1972 Monaco Grand Prix

 1972 Monaco Grand Prix

Racing data
4th of 12 races of the 1972 World Automobile Championship
Surname:	Grand Prix de Monaco
Date:	May 14, 1972
Place:	Monaco
Course:	Circuit de Monaco
Length:	251.6 km in 80 laps of 3.145 km
Weather:	wet and cold
Pole position
Driver:	Emerson Fittipaldi	lotus
Time:	1: 21.4 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM
Time:	1: 40.0 min
Podium
First:	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM
Second:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Third:	Emerson Fittipaldi	lotus

The 1972 Monaco Grand Prix took place on May 14th and was the fourth race of the 1972 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

For the fourth round of the World Championship in Monaco there was a field of drivers similar to that in Spain two weeks earlier . Exceptions were the two Americans Mario Andretti and Peter Revson , who were both involved in preliminary tests for the Indianapolis 500 . While Andretti was absent without replacement, Revson was represented at McLaren by Brian Redman . In addition, Wilson Fittipaldi continued to represent the injured Carlos Reutemann at Brabham .

Since small modifications to the route had been made, the organizer agreed that 25 cars could take part in the race. In the past few years, due to the limited space available, the starting field was always limited to 16 and in the previous year 18 cars for safety reasons .

Tyrrell first used the new Type 004 in the race. Jackie Stewart drove the car, while his teammate François Cevert continued to drive the tried and tested 002 .

training

In Friday practice, which took place under dry conditions, Emerson Fittipaldi secured the first pole position of his Formula 1 career with a lap time of 1: 21.4. Since it was raining on Saturday, no driver could beat this time. Behind the Brazilians, the two qualified Ferrari pilots Jacky Ickx and Clay Regazzoni before Jean-Pierre Beltoise in one of the factory BRM also each scored their best times on Friday.

run

The rain that had already started on Saturday continued on Sunday. Beltoise got off to a good start from the second row, which immediately brought him to the top, which he never gave up until the end of the race. Regazzoni, who had also started from the second row, followed him in second, while Fittipaldi and Ickx, who had started from the front row, found themselves in third and fourth ahead of Stewart. Due to the generally poor visibility caused by the spray blown up by the vehicles in front , Beltoise had a decisive advantage at the front, which he used to extend his lead. This was made easier for him by the fact that Regazzoni had a slip in the fifth lap in which he forced Fittipaldi and Ickx into the emergency exit of the port chicane. All three were able to continue the race, but lost a few seconds.

Stewart was third for a long time before turning. He was able to continue the race but was overtaken by Regazzoni. A short time later, however, he retired because of a lathe operator. Stewart held on to the third place he had won back for a few laps while his engine misfired. Fittipaldi finally overtook him shortly before the end and thus secured the podium.

18 racing cars crossed the finish line, with François Cevert not being classified because he was too far behind. What was unusual at the time was the fact that Reine Wisell was the only driver who had to give up the race due to a technical defect. The other six drivers who did not reach the finish line were all eliminated due to driving errors on the wet track.

Jean-Pierre Beltoise achieved his first and only Grand Prix victory on the Monaco circuit, which was considered to be extremely demanding in terms of driving, in a BRM P160 B, which at the time was not particularly competitive under normal conditions . His compatriot Olivier Panis achieved the same position in 1996 comparable success.

The triumph turned out to be the last win for BRM. Although the team competed in the 1972 Grand Prix with up to five works cars due to generous support from the sponsors, no further victory was achieved. There was no success in the following years either, before the team officially left at the end of 1975 and the last customer vehicles also disappeared in 1977 .

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Eleven Team Tyrrell	1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell 004	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	1T		Tyrrell 003 1
	2	François Cevert	Tyrrell 002
STP March Racing Team	3T	Ronnie Peterson	March 721 1		G
	3		March 721 X
	4th	Niki Lauda
Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing	5	Mike Beuttler	March 721 G		F.
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	6th	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312B2	Ferrari 001/1 3.0 F12	F.
	7th	Clay Regazzoni
John Player Team Lotus	8th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus 72 D	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	9	Dave Walker
Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees	10	Tim donation	Surtees TS9B		F.
	11	Mike Hailwood
Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees	12	Andrea de Adamich
Yardley Team McLaren	14th	Denis Hulme	McLaren M19 C		G
	14T		McLaren M19 A 1
	15th	Brian Redman
Equipe Matra Sports	16	Chris Amon	Matra MS120 C	Matra MS72 3.0 V12	G
Marlboro BRM	17th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM P160 B	BRM P142 3.0 V12	F.
	18th	Peter Gethin
	28	Pure Wisell
	19th	Howden Ganley	BRM P180
Austria Marlboro BRM	26th	Helmut Marko	BRM P153 B
Motor Racing Developments	20th	Graham Hill	Brabham BT37	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	21st	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham BT33
Team Williams Motul	22nd	Henri Pescarolo	March 721		G
	23	Carlos Pace	March 711
Team Eifelland Caravans	27	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland type 21		G

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
01	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	1: 21.4	139.091 km / h	01
02	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1: 21.6	138.750 km / h	02
03	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 21.9	138.242 km / h	03
04th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	1: 22.5	137.236 km / h	04th
05	Peter Gethin	BRM	1: 22.6	137.070 km / h	05
06th	Chris Amon	Matra	1: 22.6	137.070 km / h	06th
07th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 22.7	136.904 km / h	07th
08th	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 22.9	136.574 km / h	08th
09	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	1: 22.9	136.574 km / h	09
10	Brian Redman	McLaren-Ford	1: 23.1	136.245 km / h	10
11	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	1: 23.7	135.269 km / h	11
12	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 23.8	135.107 km / h	12
13	Tim donation	Surtees-Ford	1: 23.9	134.946 km / h	13
14th	Dave Walker	Lotus Ford	1: 24.0	134.786 km / h	14th
15th	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1: 24.1	134.625 km / h	15th
16	Pure Wisell	BRM	1: 24.4	134.147 km / h	16
17th	Helmut Marko	BRM	1: 24.6	133.830 km / h	17th
18th	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford	1: 24.7	133.672 km / h	18th
19th	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	1: 24.7	133.672 km / h	19th
20th	Howden Ganley	BRM	1: 24.7	133.672 km / h	20th
21st	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	1: 25.2	132.887 km / h	21st
22nd	Niki Lauda	March-Ford	1: 25.6	132.266 km / h	22nd
23	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	1: 26.5	130.890 km / h	23
24	Carlos Pace	March-Ford	1: 26.6	130.739 km / h	24
25th	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland Ford	1: 29.5	126.503 km / h	25th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	80	0	2: 26: 55.3	04th	1: 40.0
02	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	80	0	+ 38.2	02
03	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	79	0	+ 1 lap	01
04th	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	78	0	+ 2 rounds	08th
05	Brian Redman	McLaren-Ford	77	0	+ 3 rounds	10
06th	Chris Amon	Matra	77	2	+ 3 rounds	06th
07th	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford	77	0	+ 3 rounds	18th
08th	Helmut Marko	BRM	77	0	+ 3 rounds	17th
09	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	77	0	+ 3 rounds	21st
10	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland Ford	77	0	+ 3 rounds	25th
11	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	76	0	+ 4 rounds	15th
12	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	76	0	+ 4 rounds	19th
13	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	76	0	+ 4 rounds	23
14th	Dave Walker	Lotus Ford	75	0	+ 5 rounds	14th
15th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	74	0	+ 6 rounds	07th
16	Niki Lauda	March-Ford	74	0	+ 6 rounds	22nd
17th	Carlos Pace	March-Ford	72	0	+ 8 rounds	24
-	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	70	0	NC	12		Unrated
-	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	58	0	DNF	09		Driving error
-	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	51	0	DNF	03		Driving error
-	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	48	0	DNF	11		Driving error
-	Howden Ganley	BRM	47	0	DNF	20th		Driving error
-	Tim donation	Surtees-Ford	31	0	DNF	13		Driving error
-	Peter Gethin	BRM	27	0	DNF	05		Driving error
-	Pure Wisell	Lotus Ford	16	0	DNF	16		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 19th 02  Jacky Ickx Ferrari 16 03  Denis Hulme McLaren 15th 04th  Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 12 05  Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 9 06th  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 7th 07th  Peter Revson McLaren 6th 08th  Andrea de Adamich Surtees 3

Item driver constructor Points 09  Ronnie Peterson March 3 10  Mario Andretti Ferrari 3 11  Tim donation Surtees 2 12  Brian Redman McLaren 2 13  Chris Amon Matra 1 14th  Carlos Pace March 1 15th  Graham Hill Brabham 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  lotus 19th 02  McLaren 19th 03  Ferrari 19th 04th  Tyrrell 12 05  BRM 9

Item constructor Points 06th  Surtees 5 07th  March 4th 08th  Matra 1 09  Brabham 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2005 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)  
2. ↑ GRAND PRIX RESULTS: MONACO GP, 1972. Report, (accessed on July 12, 2011)
3. ↑ Willy Knupp (ed.): Struggle at the limit. The Formula 1 Chronicle 1950–2000. RTL book edition. Zeitgeist Verlag, Düsseldorf / Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 3-89748-277-0 , p. 167.
4. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2008 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