1972 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 1972 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

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Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

DateEventRef
6 February 6 Hours of Daytona [1]
20 February 14th Daytona 500 [2]
6 May 56th Targa Florio [3]
14 May 30th Monaco Grand Prix [4]
27 May 56th Indianapolis 500 [5]
5–9 June 54th Isle of Man TT [6]
10–11 June 40th 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
24–25 June 3rd 24 Hours of Nurburgring [8]
22–23 July 24th 24 Hours of Spa [9]
1 October 13th Hardie-Ferodo 500 [10]
26 November 19th Macau Grand Prix [11]

Births

DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef
12January Toto Wolff AustrianRacing driver and executiveHead of Mercedes AMG Petronas [12]
20March Pedro Lamy PortugueseRacing driver 1992 Masters of Formula 3 winner. [13]
5April Tom Coronel DutchRacing driver 1999 Formula Nippon champion, 1997 Masters of Formula 3 winner. [14]
23May Rubens Barrichello BrazilianRacing driverWinner of the 11 Formula One Grand Prix, GPDA chairman (2010-2012). [15]
11July Steven Richards New ZealanderRacing driverWinner of the Bathurst 1000 in 1998-1999, 2013 and 2015. [16]
15October Carlos Checa SpanishMotorcycle racer Superbike World champion (2011). [17]

Deaths

DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef
11June Jo Bonnier 42SwedishRacing driverThe first Swedish Formula One driver. 1959 Dutch Grand Prix winner. [18]

See also

References

  1. "Daytona 6 Hours 1972 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. "1972 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. "56^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. "1972 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. "1972 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. "TT 1972". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. "Le Mans Register - 1972". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. "Nurburgring 24 hours". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  9. "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. "1972 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  11. "1972 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  12. Toto Wolff Team Principal & CEO Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team
  13. "David Coulthard". ESPN . Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  14. "Tom Coronel". driverdb.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  15. "Rubens Barrichello". ESPN . Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  16. "Steven Richards". driverdb.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  17. "Carlos Checa". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  18. "Jo Bonnier". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.