1972 International Gold Cup

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1972 International Gold Cup
Non-championship race in the 1972 Formula One season
Oulton Park.jpg
Oulton Park circuit
Race details
Date29 May 1972
Official name XIX International Gold Cup
Location Oulton Park, Cheshire
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.4434 km (2.761 miles)
Distance 40 laps, 177.749 km ( miles)
Pole position
Driver
 BRM
Time 1:24.6
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme McLaren-Cosworth
Time 1:24.4 [1]
Podium
First
 McLaren-Cosworth
Second
 Lotus-Cosworth
Third
 Surtees-Cosworth

The 19th International Gold Cup was a non-championship Formula One race, which was held on the Oulton Park circuit, located near Tarporley, Cheshire, England on 29 May 1972. [2]

Contents

Report

Entry

The race had been brought forward to the Bank Holiday weekend in the hope of attracting more entries. However, a competing Formula Two race at Crystal Palace took away some potential entrants. As a result, ten of the cars that had competed in the European Formula 5000 round earlier in the day joined the eight Formula One cars on the grid. [3]

Although the race regularly attracted the top teams from across Britain and Europe, the increasing costs of F1 and more countries wishing to have their own Grand Prix, the Gold Cup fell by wayside with this being the last true F1 race. [4]

Qualifying

Peter Gethin took pole position for the Marlboro BRM, in their BRM P160B, averaging a speed of 117.433 mph. Denny Hulme in a McLaren M19A was second fastest, just 0.2 of a second behind. The fastest of the F5000 cars was Alan Rollinson in fifth, in his Alan McKechnie Racing Lola-Chevrolet T300. [5]

Race

The race was held over 40 laps of the Oulton Park circuit. Denny Hulme took the winner spoils for Yardley Team McLaren, driving their McLaren-Cosworth M19A. Hulme won in a time of 1hr 24.400mins., averaging a speed of 115.408 mph. The second car home was that of Emerson Fittipaldi, for the John Player Team Lotus in their Cosworth powered Lotus 72D. The podium was completed by Tim Schenken, in a Surtees-Cosworth TS9B for Team Surtees outfit albeit one lap adrift. The first F5000 car home was that of Brian Redman in a Sid Taylor Racing entered, Chevron-Chevrolet B24 in fourth. [6] [7] [8]

Classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGrid
146 Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme McLaren-Cosworth 4057:15.62
244 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Cosworth 40+ 37.4 s3
347 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Schenken Surtees-Cosworth 39+1 lap11
41 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brian Redman Chevron-Chevrolet 39+1 lap8
543 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Vern Schuppan BRM 39+1 lap6
68 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ray Allen McLaren-Chevrolet 38+2 laps10
74 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Edwards McLaren-Chevrolet 38+2 laps16
86 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Ashley Lola-Chevrolet 37+3 laps14
933 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Teddy Pilette McLaren-Chevrolet 35+5 laps12
1010 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ray Calcutt McLaren-Chevrolet 35+5 laps18
NC21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Prophet McLaren-Chevrolet 31+9 laps13
Ret25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Keith Holland McLaren-Chevrolet 33Engine mounting17
Ret9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gijs van Lennep Surtees-Chevrolet 30Shock absorber mounting15
Ret45 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Walker Lotus-Cosworth 25Gearbox4
Ret12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Rollinson Lola-Chevrolet 19Rear cross-member5
Ret41 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Gethin BRM 10Wheel bearing seizure1
Ret42 Flag of Sweden.svg Reine Wisell BRM 2Accident/Broken finger7
Ret48 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson March-Cosworth 1Accident9

[7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ "International Gold Cup 1972" . Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "International Gold Cup 1972". Racing Sports Cars. 1972-05-29. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  3. ↑ Peter McFadyen, “Motor Racing at Oulton Park in The 1970s " (Veloce Publishing Ltd, ISBN   9781845841645, 2008)
  4. ↑ "Oulton Park Race Circuit - the Official Oulton Park Motorsport Site". Archived from the original on 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  5. ↑ "International Gold Cup 1972 - Qualifying Results - Racing Sports Cars". www.racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  6. ↑ "International Gold Cup 1972 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars". www.racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  7. 1 2 Darren Galpin. "1972 Non-World Championship Formula One Races". Silhouet.com. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  8. 1 2 "XIX International Gold Cup • STATS F1". Statsf1.com. 1972-05-29. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
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