1972 South African Grand Prix
Racing data | ||
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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
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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
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 | Jackie Stewart | Tyrrell-Ford | 1: 17.0 | 191.875 km / h | 1 |
2 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 1: 17.3 | 191.131 km / h | 2 |
3 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Lotus Ford | 1: 17.4 | 190.884 km / h | 3 |
4th | Mike Hailwood | Surtees-Ford | 1: 17.4 | 190.884 km / h | 4th |
5 | Denis Hulme | McLaren-Ford | 1: 17.4 | 190.884 km / h | 5 |
6th | Mario Andretti | Ferrari | 1: 17.5 | 190.637 km / h | 6th |
7th | Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | 1: 17.7 | 190.147 km / h | 7th |
8th | François Cevert | Tyrrell-Ford | 1: 17.8 | 189.902 km / h | 8th |
9 | Ronnie Peterson | March-Ford | 1: 17.8 | 189.902 km / h | 9 |
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 |
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1 | Denis Hulme | McLaren-Ford | 79 | 0 | 1: 45: 49.1 | 5 | ||
2 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Lotus Ford | 79 | 0 | + 14.1 | 3 | ||
3 | Peter Revson | McLaren-Ford | 79 | 0 | + 25.8 | 12 | ||
4th | Mario Andretti | Ferrari | 79 | 0 | + 38.5 | 6th | ||
5 | Ronnie Peterson | March-Ford | 79 | 0 | + 49.0 | 9 | ||
6th | Graham Hill | Brabham-Ford | 78 | 0 | + 1 lap | 14th | ||
7th | Niki Lauda | March-Ford | 78 | 0 | + 1 lap | 21st | ||
8th | Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | 78 | 0 | + 1 lap | 7th | ||
9 | François Cevert | Tyrrell-Ford | 78 | 1 | + 1 lap | 8th | ||
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 | 2 | ||
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 | 1 | Gearbox damage | |
- | Mike Hailwood | Surtees-Ford | 28 | 0 | DNF | 4th | 1: 18.9 | Suspension damage |
- | Carlos Reutemann | Brabham-Ford | 27 | 0 | DNF | 15th | broken fuel line | |
- | Tim donation | Surtees-Ford | 9 | 0 | DNF | 10 | Engine failure | |
- | Dave Charlton | Lotus Ford | 2 | 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
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ^ "Training" ( Memento from September 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 12, 2011)
- ^ "Report" (accessed on July 12, 2011)
- ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento from November 1, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 12, 2011)