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

1972 British Grand Prix

215th World Championship race, 23rd World Championship British Grand Prix, 5th World Championship race at Brands Hatch

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1971 British Grand Prix

1973 British Grand Prix

Jump to: Fact file | Race result | Starting grid | Qualifying result | Championship standings | Statistics & milestones | See also

Fact File

Date:Saturday, 15 July 1972
Winner:Brazil flag Emerson Fittipaldi
United Kingdom flag Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Pole position:Belgium flag Jacky Ickx
Italy flag Ferrari
Fastest lap:United Kingdom flag Jackie Stewart
United Kingdom flag Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
Circuit:Brands Hatch, 76 laps
Round:7 of 12

Race Result

  • (P): privateer entry
Pos DriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1Brazil flag Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth761hr 47m 50.200s9
2+2United Kingdom flag Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth76+4.100s6
3 USA flag Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth76+1m 12.500s4
4+13New Zealand flag Chris AmonMatra75+1 lap3
5+6New Zealand flag Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth75+1 lap2
6+3Italy flag Arturo MerzarioFerrari75+1 lap1
7+1Sweden flag Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth74DNF 
8+2Argentina flag Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth73+3 laps 
9+10Austria flag Niki LaudaMarch-Ford Cosworth73+3 laps 
10+15Germany flag Rolf StommelenEifelland-Ford Cosworth71+5 laps 
11-5France flag Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM70+6 laps 
12+10Brazil flag Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth69DNF 
13+10United Kingdom flag Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (P)69+7 laps 
R Australia flag Tim SchenkenSurtees-Ford Cosworth64DNF 
R France flag Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth60DNF 
R Australia flag Dave WalkerLotus-Ford Cosworth59DNF 
R Belgium flag Jacky IckxFerrari49DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth47DNF 
R Brazil flag Carlos PaceMarch-Ford Cosworth (P)39DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Jackie OliverBRM36DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth31DNF 
R South Africa flag Dave CharltonLotus-Ford Cosworth (P)21DNF 
R Italy flag Nanni GalliTecno9DNF 
R France flag Henri PescaroloPolitoys-Ford Cosworth7DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Peter GethinBRM5DNF 
R Italy flag Andrea de AdamichSurtees-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
Did not start
  France flag Francois MigaultConnew-Ford Cosworth   

Starting Grid

  • Highlight: race winner
  • Highlight: second place
  • Highlight: third place
  • (P): privateer entry
PosDriverConstructorTime
1Belgium flag Jacky IckxFerrari1:22.200
2Brazil flag Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth1:22.600
3USA flag Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:22.700
4United Kingdom flag Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:22.900
5Australia flag Tim SchenkenSurtees-Ford Cosworth1:23.200
6France flag Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM1:23.400
7United Kingdom flag Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth1:23.500
8Sweden flag Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth1:23.700
9Italy flag Arturo MerzarioFerrari1:23.700
10Argentina flag Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth1:23.800
11New Zealand flag Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:23.900
12France flag Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:23.900
13Brazil flag Carlos PaceMarch-Ford Cosworth (P)1:24.000
14United Kingdom flag Jackie OliverBRM1:24.400
15Australia flag Dave WalkerLotus-Ford Cosworth1:24.400
16United Kingdom flag Peter GethinBRM1:24.500
17New Zealand flag Chris AmonMatra1:24.600
18Italy flag Nanni GalliTecno1:25.100
19Austria flag Niki LaudaMarch-Ford Cosworth1:25.100
20Italy flag Andrea de AdamichSurtees-Ford Cosworth1:25.200
21United Kingdom flag Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth1:25.200
22Brazil flag Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth1:25.500
23United Kingdom flag Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth1:25.600
24South Africa flag Dave CharltonLotus-Ford Cosworth (P)1:25.600
25Germany flag Rolf StommelenEifelland-Ford Cosworth1:26.300
26France flag Henri PescaroloPolitoys-Ford Cosworth1:27.400

Qualifying Result

  • (P): privateer entry
PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Belgium flag Jacky IckxFerrari1:22.200 
2Brazil flag Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth1:22.6000.400
3USA flag Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:22.7000.500
4United Kingdom flag Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:22.9000.700
5Australia flag Tim SchenkenSurtees-Ford Cosworth1:23.2001.000
6France flag Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM1:23.4001.200
7United Kingdom flag Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth1:23.5001.300
8Sweden flag Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth1:23.7001.500
9Italy flag Arturo MerzarioFerrari1:23.7001.500
10Argentina flag Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth1:23.8001.600
11New Zealand flag Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:23.9001.700
12France flag Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:23.9001.700
13Brazil flag Carlos PaceMarch-Ford Cosworth (P)1:24.0001.800
14United Kingdom flag Jackie OliverBRM1:24.4002.200
15Australia flag Dave WalkerLotus-Ford Cosworth1:24.4002.200
16United Kingdom flag Peter GethinBRM1:24.5002.300
17New Zealand flag Chris AmonMatra1:24.6002.400
18Italy flag Nanni GalliTecno1:25.1002.900
19Austria flag Niki LaudaMarch-Ford Cosworth1:25.1002.900
20Italy flag Andrea de AdamichSurtees-Ford Cosworth1:25.2003.000
21United Kingdom flag Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth1:25.2003.000
22Brazil flag Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth1:25.5003.300
23United Kingdom flag Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth1:25.6003.400
24South Africa flag Dave CharltonLotus-Ford Cosworth (P)1:25.6003.400
25Germany flag Rolf StommelenEifelland-Ford Cosworth1:26.3004.100
26France flag Henri PescaroloPolitoys-Ford Cosworth1:27.4005.200
27France flag Francois MigaultConnew-Ford Cosworth1:30.3008.100

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Brazil flag Emerson Fittipaldi43
2United Kingdom flag Jackie Stewart27
3New Zealand flag Denny Hulme21
4Belgium flag Jacky Ickx16
5USA flag Peter Revson10
6France flag Jean-Pierre Beltoise9
7France flag Francois Cevert9
8New Zealand flag Chris Amon9
9Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni7
10Sweden flag Ronnie Peterson5
11United Kingdom flag Mike Hailwood4
12USA flag Mario Andretti3
=Italy flag Andrea de Adamich3
14Brazil flag Carlos Pace3
15Australia flag Tim Schenken2
=United Kingdom flag Brian Redman2
17United Kingdom flag Graham Hill1
=Italy flag Arturo Merzario1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag Lotus-Ford Cosworth43
2United Kingdom flag Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth33
3United Kingdom flag McLaren-Ford Cosworth27
4Italy flag Ferrari20
5United Kingdom flag BRM9
6France flag Matra9
7United Kingdom flag Surtees-Ford Cosworth9
8United Kingdom flag March-Ford Cosworth8
9United Kingdom flag Brabham-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut
Driver: Arturo Merzario
Constructor: Politoys (only start)
Wins
Driver: 4th for Emerson Fittipaldi
Constructor: 45th for Lotus
Podiums
Driver: 33rd for Jackie Stewart, 10th for Emerson Fittipaldi, 2nd for Peter Revson
Constructor: 78th for Lotus, 22nd for McLaren, 15th for Tyrrell
Poles
Driver: 11th for Jacky Ickx
Constructor: 58th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
Driver: 12th for Jackie Stewart
Constructor: 6th for Tyrrell
Front row starts
Driver: 22nd for Jacky Ickx, 6th for Emerson Fittipaldi
Points finishes
Driver: 25th for Chris Amon, 1st for Arturo Merzario (169th different point scorer, 22nd Italian driver)

See also

  • British Grand Prix
  • Brands Hatch Circuit
  • 1972 World Championship season

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