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1972 South African Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitKyalami, 79 laps
Round2 of 12
Race numbers

The 1972 South African Grand Prix was the:

  • 210th World Championship race
  • 9th World Championship South African Grand Prix
  • 6th World Championship race at Kyalami
More 1972 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+4(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth791hr 45m 49.100s9
2+1(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth79+14.100s6
3+9(USA) Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth79+25.800s4
4+2(USA) Mario AndrettiFerrari79+38.500s3
5+4(SWE) Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth79+49.000s2
6+8(GBR) Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth78+1 lap1
7+14(AUT) Niki LaudaMarch-Ford Cosworth78+1 lap 
8-1(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari78+1 lap 
9-1(FRA) Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth78+1 lap 
10+9(AUS) Dave WalkerLotus-Ford Cosworth78+1 lap 
11+11(FRA) Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)77+2 laps 
12-10(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari77+2 laps 
13+12(DEU) Rolf StommelenEifelland-Ford Cosworth77+2 laps 
14+9(AUT) Helmut MarkoBRM76+3 laps 
15-2(NZL) Chris AmonMatra76+3 laps 
16+10(RHO) John LoveSurtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)73DNF 
17+7(BRA) Carlos PaceMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)73+6 laps 
NC (NZL) Howden GanleyBRM70+9 laps 
NC (ITA) Andrea de AdamichSurtees-Ford Cosworth69+10 laps 
NC (GBR) Peter GethinBRM65+14 laps 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM60DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth45DNF 
R (GBR) Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth28DNF 
R (ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R (AUS) Tim SchenkenSurtees-Ford Cosworth9DNF 
R (ZAF) Dave CharltonLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)2DNF 
Did not start
  (ZAF) William FergusonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)   

Notes

  • John Love ended lap 73 in P16 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:17.000

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

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(NZL) Denny Hulme15
2(GBR) Jackie Stewart9
3(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi6
4(BEL) Jacky Ickx4
=(USA) Peter Revson4
6(CHE) Clay Regazzoni3
=(USA) Mario Andretti3
8(SWE) Ronnie Peterson3
9(AUS) Tim Schenken2
10(GBR) Graham Hill1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Ford Cosworth15
2Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth9
3Ferrari7
4Lotus-Ford Cosworth6
5March-Ford Cosworth3
6Surtees-Ford Cosworth2
7Brabham-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Carlos Pace
Eifelland
Last start
John Love
Milestone race start
50th for Matra (8th constructor to start 50 races)
Wins
6th for Denny Hulme (first win since 1969)
5th for McLaren (first since 1969)
Podiums
23rd for Denny Hulme
5th for Emerson Fittipaldi
1st for Peter Revson (111th different podium finisher, 33rd American driver)
73rd for Lotus
19th & 20th for McLaren (9th constructor to score 20 podiums)
Poles
13th for Jackie Stewart
8th for Tyrrell
Fastest laps
1st and only for Mike Hailwood (51st different fastest lap setter, 11th British driver)
1st for Surtees (22nd different fastest lap setter)
Front row starts
36th for Jackie Stewart
7th for Clay Regazzoni
2nd for Emerson Fittipaldi
Points finishes
1st for Peter Revson (166th different point scorer, 47th American driver)