1972 Belgian Grand Prix

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1972 Belgian Grand Prix
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Race details
DateJune 4, 1972
Location Nivelles-Baulers, Nivelles, Belgium
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.72 km (2.314 miles)
Distance 85 laps, 316.2 km (196.69 miles)
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Ford
Time 1:11.43
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Amon Matra
Time 1:12.12 on lap 66
Podium
First Lotus-Ford
Second Tyrrell-Ford
Third McLaren-Ford
Lap leaders
  • 1972 Belgian Grand Prix

The 1972 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Nivelles on 4 June 1972. It was race 5 of 12 in both the 1972 World Championship of Drivers and the 1972 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 85-lap race was won by Lotus driver Emerson Fittipaldi after he started from pole position. François Cevert finished second for the Tyrrell team and McLaren driver Denny Hulme came in third.

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Reigning World Champion Jackie Stewart was a notable absence – his gruelling schedule of racing in Formula 1, Can-Am and European touring cars, plus promotional events for Tyrrell sponsors Elf and Ford, as well as a sideline of sports commentating on television in the US led to what was originally diagnosed as an ulcer, but was later confirmed as gastritis. Under doctor's orders, he took about three weeks off from everything, canceled his involvement with the Can-Am series and US TV for the remainder of 1972, and was restricting his schedule of everything else.

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos.DriverConstructorTimeNo
1Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford1:11.431
2Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:11.582
3Denis HulmeMcLaren-Ford1:11.803
4Jacky IckxFerrari1:11.844
5François CevertTyrrell-Ford1:11.935
6Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM1:12.126
7Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford1:12.197
8Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford1:12.358
9Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford1:12.509
10Andrea de AdamichSurtees-Ford1:12.5410
11Carlos PaceMarch-Ford1:12.6411
12Dave WalkerLotus-Ford1:12.7612
13Chris AmonMatra1:12.8013
14Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford1:13.0014
15Howden GanleyBRM1:13.0115
16Graham HillBrabham-Ford1:13.1016
17Peter GethinBRM1:13.1517
18Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford1:13.2018
19Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford1:13.4019
20Rolf StommelenEifelland-Ford1:13.4320
21Tim SchenkenSurtees-Ford1:13.6021
22Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford1:13.7022
23Helmut MarkoBRM1:14.1023
24Nanni GalliTecno1:14.6024
25Niki LaudaMarch-Ford1:16.5025
26Vern SchuppanBRM1:16.90DNS

Race

Classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
132 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 851:44:07.319
28 Flag of France.svg François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 85+ 26.656
39 Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 85+ 58.134
434 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Hailwood Surtees-Ford 85+ 1:12.083
516 Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Pace March-Ford 84+ 1 Lap112
65 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Amon Matra 84+ 1 Lap131
710 Flag of the United States.svg Peter Revson McLaren-Ford 83+ 2 Laps7 
825 Flag of New Zealand.svg Howden Ganley BRM 83+ 2 Laps15 
911 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 83+ 2 Laps14 
1027 Flag of Austria.svg Helmut Marko BRM 83+ 2 Laps23 
116 Flag of Germany.svg Rolf Stommelen Eifelland-Ford 83+ 2 Laps20 
1212 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda March-Ford 82+ 3 Laps25 
1319 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 81+ 4 Laps9 
1433 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dave Walker Lotus-Ford 79+ 6 Laps12 
Ret17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 73Suspension16 
NC15 Flag of France.svg Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 59+ 26 Laps19 
Ret30 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 57Accident2 
Ret36 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Adamich Surtees-Ford 55Engine10 
Ret22 Flag of Italy.svg Nanni Galli Tecno 54Accident24 
Ret29 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx Ferrari 47Injection4 
Ret14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Beuttler March-Ford 31Halfshaft22 
Ret18 Flag of Brazil.svg Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham-Ford 28Gearbox18 
Ret24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Gethin BRM 27Fuel Pump17 
Ret23 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 15Overheating6 
Ret35 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Schenken Surtees-Ford 11Overheating21 
DNS26 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Vern Schuppan BRM  Driven by Marko  
Source: [1]

Notes

Championship standings after the race

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References

  1. "1972 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Belgium 1972 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
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