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The Rothmans 50,000 was a non-championship motor race held at the Brands Hatch circuit on 28 August 1972 with a prize fund of £50,000.

1972 Rothmans 50,000
Non-championship Formula Libre race
Race details
Date 28 August 1972 (1972-08-28)
Official name Rothmans 50,000
Location Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.264 km (2.650 miles)
Distance 118 laps, 503.152 km (312.644 miles)
Pole position
Driver
Lotus-Cosworth
Time 1:22.5
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Cosworth
Time 1:25.1
Podium
First
Lotus-Cosworth
Second
McLaren-Cosworth
Third
March-Cosworth

The race was held to Formula Libre rules, but the top placing three cars were all Formula One cars - with Emerson Fittipaldi winning the race from pole in a Lotus 72, Brian Redman in a McLaren M19A taking second and Henri Pescarolo driving a March 711 finishing third.

The race was run over 118 laps of the full GP circuit and initial plans were for an entry of up to 100 cars with a race for the first thirty qualifiers and a secondary race for qualifiers in positions 30 to 60.[1] The entry list was ultimately lower than expected but a secondary race was still run. This was won by Dave Morgan (Brabham BT38), with Ian Ashley (Lola T191) and Tony Dean (Brabham BT30/36) second and third respectively.[1]

Classification edit

Qualifying edit

[2]

Pos Name Chassis Engine Category Time
1   Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus 72 Cosworth DFV Formula One 1:22.5
2   Brian Redman McLaren M19A Cosworth DFV Formula One 1:23.4
3   Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM P160 BRM Formula One 1:24.5
4   Howden Ganley BRM P160 BRM Formula One 1:25.2
5   Henri Pescarolo March 711 Cosworth DFV Formula One 1:25.2
6   Gerry Birrell March 722 Cosworth BDA Formula Two 1:25.3
7   Graham McRae McRae GM1 Chevrolet Formula 5000 1:25.9
8   John Watson Chevron B20 Cosworth BDA Formula Two 1:26.0
9   Peter Westbury Brabham BT38 Cosworth BDA Formula Two 1:26.0
10   Jody Scheckter McLaren M21 Cosworth BDA Formula Two 1:26.0
11   James Hunt March 712M Cosworth BDA Formula Two 1:26.1
12   John Cannon March 725 Oldsmobile Formula 5000 1:26.4
13   David Purley March 721G Cosworth DFV Formula One 1:26.5
14   Tom Belsø Brabham BT38 Cosworth BDA Formula Two 1:26.6
15   Steve Thompson Surtees TS8 Chevrolet Formula 5000 1:26.6
16   Carlos Reutemann Brabham BT38 Cosworth BDA Formula Two 1:26.6
17   Alan Rollinson Lola T300 Chevrolet Formula 5000 1:26.8
18   Tim Schenken Brabham BT38 Cosworth BDA Formula Two 1:26.8
19   Gijs van Lennep Surtees TS11 Chevrolet Formula 5000 1:26.8
20   Vern Schuppan March 722 Cosworth BDA Formula Two 1:26.8
21   Ray Allen McLaren M18 Chevrolet Formula 5000 1:27.2
22   John Wingfield Brabham BT36 Cosworth BDA Formula Two 1:27.2
23   David Prophet McLaren M10B Chevrolet Formula 5000 1:27.3
24   Alan Jones GRD 272 Cosworth BDA Formula Two 1:27.3
25   Richard Scott Brabham BT38 Cosworth FVC Formula Two 1:27.4
26   Claude Bourgoignie GRD 272 Cosworth BDA Formula Two 1:28.1
27   Mario Casoni Lola T280 Cosworth DFV Sports car 1:28.1
28   Gordon Spice Kitchmac Chevrolet Formula 5000 1:28.1
29   Keith Holland Lola T190X Chevrolet Formula 5000 1:28.2
30   Ronnie Mackay Brabham BT30/36 Cosworth FVA Formula Atlantic 1:28.3
Did not qualify
31   Tony Dean Brabham BT30 Cosworth FVC Formula Two 1:28.4
32   Guy Edwards Lola T290 Chevrolet Sports car 1:28.4
33   Tony Lanfranchi McLaren M18 Chevrolet Formula 5000 1:28.6
34   Peter Hanson Chevron B21 Cosworth FVC Sports car 1:28.7
35   Bob Wollek Chevron B21 Cosworth FVC Sports car 1:28.8
36   Ian Ashley Lola T190 Chevrolet Formula 5000 1:28.9
37   John Burton Chevron B21 Cosworth FVC Sports car 1:28.9
38   Clive Santo McLaren M10B Chevrolet Formula 5000 1:29.4
39   Dave Morgan Brabham BT38 Cosworth BDA Formula Two 1:30.0
40   François Migault Connew PC1 Cosworth DFV Formula One 1:30.3
41   Jock Russell McRae GM1 Chevrolet Formula 5000 1:30.5
42   Peter Gethin Chevron B20 Cosworth BDA Formula Two 1:30.5
43   Brian Robinson Chevron B21 Cosworth FVC Sports car 1:31.1
44   Andrew Fletcher Chevron B21 Cosworth FVC Sports car 1:31.1
45   Ian Mawby Lotus 69 Cosworth BDA Formula Atlantic 1:31.4
46   Clive Baker McLaren M10B Chevrolet Formula 5000 1:31.5
47   Willie Green Chevron B18 Cosworth FVC Formula Two 1:33.7
48   Hervé Bayard Surtees TS8 Cosworth DFV Formula One 1:34.5
49   Tony Dean Porsche 908 Porsche Sports car 1:34.7
50   David Purley March 722 Cosworth BDA Formula Two 1:34.9
51   Pierre Soukry McLaren M10B Chevrolet Formula 5000 1:36.5
52   Robert Lamplough BRM P133 BRM Formula One 1:38.5
53   Dave Berry Brabham BT16/21B Rover Formula 5000 1:38.7
54   Brian Husbands Mallock U2 Mk. 11 Ford Clubmans 1:39.3
55   Albert Powell Lola T70 Chevrolet Sports car 1:41.0
56   Tony Birchenhough Lola T212 Cosworth FVC Sports car 1:41.3
57   David Saville-Peck Costello SP7 Chevrolet Can-Am 2:00.9
58   Tony Trimmer Brabham BT38 Cosworth BDA Formula Two —
Key
Colour Category
None Formula One
Yellow Formula Two
Red Formula 5000
Blue Formula Atlantic
Green Sports car
Magenta Can-Am
Cyan Clubmans

Race edit

[2]

Pos Driver Constructor Category Laps Time/Retired
1   Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Cosworth Formula One 118 2:50:49.1
2   Brian Redman McLaren-Cosworth Formula One 118 +47.6
3   Henri Pescarolo March-Cosworth Formula One 116 +2 laps
4   Gerry Birrell March-Cosworth Formula Two 116 +2 laps
5   James Hunt March-Cosworth Formula Two 115 +3 laps
6   John Watson Chevron-Cosworth Formula Two 115 +3 laps
7   Alan Rollinson Lola-Chevrolet Formula 5000 112 +6 laps
8   Tom Belsø Brabham-Cosworth Formula Two 110 +8 laps
9   David Prophet McLaren-Chevrolet Formula 5000 109 +9 laps
10   Claude Bourgoignie GRD-Cosworth Formula Two 108 +10 laps
11
DNF 		  Steve Thompson Surtees-Chevrolet Formula 5000 107 Fuel
12   Mario Casoni Lola-Cosworth Sports car 107 +11 laps
13   Keith Holland Lola-Chevrolet Formula 5000 106 +12 laps
14   Ronnie Mackay Brabham-Cosworth Formula Atlantic 101 +17 laps
15   Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM Formula One 101 +17 laps
16   Tim Schenken Brabham-Cosworth Formula Two 97 +21 laps
17   Richard Scott Brabham-Cosworth Formula Two 96 +22 laps
18   Ray Allen McLaren-Chevrolet Formula 5000 95 +23 laps
19   John Wingfield Brabham-Cosworth Formula Two 95 +23 laps
20   Alan Jones GRD-Cosworth Formula Two 93 +25 laps
21
DNF 		  Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Cosworth Formula Two 91 Engine
22
DNF 		  David Purley March-Cosworth Formula One 70 Engine
23
DNF 		  Howden Ganley BRM Formula One 46 Radius arm
24
DQ 		  Gijs van Lennep Surtees-Chevrolet Formula 5000 34 Push-start
25
DNF 		  Peter Westbury Brabham-Cosworth Formula Two 32 Overheating
26
DNF 		  Gordon Spice Kitchmac-Chevrolet Formula 5000 26 Overheating
27
DQ 		  Graham McRae McRae-Chevrolet Formula 5000 14 Illegal maintenance
28
DNF 		  Jody Scheckter McLaren-Cosworth Formula Two 14 Overheating
29
DNF 		  Vern Schuppan March-Cosworth Formula Two 9 Driveshaft
30
DNF 		  John Cannon March-Oldsmobile Formula 5000 0 Engine

References edit

  1. ^ a b Jenkinson, Denis (October 1972). "the-rothmans-50000". Motor Sport magazine archive. p. 52. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Rothmans 50,000 – Brands Hatch, 28 Aug 1972". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
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