1972 Argentine Grand Prix

The 1972 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Buenos Aires circuit on January 23, 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
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 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 début of local driver and future Grand Prix winner Carlos Reutemann, who scored pole position in his Brabham BT34.

Classification

Qualifying
Pos. Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 Carlos Reutemann Brabham–Ford 1:12.46
2 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell–Ford 1:12.68 +0.22
3 Peter Revson McLaren–Ford 1:12.74 +0.28
4 Denny Hulme McLaren–Ford 1:12.99 +0.53
5 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus–Ford 1:13.28 +0.82
6 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:13.28 +0.82
7 François Cevert Tyrrell–Ford 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 March–Ford 1:14.06 +1.60
11 Tim Schenken Surtees–Ford 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 Surtees–Ford 1:14.34 +1.88
15 Henri Pescarolo March–Ford 1:14.49 +2.03
16 Graham Hill Brabham–Ford 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 Lotus–Ford 1:15.55 +3.09
21 Alex Soler-Roig BRM 1:15.66 +3.20
22 Niki Lauda March–Ford 1:15.92 +3.46
Source:[1]

Race
PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
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]

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

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