1972 Austrian Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	54	1hr 29m 16.660s	9
2	+5	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	54	+1.180s	6
3	+1	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	54	+36.530s	4
4	+8	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	54	+44.760s	3
5	+1	Chris Amon	Matra	54	+45.640s	2
6	+4	Howden Ganley	BRM	54	+1m 01.190s	1
7	-4	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	54	+1m 09.090s
8	+13	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	54	+1m 21.450s
9	+11	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	53	+1 lap
10	+12	Niki Lauda	March-Ford Cosworth	53	+1 lap
11	-3	Tim Schenken	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	52	+2 laps
12	-1	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford Cosworth	52	+2 laps
13	+3	Peter Gethin	BRM	51	+3 laps
14	-1	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	51	+3 laps
NC		Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland-Ford Cosworth	48	+6 laps
NC		Carlos Pace	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	46	+8 laps
NC		Nanni Galli	Tecno	45	+9 laps
R		Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	36	DNF
R		Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	31	DNF
R		Mike Beuttler	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	24	DNF
R		Francois Migault	Connew-Ford Cosworth	22	DNF
R		Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	20	DNF
R		Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	14	DNF
R		Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	13	DNF
R		Dave Walker	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	6	DNF
Did not start
		Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:35.970

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
2	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
3	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
4	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
5	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
6	Chris Amon	Matra
7	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
8	Tim Schenken	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
9	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
10	Howden Ganley	BRM
11	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford Cosworth
12	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
13	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
14	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
15	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
16	Peter Gethin	BRM
17	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland-Ford Cosworth
18	Carlos Pace	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
19	Dave Walker	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
20	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
21	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM
22	Niki Lauda	March-Ford Cosworth
23	Nanni Galli	Tecno
24	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
25	Francois Migault	Connew-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

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

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Emerson Fittipaldi	52
2	Jackie Stewart	27
3	Denny Hulme	27
4	Jacky Ickx	25
5	Peter Revson	14
6	Clay Regazzoni	13
7	Chris Amon	11
8	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	9
9	Francois Cevert	9
10	Ronnie Peterson	9
11	Mike Hailwood	7
12	Howden Ganley	4
13	Brian Redman	4
14	Mario Andretti	3
=	Andrea de Adamich	3
16	Carlos Pace	3
17	Tim Schenken	2
18	Graham Hill	2
19	Arturo Merzario	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	52
2	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	35
3	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	33
4	Ferrari	29
5	BRM	13
6	March-Ford Cosworth	12
7	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	12
8	Matra	11
9	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	2

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