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1972 Italian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMonza, 55 laps
Round10 of 12
Race numbers

The 1972 Italian Grand Prix was the:

  • 218th World Championship race
  • 23rd World Championship Italian Grand Prix
  • 23rd World Championship race at Monza
  • 1972 Drivers’ title decider
  • 1972 Constructors’ title decider
More 1972 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth551hr 29m 58.400s9
2+7(GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth55+14.500s6
3+2(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth55+23.800s4
4+4(USA) Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth55+35.700s3
5+8(GBR) Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth55+1m 05.600s2
6+6(GBR) Peter GethinBRM55+1m 21.900s1
7 (USA) Mario AndrettiFerrari54+1 lap 
8+8(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM54+1 lap 
9+15(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth54+1 lap 
10+15(GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)54+1 lap 
11+6(NZL) Howden GanleyBRM52+3 laps 
12-2(SWE) Reine WisellBRM51+4 laps 
13+7(AUT) Niki LaudaMarch-Ford Cosworth50+5 laps 
R (BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari46DNF 
R (NZL) Chris AmonMatra38DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de AdamichSurtees-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R (GBR) John SurteesSurtees-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R (AUS) Tim SchenkenSurtees-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R (BRA) Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari16DNF 
R (BRA) Carlos PaceMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)15DNF 
R (ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R (FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R (ITA) Nanni GalliTecno6DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Clay Regazzoni ended lap 16 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:35.650

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

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(FRA) Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(GBR) Derek BellTecno

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi61
2(NZL) Denny Hulme31
3(GBR) Jackie Stewart27
4(BEL) Jacky Ickx25
5(USA) Peter Revson17
6(CHE) Clay Regazzoni13
7(GBR) Mike Hailwood13
8(NZL) Chris Amon11
9(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise9
10(FRA) Francois Cevert9
11(SWE) Ronnie Peterson9
12(NZL) Howden Ganley4
13(GBR) Brian Redman4
14(GBR) Graham Hill4
15(USA) Mario Andretti3
=(ITA) Andrea de Adamich3
17(BRA) Carlos Pace3
18(AUS) Tim Schenken2
19(ITA) Arturo Merzario1
=(GBR) Peter Gethin1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Ford Cosworth61
2McLaren-Ford Cosworth39
3Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth33
4Ferrari29
5Surtees-Ford Cosworth18
6BRM14
7March-Ford Cosworth12
8Matra11
9Brabham-Ford Cosworth4

Stats & milestones

Last start
John Surtees
World Champion
1st title for Emerson Fittipaldi (13th driver to win the World Championship, 1st Brazilian champion)
5th title for Lotus (1st constructor to win five championships)
Wins
6th for Emerson Fittipaldi
47th for Lotus
Podiums
26th for Denny Hulme
12th for Emerson Fittipaldi
1st for Mike Hailwood (112th different podium finisher, 26th British driver; last podium until 1974; only podium for Surtees)
80th for Lotus (2nd constructor to score 80 podiums)
25th for McLaren
1st for Surtees (29th different podium finisher)
Poles
13th and last for Jacky Ickx (last Belgian polesitter until 1990)
60th for Ferrari (1st constructor to take 60 pole positions)
Fastest laps
14th and last for Jacky Ickx (last Belgian driver to set a fastest lap until 1990)
58th for Ferrari
Front row starts
24th for Jacky Ickx
19th and last for Chris Amon
Points finishes
3rd and last for Peter Gethin