1000 km race from Zeltweg 1972

The fourth 1000 km race in Zeltweg , also the 1000 km Österreichring, Zeltweg , took place on June 25, 1972 and was the tenth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

After the end of the 5-liter displacement engine formula in sports car racing at the end of 1971, two important competitors, the Porsche 917 and the Ferrari 512S, disappeared from the international racing tracks. In 1972 the championship was extended to vehicles with a displacement of up to 3 liters. The most important participants were Ferrari with the Ferrari 312PB and Alfa Romeo with the Tipo 33 . To the regret of the organizer, however, Autodelta withdrew the naming of three works cars and did not show up for training and races.

Ferrari remained almost without opponents in the class up to 3-liter displacement with four works cars. Only Gulf Research Racing competed with a Mirage M6 , which was driven by Gijs van Lennep and Derek Bell . There was also a Porsche 911 equipped with a 2.7-liter engine . The remaining participants are divided between the class up to 2-liter displacement and the GT vehicles.

The unemployed Alfa Romeo factory drivers tried to find accommodation with other teams. Vic Elford drove a Lola T280 from Ecurie Bonnier and Helmut Marko stepped in for Clay Regazzoni at Ferrari at short notice . The Swiss broke his hand while playing football during a break in training. The race ended with a quadruple victory for the works Ferrari, led by cars with the starting number 1, driven by Jacky Ickx and Brian Redman .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	Round
1	S 3.0	1	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Jacky Ickx Brian Redman	Ferrari 312PB	170
2	S 3.0	3	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Helmut Marko Carlos Pace	Ferrari 312PB	169
3	S 3.0	2	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Tim Schenken Ronnie Peterson	Ferrari 312PB	166
4th	S 3.0	4th	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Arturo Merzario Sandro Munari	Ferrari 312PB	164
5	S 2.0	16	Dieter Quester	Rolf Stommelen Toine Hezemans	Chevron B21	164
6th	S 2.0	18th	Red Rose Racing	José Juncadella John Bridges	Chevron B21	158
7th	S 2.0	28	Ecurie Bonnier	Jean-Louis Lafosse Hughes de Fierlant	Lola T290	154
8th	S 2.0	27	Ecurie Bonnier	Claude Swietlik Gilbert Salles	Lola T290	154
9	S 2.0	21st	Intertech	Trevor Twaites Brendon McInerney	Chevron B21	153
10	S 3.0	5	E. Straehle KG	Günter Steckkönig Björn Waldegård	Porsche 911S 2.7	142
11	S 2.0	15th	Michel Dupont	Michel Dupont Paul Blancpain	Chevron B19	141
12	GT	33	Sachs Racing	Alex Janda Hans Schulze-Schwering	De Tomaso Pantera	132
13	GT	37	Porsche Kremer Racing	John Fitzpatrick Erwin Kremer	Porsche 911S	127
Not classified
14th	GT	32	Kuberol Racing	Bengt Ekberg Roland Larsson	Porsche 911S
Failed
15th	S 2.0		Hasag Racing	Hanno Maurer-Stroh Heinz Derflinger	Lola T212
16	S 3.0	7th	Gulf Research Racing	Derek Bell Gijs van Lennep	Mirage M6
17th	S 3.0	9	Ecurie Bonnier	Gérard Larrousse Vic Elford	Lola T280
18th	S 2.0	11	Bosch Racing Team	Kurt Rieder Otto Stuppacher	Abarth 2000
19th	S 3.0	12	Hollywood	Luiz Bueno José Catapani	Porsche 908/02
20th	S 2.0	14th	Kurt Hild	Kurt Hild Hans Müller-Perschl	Porsche 910
21st	S 2.0	20th	John Gray	John Gray Peter Gaydon	Chevron B19
22nd	S 2.0	24	Squadra Tartaruga	Walter Frey Peter Ettmüller	Chevron B19 / 21
23	S 2.0	25th	Jolly Club Switzerland	Silvio Moser Antonio Nicodemi	Lola T290
24	GT	36	Willi Nolte	Willi Nolte Jürgen Barth	Porsche 911S
Not started
25th	S 2.0	25th	Jolly Club	Silvio Moser Antonio Nicodemi	Ferrari 512S	1
26th	S 3.0	7T	Gulf Racing Research	Tony Adamowicz	Mirage M6	2
Not qualified
27	GT	31	Liqui Moly	Eberhard Sindel Klaus Rank	Porsche 911S
28	GT	42	Formula Racing Club Zurich	Gregor Fischer Max Müller	Porsche 911S

¹ not started ² training car

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
29	S 3.0	5	Autodelta SpA	Andrea de Adamich Nanni Galli	Alfa Romeo 33TT3
30th	S 3.0	6th	Autodelta SpA	Rolf Stommelen Peter Revson	Alfa Romeo 33TT3
31	S 3.0	10	Joseph Greger	Joseph Greger Albert Pfuhl	Porsche 908
32	S 3.0	11	Bosch Racing Team	Otto Stuppacher	Porsche 908/02
33	S 2.0	16	Brian Robinson	Brian Robinson François Migault	Chevron B21
34	S 2.0	17th	Tony Goodwin	Tony Goodwin Alistair Gowin	Dulon LD11
35	S 2.0	19th	Barclay International Racing	Guy Edwards Helmuth Koinigg	Lola T290
36	S 2.0	22nd	Roger Heavens	Roger Heavens Mike Carton	Chevron B21
37	S 2.0	23	Dorset Racing	Tony Birchenhough Brian Joscelyne	Lola T212
38	S 2.0	26th	Giampiero Moretti	Giampiero Moretti Corrado Manfredini	Momo
39	S 2.0	29	Ecurie Bonnier	Fredy Grainal Gregor Konegrad	Lola T290
40	S 2.0	30th	Scuderia Filipinetti	Jean-Louis Lafosse Chris Craft	Lola T290
41	GT	33	Porsche Club Romand	Bernard Chenevière	Porsche 911S
42	GT	34	Porsche Club Romand	Pierre Greub	Porsche 911S
43	GT	35	Porsche Club Romand	Claude Haldi	Porsche 911S
44	GT	38	Michael Keyser	Michael Keyser Jürgen Barth	Porsche 911S
45	GT	39	Gelo Racing Team	Franz Pesch	Porsche 911S
46	GT	40	Gelo Racing Team	Georg Loos	Porsche 911S
47	GT	41	Gelo Racing Team	Clemens Schickentanz Willi Kauhsen	Porsche 911S
48	S 3.0	45	Autodelta SpA	Helmut Marko Vic Elford	Alfa Romeo 33TT3

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Jacky Ickx	Brian Redman	Ferrari 312PB	Overall victory
S 2.0	Toine Hezemans	Rolf Stommelen	Chevron B21	Rank 5
GT	Alex Janda	Hans Schulze-Schwering	De Tomaso Pantera	Rank 12

Racing data

• Reported: 46
• Started: 23
• Rated: 13
• Race classes: 3
• Spectators: 20,000
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 5.911 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4: 58: 46.280 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 170
• Total distance of the winning team: 1004.870 km
• Winner's average: 201.800 km / h
• Pole position: Derek Bell - Mirage M6 (# 7) - 1.40.600 - 211.527 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jacky Ickx - Ferrari 312PB (# 1) 1.41.880 - 208.869 km / h
• Racing series: 10th round of the 1972 World Sports Car Championship
• Racing series: 7th 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

• Results at wsrp Racing

Previous race 24 Hours of Le Mans 1972

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 6-hour race at Watkins Glen 1972