1972 South African Grand Prix

 1972 South African Grand Prix

Racing data
2nd of 12 races of the 1972 World Automobile Championship
Surname:	South African Grand Prix
Date:	March 4th 1972
Place:	Midrand
Course:	Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit
Length:	324.216 km in 79 laps of 4.104 km
Weather:	sunny and hot
Spectator:	~ 96,000
Pole position
Driver:	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell
Time:	1: 17.0 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Mike Hailwood	Surtees
Time:	1: 18.9 min
Podium
First:	Denis Hulme	McLaren
Second:	Emerson Fittipaldi	lotus
Third:	Peter Revson	McLaren

The 1972 South African Grand Prix took place on March 4 at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and was the second race of the 1972 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

Carlos Pace started his Formula 1 career at the second World Championship round of the season in a customer march under the direction of Frank Williams . Mike Hailwood began his involvement as a Surtees factory driver in this race after missing the Argentine Grand Prix six weeks earlier due to other commitments. Also not there was Jean-Pierre Beltoise , who feared legal consequences due to his involvement in the fatal accident of Ignazio Giunti , which had occurred at the same place a year earlier. He was registered as a BRM works driver for the first time for the South African GP that follows.

The German team Eifelland Caravans made their debut in this race. A March 721 modified according to a draft by the designer Luigi Colani with Rolf Stommelen at the wheel was used. After the conversion work, the car was named Eifelland Type 21 .

In line with the practice that has been common in South Africa for a number of years, the field has been expanded by several local private drivers.

training

The winner of the first race of the season, and consequently the leader in the world championship, Jackie Stewart qualified for pole position with his Tyrrell , undercutting the lap times of Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni and Emerson Fittipaldi in the Lotus 72D by a few tenths of a second. Since the second row of the grid was formed by Mike Hailwood and Denis Hulme , there were five different vehicles on the top five grid positions.

run

At the start of the race, Hulme was briefly in the lead, but was overtaken by Stewart on the second lap. Regazzoni had dropped back into midfield after a bad start.

At the front, Stewart was able to gain a lead over his pursuers, while Hulme, Fittipaldi and Hailwood, who dueled for second place, also managed to break away from the rest of the field.

After Stewart had to retire on lap 45 due to a gearbox failure and Hailwood had already retired due to a suspension failure, Fittipaldi took the lead from Hulme.

On lap 57, Hulme managed to overtake Fittipaldi, who was now struggling with handling problems, and secure a victory. After Chris Amon fell behind for technical reasons , Peter Revson took third place in the second factory McLaren.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Eleven Team Tyrrell	1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell 003	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	1T		Tyrrell 004 1
	2	François Cevert	Tyrrell 002
STP March Racing Team	3	Ronnie Peterson	March 721		G
	4th	Niki Lauda
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	5	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312B2	Ferrari 001/1 3.0 F12	F.
	6th	Clay Regazzoni
	7th	Mario Andretti
John Player Team Lotus	8th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus 72D	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	9	Dave Walker
Marlboro BRM	10	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM P160B	BRM P142 3.0 V12	F.
	11	Peter Gethin
	23	Howden Ganley
Austria Marlboro BRM	24	Helmut Marko	BRM P153
Yardley Team McLaren	12	Denis Hulme	McLaren M19A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	14th	Peter Revson
Equipe Matra Sports	15th	Chris Amon	Matra MS120C	Matra MS72 3.0 V12	G
Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees	16	Tim donation	Surtees TS9B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	17th	Mike Hailwood
Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees	18th	Andrea de Adamich
Motor Racing Developments	19th	Graham Hill	Brabham BT33		G
	20th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham BT34
Team Williams Motul	21st	Henri Pescarolo	March 721		G
	22nd	Carlos Pace	March 711
Team Eifelland Caravans	26th	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland type 21		G
Scribante Lucky Strike Racing	25th	Dave Charlton	Lotus 72D		F.
Team Gunston	27	John Love	Surtees TS9 1		F.
	27T	William Ferguson
	28		Brabham BT33

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	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 17.0	191.875 km / h	01
02	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 17.3	191.131 km / h	02
03	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	1: 17.4	190.884 km / h	03
04th	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	1: 17.4	190.884 km / h	04th
05	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 17.4	190.884 km / h	05
06th	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	1: 17.5	190.637 km / h	06th
07th	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1: 17.7	190.147 km / h	07th
08th	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 17.8	189.902 km / h	08th
09	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1: 17.8	189.902 km / h	09
10	Tim donation	Surtees-Ford	1: 17.8	189.902 km / h	10
11	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	1: 17.9	189.659 km / h	11
12	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	1: 18.0	189.415 km / h	12
13	Chris Amon	Matra	1: 18.0	189.415 km / h	13
14th	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	1: 18.1	189.173 km / h	14th
15th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	1: 18.2	188.931 km / h	15th
16	Howden Ganley	BRM	1: 18.3	188.690 km / h	16
17th	Dave Charlton	Lotus Ford	1: 18.5	188.209 km / h	17th
18th	Peter Gethin	BRM	1: 18.7	187.731 km / h	18th
19th	Dave Walker	Lotus Ford	1: 18.7	187.731 km / h	19th
20th	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford	1: 18.9	187.255 km / h	20th
21st	Niki Lauda	March-Ford	1: 18.9	187.255 km / h	21st
22nd	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	1: 19.0	187.018 km / h	22nd
23	Helmut Marko	BRM	1: 19.1	186.781 km / h	23
24	Carlos Pace	March-Ford	1: 20.3	183.990 km / h	24
25th	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland Ford	1: 20.4	183.761 km / h	25th
26th	John Love	Surtees-Ford	1: 21.0	182.400 km / h	26th
27	William Ferguson	Brabham-Ford	1: 31.9	160.766 km / h	DNS

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	79	0	1: 45: 49.1	05
02	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	79	0	+ 14.1	03
03	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	79	0	+ 25.8	12
04th	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	79	0	+ 38.5	06th
05	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	79	0	+ 49.0	09
06th	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	78	0	+ 1 lap	14th
07th	Niki Lauda	March-Ford	78	0	+ 1 lap	21st
08th	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	78	0	+ 1 lap	07th
09	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	78	1	+ 1 lap	08th
10	Dave Walker	Lotus Ford	78	0	+ 1 lap	19th
11	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	78	0	+ 1 lap	22nd
12	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	77	0	+ 2 rounds	02
13	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland Ford	77	0	+ 2 rounds	25th
14th	Helmut Marko	BRM	76	0	+ 3 rounds	23
15th	Chris Amon	Matra	76	2	+ 3 rounds	13
16	John Love	Surtees-Ford	73	0	DNF	26th		Tire damage
17th	Carlos Pace	March-Ford	73	0	+ 6 rounds	24
-	Howden Ganley	BRM	70	0	NC	16		Unrated
-	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford	69	0	NC	20th		Unrated
-	Peter Gethin	BRM	65	2	NC	18th		Unrated
-	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	61	0	DNF	11		Engine failure
-	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	45	0	DNF	01		Gearbox damage
-	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	28	0	DNF	04th	1: 18.9	Suspension damage
-	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	27	0	DNF	15th		broken fuel line
-	Tim donation	Surtees-Ford	09	0	DNF	10		Engine failure
-	Dave Charlton	Lotus Ford	02	0	DNF	17th		defective fuel pump

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  Denis Hulme McLaren 15th 02  Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 9 03  Emerson Fittipaldi lotus 6th 04th  Peter Revson McLaren 4th 05  Jacky Ickx Ferrari 4th

Item driver constructor Points 06th  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 3 07th  Ronnie Peterson March 3 08th  Mario Andretti Ferrari 3 09  Tim donation Surtees 2 10  Graham Hill Brabham 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 15th 02  Tyrrell 9 03  Ferrari 7th 04th  lotus 6th

Item constructor Points 05  March 3 06th  Surtees 2 07th  Brabham 1

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Training" ( Memento from September 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 12, 2011)
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on July 12, 2011)
3. ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento from November 1, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 12, 2011)

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website