Paris 1000 km race in 1972

The Rouen-les-Essarts circuit in 1972

Lola T290

The twelfth 1000 km race in Paris , also called Paris 1000 Kilometres , took place on October 15, 1972 on the Rouen-les-Essarts circuit. The race was the 12th round of the Spanish Circuit Championship this year.

The race

Significant safety deficiencies at the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry prompted the organizers of the 1000 km race to leave the traditional race track of the event and move to Rouen. However, the line in the Seine-Maritime department had also come under fire in previous years. On June 27, 1971, the last Formula 2 race took place on the 6.5 km long track variant. It had recently been slightly defused by two temporary chicanes in the corners of Grésil and Paradis (shortly before the start and finish). The new Normandy A13 motorway then intersected this route in the last third; the part added in 1956 was therefore dropped again after construction work began. However, the Chemin de l'Etoile tangent, which was used until 1954, could not be reintegrated into the route because it was now partly used as an access route to the paddock and the parking lots. For this reason, a permanent stretch of track was built for the first time, which was only used for racing events and not as a public road.

This section, called Forêt , ran in the forest between the old Chemin de l'Etoile and the new motorway, consisted of an S-curve combination and a long straight and ended at the Paradis right-hand bend back into the previous route. The lap length was now 5.543 km. The road surfaces and guardrails were partially renewed, and the timekeeping tower, boxes and paddock were rebuilt and expanded for 1.7 million francs . These measures were financed by the General Council of the Seine-Maritime Department and the Normandy Automobile Club. On July 25, 1972, the first Formula 2 race took place on the new circuit, which the Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi won in the Lotus 69 .

The 1000 km race was the second event after the renovation. This year the race was part of the Spanish Circuit Championship and thus again an international competition. The race was dominated by the French Lola T280 crew Gérard Larrousse and Jean-Pierre Beltoise . The duo was two seconds faster than the competition during training. Only the Scuderia Filipinetti - Lola T290 of Jean-Louis Lafosse and Jacques Coulon was able to follow them in the race and was one lap behind the winning team at the finish.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	1	Ecurie Bonnier	Gérard Larrousse Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Lola T280 / 2	181
2	S 2.0	5	Antar Flint Filipinetti	Jean-Louis Lafosse Jacques Coulon	Lola T290	180
3	S 2.0	11		John Bridges Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Chevron B19 / 21	177
4th	S 2.0	10	Red Rose Montjuich Tergal Racing	José Juncadella John Hine	Chevron B21	171
5	S 2.0	6th		Claude Swietlik René Bayard	Lola T290	167
6th	S 2.0	19th		Brian Robinson François Laccarrau	Lola T290	165
7th	GT	25th		John Fitzpatrick Erwin Kremer	Porsche 911S	160
8th	GT	27		Claude Haldi Raymond Touroul	Porsche 911S	158
9	GT	24	North American Racing Team	Jean-Pierre Jarier Jacques Laffite	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	156
10	GT	22nd	Charles Pozzi	Jean-Claude Andruet Claude Ballot-Léna	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	144
11	GT	23	Charles Pozzi	François Migault Daniël Rouveyran	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	143
Not classified
12	S 2.0	14th		Eris Tondelli Mauro Formento	Chevron B19	5
Disqualified
13	S 2.0	33		Martin Raymond Hervé LeGuellec	Chevron B21
Failed
14th	S 2.0	32		Philippe Farjon Peter Humble	Chevron B19	127
15th	S 2.0	16		Arturo Merzario Gianfranco Palazzoli	Abarth Osella SE-021	127
16	S 2.0	31		Trevor Twaites Brendan McInerney	Chevron B21	111
17th	S 2.0	9	Canon Racing	Bob Wollek Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Chevron B21	101
18th	S 2.0	12	Kodak Racing Team	René Ligonnet Barrie Smith	Lola T290
19th	GT	20th	Ecurie Franco Britannic	Alvaro Valtellina Ugo Locatelli	De Tomaso Pantera
20th	S 2.0	7th		Mário de Araújo Cabral Alain Serpaggi	Lola T290	35
21st	S 2.0	18th		John Gray Peter Gaydon	Chevron B21	17th
22nd	S 2.0	15th		Brian Martin David Purley	Martin BM9	16
23	GT	21st	Valtellina Racing	Jean Vinatier Guy Chasseuil	De Tomaso Pantera	12
24	S 2.0	17th		John Lepp George Silverwood	Chevron B21	9
25th	S 2.0	8th	Peter Smith	Peter Smith Philippe de Henning	Chevron B21	9
26th	S 3.0	2	Reinhold Joest	Reinhold Joest Mario Casoni	Porsche 908/03	2

Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Gérard Larrousse	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Lola T280 / 2	Overall victory
S 2.0	Jean-Louis Lafosse	Jacques Coulon	Lola T290	Rank 2
GT	John Fitzpatrick	Erwin Kremer	Porsche 911S	Rank 7

Racing data

• Registered: 26
• Started: 26
• Valued: 11
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 5.543 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:04: 24.920 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 181
• Total distance of the winning team: 1003.283 km
• Winner's average: 165.187 km / h
• Pole position: Gérard Larrousse - Lola T280 / 2 (# 1) - 1: 49.100
• Fastest race lap: Gérard Larrousse - Lola T280 / 2 (# 1) - 1: 47.540 - 185.626 km / h
• Racing series: Round 12 of the Spanish Circuit Championship in 1972

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to international Motor Racing. A Complete Reference from Formula One to Touring Cars. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Results at Racing Sports Cars