Monza 1000 km race in 1972

Ferrari 312PB with the longer rear for fast racetracks

Lola T212; Giorgio Pianta's and Giorgio Schön's T212 was canceled on the first lap. The electrics had gotten wet in the pouring rain; the car stopped due to the subsequent short circuit

The eleventh 1000 km race of Monza , also 1000 km di Monza, Autodromo Nazionale di Monza , took place on April 25, 1972 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and was the fifth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

By the time the World Championship race in Monza took place in 1972, four races had already been run. All ended with overall wins for Scuderia Ferrari vehicles . At 1000 km Buenos Aires remained Ronnie Peterson and his Australian team-mate Tim taverns successful. This was followed by overall wins for Jacky Ickx and Mario Andretti at the races at Daytona , Sebring and Brands Hatch . In all cases, chassis of the 312PB racing car were used.

Up until the race in Monza, the Alfa Romeo works team was the Scuderia's strongest opponent. In Monza, however , the Autodelta team management did not compete. The entire weekend was characterized by adverse weather conditions. The qualification training already took place under heavy rain; with considerable consequences for the starting line-up. The organizer was concerned that slow vehicles on the racetrack could become a driving chicane for the fast 3-liter sports cars and therefore built in a qualification hurdle. In order to take part in the race, you had to stay within 20 seconds of pole position time. Since Ronnie Peterson achieved his fastest lap in a time of 1.24.750 minutes on a dry track, this hurdle became insurmountable for many teams that only started training in the rain. Peterson achieved an average speed of 244.248 km / h and was significantly faster than the fastest Formula 1 cars at the Italian Grand Prix in autumn 1972. However, the Formula 1 monoposti had to pass two new chicanes, which reduced the lap times and average speeds have been significantly reduced. Jacky Ickx in the Formula 1 Ferrari 312B2 achieved a time of 1.35.650 minutes, which corresponds to an average of 217.355 km / h.

The race on Saturday was also heavily influenced by the rain. Three vehicles - including the Scuderia-Filipinetti - Lola T290 - failed in the initial phase because moisture had penetrated the electrical system. More than half a dozen cars were broken down in accidents. Only six teams came into the ranking. Jacky Ickx celebrates his fourth World Championship victory in a row; this time Clay Regazzoni was his teammate. Reinhold Joest and Gerhard Schüler in a Porsche 908/03 were second, four laps behind .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	1	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	Jacky Ickx Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari 312PB	174
2	S 3.0	7th	Reinhold Joest	Reinhold Joest Gerhard student	Porsche 908/03	170
3	S 3.0	2	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	Ronnie Peterson Tim Schenken	Ferrari 312PB	165
4th	S 2.0	35	Wicky Racing Team	Peter Mattli Hervé Bayard	Porsche 907	153
5	GT + 2.0	44	Valtellina Racing	Ugo Locatelli Gianfranco Palazzoli	De Tomaso Pantera	147
6th	S 1.6	39	Eris Tondelli	Eris Tondelli Mauro Formento	Tondelli BT	129
Failed
7th	GT + 2.0	43	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Mario Casoni Vincenzo Cazzago	De Tomaso Pantera	122
8th	S 1.6	37	Citta dei Mille	Gianfranco Palazzoli Piero Botalla	Abarth 1600 Sport	58
9	GT + 2.0	41	Herbert Mueller	Herbert Müller Giancarlo Gagliardi	De Tomaso Pantera	44
10	S 3.0	3	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	Brian Redman Arturo Merzario	Ferrari 312PB	32
11	S 2.0	16	Michel Dupont	Michel Dupont Fabrizio Noe	Chevron B19	32
12	S 2.0	23	Leandro Terra	Pietro Lo Piccolo Leandro Terra	Ferrari Dino 206S Spyder	25th
13	S 3.0	4th	Ecurie Bonnier	Gérard Larrousse Hughes de Fierlant	Lola T280	16
14th	S 2.0	14th	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Carlo Facetti Marsilio Pasotti	Abarth Osella SE-021	13
15th	S 2.0	18th	Gabriele Serblin	Gabriele Serblin Jacopo Trivellato	Chevron B19	6th
16	S 2.0	26th	Giorgio Danieli	Giorgio Danieli Giuseppe Rossi	Lola T290	5
17th	S 3.0	5	Ecurie Bonnier	Pure Wisell Joakim Bonnier	Lola T280	4th
18th	S 2.0	29	Giorgio Pianta	Giorgio Pianta Giorgio Nice	Lola T212	1
19th	S 2.0	31	Scuderia Filipinetti	Jean-Jacques Cochet Gérard Pillon	Lola T290	1
20th	S 2.0	19th	Squadra Tartaruga	Walter Frey Peter Ettmüller	Chevron B19 / 21	1
Not started
21st	S 3.0	6th	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Giacomo Moioli Ennio Bonomelli Walter Dona	Porsche 908/02	1
22nd	S 3.0	8th	Bosch Racing Team	Otto Stuppacher Helmut Marko	Porsche 908/02	2
23	S 2.0	22nd	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Mario Ilotte Angelo Mola Franco Berruto Marsilio Pasotti "Ipack"	Abarth 2000	3
Not qualified
24	S 3.0	9	Wicky Racing Team	Walter Brun André Wicky	Porsche 908/02	4th
25th	S 3.0	11	Bernd Becker	Bernd Becker Karl-Heinz Tibor Elmar Clever	Porsche 910	5
26th	S 2.0	15th	Luciano Roiatti	Luciano Roiatti Renzo Cattelan	Abarth Osella SE-021	6th
27	S 2.0	21st	Luciano Rassega	Alceste Bodini	Chevron B19	7th
28	S 2.0	36	Vittorio Mascari	Vittorio Mascari Eugenio Tinghi	Porsche 906	8th
29	S 1.6	38	Monzeglio	Maurizio Zanetti Luigi Pozzo	Lola T212	9
30th	GT + 2.0	42	Escuderia Montjuich	José Juncadella Fernando Baviera	De Tomaso Pantera	10
31	GT + 2.0	45	Luigi Rinaldi	Spartaco Dini Maurizio Micangeli	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	11
32	GT + 2.0	46	Gelo Racing Team	Georg Loos Franz Pesch	Porsche 911S	12
33	GT + 2.0	48	Kuberol Racing	Roland Larsson Bengt Ekberg Kurt Simonsen	Porsche 911S	13
34	GT + 2.0	49	Ennio Bonomelli	Ennio Bonomelli Pino Pica	Porsche 911S	14th
35	GT + 2.0	51	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Guido Fossati Piero Monticone	Porsche 911S	15th
36	GT + 2.0	52	Peter Kersten	Clemens Schickentanz Willi Kauhsen	Porsche 911S	16
37	GT + 2.0	53	Porsche Club Romand	Paul Keller Claude Haldi Gerard Darton Merlin	Porsche 911S	17th
38	GT + 2.0	54	Porsche Club Romand	Claude Haldi Bernard Chenevière	Porsche 911S	18th
39	GT + 2.0	55	Liqui Moly	Eberhard Sindel Klaus Rank	Porsche 911S	19th
40	GT + 2.0	56	Kremer Porsche Racing	Erwin Kremer John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 911S	20th
41	GT + 2.0	57	Nettuno	Sergio Mingotti Sergio Demetrio	Porsche 911S	21st
42	GT 2.0	62	Kuberol Racing	Bengt Ekberg Roland Larsson Dick Biström	Porsche 911	22nd
43	GT 2.0	64	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Piero Monticone Guido Fossati	Porsche 914/6	23

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Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
44	S 3.0	10	Sant Paul	Pino Pica Giuseppe Marotta	Porsche 910
45	S 2.0	24	Serge Aziosmanof	Lionel Noghés Alain Finkelstein	Grac MT16
46	S 2.0	25th	Serge Aziosmanof	Robert Cyprien Francois Guerre-Berthelot	Grac MT16
47	S 2.0	27	Alfredo Faraoni	Alfredo Faraoni Guido Leso	Lola T212
48	S 2.0	28	Jolly Club	Paolo de Leonibus Peter Marron	Lola T212
49	S 2.0	32	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Antonio Zadra Giovanni Pierobon	Lola T290
50	S 2.0	33	Jolly Club Switzerland	Antonio Nicodemi Silvio Moser	Lola T212
51	S 2.0	34	Momo Racing	Giampiero Moretti Corrado Manfredini	Momo-Abarth
52	GT + 2.0	58	Florian Vetsch	Florian Vetsch Jean Selz	Porsche 911S
53	GT 2.0	61	Gianfranco Ricci	Gianfranco Ricci Dante Gargan	Opel GT
54	GT 2.0	63	Horst Klauke	Horst Klauke Helmut Gall	Porsche 911

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Jacky Ickx	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari 312PB	Overall victory
S 2.0	Peter Mattli	Hervé Bayard	Porsche 907	Rank 4
S 1.6	Eris Tondelli	Mauro Formento	Tondelli BT	Rank 6
GT + 2.0	no participant in the finish
GT 2.0	no participant in the finish

Racing data

• Registered: 54
• Started: 19
• Valued: 6
• Race classes: 5
• Spectators: 100,000
• Race day weather: rain
• Route length: 5.750 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5: 52: 05.600 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 174
• Total distance of the winning team: 1000,500 km
• Winner's average: 170.695 km / h
• Pole position: Ronnie Peterson - Ferrari 312PB (# 2) - 1.24.750 - 244.248 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Ronnie Peterson - Ferrari 312PB (# 2) - 1.46.100 - 195.099 km / h
• Racing series: 5th round of the 1972 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Race results at wsrp Racing

Individual evidence

1. ^ Qualifying training for the Monza 1000 km race in 1972
2. ↑ Starting grid for the 1972 Italian Grand Prix

Previous race Brands Hatch 1000km race in 1972

Sports car world championship

Successor 1000 km race of Spa-Francorchamps 1972