1972 Austrian Grand Prix

 1972 Austrian Grand Prix

Racing data
9th of 12 races of the 1972 World Automobile Championship
Surname:	Grand Prix of Austria
Date:	August 13, 1972
Place:	Spielberg
Course:	Österreichring
Length:	319.194 km in 54 laps of 5.911 km
Weather:	sunny and hot
Spectator:	~ 100,000
Pole position
Driver:	Emerson Fittipaldi	lotus
Time:	1: 35.97 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Denis Hulme	McLaren
Time:	1: 38.32 min
Podium
First:	Emerson Fittipaldi	lotus
Second:	Denis Hulme	McLaren
Third:	Peter Revson	McLaren

The 1972 Austrian Grand Prix took place on August 13th at the Österreichring and was the ninth race of the 1972 Automobile World Championship .

Reports

Emerson Fittipaldi in the Lotus 72

background

An essentially identical starting field as in the previous German Grand Prix was also reported for the Austrian Grand Prix. Only the Connew team, which appeared for the first time at the British Grand Prix , was also at the start again. In addition, Ferrari did not use a third car this time and at BRM , Peter Gethin was used instead of Reine Wisell .

As was common at the time, the first corner of the Österreichring was driven without a chicane, which resulted in high average speeds.

training

Seven different vehicles qualified for the first eight starting positions. The pole position was achieved by Emerson Fittipaldi , who is the leader in the world championship, on a Lotus . Alongside him, Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni qualified for the front row. This was followed by Jackie Stewart on Tyrrell and Peter Revson at McLaren in series two to Brabham -Pilot Carlos Reutemann , Matra -Werksfahrer Chris Amon , the second McLaren works driver Denny Hulme and Tim taverns on Surtees .

Henri Pescarolo , who already the team's first own car in the UK GP Frank Williams Racing Cars had destroyed and due to return as a customer before March had to attend, now damaged in training so strong that he did not participate this in the race could.

François Migault qualified for last place on the grid. The first and only Grand Prix start of a Connew racing car followed.

run

Despite his third place on the grid, Stewart managed to take the lead immediately. Behind him were Regazzoni and Fittipaldi, who had started the race from the front row, and Hulme, who had made a good start from seventh place.

After a few minutes, Regazzoni had problems with the fuel supply and was slowing down as a result. However, he managed to keep Fittipaldi behind him until the fourth lap. Stewart benefited from this situation by being able to pull away easily. On lap 13 Regazzoni finally had to give up the race completely.

Fittipaldi closed the gap to Stewart within a few laps and was able to overtake him on lap 24. Three laps later, Hulme also passed Stewart, who fell further back in the following laps. Peterson temporarily took third place before he had to give up due to problems with the fuel supply and let Revson take the podium.

The duel for the top between Fittipaldi and Hulme lasted until the end of the race, with Fittipaldi always just ahead of the game. With his fourth win of the season and now 25 points ahead of Hulme and Stewart, who were tied for second place in the World Championship, with only three races left, Fittipaldi came very close to winning the title.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Eleven Team Tyrrell	1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell 005	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	2	François Cevert	Tyrrell 002
Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing	3	Mike Beuttler	March 721G		G
STP March Racing Team	4th	Ronnie Peterson			G
	5	Niki Lauda
Marlboro BRM	6th	Peter Gethin	BRM P160C	BRM P142 3.0 V12	F.
	7th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise
	9	Howden Ganley
Equipe Matra Sports	10	Chris Amon	Matra MS120D	Matra MS72 3.0 V12	G
	30T		Matra MS120C 1
Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees	11	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees TS9B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
Yardley Team McLaren	12	Denis Hulme	McLaren M19C		G
	12T		McLaren M19A 2
	14T	Peter Revson
	14th		McLaren M19C
Martini Racing Team	15th	Nanni Galli	Tecno PA123 / 3	Tecno Series-P 3.0 F12	F.
Motor Racing Developments	16	Graham Hill	Brabham BT37	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	17th	Carlos Reutemann
	28	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham BT34
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	18th	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312B2	Ferrari 001/1 3.0 F12	F.
	19th	Clay Regazzoni
John Player Team Lotus	21st	Dave Walker	Lotus 72D	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	31	Emerson Fittipaldi
Team Williams Motul	22nd	Henri Pescarolo	March 721		G
	23	Carlos Pace	March 711
Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees	24	Tim donation	Surtees TS9B		F.
	25th	Mike Hailwood
Team Eifelland Caravans	27	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland type 21		G
Darnvall Connew Racing Team	29	François Migault	Connew PC1		F.

¹ The Matra MS120C with the starting number 30T was available to Chris Amon as a T-Car , but was never used.
² The two McLaren works drivers each had a McLaren M19A as a T-Car.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	1: 35.97	221.732 km / h	01
02	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 36.04	221.570 km / h	02
03	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 36.35	220.857 km / h	03
04th	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	1: 36.63	220.217 km / h	04th
05	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	1: 37.15	219.039 km / h	05
06th	Chris Amon	Matra	1: 37.16	219.016 km / h	06th
07th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 37.20	218.926 km / h	07th
08th	Tim donation	Surtees-Ford	1: 37.25	218.813 km / h	08th
09	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1: 37.33	218.634 km / h	09
10	Howden Ganley	BRM	1: 37.55	218.140 km / h	10
11	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1: 37.58	218.073 km / h	11
12	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	1: 37.77	217.650 km / h	12
13	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford	1: 38.08	216.962 km / h	13
14th	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	1: 38.14	216.829 km / h	14th
15th	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	1: 38.25	216.586 km / h	15th
16	Peter Gethin	BRM	1: 38.48	216.080 km / h	16
17th	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland Ford	1: 38.62	215.774 km / h	17th
18th	Carlos Pace	March-Ford	1: 38.62	215.774 km / h	18th
19th	Dave Walker	Lotus Ford	1: 38.81	215.359 km / h	19th
20th	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 38.85	215.272 km / h	20th
21st	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	1: 38.89	215.185 km / h	21st
22nd	Niki Lauda	March-Ford	1: 39.04	214.859 km / h	22nd
23	Nanni Galli	Tecno	1: 39.13	214.664 km / h	23
24	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	1: 39.92	212.966 km / h	24
25th	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	1: 40.28	212.202 km / h	DNS
26th	François Migault	Connew-Ford	1: 43.88	204.848 km / h	25th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	54	0	1: 29: 16.66	01
02	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	54	0	+ 1.18	07th	1: 38.32
03	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	54	0	+ 36.53	04th
04th	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	54	0	+ 44.76	12
05	Chris Amon	Matra	54	0	+ 45.64	06th
06th	Howden Ganley	BRM	54	0	+1: 01.19	10
07th	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	54	0	+1: 09.09	03
08th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	54	0	+1: 21.45	21st
09	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	53	0	+ 1 lap	20th
10	Niki Lauda	March-Ford	53	0	+ 1 lap	22nd
11	Tim donation	Surtees-Ford	52	2	+ 2 rounds	08th
12	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	52	0	+ 2 rounds	11
13	Peter Gethin	BRM	51	1	+ 3 rounds	16
14th	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford	51	0	+ 3 rounds	13
-	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland Ford	48	0	DNF	17th		Engine failure
-	Carlos Pace	March-Ford	46	0	NC	18th		Unrated
-	Nanni Galli	Tecno	45	2	DNF	23		Oil loss
-	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	36	0	DNF	14th		defective fuel injection
-	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	31	1	DNF	15th		Brake defect
-	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	24	0	DNF	24		defective fuel supply
-	François Migault	Connew-Ford	22nd	0	DNF	25th		Suspension damage
-	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	20th	0	DNF	09		defective fuel supply
-	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	14th	0	DNF	05		defective fuel injection
-	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	13	0	DNF	02		defective fuel supply
-	Dave Walker	Lotus Ford	06th	0	DNF	19th		Engine failure

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Emerson Fittipaldi lotus 52 02  Denis Hulme McLaren 27 03  Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 27 04th  Jacky Ickx Ferrari 25th 05  Peter Revson McLaren 14th 06th  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 13 07th  Chris Amon Matra 11 08th  Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 9 09  François Cevert Tyrrell 9 10  Ronnie Peterson March 9

Item driver constructor Points 11  Mike Hailwood Surtees 7th 12  Brian Redman McLaren 4th 13  Howden Ganley BRM 4th 14th  Mario Andretti Ferrari 3 15th  Carlos Pace March 3 16  Andrea de Adamich Surtees 3 17th  Tim donation Surtees 2 18th  Graham Hill Brabham 2 19th  Arturo Merzario Ferrari 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  lotus 52 02  McLaren 35 03  Tyrrell 33 04th  Ferrari 29 05  BRM 13

Item constructor Points 06th  Surtees 12 07th  March 12 08th  Matra 11 09  Brabham 2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from December 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 12, 2011)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on July 12, 2011)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 12, 2011)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website