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

1972 Monaco Grand Prix

DateSunday, 14 May 1972
Winner
  • Jean-Pierre Beltoise
  • BRM
Pole position
  • Emerson Fittipaldi
  • Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • Jean-Pierre Beltoise
  • BRM
CircuitMonte Carlo, 80 laps
Round4 of 12
Race numbers

The 1972 Monaco Grand Prix was the:

  • 212th World Championship race
  • 19th World Championship Monaco Grand Prix
  • 19th World Championship race at Monte Carlo
More 1972 season
More Monaco Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+3(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM802hr 26m 54.700s9
2 (BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari80+38.200s6
3-2(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap4
4+4(GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth78+2 laps3
5+5(GBR) Brian RedmanMcLaren-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps2
6 (NZL) Chris AmonMatra77+3 laps1
7+11(ITA) Andrea de AdamichSurtees-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps 
8+9(AUT) Helmut MarkoBRM77+3 laps 
9+12(BRA) Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps 
10+15(DEU) Rolf StommelenEifelland-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps 
11+4(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth76+4 laps 
12+7(GBR) Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth76+4 laps 
13+10(GBR) Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)76+4 laps 
14 (AUS) Dave WalkerLotus-Ford Cosworth75+5 laps 
15-8(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth74+6 laps 
16+6(AUT) Niki LaudaMarch-Ford Cosworth74+6 laps 
17+7(BRA) Carlos PaceMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)72+8 laps 
NC (FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth70+10 laps 
R (FRA) Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)58DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari51DNF 
R (GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth48DNF 
R (NZL) Howden GanleyBRM47DNF 
R (AUS) Tim SchenkenSurtees-Ford Cosworth31DNF 
DQ (GBR) Peter GethinBRM27DSQ 
R (SWE) Reine WisellBRM16DNF 

Notes

  • Peter Gethin was disqualified for reversing into the pit lane.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:21.400

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

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi19
2(BEL) Jacky Ickx16
3(NZL) Denny Hulme15
4(GBR) Jackie Stewart12
5(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise9
6(CHE) Clay Regazzoni7
7(USA) Peter Revson6
8(USA) Mario Andretti3
=(ITA) Andrea de Adamich3
10(SWE) Ronnie Peterson3
11(AUS) Tim Schenken2
=(GBR) Brian Redman2
13(GBR) Graham Hill1
=(BRA) Carlos Pace1
=(NZL) Chris Amon1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Ford Cosworth19
2Lotus-Ford Cosworth19
3Ferrari19
4Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth12
5BRM9
6Surtees-Ford Cosworth5
7March-Ford Cosworth4
8Brabham-Ford Cosworth1
8Matra1

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
50th for Jacky Ickx (21st driver to start 50 races, 1st Belgian driver)
Wins
1st and only for Jean-Pierre Beltoise (48th different winner, 3rd French driver; last French winner until 1977)
17th and last for BRM
Podiums
20th for Jacky Ickx (10th driver to score 20 podiums, 1st Belgian driver)
7th for Jean-Pierre Beltoise (first for BRM, first podium since 1970 and last until 1974)
7th for Emerson Fittipaldi
181st for Ferrari
75th for Lotus
60th for BRM (3rd constructor to score 60 podiums)
Poles
1st for Emerson Fittipaldi (39th different polesitter, 1st Brazilian driver)
54th for Lotus
Fastest laps
4th and last for Jean-Pierre Beltoise (first since 1969; only fastest lap for BRM)
15th and last for BRM
Front row starts
21st for Jacky Ickx
4th for Emerson Fittipaldi
Win & fastest lap
1st and only for Jean-Pierre Beltoise (26th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 1st French driver; last French driver to win and set the fastest lap until 1979)

See also

  • Monaco Grand Prix
  • Monte Carlo circuit
  • 1972 World Championship season

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