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1972 Argentine Grand Prix

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1972 Argentine Grand Prix
Layout of the Buenos Aires circuit in 1972
Layout of the Buenos Aires circuit in 1972
Race details
Date January 23, 1972
Official name IX Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina
Location Autodromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.346 km (2.079 miles)
Distance 95 laps, 317.87 km (197.505 miles)
Pole position
Driver Brabham-Ford
Time 1:12.46
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford
Time 1:13.66 on lap 25
Podium
First Tyrrell-Ford
Second McLaren-Ford
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1972 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Buenos Aires circuit on 23 January 1972. It was race 1 of 12 in both the 1972 World Championship of Drivers and the 1972 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 95-lap race was won by Tyrrell driver Jackie Stewart after he started from second position. Denny Hulme finished second for the McLaren team and Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx came in third.

The race was notable for the debut of local driver and future Grand Prix winner Carlos Reutemann, who scored pole position in his Brabham BT34.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos. No. Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 2 Argentina Carlos Reutemann BrabhamFord 1:12.46
2 21 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart TyrrellFord 1:12.68 +0.22
3 18 United States Peter Revson McLarenFord 1:12.74 +0.28
4 17 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLarenFord 1:12.99 +0.53
5 11 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi LotusFord 1:13.28 +0.82
6 9 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:13.28 +0.82
7 22 France François Cevert TyrrellFord 1:13.39 +0.93
8 8 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 1:13.50 +1.04
9 10 United States Mario Andretti Ferrari 1:13.61 +1.15
10 14 Sweden Ronnie Peterson MarchFord 1:14.06 +1.60
11 19 Australia Tim Schenken SurteesFord 1:14.17 +1.71
12 16 New Zealand Chris Amon Matra 1:14.28 +1.82
13 3 New Zealand Howden Ganley BRM 1:14.28 +1.82
14 20 Italy Andrea de Adamich SurteesFord 1:14.34 +1.88
15 23 France Henri Pescarolo MarchFord 1:14.49 +2.03
16 1 United Kingdom Graham Hill BrabhamFord 1:14.52 +2.06
17 4 Sweden Reine Wisell BRM 1:14.52 +2.06
18 5 United Kingdom Peter Gethin BRM 1:15.11 +2.65
19 7 Austria Helmut Marko BRM 1:15.53 +3.07
20 12 Australia David Walker LotusFord 1:15.55 +3.09
21 6 Spain Alex Soler-Roig BRM 1:15.66 +3.20
22 15 Austria Niki Lauda MarchFord 1:15.92 +3.46
Source:[1]

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 21 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 95 1:57:58.82 2 9
2 17 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 95 + 25.96 4 6
3 8 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 95 + 59.39 8 4
4 9 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 95 + 1:06.72 6 3
5 19 Australia Tim Schenken Surtees-Ford 95 + 1:09.11 11 2
6 14 Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 94 + 1 lap 10 1
7 2 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 93 + 2 laps 1  
8 23 France Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 93 + 2 laps 15  
9 3 New Zealand Howden Ganley BRM 93 + 2 laps 13  
10 7 Austria Helmut Marko BRM 93 + 2 laps 19  
11 15 Austria Niki Lauda March-Ford 93 + 2 laps 22  
Ret 11 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 61 Suspension 5  
Ret 22 France François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 59 Gearbox 7  
Ret 4 Sweden Reine Wisell BRM 59 Water leak 17  
Ret 18 United States Peter Revson McLaren-Ford 49 Engine 3  
Ret 10 United States Mario Andretti Ferrari 20 Engine 9  
Ret 20 Italy Andrea de Adamich Surtees-Ford 11 Fuel system 14  
Ret 1 United Kingdom Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 11 Fuel pump 16  
DSQ 12 Australia David Walker Lotus-Ford 8 Received outside assistance 20  
Ret 5 United Kingdom Peter Gethin BRM 1 Oil leak 18  
Ret 6 Spain Alex Soler-Roig BRM 1 Accident 21  
DNS 16 New Zealand Chris Amon Matra 0 Gearbox on warm-up lap 12  
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Notes

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  • This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Argentinian driver and future Grand Prix winner Carlos Reutemann. Being his first race, it was also his first pole position.
  • This was the 25th Grand Prix start for British constructor March.
  • This was the 5th fastest lap by a Tyrrell.

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. ^ "Formula One 1972 Argentine Grand Prix Classification | Motorsport Stats".
  2. ^ "1972 Argentine Grand Prix". formula1.com. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Argentina 1972 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.


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