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1972 Belgian Grand Prix

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1972 Belgian Grand Prix
Race details
Date June 4, 1972
Location Nivelles-Baulers, Nivelles, Belgium
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.72 km (2.314 miles)
Distance 85 laps, 316.2 km (196.69 miles)
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Ford
Time 1:11.43
Fastest lap
Driver New Zealand Chris Amon Matra
Time 1:12.12 on lap 66
Podium
First Lotus-Ford
Second Tyrrell-Ford
Third McLaren-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1972 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Nivelles on 4 June 1972. It was race 5 of 12 in both the 1972 World Championship of Drivers and the 1972 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 85-lap race was won by Lotus driver Emerson Fittipaldi after he started from pole position. François Cevert finished second for the Tyrrell team and McLaren driver Denny Hulme came in third.

Reigning World Champion Jackie Stewart was a notable absence – his gruelling schedule of racing in Formula 1, Can-Am and European touring cars, plus promotional events for Tyrrell sponsors Elf and Ford, as well as a sideline of sports commentating on television in the US led to what was originally diagnosed as an ulcer, but was later confirmed as gastritis. Under doctor's orders, he took about three weeks off from everything, canceled his involvement with the Can-Am series and US TV for the remainder of 1972, and was restricting his schedule of everything else.

Qualifying

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Qualifying classification

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Pos. No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 32 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 1:11.43
2 30 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:11.58 +0.15
3 9 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 1:11.80 +0.37
4 29 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 1:11.84 +0.41
5 8 France François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 1:11.93 +0.50
6 23 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 1:12.12 +0.69
7 10 United States Peter Revson McLaren-Ford 1:12.19 +0.76
8 34 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Surtees-Ford 1:12.35 +0.92
9 19 Argentina Carlos Reutemann BrabhamFord 1:12.50 +1.07
10 36 Italy Andrea de Adamich Surtees-Ford 1:12.54 +1.11
11 16 Brazil Carlos Pace March-Ford 1:12.64 +1.21
12 33 Australia David Walker Lotus-Ford 1:12.76 +1.33
13 5 New Zealand Chris Amon Matra 1:12.80 +1.37
14 11 Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 1:13.00 +1.57
15 25 New Zealand Howden Ganley BRM 1:13.01 +1.58
16 17 United Kingdom Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 1:13.10 +1.67
17 24 United Kingdom Peter Gethin BRM 1:13.15 +1.72
18 18 Brazil Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham-Ford 1:13.20 +1.77
19 15 France Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 1:13.40 +1.97
20 6 West Germany Rolf Stommelen Eifelland-Ford 1:13.43 +2.00
21 35 Australia Tim Schenken Surtees-Ford 1:13.60 +2.17
22 14 United Kingdom Mike Beuttler March-Ford 1:13.70 +2.27
23 27 Austria Helmut Marko BRM 1:14.10 +2.67
24 22 Italy Nanni Galli Tecno 1:14.60 +3.17
25 12 Austria Niki Lauda March-Ford 1:16.50 +5.07
26 26 Australia Vern Schuppan BRM 1:16.90 +5.47

Race

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Classification

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 32 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 85 1:44:07.3 1 9
2 8 France François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 85 + 26.6 5 6
3 9 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 85 + 58.1 3 4
4 34 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Surtees-Ford 85 + 1:12.0 8 3
5 16 Brazil Carlos Pace March-Ford 84 + 1 Lap 11 2
6 5 New Zealand Chris Amon Matra 84 + 1 Lap 13 1
7 10 United States Peter Revson McLaren-Ford 83 + 2 Laps 7  
8 25 New Zealand Howden Ganley BRM 83 + 2 Laps 15  
9 11 Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 83 + 2 Laps 14  
10 27 Austria Helmut Marko BRM 83 + 2 Laps 23  
11 6 Germany Rolf Stommelen Eifelland-Ford 83 + 2 Laps 20  
12 12 Austria Niki Lauda March-Ford 82 + 3 Laps 25  
13 19 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 81 + 4 Laps 9  
14 33 Australia Dave Walker Lotus-Ford 79 + 6 Laps 12  
Ret 17 United Kingdom Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 73 Suspension 16  
NC 15 France Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 59 + 26 Laps 19  
Ret 30 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 57 Accident 2  
Ret 36 Italy Andrea de Adamich Surtees-Ford 55 Engine 10  
Ret 22 Italy Nanni Galli Tecno 54 Accident 24  
Ret 29 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 47 Injection 4  
Ret 14 United Kingdom Mike Beuttler March-Ford 31 Halfshaft 22  
Ret 18 Brazil Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham-Ford 28 Gearbox 18  
Ret 24 United Kingdom Peter Gethin BRM 27 Fuel Pump 17  
Ret 23 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 15 Overheating 6  
Ret 35 Australia Tim Schenken Surtees-Ford 11 Overheating 21  
DNS 26 Australia Vern Schuppan BRM   Driven by Marko    
Source:[1]

Notes

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  • This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Australian driver Vern Schuppan.
  • This was the 200th Formula One World Championship Grand Prix in which a British driver participated. Of those 200 races, British drivers won 93 Grands Prix, achieved 208 podium finishes, 93 pole positions, 90 fastest laps, 25 Grand Slams and won 8 Driver's World Championships.
  • This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Italian engine supplier Tecno.

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ "1972 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Belgium 1972 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.


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