1972 Formula One season

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1972 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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The 1972 Formula One season included the 23rd FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on January 23, 1972, and ended on October 8 after twelve races.

1 Season summary
2 Results and standings
3 Notes

[edit] Season summary

For 1972 Team Lotus focussed again on the type 72 chassis. Imperial Tobacco continued its sponsorship of the team under its new John Player Special brand. The cars, now often referred to as 'JPS', were fielded in a new black and gold livery. Lotus took the championship by surprise in 1972 with 25-year old Brazilian driver Emerson Fittipaldi who became the youngest world champion. Stewart came second in the championship.

The British Racing Motors (BRM) team took its last victory when Jean-Pierre Beltoise drove a stunning race to win the rain-affected 1972 Monaco Grand Prix with the P160.

[edit] Results and standings

[edit] Grands Prix

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez	January 23	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
2	South African Grand Prix	Kyalami	March 4	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	Report
3	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuito Permanente Del Jarama	May 1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	Report
4	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	May 14	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	Report
5	Belgian Grand Prix	Nivelles-Baulers	June 4	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	Report
6	French Grand Prix	Charade Circuit	July 2	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
7	British Grand Prix	Brands Hatch	July 15	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	Report
8	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	July 30	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	Report
9	Austrian Grand Prix	Österreichring	August 13	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	Report
10	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	September 10	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	Report
11	Canadian Grand Prix	Mosport Park	September 24	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
12	United States Grand Prix	Watkins Glen International	October 8	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Report

[edit] Drivers

Pos	Driver	ARG	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	Points
1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Ret	2	1	3	1	2	1	Ret	1	1	11	Ret	61
2	Jackie Stewart	1	Ret	Ret	4		1	2	11	7	Ret	1	1	45
3	Denny Hulme	2	1	Ret	15	3	7	5	Ret	2	3	3	3	39
4	Jacky Ickx	3	8	2	2	Ret	11	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	12	5	27
5	Peter Revson	Ret	3	5		7		3		3	4	2	18	23
6	François Cevert	Ret	9	Ret	NC	2	4	Ret	10	9	Ret	Ret	2	15
7	Clay Regazzoni	4	12	3	Ret	Ret			2	Ret	Ret	5	8	15
8	Mike Hailwood		Ret	Ret	Ret	4	6	Ret	Ret	4	2		17	13
9	Ronnie Peterson	6	5	Ret	11	9	5	7	3	12	9	DSQ	4	12
10	Chris Amon	DNS	15	Ret	6	6	3	4	15	5	Ret	6	15	12
11	Jean-Pierre Beltoise		Ret	Ret	1	Ret	15	11	9	8	8	Ret	Ret	9
12	Mario Andretti	Ret	4	Ret							7		6	4
13	Howden Ganley	9	NC	Ret	Ret	8			4	6	11	10	Ret	4
14	Brian Redman				5		9		5				Ret	4
15	Graham Hill	Ret	6	10	12	Ret	10	Ret	6	Ret	5	8	11	4
16	Carlos Reutemann	7	Ret			13	12	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	3
17	Andrea de Adamich	Ret	NC	4	7	Ret	14	Ret	13	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
18	José Carlos Pace		17	6	17	5	Ret	Ret	NC	NC	Ret	9	Ret	3
19	Tim Schenken	5	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	14	11	Ret	7	Ret	2
20	Arturo Merzario							6	12					1
21	Peter Gethin	Ret	NC	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret		13	6	Ret	Ret	1
22	Wilson Fittipaldi			7	9	Ret	8	12	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
23	Niki Lauda	11	7	Ret	16	12	Ret	9	Ret	10	13	DSQ	NC	0
24	Patrick Depailler						NC						7	0
25	Helmut Marko	10	14		8	10	Ret							0
26	Mike Beuttler			DNQ	13	Ret	19	13	8	Ret	10	NC	13	0
27	Henri Pescarolo	8	11	11	Ret	NC		Ret	Ret		DNQ	13	14	0
28	David Walker	DSQ	10	9	14	14	18	Ret	Ret	Ret			Ret	0
29	Jody Scheckter												9	0
30	Rolf Stommelen		13	Ret	10	11	16	10	Ret	Ret				0
31	Reine Wisell	Ret		Ret	Ret		Ret		Ret		12	Ret	10	0
32	Sam Posey												12	0
33	Nanni Galli					Ret	13	Ret		Ret	Ret			0
34	Skip Barber											NC	16	0
35	John Love		16											0
—	Dave Charlton		Ret				DNQ	Ret	Ret					0
—	Derek Bell								Ret		DNQ		Ret	0
—	Alex Soler-Roig	Ret		Ret										0
—	Jackie Oliver							Ret						0
—	François Migault									Ret				0
—	John Surtees										Ret			0
—	Bill Brack											Ret		0
Pos	Driver	ARG	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Finished, in points
Blue	Finished, no points
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Purple	Not classified (NC)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate
	Injured (INJ)
	Excluded (EX)

[edit] Constructors

Place	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Points^[1]	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Lotus-Ford	72D	Ford Cosworth DFV	61	5	8	3
2	Tyrrell-Ford	002 003 004 005 006	Ford Cosworth DFV	51	4	7	2
3	McLaren-Ford	M19A M19C	Ford Cosworth DFV	47 (49)	1	11	1
4	Ferrari	312B2-72	Ferrari 001/1	33	1	6	4
5	Surtees-Ford	TS9A TS9B TS14	Ford Cosworth DFV	18		1
6	March-Ford	721 721X 721G	Ford Cosworth DFV	15		1
7	BRM	P153 P153B P160B P160C P180	BRM P142	14	1	1
8	Matra	MS120C MS120D	Matra MS71	12		1	1
9	Brabham-Ford	BT33 BT34 BT37	Ford Cosworth DFV	7			1
10	Politoys-Ford	FX3	Ford Cosworth DFV
11	Tecno	PA123	Tecno Series-P
12	Connew-Ford	PC	Ford Cosworth DFV

[edit] Notes

^ Only the best 5 results from the first 6 races and the best 5 results from the last 6 races counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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