1972 South African Grand Prix

November 2020 May 2012 F1 South Africa 1928 South African 4 March 1972 Kyalami 1961 - 1988 Layout.png The Kyalami Circuit (1967–1985) Sixth AA Grand Prix of South Africa Kyalami, Midrand, Transvaal Province, South Africa Permanent racing facility 2.550 4.104 79 201.458 324.216 Sunny, Hot, Dry Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 1:17.0 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Surtees-Ford 1:18.9 United Kingdom Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford New Zealand Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford Brazil Peter Revson McLaren-Ford United States RSA The 1972 South African Grand Prix, formally the Sixth AA Grand Prix of South Africa (Afrikaans: Sesde AA Suid-Afrikaanse Grand PrixMotor Racing Programme Covers: 1972 http://www.progcovers.com/motor/kyalami720304.jpg The Programme Covers Project 7 July 2017), was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on 4 March 1972. It was race 2 of 12 in both the 1972 World Championship of Drivers and the 1972 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 79-lap race was won by McLaren driver Denny Hulme after he started from fifth position. Emerson Fittipaldi finished second for the Lotus team and McLaren driver Peter Revson came in third. Report Entry A total of 27 cars were entered for this race. Although there was more than a month between the Argentine Grand Prix and South Africa, most cars were transported direct to Kyalami from Buenos Aires. There were few changes in the entry.http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr210.html Grand Prix Results: South African GP, 1972 Grandprix.com 15 March 2014 Having missed the trip to Argentina due to a clashing Formula 5000 race, Mike Hailwood returned to Team Surtees. Jean-Pierre Beltoise also missed Buenos Aires, due to legal problems following an accident that had claimed the life of Ignazio Giunti in January 1971. Team Williams ran a second March-Cosworth for rising star Carlos Pace alongside their regular driver, Henri Pescarolo. A new team arrived in South Africa, the Team Eifelland Caravans outfit making its first appearance with Rolf Stommelen down to drive. As usual for Kyalami, the field was bolstered by local entries: Dave Charlton in a Lucky Strike-sponsored Lotus 72D, and pair of cars from Team Gunston for John Love (Surtees TS9) and Willie Ferguson (Brabham BT33). Qualifying The reigning World Champion, and winner of the opening round, Jackie Stewart secured pole position, for Elf Team Tyrrell, averaging a speed of 119.221 mph. Stewart beat Clay Regazzoni (Ferrari) and Emerson Fittipaldi (Lotus) by a few tenth of a second. Mike Hailwood was next up on the second row, joined by Denny Hulme in his McLaren M19A. A pair of Ferrari 312B2 were on row three, with Mario Andretti ahead of Jacky Ickx. They were joined by François Cevert in the second Tyrrell.http://racing-reference.info/race/1972_South_African_Grand_Prix/F 1972 South African Grand Prix Racing-Reference.info 1972-03-04 2014-03-15 Race The race was held over 79 laps of the Kyalami circuit. At the start, Denny Hulme briefly held the lead before Jackie Stewart moved ahead, meanwhile Clay Regazzoni had a bad get away and was back in the midfield. The Tyrrell 003 of Stewart quickly built a lead while the battle for second between Hulme, Emerson Fittipaldi and Mike Hailwood detached itself from the rest of the field. The Yardley Team McLaren of Hulme began to overheat and this saw him dropped behind his rivals. Hailwood, a few laps later, was able to pass Fittipaldi to move up to second and began to challenge Stewart for the lead. On lap 28, the rear suspension of Hailwood's Surtees TS9B failed and he retired from the race. Although this left Fittipaldi to attack Stewart, the Tyrrell driver stayed ahead, only to suffer a gearbox failure on lap 45. Fittipaldi inherited the lead, with Hulme right on his tail. The Brazilian now ran into handling problems and this enable Hulme to regain the lead on lap 57, from which he would go to win. Fittipaldi was still in a strong second place as the gap between him and the third place, Chris Amon was large. The gap became even bigger where Amon's Matra MS120C developed a serious vibration. This saw him drop down the order and finish 3 laps adrift in 15th. Third place thus went to the second McLaren, of Peter Revson. Hulme won in a time of 1hr 45.49.1mins., averaging a speed of 114.898 mph, and was over 14 seconds ahead of Fititpaldi. Revson was a further 12.7 seconds behind. Only other drivers to complete the full race distance were Mario Andretti (Ferrari) and Ronnie Peterson (March). This victory gave Hulme a six-point the lead in the World Championship.http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1972/503/ 1972 South African Grand Prix formula1.com 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20131017015830/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1972/503/ 17 October 2013http://www.crash.net/f1/701/raceresults/formula-one-south-african-1972.html Formula One, South African 1972 Race Results crash.net 22 December 2015 Classification Qualifying Pos.No.DriverConstructorTimeGap11GBR Jackie StewartTyrrell–Ford1:17.026SUI Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:17.3 +0.338BRA Emerson FittipaldiLotus–Ford1:17.4 +0.4417GBR Mike HailwoodSurtees–Ford1:17.4 +0.4512NZL Denny HulmeMcLaren–Ford1:17.4 +0.467USA Mario AndrettiFerrari1:17.5 +0.575BEL Jacky IckxFerrari1:17.7 +0.782FRA François CevertTyrrell–Ford1:17.8 +0.893SWE Ronnie PetersonMarch–Ford1:17.8 +0.81016AUS Tim SchenkenSurtees–Ford1:17.8 +0.81110FRA Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM1:17.9 +0.91214USA Peter RevsonMcLaren–Ford1:18.0 +1.01315NZL Chris AmonMatra1:18.0 +1.01419GBR Graham HillBrabham–Ford1:18.1 +1.11520ARG Carlos ReutemannBrabham–Ford1:18.2 +1.21623NZL Howden GanleyBRM1:18.3 +1.31726RSA 1928 David CharltonLotus–Ford1:18.5 +1.51811GBR Peter GethinBRM1:18.7 +1.7199AUS David WalkerLotus–Ford1:18.7 +1.72018ITA Andrea de AdamichSurtees–Ford1:18.9 +1.9214AUT Niki LaudaMarch–Ford1:18.9 +1.92221FRA Henri PescaroloMarch–Ford1:19.0 +2.02324AUT Helmut MarkoBRM1:19.1 +2.12422BRA Carlos PaceMarch–Ford1:20.3 +3.32525FRG Rolf StommelenEifelland–Ford1:20.4 +3.42627RHO 1928 John LoveSurtees–Ford1:21.0 +4.02728RSA 1928 William FergusonBrabham–Ford1:31.9 +14.9 Source:https://results.motorsportstats.com/results/1972-south-african-grand-prix/classification/3fd20895-1bb2-452d-a363-98c6d37bc5de Formula One 1972 South African Grand Prix Classification | Motorsport Stats Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 79 1:45:49.1 5 9 2 8 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 79 + 14.1 3 6 3 14 USA Peter Revson McLaren-Ford 79 + 25.8 12 4 4 7 USA Mario Andretti Ferrari 79 + 38.5 6 3 5 3 SWE Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 79 + 49.0 9 2 6 19 UK Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 78 + 1 Lap 14 1 7 4 AUT Niki Lauda March-Ford 78 + 1 Lap 21   8 5 BEL Jacky Ickx Ferrari 78 + 1 Lap 7   9 2 FRA François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 78 + 1 Lap 8   10 9 AUS Dave Walker Lotus-Ford 78 + 1 Lap 19   11 21 FRA Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 78 + 1 Lap 22   12 6 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 77 + 2 Laps 2   13 25 GER Rolf Stommelen Eifelland-Ford 77 + 2 Laps 25   14 24 AUT Helmut Marko BRM 76 + 3 Laps 23   15 15 NZL Chris Amon Matra 76 + 3 Laps 13   16 27 Rhodesia 1928 John Love Surtees-Ford 73 Puncture / Accident 26   17 22 BRA Carlos Pace March-Ford 73 + 6 Laps 24   NC Not classified 23 NZL Howden Ganley BRM 70 + 9 Laps 16   NC Not classified 18 ITA Andrea de Adamich Surtees-Ford 69 + 10 Laps 20   NC Not classified 11 UK Peter Gethin BRM 65 + 14 Laps 18   Ret Retired 10 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 61 Engine 11   Ret Retired 1 UK Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 45 Gearbox 1   Ret Retired 17 UK Mike Hailwood Surtees-Ford 28 Suspension 4   Ret Retired 20 ARG Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 27 Fuel System 15   Ret Retired 16 AUS Tim Schenken Surtees-Ford 9 Engine 10   Ret Retired 26 South Africa 1928 Dave Charlton Lotus-Ford 2 Fuel Pump 17   DNS Did not start 28 South Africa 1928 William Ferguson Brabham-Ford Engine Sources:http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/1972/72sa.html 1972 Grand Prix of South Africa Silhouet.com 1972-03-04 2014-03-15 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for South African driver William Ferguson and for Brazilian driver and future Grand Prix winner Carlos Pace. This race marked the 10th Grand Prix win for a New Zealand driver and the 5th podium finish for a Brazilian driver. First podium finish for Peter Revson. This was the Formula One World Championship debut for German constructor Eifelland. This was the 1st fastest lap set by a Surtees. This race marked the 5th Grand Prix win for McLaren. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 NZL Denny Hulme 15 10px 1 2 UK Jackie Stewart 9 10px 9 3 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi 6 10px 1 4 BEL Jacky Ickx 4 10px 7 5 USA Peter Revson 4Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1972/afrique-du-sud/championnat.aspx South Africa 1972 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 1 UK McLaren-Ford 15 10px 1 2 UK Tyrrell-Ford 9 10px 3 ITA Ferrari 7 10px 4 4 UK Lotus-Ford 6 10px 5 UK March-Ford 3Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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