Belgian Grand Prix 1972

 Belgian Grand Prix 1972

Racing data
5th of 12 races of the 1972 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	Belgian Grand Prix
Date:	4th June 1972
Place:	Nivelles
Course:	Complexe Européen de Nivelles-Baulers
Length:	316.54 km in 85 laps of 3.724 km
Weather:	dry and warm
Spectator:	~ 35,000
Pole position
Driver:	Emerson Fittipaldi	lotus
Time:	1: 11.43 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Chris Amon	Matra
Time:	1: 12.12 min
Podium
First:	Emerson Fittipaldi	lotus
Second:	François Cevert	Tyrrell
Third:	Denis Hulme	McLaren

The 1972 Belgian Grand Prix took place on June 4th at the Complexe Européen de Nivelles-Baulers and was the fifth race of the 1972 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

Since the originally 14.1 kilometer long Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps was classified as too dangerous after the 1970 Grand Prix , there was no Belgian Grand Prix in 1971 . For 1972 the new track in Nivelles, which corresponded to the then current state of safety, was selected as the venue.

After four different drivers had won the first four World Championship races, there was still no clear tendency to be determined. Although Emerson Fittipaldi was already considered a favorite for the title by some experts, he was defeated in the non-World Championship race at Oulton Park the weekend before the Belgian GP by Denis Hulme , who had already won the South African Grand Prix . Even Jackie Stewart , defending champion and winner of the season opener in Argentina , was counted as one of the favorites. However, due to stomach problems, he was prescribed bed rest by his doctor and was therefore unable to compete in the Belgium GP.

Also Reine Wisell had to injury sidelined and should be in the BRM by -Werksteam Vern Schuppan be represented. However, this could not start because his teammate Peter Gethin had damaged his car during training and had to use Helmut Marko's car from then on . This then took over Schuppan's vehicle.

Carlos Reutemann returned to the Brabham factory team recovered from his injury . The team was then increased to three cars for the rest of the season, so that Wilson Fittipaldi , who initially stood in as a substitute for Reutemann, could remain a regular driver. He drove a BT34 from last year , while Graham Hill and Reutemann drove the new BT37 .

The Italian racing car manufacturer Tecno made its debut this weekend under the name of its main sponsor Martini as a works team in Formula 1. Nanni Galli was registered as a driver.

training

Emerson Fittipaldi secured pole position for the second time in a row and shared the front row of the grid with Clay Regazzoni and Denis Hulme. Behind them Jacky Ickx and François Cevert qualified for the second row.

run

Of the three drivers who started from the front row, Regazzoni had the best start, allowing him to take the lead. Fittipaldi, Ickx, Hulme, Cevert, Hailwood and Beltoise followed . Behind it there was a gap because Andrea de Adamich and Peter Revson had collided and the following drivers had to pass them.

On the ninth lap, Fittipaldi overtook the leader Regazzoni and increasingly pulled away. On the twelfth lap, Cevert overtook fourth-placed Hulme. After Ickx was out on lap 26, Cevert, who had moved up to third place, was able to duel with Regazzoni for second place. He won this duel in round 31.

Regazzoni then stayed third until he collided with Gallis Tecno on lap 58 during a lapping maneuver and was eliminated. This put Chris Amon in the position of a podium. On lap 77, however, he had to make a pit stop to refuel, which caused him to lose three places. Third place went to Hulme, ahead of Hailwood and the once again impressive Carlos Pace in the customer march of the previous year, who clearly outperformed the two works drivers Ronnie Peterson and Niki Lauda , who are equipped with the latest vehicles .

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Equipe Matra Sports	5	Chris Amon	Matra MS120C	Matra MS72 3.0 V12	G
Team Eifelland Caravans	6th	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland type 21	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
Eleven Team Tyrrell	8th	François Cevert	Tyrrell 002		G
Yardley Team McLaren	9	Denis Hulme	McLaren M19C		G
	9T		McLaren M19A 1st
	10	Peter Revson
STP March Racing Team	11	Ronnie Peterson	March 721X		G
	12	Niki Lauda
Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing	14th	Mike Beuttler	March 721G		F.
Team Williams Motul	15th	Henri Pescarolo	March 721		G
	16	Carlos Pace	March 711
Motor Racing Developments	17th	Graham Hill	Brabham BT37		G
	19th	Carlos Reutemann
	18th	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham BT34
Martini Racing Team	22nd	Nanni Galli	Tecno PA123 / 3	Tecno Series-P 3.0 F12	F.
Marlboro BRM	23	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM P160B	BRM P142 3.0 V12	F.
	24	Peter Gethin
	25th	Howden Ganley
	26th	Vern Schuppan	BRM P153B
Austria Marlboro BRM	27	Helmut Marko
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	29	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312B2	Ferrari 001/1 3.0 F12	F.
	30th	Clay Regazzoni
John Player Team Lotus	32	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus 72D	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	33	Dave Walker
Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees	34	Mike Hailwood	Surtees TS9B		F.
	35	Tim donation
Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees	36	Andrea de Adamich

¹ The number 9T McLaren M19A was available to Denis Hulme as a T-Car , but was never used.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	1: 11.43	187.686 km / h	01
02	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 11.58	187.293 km / h	02
03	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 11.80	186.719 km / h	03
04th	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1: 11.84	186.615 km / h	04th
05	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 11.93	186.381 km / h	05
06th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	1: 12.12	185.890 km / h	06th
07th	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	1: 12.19	185.710 km / h	07th
08th	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	1: 12.35	185.299 km / h	08th
09	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	1: 12.50	184.916 km / h	09
10	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford	1: 12.54	184.814 km / h	10
11	Carlos Pace	March-Ford	1: 12.64	184.559 km / h	11
12	Dave Walker	Lotus Ford	1: 12.76	184.255 km / h	12
13	Chris Amon	Matra	1: 12.80	184.154 km / h	13
14th	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1: 13.00	183.649 km / h	14th
15th	Howden Ganley	BRM	1: 13.01	183.624 km / h	15th
16	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	1: 13.10	183.398 km / h	16
17th	Peter Gethin	BRM	1: 13.15	183.273 km / h	17th
18th	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	1: 13.20	183.148 km / h	18th
19th	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	1: 13.40	182.649 km / h	19th
20th	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland Ford	1: 13.43	182.574 km / h	20th
21st	Tim donation	Surtees-Ford	1: 13.60	182.152 km / h	21st
22nd	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	1: 13.70	181.905 km / h	22nd
23	Helmut Marko	BRM	1: 14.10	180.923 km / h	23
24	Nanni Galli	Tecno	1: 14.60	179.710 km / h	24
25th	Niki Lauda	March-Ford	1: 16.50	175.247 km / h	25th
26th	Vern Schuppan	BRM	1: 16.90	174.336 km / h	DNS

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	85	0	1: 44: 07.3	01
02	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	85	0	+ 26.6	05
03	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	85	0	+ 58.1	03
04th	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	85	0	+1: 12.0	08th
05	Carlos Pace	March-Ford	84	0	+ 1 lap	11
06th	Chris Amon	Matra	84	1	+ 1 lap	13	1: 12.12
07th	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	83	1	+ 2 rounds	07th
08th	Howden Ganley	BRM	83	0	+ 2 rounds	15th
09	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	83	0	+ 2 rounds	14th
10	Helmut Marko	BRM	83	0	+ 2 rounds	23
11	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland Ford	83	0	+ 2 rounds	20th
12	Niki Lauda	March-Ford	82	0	+ 3 rounds	25th
13	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	81	2	+ 4 rounds	09
14th	Dave Walker	Lotus Ford	79	0	+ 6 rounds	12
-	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	73	0	DNF	16		Suspension damage
-	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	59	0	NC	19th		Unrated
-	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	57	0	DNF	02		collision
-	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford	55	2	DNF	10		Engine failure
-	Nanni Galli	Tecno	54	0	DNF	24		collision
-	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	47	0	DNF	04th		defective ignition
-	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	31	0	DNF	22nd		broken drive shaft
-	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	28	0	DNF	18th		Gearbox damage
-	Peter Gethin	BRM	27	0	DNF	17th		defective ignition
-	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	15th	0	DNF	06th		overheated engine
-	Tim donation	Surtees-Ford	11	0	DNF	21st		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 28 02  Denis Hulme McLaren 19th 03  Jacky Ickx Ferrari 16 04th  Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 12 05  Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 9 06th  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 7th 07th  Peter Revson McLaren 6th 08th  François Cevert Tyrrell 6th 09  Mike Hailwood Surtees 3

Item driver constructor Points 10  Mario Andretti Ferrari 3 11  Carlos Pace March 3 12  Ronnie Peterson March 3 13  Andrea de Adamich Surtees 3 14th  Brian Redman McLaren 2 15th  Tim donation Surtees 2 16  Chris Amon Matra 2 17th  Graham Hill Brabham 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  lotus 28 02  McLaren 23 03  Ferrari 19th 04th  Tyrrell 18th 05  BRM 9

Item constructor Points 06th  Surtees 8th 07th  March 6th 08th  Matra 2 09  Brabham 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the 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 December 31, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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