1972 Italian Grand Prix

 1972 Italian Grand Prix

Racing data
10th of 12 races of the 1972 World Automobile Championship
Surname:	Gran Premio d'Italia
Date:	September 10, 1972
Place:	Monza
Course:	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Length:	317.625 km in 55 laps of 5.775 km
Weather:	cloudy but dry
Pole position
Driver:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Time:	1: 35.65 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Time:	1: 36.3 min
Podium
First:	Emerson Fittipaldi	lotus
Second:	Mike Hailwood	Surtees
Third:	Denis Hulme	McLaren

The 1972 Italian Grand Prix took place in Monza on September 10 and was the tenth race of the 1972 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

For safety reasons, the Monza circuit had been modified with two chicanes. The slipstream duels at top speed, which had always taken place there in previous years, were a thing of the past. Instead, due to the changed route characteristics, the brakes were now subjected to significantly more stress than before on this route.

In Italy, Lotus continued to fear legal consequences because of Jochen Rindt's fatal accident in 1970 and therefore, as in the previous year , did not appear as an official works team. Instead, a vehicle for Emerson Fittipaldi , who had the chance to secure the world title this weekend, was reported under the team name "World Wide Racing".

Mario Andretti was available as the third driver for Ferrari . The Surtees team was increased to four cars, as team founder John Surtees decided to take part in the race alongside the three regular drivers Tim Schenken , Mike Hailwood and Andrea de Adamich . It turned out that this would be his last Grand Prix start. Like several times in the first half of the season, BRM also brought four works cars to the start. At Tecno first two vehicles were reported. They were piloted by Nanni Galli and Derek Bell , who previously took turns in the cockpit of the only Tecno at irregular intervals.

training

The first row was made up of two vehicles with twelve-cylinder engines, namely the Ferrari 312B2 from Jacky Ickx and the Matra MS120D from Chris Amon . Jackie Stewart , Clay Regazzoni , Denis Hulme and Emerson Fittipaldi qualified behind them .

Henri Pescarolo and Derek Bell failed to qualify for the starting field, which is limited to 25 vehicles.

run

The moment the start flag fell, the race began with a moment of shock for Stewart, who was unable to drive due to a damaged clutch. Since he was in third place on the grid, he had to fear being rammed by one of the numerous colleagues starting behind him. However, all drivers managed to avoid the obstacle reflexively.

Ickx converted his pole position into a lead. It was followed by his team-mate Regazzoni in front of Fittipaldi and Andretti's third Ferrari. Amon was in fifth place after a bad start. Since the slipstream duels that used to be common in Monza were no longer possible, the order of the drivers in the leading group remained constant for a long time. Only Amon managed to overtake Andretti on the first laps.

The two Ferraris of Ickx and Regazzoni set themselves apart from the rest of the field at the front. Due to a brief inattention, Ickx lost the lead to his team-mate on lap 14. This collided three laps later with the straggler Carlos Pace , who had spun in one of the chicanes and was there as an obstacle on the track. This ended the race for both Regazzoni and Pace, so that Ickx took the lead again. Fittipaldi, Amon, and Hailwood followed within range.

After Hailwood fell behind due to the loss of his airbox and Amon had to retire due to a defective brake system, a duel for the top position between Ickx and Fittipaldi remained. With nine laps to go, the leader had to retire due to a problem with the battery and let Fittipaldi win. Despite his defect, Hailwood came in second ahead of Hulme.

It was the last Grand Prix victory for the tire manufacturer Firestone . Despite two races still outstanding, Lotus could no longer be overtaken in the constructors' standings. In addition, at the age of 25, Emerson Fittipaldi was the youngest world champion in Formula 1 history to date. This record remained until Fernando Alonso in 2005 won the title at the age of 24 years.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Eleven Team Tyrrell	1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell 005	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	1T		Tyrrell 004 1
		François Cevert
	2		Tyrrell 002
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	3	Mario Andretti	Ferrari 312B2	Ferrari 001/1 3.0 F12	F.
	4th	Jacky Ickx
	5	Clay Regazzoni
World Wide Racing	6th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus 72D	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
Team Surtees	7th	John Surtees	Surtees TS14		F.
	8th	Tim donation	Surtees TS9B
Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees	9	Andrea de Adamich
Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees	10	Mike Hailwood
Martini Racing Team	11	Nanni Galli	Tecno PA123 / 3	Tecno Series-P 3.0 F12	F.
	12	Derek Bell
Yardley Team McLaren	14th	Denis Hulme	McLaren M19C	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	14T		McLaren M19A 2
		Peter Revson
	15th		McLaren M19C
Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing	16	Mike Beuttler	March 721G		G
STP March Racing Team	18th	Niki Lauda			G
	19th	Ronnie Peterson
Equipe Matra Sports	20th	Chris Amon	Matra MS120D	Matra MS72 3.0 V12	G
	20T		Matra MS120C 3
Marlboro BRM	21st	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM P180	BRM P142 3.0 V12	F.
	22nd	Howden Ganley	BRM P160C
	23	Peter Gethin
	24	Pure Wisell
Team Williams Motul	25th	Henri Pescarolo	March 721	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	26th	Carlos Pace	March 711
Motor Racing Developments	28	Graham Hill	Brabham BT37		G
	29	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham BT34
	30th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham BT37

¹ The Tyrrell 004 with the starting number 1T was available to both Jackie Stewart and François Cevert as a T-Car , but was never used.
² The number 14T McLaren M19A was available to both Denis Hulme and Peter Revson as a T-Car, but was never used.
³ The Matra MS120C with the starting number 20T was available to Chris Amon as a T-Car, but was never used.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1: 35.65	217.355 km / h	01
02	Chris Amon	Matra	1: 35.69	217.264 km / h	02
03	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 35.79	217.037 km / h	03
04th	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 35.83	216.947 km / h	04th
05	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 35.97	216.630 km / h	05
06th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	1: 36.29	215.910 km / h	06th
07th	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	1: 36.32	215.843 km / h	07th
08th	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	1: 36.42	215.619 km / h	08th
09	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	1: 36.50	215.440 km / h	09
10	Pure Wisell	BRM	1: 36.68	215.039 km / h	10
11	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	1: 37.12	214.065 km / h	11
12	Peter Gethin	BRM	1: 37.21	213.867 km / h	12
13	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	1: 37.61	212.990 km / h	13
14th	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 37.79	212.598 km / h	14th
15th	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	1: 37.82	212.533 km / h	15th
16	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	1: 37.86	212.446 km / h	16
17th	Howden Ganley	BRM	1: 37.91	212.338 km / h	17th
18th	Carlos Pace	March-Ford	1: 37.98	212.186 km / h	18th
19th	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	1: 38.31	211.474 km / h	19th
20th	Niki Lauda	March-Ford	1: 38.52	211.023 km / h	20th
21st	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford	1: 38.60	210.852 km / h	21st
22nd	Tim donation	Surtees-Ford	1: 38.61	210.831 km / h	22nd
23	Nanni Galli	Tecno	1: 38.64	210.766 km / h	23
24	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1: 38.70	210.638 km / h	24
25th	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	1: 39.73	208.463 km / h	25th
DNQ	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	1: 40.21	207.464 km / h	-
DNQ	Derek Bell	Tecno	1: 42.07	203.684 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	55	0	1: 29: 58.4	06th
02	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	55	0	+ 14.5	09
03	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	55	0	+ 23.8	05
04th	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	55	0	+ 35.7	08th
05	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	55	0	+1: 05.6	13
06th	Peter Gethin	BRM	55	0	+1: 21.9	12
07th	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	54	1	+ 1 lap	07th
08th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	54	0	+ 1 lap	16
09	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	54	1	+ 1 lap	24
10	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	54	0	+ 1 lap	25th
11	Howden Ganley	BRM	52	1	+ 3 rounds	17th
12	Pure Wisell	BRM	51	1	+ 4 rounds	10
13	Niki Lauda	March-Ford	50	1	+ 5 rounds	20th
-	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	46	0	DNF	01	1: 36.3	Electrical defect
-	Chris Amon	Matra	38	0	DNF	02		Brake defect
-	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford	33	1	DNF	21st		Brake defect
-	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	20th	0	DNF	19th		Suspension damage
-	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	20th	0	DNF	22nd		defective fuel supply
-	Tim donation	Surtees-Ford	20th	0	DNF	15th		Driving error
-	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	16	0	DNF	04th		collision
-	Carlos Pace	March-Ford	15th	0	DNF	18th		collision
-	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	14th	0	DNF	11		Suspension damage
-	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	14th	0	DNF	14th		Engine failure
-	Nanni Galli	Tecno	06th	0	DNF	23		Engine failure
-	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	00	0	DNF	03		Clutch damage

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 61 02  Denis Hulme McLaren 31 03  Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 27 04th  Jacky Ickx Ferrari 25th 05  Peter Revson McLaren 17th 06th  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 13 07th  Mike Hailwood Surtees 13 08th  Chris Amon Matra 11 09  Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 9 10  François Cevert Tyrrell 9

Item driver constructor Points 11  Ronnie Peterson March 9 12  Brian Redman McLaren 4th 13  Graham Hill Brabham 4th 14th  Howden Ganley BRM 4th 15th  Mario Andretti Ferrari 3 16  Carlos Pace March 3 17th  Andrea de Adamich Surtees 3 18th  Tim donation Surtees 2 19th  Peter Gethin BRM 1 20th  Arturo Merzario Ferrari 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  lotus 61 02  McLaren 39 03  Tyrrell 33 04th  Ferrari 29 05  Surtees 18th

Item constructor Points 06th  BRM 14th 07th  March 12 08th  Matra 11 09  Brabham 4th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from September 9, 2011 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. ↑ Fight at the limit. The Formula 1 Chronicle 1950–2000 , ed. v. Willy Knupp, RTL book edition: Zeitgeist Publisher: Düsseldorf / Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 3-89748-277-0 , pp. 165-167
3. ^ "Report" (accessed on July 12, 2011)
4. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2011 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