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

1972 Austrian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 13 August 1972
Winner
  • Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth
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
More 1972 season
More Austrian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth541hr 29m 16.660s9
2+5New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth54+1.180s6
3+1USA flag lazyload Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth54+36.530s4
4+8United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth54+44.760s3
5+1New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMatra54+45.640s2
6+4New Zealand flag lazyload Howden GanleyBRM54+1m 01.190s1
7-4United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth54+1m 09.090s 
8+13France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM54+1m 21.450s 
9+11France flag lazyload Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth53+1 lap 
10+12Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMarch-Ford Cosworth53+1 lap 
11-3Australia flag lazyload Tim SchenkenSurtees-Ford Cosworth52+2 laps 
12-1Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth52+2 laps 
13+3United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter GethinBRM51+3 laps 
14-1Italy flag lazyload Andrea de AdamichSurtees-Ford Cosworth51+3 laps 
NC Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenEifelland-Ford Cosworth48+6 laps 
NC Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)46+8 laps 
NC Italy flag lazyload Nanni GalliTecno45+9 laps 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth36DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth31DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)24DNF 
R France flag lazyload Francois MigaultConnew-Ford Cosworth22DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari20DNF 
R Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari13DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Dave WalkerLotus-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
Did not start
  France flag lazyload 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
1Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth
2Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
4USA flag lazyload Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
5Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth
6New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMatra
7New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
8Australia flag lazyload Tim SchenkenSurtees-Ford Cosworth
9Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari
10New Zealand flag lazyload Howden GanleyBRM
11Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth
13Italy flag lazyload Andrea de AdamichSurtees-Ford Cosworth
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth
15Brazil flag lazyload Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter GethinBRM
17Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenEifelland-Ford Cosworth
18Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
19Australia flag lazyload Dave WalkerLotus-Ford Cosworth
20France flag lazyload Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
21France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM
22Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMarch-Ford Cosworth
23Italy flag lazyload Nanni GalliTecno
24United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
25France flag lazyload Francois MigaultConnew-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1972 Austrian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi52
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart27
3New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme27
4Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx25
5USA flag lazyload Peter Revson14
6Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni13
7New Zealand flag lazyload Chris Amon11
8France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Beltoise9
9France flag lazyload Francois Cevert9
10Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie Peterson9
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hailwood7
12New Zealand flag lazyload Howden Ganley4
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Brian Redman4
14USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti3
=Italy flag lazyload Andrea de Adamich3
16Brazil flag lazyload Carlos Pace3
17Australia flag lazyload Tim Schenken2
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill2
19Italy flag lazyload Arturo Merzario1

Constructor

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

Statistics & 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)

See also

  • Austrian Grand Prix
  • Osterreichring circuit
  • 1972 World Championship season

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