Buenos Aires 1000 km race in 1972

The ninth 1000 km race of Buenos Aires , also Buenos Aires 1000 Kilometers, Buenos Aires , took place on January 9, 1972 at the Autódromo Juan y Oscar Alfredo Gálvez and was the first race of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

The 1972 World Sports Car Championship began with the 1000 km race in Buenos Aires in January 1972 . At the beginning of the year, new sporting and technical regulations came into force. The most important innovation was the limitation of the displacement of the group 5 sports cars to 3 liters. This meant that racing vehicles such as the Porsche 917 , the Ferrari 512S and the Lola T70 could no longer be used. However, the new guidelines made Formula 1 technology possible in long-distance races . This affected the motorization of many participants and made it possible to use the Cosworth V8 engine. Since the V12 engine from Matra only had a displacement of three liters, the Matra MS670 were now among the favorites of the races. Ferrari had already developed a 3-liter prototype in 1971 with the Ferrari 312PB .

In Buenos Aires, Matra was missing, which led to the decision between the Italian teams Ferrari and Alfa Romeo. After a 1000 km race distance, the Scuderia celebrated a double victory.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	30th	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	Ronnie Peterson Tim Schenken	Ferrari 312PB	168
2	S 3.0	32	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	Clay Regazzoni Brian Redman	Ferrari 312PB	168
3	S 3.0	10	Giovanni Alberti	Carlo Facetti Giovanni Alberti Andrea de Adamich	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3-71	162
4th	S 3.0	2	Autodelta SpA	Vic Elford Helmut Marko	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 3	160
5	S 2.0	36	Chevron Racing Team	John Hine José Juncadella	Chevron B19	158
6th	S 3.0	40	Escuderia Montjuich	Juan Fernández Jorge de Bagration	Porsche 908/03	157
7th	S 3.0	14th	Ecurie Bonnier	Gérard Larrousse Chris Craft Reine Wisell	Lola T280	156
8th	S 2.0	34	Chevron Racing Team	Niki Bosch John Bridges	Chevron B19	156
9	S 3.0	8th	Autodelta SpA	Nino Vaccarella Carlos Pairetti	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3-71	153
10	S 3.0	28	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	Jacky Ickx Mario Andretti	Ferrari 312PB	152
11	S 2.0	26th	Abarth-Osella	Jorge Ternengo Claudio Francisci	Abarth 2000SP / 71	145
12	S 2.0	38	Eris Tondelli	Eris Tondelli Carlos Pascualin	Chevron B19	137
Not classified
13	S 2.0	42	Ecurie Esmerelda	Georges Dumoing Jean-Louis Lafosse	Lola T212	103
Failed
14th	S 2.0	16	Ecurie Bonnier	Giampiero Moretti Carlos Ruesch	Lola T212	127
15th	S 2.0	18th	Ecurie Bonnier	Hector Luis Gradassi Emilio Bertolini	Lola T212	118
16	S 2.0	18th	Ecurie Bonnier	Reine Wisell Gérard Larrousse	Lola T280	106
17th	S 3.0	6th	Autodelta SpA	Toine Hezemans Rolf Stommelen	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 3	71
18th	S 3.0	4th	Autodelta SpA	Andrea de Adamich Nanni Galli	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 3	60
19th	S 2.0	24	Abarth-Osella	Dieter Quester Àlex Soler-Roig	Abarth 2000SP / 71	60
20th	S 2.0	22nd	Abarth-Osella	Arturo Merzario Spartaco Dini	Abarth 2000SP / 71	47
21st	S 2.0	20th	Ecurie Bonnier	Jorge Cupeiro Hughes de Fierlant	Lola T212	13
22nd	S 2.0	46	Equipe Bino	Wilson Fittipaldi José Renato Catapani	Lola T212	8th
23	S 2.0	44	Motor Racing Grand Prix Org.	Carlos Pace Angel Monguzzi	AMS 1300	4th
Not started
24	S 3.0	28	Oreste Berta	Nestor Garcia-Veiga Luis Di Palma	Berta LR	1

¹ engine failure during training

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
25th	S 3.0	9	Oreste Berta		Berta LR
26th	S 3.0	19th	Hollywood team	Luís Pereira Bueno Lian Duarte	Porsche 908/02

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Ronnie Peterson	Tim donation	Ferrari 312PB	Overall victory
S 2.0	John Hine	José Juncadella	Chevron B19	Rank 5

Racing data

• Registered: 26
• Started: 13
• Valued: 14
• Race classes: 2
• Spectators: 80,000
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 5.968 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5: 45: 58.220 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 168
• Total distance of the winning team: 1002.568 km
• Winner's average: 173.886 km / h
• Pole position: Ronnie Peterson - Ferrari 312PB (# 30) - 1.58.590 - 181.175 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Reine Wisell - Lola T280 (# 12) - 1.58.390 - 181.481 km / h
• Racing series: 1st round of the 1972 World Sports Car Championship
• Racing series: 1st round of the Spanish Circuit Championship 1972

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

Previous race 6 Hours of Watkins Glen 1971

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 6 Hours of Daytona 1972