | Engine/accident | 8 | |
8 | 27 | Carlos Reutemann | Brabham-Ford | 73 | + 3 Laps | 10 | |
9 | 4 | Niki Lauda | March-Ford | 73 | + 3 Laps | 19 | |
10 | 33 | Rolf Stommelen | Eifelland-Ford | 71 | + 5 Laps | 25 | |
11 | 11 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | BRM | 70 | + 6 Laps | 6 | |
12 | 28 | Wilson Fittipaldi | Brabham-Ford | 69 | Suspension | 22 | |
13 | 31 | Mike Beuttler | March-Ford | 69 | + 7 Laps | 23 | |
Ret | 22 | Tim Schenken | Surtees-Ford | 64 | Suspension | 5 | |
Ret | 2 | François Cevert | Tyrrell-Ford | 60 | Spun off | 12 | |
Ret | 9 | Dave Walker | Lotus-Ford | 59 | Suspension | 15 | |
Ret | 5 | Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | 49 | Oil pressure | 1 | |
Ret | 26 | Graham Hill | Brabham-Ford | 47 | Spun off | 21 | |
Ret | 25 | Carlos Pace | March-Ford | 39 | Differential | 13 | |
Ret | 14 | Jackie Oliver | BRM | 36 | Suspension | 14 | |
Ret | 21 | Mike Hailwood | Surtees-Ford | 31 | Gearbox | 7 | |
Ret | 29 | Dave Charlton | Lotus-Ford | 21 | Gearbox | 24 | |
Ret | 30 | Nanni Galli | Tecno | 9 | Spun off | 18 | |
Ret | 24 | Henri Pescarolo | Politoys-Ford | 7 | Accident | 26 | |
Ret | 12 | Peter Gethin | BRM | 5 | Engine | 16 | |
Ret | 23 | Andrea de Adamich | Surtees-Ford | 3 | Accident | 20 | |
DNS | 34 | François Migault | Connew-Ford | Suspension | |||
WD | 7 | Mario Andretti | Ferrari | ||||
WD | 10 | Tony Trimmer | Lotus-Ford | Engine | |||
WD | 15 | Reine Wisell | BRM | ||||
WD | 16 | Helmut Marko | BRM | ||||
WD | 20 | Brian Redman | McLaren-Ford | ||||
WD | 32 | Ray Allen | March-Ford | ||||
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Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ^ "1972 Formula 1 World Championship Programmes". The Programme Covers Project.
- ^ "1972 British Grand Prix". formula1.com. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Britain 1972 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.