1972 in motorsport

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.

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.

Date	Event	Ref
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

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
12	January	Toto Wolff	Austrian	Racing driver and executive	Head of Mercedes AMG Petronas	[12]
20	March	Pedro Lamy	Portuguese	Racing driver	1992 Masters of Formula 3 winner.	[13]
5	April	Tom Coronel	Dutch	Racing driver	1999 Formula Nippon champion, 1997 Masters of Formula 3 winner.	[14]
23	May	Rubens Barrichello	Brazilian	Racing driver	Winner of the 11 Formula One Grand Prix, GPDA chairman (2010-2012).	[15]
11	July	Steven Richards	New Zealander	Racing driver	Winner of the Bathurst 1000 in 1998-1999, 2013 and 2015.	[16]
15	October	Carlos Checa	Spanish	Motorcycle racer	Superbike World champion (2011).	[17]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
11	June	Jo Bonnier	42	Swedish	Racing driver	The first Swedish Formula One driver. 1959 Dutch Grand Prix winner.	[18]

See also

• List of 1972 motorsport champions

References

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2. "1972 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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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.
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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.