1972 Spanish Grand Prix

 1972 Spanish Grand Prix

Racing data
3rd of 12 races of the 1972 World Automobile Championship
Surname:	Gran Premio de España
Date:	May 1, 1972
Place:	San Sebastian de los Reyes
Course:	Circuito Permanente del Jarama
Length:	306.36 km in 90 laps of 3.404 km
Weather:	cold and windy
Spectator:	~ 25,000
Pole position
Driver:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Time:	1: 18.43 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Time:	1: 21.01 min
Podium
First:	Emerson Fittipaldi	lotus
Second:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Third:	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari

The 1972 Spanish Grand Prix took place on May 1st at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama near Madrid and was the third race of the 1972 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

In the two months between the South African Grand Prix and the third round of the World Cup in Spain, three Formula 1 races that were not part of the World Championship took place. Brabham driver Carlos Reutemann secured victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix , which in 1972 did not yet have World Cup status. The other two races, held in Great Britain, were won by Emerson Fittipaldi for Lotus , at Brands Hatch and Silverstone . For the professional world it was clear that Lotus would take a leading role again this year after a comparatively weak season in 1971 . With Tyrrell and Ferrari , however, two well-known Formula 1 racing teams had decided not to take part in all three events, which may have simplified the success for Lotus.

The entry list for the Spanish GP showed only a few significant changes to the previous World Championship races. Carlos Reutemann had to take a break due to an injury and was represented at Brabham by Emerson Fittipaldi's older brother Wilson Fittipaldi , who thus made his Formula 1 debut. It was the first time in the history of Formula 1 that two brothers took part in a race at the same time.

Àlex Soler-Roig completed his last Grand Prix participation this weekend.

training

Jacky Ickx secured pole position with a lead of 75 hundredths of a second by being the only driver this weekend with a lap time of under 1:19 min. drove. In addition to him, Denis Hulme and Emerson Fittipaldi qualified for the first row, which consists of three different vehicles. In the second row stood Jackie Stewart and Mario Andretti .

Mike Beuttler failed to qualify in a privately entered March 721G .

run

The weather on race day was cool and unstable. Hulme took the lead, followed by Stewart and Clay Regazzoni , who made a strong start from eighth on the grid. Jacky Ickx and Emerson Fittipaldi moved in behind them. The latter had problems during the first laps, as gasoline spilled into his cockpit due to a leak and the automatic fire extinguisher was then started. Amazingly, however, this did not change the Brazilian’s competitiveness.

After just a few laps, Hulme had problems with his transmission and had to let Stewart, Ickx and Fittipaldi pass, who had just passed Regazzoni. Ickx made a mistake in the over-eager overtaking maneuver, so that Fittipaldi passed him and finally took the lead three laps later by also overtaking Stewart.

Hulme and Stewart both had to give up in promising positions towards the end of the race. Hulme because of a technical defect, Stewart because of his own fault by turning off the track and damaging his car at a barrier.

In addition to the three podium places, the good performances of fourth-placed Surtees driver Andrea de Adamich and Carlos Pace , who already received a World Championship point in his second Grand Prix , were particularly noticeable.

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
	3	François Cevert	Tyrrell 002
STP March Racing Team	2	Ronnie Peterson	March 721X		G
	24	Niki Lauda
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	4th	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312B2	Ferrari 001/1 3.0 F12	F.
	6th	Clay Regazzoni
	7th	Mario Andretti
John Player Team Lotus	5	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus 72D	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	21st	Dave Walker
Marlboro BRM	8th	Peter Gethin	BRM P180 1	BRM P142 3.0 V12	F.
	19T	Jean-Pierre Beltoise
	19th		BRM P160B
	10	Pure Wisell
	25th	Howden Ganley
España Marlboro BRM	28	Àlex Soler-Roig
Equipe Matra Sports	9	Chris Amon	Matra MS120C	Matra MS72 3.0 V12	G
Yardley Team McLaren	11	Denis Hulme	McLaren M19A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	20th	Peter Revson
Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees	12	Tim donation	Surtees TS9B		F.
	15th	Mike Hailwood
Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees	26th	Andrea de Adamich
Team Williams Motul	14th	Henri Pescarolo	March 721		G
	29	Carlos Pace	March 711
Team Eifelland Caravans	16	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland type 21		G
Motor Racing Developments	18th	Graham Hill	Brabham BT37		G
	22nd	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham BT33
Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing	23	Mike Beuttler	March 721G		F.

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	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1: 18.43	156.246 km / h	01
02	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 19.18	154.766 km / h	02
03	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	1: 19.26	154.610 km / h	03
04th	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 19.33	154.474 km / h	04th
05	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	1: 19.39	154.357 km / h	05
06th	Chris Amon	Matra	1: 19.52	154.105 km / h	06th
07th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	1: 19.57	154.008 km / h	07th
08th	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 19.71	153.737 km / h	08th
09	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1: 19.86	153.449 km / h	09
10	Pure Wisell	BRM	1: 19.89	153.391 km / h	10
11	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	1: 20.11	152.970 km / h	11
12	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 20.50	152.229 km / h	12
13	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford	1: 20.79	151.682 km / h	13
14th	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	1: 20.83	151.607 km / h	14th
15th	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	1: 20.97	151.345 km / h	15th
16	Carlos Pace	March-Ford	1: 21.00	151.289 km / h	16
17th	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland Ford	1: 21.04	151.214 km / h	17th
18th	Tim donation	Surtees-Ford	1: 21.06	151.177 km / h	18th
19th	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	1: 21.24	150.842 km / h	19th
20th	Howden Ganley	BRM	1: 21.43	150.490 km / h	20th
21st	Peter Gethin	BRM	1: 22.43	148.664 km / h	21st
22nd	Àlex Soler-Roig	BRM	1: 22.57	148.412 km / h	22nd
23	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	1: 22.59	148.376 km / h	23
24	Dave Walker	Lotus Ford	1: 22.74	148.107 km / h	24
25th	Niki Lauda	March-Ford	1: 24.96	144.237 km / h	25th
DNQ	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	1: 25.48	143.360 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	90	0	2: 03: 41.2	03	1: 21.06
02	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	90	0	+ 18.92	01	1: 21.01
03	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	89	0	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 22.20
04th	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford	89	0	+ 1 lap	13	1: 22.34
05	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	89	0	+ 1 lap	11	1: 22.18
06th	Carlos Pace	March-Ford	89	0	+ 1 lap	16	1: 22.13
07th	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	88	0	+ 2 rounds	14th	1: 22.96
08th	Tim donation	Surtees-Ford	88	0	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 22.90
09	Dave Walker	Lotus Ford	87	0	+ 3 rounds	24	1: 22.36
10	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	86	0	+ 4 rounds	23	1: 23.98
11	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	86	0	+ 4 rounds	19th	1: 23.37
-	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	69	0	DNF	04th	1: 21.03	accident
-	Chris Amon	Matra	66	0	DNF	06th	1: 22.91	Gearbox damage
-	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	65	1	DNF	12	1: 22.04	Electrical fault
-	Peter Gethin	BRM	65	0	DNF	21st	1: 24.61	Engine failure
-	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	48	0	DNF	02	1: 21.80	Gearbox damage
-	Howden Ganley	BRM	38	0	DNF	20th	1: 23.30	Engine failure
-	Pure Wisell	BRM	24	1	DNF	10	1: 22.60	accident
-	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	23	0	DNF	05	1: 21.82	Oil pressure loss
-	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	20th	1	DNF	15th	1: 23.40	Electrical fault
-	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	16	0	DNF	09	1: 22.97	Loss of fuel
-	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland Ford	15th	0	DNF	17th	1: 24.11	Driving error
-	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	09	1	DNF	07th	1: 24.15	Gearbox damage
-	Niki Lauda	March-Ford	07th	0	DNF	25th	1: 29.84	defective throttle linkage
-	Àlex Soler-Roig	BRM	06th	0	DNF	22nd	1: 25.49	Driving error

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  Emerson Fittipaldi lotus 15th 03  Jacky Ickx Ferrari 10 04th  Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 9 05  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 7th 06th  Peter Revson McLaren 6th

Item driver constructor Points 07th  Andrea de Adamich Surtees 3 08th  Ronnie Peterson March 3 09  Mario Andretti Ferrari 3 10  Tim donation Surtees 2 11  Carlos Pace March 1 12  Graham Hill Brabham 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 17th 02  lotus 15th 03  Ferrari 13 04th  Tyrrell 9

Item constructor Points 05  Surtees 5 06th  March 4th 07th  Brabham 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from April 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted 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. ^ "Report" (accessed on July 12, 2011)
3. ↑ "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