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Home / Seasons / 1972 F1 World Championship Season / 1972 South African Grand Prix

1972 South African Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 4 March 1972
Winner
  • New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hailwood
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Surtees-Ford Cosworth
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
More South African Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+4New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth791hr 45m 49.100s9
2+1Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth79+14.100s6
3+9USA flag lazyload Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth79+25.800s4
4+2USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiFerrari79+38.500s3
5+4Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth79+49.000s2
6+8United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth78+1 lap1
7+14Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMarch-Ford Cosworth78+1 lap 
8-1Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari78+1 lap 
9-1France flag lazyload Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth78+1 lap 
10+9Australia flag lazyload Dave WalkerLotus-Ford Cosworth78+1 lap 
11+11France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)77+2 laps 
12-10Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari77+2 laps 
13+12Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenEifelland-Ford Cosworth77+2 laps 
14+9Austria flag lazyload Helmut MarkoBRM76+3 laps 
15-2New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMatra76+3 laps 
16+10Rhodesia flag lazyload John LoveSurtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)73DNF 
17+7Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)73+6 laps 
NC New Zealand flag lazyload Howden GanleyBRM70+9 laps 
NC Italy flag lazyload Andrea de AdamichSurtees-Ford Cosworth69+10 laps 
NC United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter GethinBRM65+14 laps 
R France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM60DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth45DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth28DNF 
R Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Tim SchenkenSurtees-Ford Cosworth9DNF 
R South Africa flag lazyload Dave CharltonLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)2DNF 
Did not start
  South Africa flag lazyload 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
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
2Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari
3Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth
5New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
6USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiFerrari
7Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari
8France flag lazyload Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
9Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth
10Australia flag lazyload Tim SchenkenSurtees-Ford Cosworth
11France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM
12USA flag lazyload Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
13New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMatra
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth
15Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth
16New Zealand flag lazyload Howden GanleyBRM
17South Africa flag lazyload Dave CharltonLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter GethinBRM
19Australia flag lazyload Dave WalkerLotus-Ford Cosworth
20Italy flag lazyload Andrea de AdamichSurtees-Ford Cosworth
21Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMarch-Ford Cosworth
22France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23Austria flag lazyload Helmut MarkoBRM
24Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
25Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenEifelland-Ford Cosworth
26Rhodesia flag lazyload John LoveSurtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
27  

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme15
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart9
3Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi6
4Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx4
=USA flag lazyload Peter Revson4
6Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni3
=USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti3
8Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie Peterson3
9Australia flag lazyload Tim Schenken2
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill1

Constructor

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

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

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