1972 German Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 8 of 12 in the 1972 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 30 July 1972 | ||
| Location | Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 22.835 km (14.19 mi) | ||
| Distance | 14 laps, 319.690 km (198.65 mi) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 7:07.0[1] | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
.svg.png){kind=small} Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | |
| Time | 7:13.6[1] | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | March-Ford | ||
The 1972 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Nürburgring on 30 July 1972. It was the eighth round of the 1972 Formula One season. The 14-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx after he started from pole position. His teammate Clay Regazzoni finished second and March driver Ronnie Peterson came in third.
Classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Jacky Ickx |
Ferrari | 14 | 1:42:12.3 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 9 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Ferrari | 14 | +48.3 | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | 10 |  Ronnie Peterson |
March-Ford | 14 | + 1:06.7 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 17 |  Howden Ganley |
BRM | 14 | + 2:20.2 | 18 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 |  Brian Redman |
McLaren-Ford | 14 | + 2:35.7 | 19 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | Graham Hill |
Brabham-Ford | 14 | + 2:59.6 | 15 | 1 |
| 7 | 26 |  Wilson Fittipaldi |
Brabham-Ford | 14 | + 3:00.1 | 21 | |
| 8 | 28 | Mike Beuttler |
March-Ford | 14 | + 5:10.7 | 27 | |
| 9 | 6 |  Jean-Pierre Beltoise |
BRM | 14 | + 5:20.2 | 13 | |
| 10 | 7 | François Cevert |
Tyrrell-Ford | 14 | + 5:43.7 | 5 | |
| 11 | 1 | Jackie Stewart |
Tyrrell-Ford | 13 | Collision | 2 | |
| 12 | 19 |  Arturo Merzario |
Ferrari | 13 | + 1 Lap | 22 | |
| 13 | 16 | Andrea de Adamich |
Surtees-Ford | 13 | + 1 Lap | 20 | |
| 14 | 15 |  Tim Schenken |
Surtees-Ford | 13 | + 1 Lap | 12 | |
| 15 | 8 | Chris Amon |
Matra | 13 | + 1 Lap | 8 | |
| NC | 21 | Carlos Pace |
March-Ford | 11 | Not classified | 11 | |
| Ret | 2 | Emerson Fittipaldi |
Lotus-Ford | 10 | Gearbox | 3 | |
| Ret | 20 | Henri Pescarolo |
March-Ford | 10 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 3 | Denny Hulme |
McLaren-Ford | 8 | Engine | 10 | |
| Ret | 14 | Mike Hailwood |
Surtees-Ford | 8 | Suspension | 16 | |
| Ret | 12 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Brabham-Ford | 6 | Differential | 6 | |
| Ret | 22 |  Rolf Stommelen |
Eifelland-Ford | 6 | Electrical | 14 | |
| Ret | 25 | Dave Walker |
Lotus-Ford | 6 | Oil Leak | 23 | |
| Ret | 23 |  Niki Lauda |
March-Ford | 4 | Oil Leak | 24 | |
| Ret | 27 | Derek Bell |
Tecno | 4 | Engine | 25 | |
| Ret | 29 | .svg.png){kind=small} Dave Charlton |
Lotus-Ford | 4 | Physical | 26 | |
| Ret | 18 | Reine Wisell |
BRM | 3 | Engine | 17 | |
Source:[2] | |||||||
Notes
- Jacky Ickx took his last Formula One win in this race and scored his only Grand Chelem (English:Grand Slam) (led and won the whole race from pole position and set fastest lap). He also beat François Cevert's 1971 fastest lap record by more than seven seconds, and improved on the pole position record set by Jackie Stewart in the same year by 13 seconds.
- Championship leader Emerson Fittipaldi's John Player Special Lotus suffered a rare mechanical failure and retired after a gearbox fire.
- Jackie Stewart had a long battle for second place with Clay Regazzoni before the two tangled on the last lap at Hatzenbach. Stewart crashed into the Armco barrier, destroying his Tyrrell's suspension and losing the opportunity to close the gap on Fittipaldi in the title race.
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- 1 2 "Formula One World - History - German Grand Prix 1972". Archived from the original on 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
- ↑ "1972 German Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
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