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Home / Seasons / 1972 F1 World Championship Season / 1972 Argentine Grand Prix

1972 Argentine Grand Prix

DateSunday, 23 January 1972
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
CircuitBuenos Aires, 95 laps
Round1 of 12
Race numbers

The 1972 Argentine Grand Prix was the:

  • 209th World Championship race
  • 8th World Championship Argentine Grand Prix (first since 1960)
  • 8th World Championship race at Buenos Aires (first since 1960)
More 1972 season
More Argentine Grands Prix
Previous race1971 United States Grand Prix

Jump to: Race result | Starting grid | Championship standings | Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth951hr 57m 58.820s9
2+2New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth95+25.960s6
3+5Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari95+59.390s4
4+2Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari95+1m 06.720s3
5+6Australia flag lazyload Tim SchenkenSurtees-Ford Cosworth95+1m 09.110s2
6+4Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth94+1 lap1
7-6Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth93+2 laps 
8+7France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)93+2 laps 
9+4New Zealand flag lazyload Howden GanleyBRM93+2 laps 
10+9Austria flag lazyload Helmut MarkoBRM93+2 laps 
11+11Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMarch-Ford Cosworth93+2 laps 
R Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth61DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Reine WisellBRM59DNF 
R France flag lazyload Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth59DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth49DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiFerrari20DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Andrea de AdamichSurtees-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
DQ Australia flag lazyload Dave WalkerLotus-Ford Cosworth8DSQ 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter GethinBRM1DNF 
R Spain flag lazyload Alex Soler-RoigBRM1DNF 
Did not start
  New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMatra   

Notes

  • Dave Walker was disqualified for receiving outside assistance from track marshals.
  • Chris Amon did not start the Grand Prix after encountering gearbox issues on the warm-up lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:12.460

PosDriverConstructor
1Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
3USA flag lazyload Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
4New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
5Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth
6Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari
7France flag lazyload Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
8Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari
9USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiFerrari
10Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth
11Australia flag lazyload Tim SchenkenSurtees-Ford Cosworth
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13New Zealand flag lazyload Howden GanleyBRM
14Italy flag lazyload Andrea de AdamichSurtees-Ford Cosworth
15France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth
17Sweden flag lazyload Reine WisellBRM
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter GethinBRM
19Austria flag lazyload Helmut MarkoBRM
20Australia flag lazyload Dave WalkerLotus-Ford Cosworth
21Spain flag lazyload Alex Soler-RoigBRM
22Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMarch-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart9
2New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme6
3Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx4
4Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni3
5Australia flag lazyload Tim Schenken2
6Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie Peterson1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth9
2United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth6
3Italy flag lazyload Ferrari4
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Surtees-Ford Cosworth2
5United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Carlos Reutemann (first Argentine driver to start a race since 1960)
Wins
19th for Jackie Stewart
8th for Tyrrell
Podiums
31st for Jackie Stewart
22nd for Denny Hulme (first podium since 1970)
18th for Jacky Ickx
178th for Ferrari
18th for McLaren
12th for Tyrrell
Poles
1st for Carlos Reutemann (38th different polesitter, 3rd Argentine driver; last until 1974; first Argentine polesitter since 1958)
15th for Brabham
Fastest laps
11th for Jackie Stewart
5th for Tyrrell
Front row starts
35th for Jackie Stewart
1st for Carlos Reutemann (79th different front row starter, 3rd Argentine driver; first Argentine front row starter since 1958)
Points finishes
3rd and last for Tim Schenken
Win & fastest lap
10th for Jackie Stewart (3rd driver to win and set the fastest lap in ten races, 2nd British driver)

See also

  • Argentine Grand Prix
  • Buenos Aires circuit
  • 1972 World Championship season

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