1972 German Grand Prix

 1972 German Grand Prix

Racing data
8th of 12 races of the 1972 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	Grand Prix of Germany
Date:	July 30, 1972
Place:	Nürburg
Course:	Nürburgring
Length:	319.69 km in 14 laps of 22.835 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Spectator:	~ 250,000
Pole position
Driver:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Time:	7: 07.0 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Time:	7: 13.6 min
Podium
First:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Second:	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Third:	Ronnie Peterson	March

The 1972 German Grand Prix took place on July 30th at the Nürburgring and was the eighth race of the 1972 Automobile World Championship .

Reports

background

After a good performance at the British Grand Prix , Arturo Merzario was able to contest another Grand Prix for Ferrari despite the return of regular driver Clay Regazzoni, who had recovered from his broken arm . This was also helped by the fact that the actual third works driver of the team, Mario Andretti , as well as his compatriot Peter Revson, who is under contract with McLaren , was absent because of a USAC race taking place at the same time. Revson's representation took over again Brian Redman .

As Henri Pescarolo had badly damaged the new Politoys FX3 when it was first used in the British Grand Prix, Frank Williams Racing Cars competed as before as a pure March customer team.

At BRM the constant driver changes continued this season, so this time Peter Gethin and Jackie Oliver had to forego participation in favor of Reine Wisell and Howden Ganley .

training

The training already gave the first signs of an impending dominance of the Nordschleife specialist Jacky Ickx , as he undercut the lap time set by Jackie Stewart last year by 12 seconds and thus secured pole position. Stewart and Emerson Fittipaldi also stayed below 7:10 each. Ronnie Peterson and François Cevert completed the first five starting positions.

run

Ickx converted his pole position into a lead that he never gave up until the finish. During the race he improved the best time set by Cevert in 1971 for the fastest race lap by around seven seconds to 7: 13.6 minutes, while Stewart and Peterson fought wheel to wheel for second place in the first laps.

The private driver Dave Charlton had to give up the race after four laps due to illness.

Fittipaldi, who had initially fallen behind Peterson and Regazzoni, caught up strongly and was able to overtake Regazzoni on the second lap. In the fifth round he also succeeded in doing this with Peterson. This spun in the ninth lap and fell behind Regazzoni. Shortly thereafter, smoke came out of the transmission of the Lotus 72 from Fittipaldi, whereupon the leading driver in the world championship had to give up the race.

Shortly before the end, Regazzoni was just ahead of Stewart in second place behind Ickx. On the last lap, Stewart attempted an overtaking maneuver in the area of ​​the Hatzenbach section in order to preserve his World Championship chances after Fittipaldi's failure. The two collided, causing Stewart to hit the guardrails and unable to finish the race. Due to the distance he had covered, however, he was classified eleventh. Regazzoni was able to continue and ensure a Ferrari double victory. Peterson managed the March works team's only podium this season.

Jacky Ickx reached the first and only Grand Slam of his Formula 1 career by achieving both the pole position and the fastest race lap and also leading the race from the first to the last lap. However, over the course of his seven other years in Formula 1, it turned out that this was also his last Grand Prix victory.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Eleven Team Tyrrell	1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell 003	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	7th	François Cevert	Tyrrell 002
	7T		Tyrrell 004 1
John Player Team Lotus	2	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus 72D		F.
	25th	Dave Walker
Yardley Team McLaren	3	Denis Hulme	McLaren M19C		G
	5	Brian Redman	McLaren M19A
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	4th	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312B2	Ferrari 001/1 3.0 F12	F.
	9	Clay Regazzoni
	19th	Arturo Merzario
Marlboro BRM	6th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM P160C	BRM P142 3.0 V12	F.
	17th	Howden Ganley
	18th	Pure Wisell
Equipe Matra Sports	8th	Chris Amon	Matra MS120D	Matra MS72 3.0 V12	G
STP March Racing Team	10	Ronnie Peterson	March 721G	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	23	Niki Lauda
Motor Racing Developments	11	Graham Hill	Brabham BT37		G
	12	Carlos Reutemann
	26th	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham BT34
Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees	14th	Mike Hailwood	Surtees TS9B		F.
	15th	Tim donation
Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees	16	Andrea de Adamich
Team Williams Motul	20th	Henri Pescarolo	March 721		G
	21st	Carlos Pace	March 711
Team Eifelland Caravans	22nd	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland type 21		G
Martini Racing Team	27	Derek Bell	Tecno PA123 / 3	Tecno Series-P 3.0 F12	F.
Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing	28	Mike Beuttler	March 721G	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
Scribante Lucky Strike Racing	29	Dave Charlton	Lotus 72D		F.

¹ The Tyrrell 004 with the starting number 7T was available to François Cevert as a T-Car , but was never used.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	7: 07.0	192.520 km / h	01
02	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	7: 08.7	191.756 km / h	02
03	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	7: 09.9	191.221 km / h	03
04th	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	7: 11.6	190.468 km / h	04th
05	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	7: 12.2	190.204 km / h	05
06th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	7: 12.4	190.116 km / h	06th
07th	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	7: 13.4	189.677 km / h	07th
08th	Chris Amon	Matra	7: 13.9	189.458 km / h	08th
09	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	7: 14.4	189.240 km / h	09
10	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	7: 14.5	189.197 km / h	10
11	Carlos Pace	March-Ford	7: 16.6	188.287 km / h	11
12	Tim donation	Surtees-Ford	7: 17.2	188.028 km / h	12
13	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	7: 17.3	187.985 km / h	13
14th	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland Ford	7: 17.5	187.899 km / h	14th
15th	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	7: 18.4	187.514 km / h	15th
16	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	7: 21.0	186.408 km / h	16
17th	Pure Wisell	BRM	7: 21.4	186.239 km / h	17th
18th	Howden Ganley	BRM	7: 22.3	185.860 km / h	18th
19th	Brian Redman	McLaren-Ford	7: 23.2	185.483 km / h	19th
20th	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford	7: 23.7	185.274 km / h	20th
21st	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	7: 24.8	184.816 km / h	21st
22nd	Arturo Merzario	Ferrari	7: 25.9	184.360 km / h	22nd
23	Dave Walker	Lotus Ford	7: 29.5	182.883 km / h	23
24	Niki Lauda	March-Ford	7: 32.2	181.791 km / h	24
25th	Derek Bell	Tecno	7: 33.3	181.350 km / h	25th
26th	Dave Charlton	Lotus Ford	7: 34.1	181.031 km / h	26th
27	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	7: 35.9	180.316 km / h	27

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	14th	0	1: 42: 12.3	01	7: 13.6
02	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	14th	0	+ 48.3	07th
03	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	14th	0	+1: 06.7	04th
04th	Howden Ganley	BRM	14th	0	+ 2: 20.2	18th
05	Brian Redman	McLaren-Ford	14th	0	+ 2: 35.7	19th
06th	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	14th	0	+ 2: 59.6	15th
07th	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	14th	0	+ 3: 00.1	21st
08th	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	14th	0	+ 5: 10.7	27
09	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	14th	1	+ 5: 20.2	13
10	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	14th	1	+ 5: 43.7	05
11	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	13	0	DNF	02		collision
12	Arturo Merzario	Ferrari	13	0	+ 1 lap	22nd
13	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford	13	0	+ 1 lap	20th
14th	Tim donation	Surtees-Ford	13	1	+ 1 lap	12
15th	Chris Amon	Matra	13	0	+ 1 lap	08th
-	Carlos Pace	March-Ford	11	0	NC	11		Unrated
-	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	10	0	DNF	03		Gearbox damage
-	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	10	0	DNF	09		Driving error
-	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	08th	0	DNF	10		Engine failure
-	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	08th	0	DNF	16		Suspension damage
-	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	06th	0	DNF	06th		Differential damage
-	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland Ford	06th	0	DNF	14th		Electrical defect
-	Dave Walker	Lotus Ford	06th	0	DNF	23		Oil loss
-	Niki Lauda	March-Ford	04th	0	DNF	24		Oil loss
-	Derek Bell	Tecno	04th	0	DNF	25th		Engine failure
-	Dave Charlton	Lotus Ford	04th	0	DNF	26th		task
-	Pure Wisell	BRM	03	0	DNF	17th		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 43 02  Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 27 03  Jacky Ickx Ferrari 25th 04th  Denis Hulme McLaren 21st 05  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 13 06th  Peter Revson McLaren 10 07th  Ronnie Peterson March 9 08th  Chris Amon Matra 9 09  Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 9 10  François Cevert Tyrrell 9

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

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  lotus 43 02  Tyrrell 33 03  McLaren 29 04th  Ferrari 29 05  March 12

Item constructor Points 06th  BRM 12 07th  Surtees 9 08th  Matra 9 09  Brabham 2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted 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 October 31, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted 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)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website