1972 Canadian Grand Prix
| Racing data | ||
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| 11th of 12 races of the 1972 World Automobile Championship | ||
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| Surname: | Canadian Grand Prix | |
| Date: | September 24, 1972 | |
| Place: | Bowmanville | |
| Course: | Mosport Park | |
| Length: | 316.48 km in 80 laps of 3.956 km
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| Weather: | cloudy and windy | |
| Spectator: | ~ 40,000 | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
 Peter Revson
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 McLaren
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| Time: | 1: 13.6 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
Jackie Stewart
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Tyrrell
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| Time: | 1: 15.7 min | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
Jackie Stewart
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Tyrrell
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| Second: |
Peter Revson
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McLaren
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| Third: |
 Denis Hulme
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McLaren
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The 1972 Canadian Grand Prix took place on September 24th and was the eleventh race of the 1972 World Automobile Championship .
Reports
background
The Canadian Grand Prix took place in Mosport Park in 1972 because the Circuit Mont-Tremblant racetrack , on which the race had alternated annually with Mosport Park in previous years, was no longer available.
Reine Wisell was from BRM to Lotus changed to Dave Walker to represent as a second factory rider. Canadian guest starter Bill Brack took Wisell's place at BRM . In addition , as in the previous year , Skip Barber entered the two Grand Prix in North America with a private march.
training
The McLaren drivers were the only ones to stay under 1:14 min. and qualified for the front row, with Peter Revson achieving the first and only pole position of his career, as well as the first for his team. The two drivers apparently benefited from their track knowledge that they had acquired through their participation in the CanAm racing series . Bruce McLaren Motor Racing was the most successful team in the history of this racing series. Ronnie Peterson was able to qualify for third place in the front row in the factory March . Behind them, Emerson Fittipaldi , who was already world champion, started alongside Jackie Stewart .
run
As there was thick fog on the morning of the race day, the start time was postponed.
Peterson initially took the lead ahead of Stewart and Revson. Hulme dropped back into midfield after a bad start. However, Peterson was only able to maintain his lead for three laps, when he was overtaken by Stewart after a small driving error. Around the same time, Jacky Ickx , who had started eighth place, overtook third-placed Revson, but had to give up this place again after a short time because his engine was losing power. As a result, he fell behind Fittipaldi and Clay Regazzoni .
The order at the top remained essentially constant until Ronnie Peterson attempted to lap Graham Hill on lap 54 . Since this did not clear the way, the two collided, damaging Peterson's car. The Swede then pushed him back to the pits and returned to the race after a successful repair, but was disqualified shortly afterwards for this unauthorized procedure. His teammate Niki Lauda was also withdrawn from the competition three laps later because of a similar incident.
The battle for second place turned into a duel between Revson and Fittipaldi. The latter damaged his front wing, which had to be repaired on the box. He fell back to the end of the field. This put Regazzoni in third place, which he lost when he made a mistake lapping Skip Barber shortly before the end of the race and was overtaken by Carlos Reutemann and Hulme. As Reutemann ran out of gas on the last lap, Hulme finally made it onto the podium.
Registration list
1 The cars marked with a "T" after the start number were available to their respective drivers as T- cars , but were not used.
Classifications
Starting grid
| Item | driver | constructor | time | Ø speed | begin |
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| 1 |
Peter Revson
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 13.6 | 193.500 km / h | 1 |
| 2 |
Denis Hulme
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 13.9 | 192.714 km / h | 2 |
| 3 |
 Ronnie Peterson
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March-Ford
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1: 14.0 | 192.454 km / h | 3 |
| 4th |
.svg){kind=small} Emerson Fittipaldi
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Lotus Ford
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1: 14.4 | 191.419 km / h | 4th |
| 5 |
Jackie Stewart
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 14.4 | 191.419 km / h | 5 |
| 6th |
 François Cevert
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 14.5 | 191.162 km / h | 6th |
| 7th |
 Clay Regazzoni
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 Ferrari
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1: 14.5 | 191.162 km / h | 7th |
| 8th |
 Jacky Ickx
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Ferrari
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1: 14.7 | 190.651 km / h | 8th |
| 9 |
 Carlos Reutemann
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Brabham-Ford
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1: 14.9 | 190.142 km / h | 9 |
| 10 |
Chris Amon
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Matra
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1: 15.4 | 188.881 km / h | 10 |
| 11 |
Wilson Fittipaldi
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Brabham-Ford
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1: 15.6 | 188.381 km / h | 11 |
| 12 |
Peter Gethin
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BRM
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1: 15.7 | 188.132 km / h | 12 |
| 13 |
 Tim donation
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Surtees-Ford
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1: 15.7 | 188.132 km / h | 13 |
| 14th |
Howden Ganley
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BRM
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1: 15.7 | 188.132 km / h | 14th |
| 15th |
Andrea de Adamich
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Surtees-Ford
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1: 15.9 | 187.636 km / h | 15th |
| 16 |
Pure Wisell
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Lotus Ford
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1: 16.0 | 187.389 km / h | 16 |
| 17th |
Graham Hill
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Brabham-Ford
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1: 16.2 | 186.898 km / h | 17th |
| 18th |
Carlos Pace
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March-Ford
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1: 16.4 | 186.408 km / h | 18th |
| 19th |
 Niki Lauda
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March-Ford
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1: 16.8 | 185.438 km / h | 19th |
| 20th |
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
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BRM
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1: 16.8 | 185.438 km / h | 20th |
| 21st |
Henri Pescarolo
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March-Ford
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1: 17.0 | 184.956 km / h | 21st |
| 22nd |
Skip Barber
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March-Ford
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1: 17.1 | 184.716 km / h | 22nd |
| 23 |
 Bill Brack
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BRM
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1: 17.9 | 184.716 km / h | 23 |
| 24 |
Mike Beuttler
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March-Ford
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1: 18.4 | 181.653 km / h | 24 |
| 25th |
Derek Bell
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Tecno
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1: 18.6 | 181.191 km / h | DNS |
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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| 1 |
Jackie Stewart
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Tyrrell-Ford
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80 | 0 | 1: 43: 17.1 | 5 | 1: 15.7 | |
| 2 |
Peter Revson
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McLaren-Ford
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80 | 0 | + 48.2 | 1 | ||
| 3 |
Denis Hulme
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McLaren-Ford
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80 | 0 | + 54.6 | 2 | ||
| 4th |
Carlos Reutemann
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Brabham-Ford
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80 | 0 | +1: 00.7 | 9 | ||
| 5 |
Clay Regazzoni
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Ferrari
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80 | 0 | +1: 07.0 | 7th | ||
| 6th |
Chris Amon
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Matra
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79 | 0 | + 1 lap | 10 | ||
| 7th |
Tim donation
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Surtees-Ford
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79 | 0 | + 1 lap | 13 | ||
| 8th |
Graham Hill
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Brabham-Ford
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79 | 0 | + 1 lap | 17th | ||
| 9 |
Carlos Pace
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March-Ford
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78 | 0 | DNF | 18th | Lack of fuel | |
| 10 |
Howden Ganley
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BRM
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78 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 14th | ||
| 11 |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Lotus Ford
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78 | 1 | + 2 rounds | 4th | ||
| 12 |
Jacky Ickx
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Ferrari
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76 | 0 | + 4 rounds | 8th | ||
| 13 |
Henri Pescarolo
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March-Ford
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73 | 0 | + 7 rounds | 21st | ||
| - |
Pure Wisell
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Lotus Ford
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65 | 0 | DNF | 16 | Engine failure | |
| - |
Niki Lauda
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March-Ford
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64 | 0 | DSQ | 19th | disqualified | |
| - |
Ronnie Peterson
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March-Ford
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61 | 1 | DSQ | 3 | disqualified | |
| - |
Mike Beuttler
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March-Ford
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59 | 0 | NC | 24 | Unrated | |
| - |
François Cevert
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Tyrrell-Ford
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51 | 0 | DNF | 6th | Gearbox damage | |
| - |
Peter Gethin
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BRM
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25th | 0 | DNF | 12 | Suspension damage | |
| - |
Skip Barber
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March-Ford
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24 | 0 | NC | 22nd | Unrated | |
| - |
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
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BRM
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21st | 0 | DNF | 20th | Oil loss | |
| - |
Bill Brack
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BRM
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20th | 0 | DNF | 23 | Driving error | |
| - |
Wilson Fittipaldi
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Brabham-Ford
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5 | 0 | DNF | 11 | Gearbox damage | |
| - |
Andrea de Adamich
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Surtees-Ford
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2 | 0 | DNF | 15th | Gearbox 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
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "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)
- ^ "Report" (accessed on July 12, 2011)
- ↑ "World Cup stands" ( 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)
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