1972 Argentine Grand Prix

The 1972 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Buenos Aires circuit on 23 January 1972. It was race 1 of 12 in both the 1972 World Championship of Drivers and the 1972 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 95-lap race was won by Tyrrell driver Jackie Stewart after he started from second position. Denny Hulme finished second for the McLaren team and Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx came in third.

1972 Argentine Grand Prix
Layout of the Buenos Aires circuit in 1972
Layout of the Buenos Aires circuit in 1972
Race details
Date January 23, 1972
Official name IX Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina
Location Autodromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.346 km (2.079 miles)
Distance 95 laps, 317.87 km (197.505 miles)
Pole position
Driver Brabham-Ford
Time 1:12.46
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford
Time 1:13.66 on lap 25
Podium
First Tyrrell-Ford
Second McLaren-Ford
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

The race was notable for the debut of local driver and future Grand Prix winner Carlos Reutemann, who scored pole position in his Brabham BT34.

Classification edit

Qualifying edit

Pos. Driver Constructor Time Gap
1   Carlos Reutemann BrabhamFord 1:12.46
2   Jackie Stewart TyrrellFord 1:12.68 +0.22
3   Peter Revson McLarenFord 1:12.74 +0.28
4   Denny Hulme McLarenFord 1:12.99 +0.53
5   Emerson Fittipaldi LotusFord 1:13.28 +0.82
6   Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:13.28 +0.82
7   François Cevert TyrrellFord 1:13.39 +0.93
8   Jacky Ickx Ferrari 1:13.50 +1.04
9   Mario Andretti Ferrari 1:13.61 +1.15
10   Ronnie Peterson MarchFord 1:14.06 +1.60
11   Tim Schenken SurteesFord 1:14.17 +1.71
12   Chris Amon Matra 1:14.28 +1.82
13   Howden Ganley BRM 1:14.28 +1.82
14   Andrea de Adamich SurteesFord 1:14.34 +1.88
15   Henri Pescarolo MarchFord 1:14.49 +2.03
16   Graham Hill BrabhamFord 1:14.52 +2.06
17   Reine Wisell BRM 1:14.52 +2.06
18   Peter Gethin BRM 1:15.11 +2.65
19   Helmut Marko BRM 1:15.53 +3.07
20   David Walker LotusFord 1:15.55 +3.09
21   Alex Soler-Roig BRM 1:15.66 +3.20
22   Niki Lauda MarchFord 1:15.92 +3.46
Source:[1]

Race edit

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 21   Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 95 1:57:58.82 2 9
2 17   Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 95 + 25.96 4 6
3 8   Jacky Ickx Ferrari 95 + 59.39 8 4
4 9   Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 95 + 1:06.72 6 3
5 19   Tim Schenken Surtees-Ford 95 + 1:09.11 11 2
6 14   Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 94 + 1 lap 10 1
7 2   Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 93 + 2 laps 1  
8 23   Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 93 + 2 laps 15  
9 3   Howden Ganley BRM 93 + 2 laps 13  
10 7   Helmut Marko BRM 93 + 2 laps 19  
11 15   Niki Lauda March-Ford 93 + 2 laps 22  
Ret 11   Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 61 Suspension 5  
Ret 22   François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 59 Gearbox 7  
Ret 4   Reine Wisell BRM 59 Water leak 17  
Ret 18   Peter Revson McLaren-Ford 49 Engine 3  
Ret 10   Mario Andretti Ferrari 20 Engine 9  
Ret 20   Andrea de Adamich Surtees-Ford 11 Fuel system 14  
Ret 1   Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 11 Fuel pump 16  
DSQ 12   David Walker Lotus-Ford 8 Received outside assistance 20  
Ret 5   Peter Gethin BRM 1 Oil leak 18  
Ret 6   Alex Soler-Roig BRM 1 Accident 21  
DNS 16   Chris Amon Matra 0 Gearbox on warm-up lap 12  
Source:[2]

Notes edit

This was the Formula One World Championship debut for future Grand Prix winner Carlos Reutemann, who immediately achieved his first pole position.

Championship standings after the race edit

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References edit

  1. ^ "Formula One 1972 Argentine Grand Prix Classification | Motorsport Stats".
  2. ^ "1972 Argentine Grand Prix". formula1.com. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Argentina 1972 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.


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