1972 Monaco Grand Prix

43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333

1972 Monaco Grand Prix
Race details
Date May 14, 1972
Official name XXX Grand Prix de Monaco
Location Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.145 km (1.954 miles)
Distance 80 laps, 251.600 km (156.337 miles)
Weather Wet
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Ford
Time 1:21.4
Fastest lap
Driver France Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM
Time 1:40.0
Podium
First BRM
Second Ferrari
Third Lotus-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1972 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on May 14, 1972. It was race 4 of 12 in both the 1972 World Championship of Drivers and the 1972 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.[1] The track was substantially modified from 1971, in the interest of safety. The pits were moved to the harbor front, between the chicane and Tabac, and a new chicane was placed near Tabac.[2] Jean-Pierre Beltoise's victory was the only one of his Formula One World Championship career as well as the last win for the BRM team and the first win for a Marlboro-sponsored F1 car.

Qualifying edit

Qualifying classification edit

Pos. Driver Constructor Time No
1 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 1:21.4 1
2 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 1:21.6 2
3 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:21.9 3
4 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 1:22.5 4
5 Peter Gethin BRM 1:22.6 5
6 Chris Amon Matra 1:22.6 6
7 Denis Hulme McLaren-Ford 1:22.7 7
8 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 1:22.9 8
9 Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 1:22.9 9
10 Brian Redman McLaren-Ford 1:23.1 10
11 Mike Hailwood Surtees-Ford 1:23.7 11
12 François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 1:23.8 12
13 Tim Schenken Surtees-Ford 1:23.9 13
14 Dave Walker Lotus-Ford 1:24.0 14
15 Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 1:24.1 15
16 Reine Wisell BRM 1:24.4 16
17 Helmut Marko BRM 1:24.6 17
18 Andrea de Adamich Surtees-Ford 1:24.7 18
19 Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 1:24.7 19
20 Howden Ganley BRM 1:24.7 20
21 Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham-Ford 1:25.2 21
22 Niki Lauda March-Ford 1:25.6 22
23 Mike Beuttler March-Ford 1:26.5 23
24 Carlos Pace March-Ford 1:26.6 24
25 Rolf Stommelen Eifelland-Ford 1:29.5 25

Race edit

Classification edit

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 17   Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 80 2:26:55.3 4 9
2 6   Jacky Ickx Ferrari 80 + 38.2 2 6
3 8   Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 1 4
4 1   Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 8 3
5 15   Brian Redman McLaren-Ford 77 + 3 Laps 10 2
6 16   Chris Amon Matra 77 + 3 Laps 6 1
7 12   Andrea de Adamich Surtees-Ford 77 + 3 Laps 18  
8 26   Helmut Marko BRM 77 + 3 Laps 17  
9 21   Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham-Ford 77 + 3 Laps 21  
10 27   Rolf Stommelen Eifelland-Ford 77 + 3 Laps 25  
11 3   Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 76 + 4 Laps 15  
12 20   Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 76 + 4 Laps 19  
13 5   Mike Beuttler March-Ford 76 + 4 Laps 23  
14 9   Dave Walker Lotus-Ford 75 + 5 Laps 14  
15 14   Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 74 + 6 Laps 7  
16 4   Niki Lauda March-Ford 74 + 6 Laps 22  
17 23   Carlos Pace March-Ford 72 + 8 Laps 24  
NC 2   François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 70 Not Classified 12  
Ret 22   Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 58 Accident 9  
Ret 7   Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 51 Accident 3  
Ret 11   Mike Hailwood Surtees-Ford 48 Accident 11  
Ret 19   Howden Ganley BRM 47 Accident 20  
Ret 10   Tim Schenken Surtees-Ford 31 Accident 13  
Ret 18   Peter Gethin BRM 27 Accident 5  
Ret 28   Reine Wisell BRM 16 Engine 16  
Source:[3]

Notes edit

Championship standings after the race edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "1972 Monaco Grand Prix Entry list".
  2. ^ Collantine, Keith (24 May 2007). "Beltoise scores his only win – and BRM's last – at Monaco". F1Fanatic. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. ^ "1972 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Monaco 1972 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.


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