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

1972 Spanish Grand Prix

DateMonday, 1 May 1972
Winner
  • Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitJarama, 90 laps
Round3 of 12
Race numbers

The 1972 Spanish Grand Prix was the

  • 211th World Championship race
  • 7th World Championship Spanish Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Jarama
More 1972 season
More Spanish Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth902hr 03m 41.230s9
2-1Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari90+18.920s6
3+5Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari89+1 lap4
4+9Italy flag lazyload Andrea de AdamichSurtees-Ford Cosworth89+1 lap3
5+6USA flag lazyload Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth89+1 lap2
6+10Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)89+1 lap1
7+7Brazil flag lazyload Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth88+2 laps 
8+10Australia flag lazyload Tim SchenkenSurtees-Ford Cosworth88+2 laps 
9+15Australia flag lazyload Dave WalkerLotus-Ford Cosworth87DNF 
10+13United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth86+4 laps 
11+8France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)86+4 laps 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth69DNF 
R New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMatra66DNF 
R France flag lazyload Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth65DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter GethinBRM65DNF 
R New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth48DNF 
R New Zealand flag lazyload Howden GanleyBRM38DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Reine WisellBRM24DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiFerrari23DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth16DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenEifelland-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM9DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMarch-Ford Cosworth7DNF 
R Spain flag lazyload Alex Soler-RoigBRM6DNF 

Notes

  • Dave Walker ended lap 87 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:18.430

PosDriverConstructor
1Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari
2New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
3Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford Cosworth
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
5USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiFerrari
6New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonMatra
7France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM
8Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari
9Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford Cosworth
10Sweden flag lazyload Reine WisellBRM
11USA flag lazyload Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
12France flag lazyload Francois CevertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
13Italy flag lazyload Andrea de AdamichSurtees-Ford Cosworth
14Brazil flag lazyload Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford Cosworth
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford Cosworth
16Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
17Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenEifelland-Ford Cosworth
18Australia flag lazyload Tim SchenkenSurtees-Ford Cosworth
19France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
20New Zealand flag lazyload Howden GanleyBRM
21United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter GethinBRM
22Spain flag lazyload Alex Soler-RoigBRM
23United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBrabham-Ford Cosworth
24Australia flag lazyload Dave WalkerLotus-Ford Cosworth
25Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMarch-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1972 Spanish Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme15
=Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi15
3Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx10
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart9
5Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni7
6USA flag lazyload Peter Revson6
7USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti3
=Italy flag lazyload Andrea de Adamich3
9Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie Peterson3
10Australia flag lazyload Tim Schenken2
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill1
=Brazil flag lazyload Carlos Pace1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth17
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth15
3Italy flag lazyload Ferrari13
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth9
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Surtees-Ford Cosworth5
6United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Ford Cosworth4
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Wilson Fittipaldi
Last start
Alex Soler-Roig (last Spanish driver to start a race until 1977)
Wins
2nd for Emerson Fittipaldi (first win since 1970)
43rd for Lotus
Podiums
19th for Jacky Ickx, 8th for Clay Regazzoni, 6th for Emerson Fittipaldi
179th & 180th for Ferrari, 74th for Lotus
Poles
10th for Jacky Ickx (9th driver to take ten pole positions, 1st Belgian driver)
57th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
12th for Jacky Ickx
56th for Ferrari
Front row starts
20th for Jacky Ickx (11th driver to achieve 20 front row starts, 1st Belgian driver), 15th for Denny Hulme, 3rd for Emerson Fittipaldi
Points finishes
25th for Jacky Ickx, 1st for Andrea de Adamich (167th different point scorer, 21st Italian driver), 1st for Carlos Pace (168th different point scorer, 4th Brazilian driver)

See also

  • Spanish Grand Prix
  • Jarama circuit
  • 1972 World Championship season

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