1972 South African Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+4	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	79	1hr 45m 49.100s	9
2	+1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	79	+14.100s	6
3	+9	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	79	+25.800s	4
4	+2	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	79	+38.500s	3
5	+4	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford Cosworth	79	+49.000s	2
6	+8	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	78	+1 lap	1
7	+14	Niki Lauda	March-Ford Cosworth	78	+1 lap
8	-1	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	78	+1 lap
9	-1	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	78	+1 lap
10	+9	Dave Walker	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	78	+1 lap
11	+11	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	77	+2 laps
12	-10	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	77	+2 laps
13	+12	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland-Ford Cosworth	77	+2 laps
14	+9	Helmut Marko	BRM	76	+3 laps
15	-2	Chris Amon	Matra	76	+3 laps
16	+10	John Love	Surtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	73	DNF
17	+7	Carlos Pace	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	73	+6 laps
NC		Howden Ganley	BRM	70	+9 laps
NC		Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	69	+10 laps
NC		Peter Gethin	BRM	65	+14 laps
R		Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	60	DNF
R		Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	45	DNF
R		Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	28	DNF
R		Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	27	DNF
R		Tim Schenken	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	9	DNF
R		Dave Charlton	Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	2	DNF
Did not start
		William Ferguson	Brabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:17.000

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
2	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
3	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
4	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
5	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
6	Mario Andretti	Ferrari
7	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
8	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
9	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford Cosworth
10	Tim Schenken	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
11	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM
12	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
13	Chris Amon	Matra
14	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
15	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
16	Howden Ganley	BRM
17	Dave Charlton	Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
18	Peter Gethin	BRM
19	Dave Walker	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
20	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
21	Niki Lauda	March-Ford Cosworth
22	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23	Helmut Marko	BRM
24	Carlos Pace	March-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
25	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland-Ford Cosworth
26	John Love	Surtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
27

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1972 South African Grand Prix.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Denny Hulme	15
2	Jackie Stewart	9
3	Emerson Fittipaldi	6
4	Jacky Ickx	4
=	Peter Revson	4
6	Clay Regazzoni	3
=	Mario Andretti	3
8	Ronnie Peterson	3
9	Tim Schenken	2
10	Graham Hill	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	15
2	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	9
3	Ferrari	7
4	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	6
5	March-Ford Cosworth	3
6	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	2
7	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	1

Statistics & 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)

See also

• South African Grand Prix
• Kyalami circuit
• 1972 World Championship season