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1972 Austrian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitOsterreichring, 54 laps
Round9 of 12
Race numbers

The 1972 Austrian Grand Prix was the:

  • 217th World Championship race
  • 4th World Championship Austrian Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Osterreichring
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth541hr 29m 16.660s9
2+5(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth54+1.180s6
3+1(USA) Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth54+36.530s4
4+8(GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth54+44.760s3
5+1(NZL) Chris AmonMatra54+45.640s2
6+4(NZL) Howden GanleyBRM54+1m 01.190s1
7-4(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth54+1m 09.090s 
8+13(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM54+1m 21.450s 
9+11(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth53+1 lap 
10+12(AUT) Niki LaudaMarch-Ford Cosworth53+1 lap 
11-3(AUS) Tim SchenkenSurtees-Ford Cosworth52+2 laps 
12-1(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth52+2 laps 
13+3(GBR) Peter GethinBRM51+3 laps 
14-1(ITA) Andrea de AdamichSurtees-Ford Cosworth51+3 laps 
NC (DEU) Rolf StommelenEifelland-Ford Cosworth48+6 laps 
NC (BRA) Carlos PaceMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)46+8 laps 
NC (ITA) Nanni GalliTecno45+9 laps 
R (GBR) Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth36DNF 
R (BRA) Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth31DNF 
R (GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)24DNF 
R (FRA) Francois MigaultConnew-Ford Cosworth22DNF 
R (BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari20DNF 
R (ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari13DNF 
R (AUS) Dave WalkerLotus-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
Did not start
  (FRA) Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)   

Notes

  • Henri Pescarolo did not start due to an accident in practice.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:35.970

PosDriverConstructor
1(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth
2(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari
3(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
4(USA) Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
5(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth
6(NZL) Chris AmonMatra
7(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
8(AUS) Tim SchenkenSurtees-Ford Cosworth
9(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari
10(NZL) Howden GanleyBRM
11(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth
12(GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth
13(ITA) Andrea de AdamichSurtees-Ford Cosworth
14(GBR) Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth
15(BRA) Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth
16(GBR) Peter GethinBRM
17(DEU) Rolf StommelenEifelland-Ford Cosworth
18(BRA) Carlos PaceMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
19(AUS) Dave WalkerLotus-Ford Cosworth
20(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
21(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM
22(AUT) Niki LaudaMarch-Ford Cosworth
23(ITA) Nanni GalliTecno
24(GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
25(FRA) Francois MignaultConnew-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi52
2(GBR) Jackie Stewart27
3(NZL) Denny Hulme27
4(BEL) Jacky Ickx25
5(USA) Peter Revson14
6(CHE) Clay Regazzoni13
7(NZL) Chris Amon11
8(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise9
9(FRA) Francois Cevert9
10(SWE) Ronnie Peterson9
11(GBR) Mike Hailwood7
12(NZL) Howden Ganley4
13(GBR) Brian Redman4
14(USA) Mario Andretti3
=(ITA) Andrea de Adamich3
16(BRA) Carlos Pace3
17(AUS) Tim Schenken2
18(GBR) Graham Hill2
19(ITA) Arturo Merzario1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Ford Cosworth52
2McLaren-Ford Cosworth35
3Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth33
4Ferrari29
5BRM13
6March-Ford Cosworth12
7Surtees-Ford Cosworth12
8Matra11
9Brabham-Ford Cosworth2

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Francois Mignault
Connew (only start)
Last start
Eifelland
Wins
5th for Emerson Fittipaldi
46th for Lotus
Podiums
25th for Denny Hulme
11th for Emerson Fittipaldi
3rd for Peter Revson
79th for Lotus
23rd & 24th for McLaren
Poles
3rd for Emerson Fittipaldi
56th for Lotus
Fastest laps
5th for Denny Hulme
3rd for McLaren
Front row starts
9th for Clay Regazzoni
7th for Emerson Fittipaldi
Pole & win
2nd for Emerson Fittipaldi (last until 1974; last for Lotus)