1972 World Sportscar Championship

Racing tournament 1972 World Sportscar Championship 1971 1973 The 1972 World Championship for Makes and International Grand Touring Trophy seasons were the 20th season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for FIA Group 5 Sports Cars and FIA Group 4 Grand Touring Cars. It ran from 9 January 1972 to 22 July 1972, and was composed of 11 races. Schedule Rnd Race Circuit or Location Date 1 ARG 1000km of Buenos Aires† Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez 10 January 2 USA Daytona 6 Hours Daytona International Speedway 6 February 3 USA 12 Hours of Sebring Sebring International Raceway 25 March 4 GBR BOAC 1000km† Brands Hatch 16 April 5 ITA 1000km Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza 25 April 6 BEL 1000km Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 7 May 7 ITA Targa Florio Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie 21 May 8 DEU ADAC 1000km Nürburgring Nürburgring 28 May 9 FRA 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe 10 June11 June 10 AUT Austrian 1000km Österreichring 25 June 11 USA Watkins Glen 6 Hours Watkins Glen International 22 July † - Sportscars only, GT class did not participate. Season results Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car; any other cars from that manufacturer were skipped in the awarding of points, but any finish in the points prevented other manufacturers from scoring these points. Races Rnd Circuit Sportscar Winning Team GT Winning Team Results Sportscar Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers 1 Buenos Aires ITA #30 SpA Ferrari SEFAC None Results SWE Ronnie PetersonAUS Tim Schenken 2 Daytona ITA #2 SpA Ferrari SEFAC USA #59 Brumos Porsche Results USA Mario AndrettiBEL Jacky Ickx USA Hurley HaywoodUSA Peter Gregg 3 Sebring ITA #2 SpA Ferrari SEFAC USA #57 Dana English Results USA Mario AndrettiBEL Jacky Ickx USA Dave HeinzUSA Robert R. Johnson 4 Brands Hatch ITA #11 SpA Ferrari SEFAC None Results USA Mario AndrettiBEL Jacky Ickx 5 Monza ITA #1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC ITA #44 Ugo Locatelli Results CHE Clay RegazzoniBEL Jacky Ickx ITA Ugo LocatelliITA "Pal Joe" 6 Spa-Francorchamps ITA #3 SpA Ferrari SEFAC FRA #42 Claude Dubois Results GBR Brian RedmanITA Arturo Merzario FRA Jean-Marie JacqueminBEL Yves Deprez 7 Targa Florio ITA #3 SpA Ferrari SEFAC ITA #38 Ennio Bonomelli Results ITA Arturo MerzarioITA Sandro Munari ITA Pino PicaITA Gabriele Gottifredi 8 Nürburgring ITA #3 SpA Ferrari SEFAC DEU #55 Kremer Porsche Racing Results SWE Ronnie PetersonAUS Tim Schenken DEU Erwin KremerGBR John Fitzpatrick 9 La Sarthe FRA #15 Equipe Matra-Simca Shell FRA #18 Charles Pozzi Results FRA Henri PescaroloGBR Graham Hill FRA Claude Ballot-LénaFRA Jean-Claude Andruet 10 Österreichring ITA #1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC DEU #33 Sachs Racing Results GBR Brian RedmanBEL Jacky Ickx DEU Alex JandaCHE Hans Schulze-Schwering 11 Watkins Glen ITA #85 SpA Ferrari SEFAC USA #22 North American Racing Team Results USA Mario AndrettiBEL Jacky Ickx FRA Jean-Pierre JarierUSA Peter Gregg Manufacturers Championships Overall Manufacturers Championship Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 Grand Touring Cars were awarded points for the overall championship, but the GT class also had their own separate award. Cars participating in races that were not included in the Sports or GT classes (such as Group 2 Touring Cars) were skipped when awarding points for the overall championship. Only the best 8 points finishes counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total. Discarded points are shown in brackets. Pos Manufacturer Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Rd 11 Total 1 ITA Ferrari 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 (8) (20) (20) 160 2 ITA Alfa Romeo 12 12 12 12 15 12 10 85 3 DEU Porsche 6 4 8 (2) 15 3 8 (2) 12 (1) 10 66 4 GBR Lola 4 6 6 4 8 10 6 4 48 5 GBR Chevron 8 3 12 8 8 2 41 6 GBR Mirage 10 10 12 32 7 FRA Matra-Simca 20 20 8 USA Chevrolet 3 10 1 14 9 ITA De Tomaso 8 4 12 10 ITA Tondelli 6 6 11 ITA Abarth 4 4 GT Manufacturers Trophy The GT class did not participate in Rounds 1 and 4. Only the best 7 finishes counted. Pos Manufacturer Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Rd 11 Total 1 DEU Porsche 20 15 15 20 20 (6) 15 15 120 2 ITA Ferrari 6 12 6 20 20 64 3 ITA De Tomaso 20 20 3 20 63 4 USA Chevrolet 15 20 4 10 49 5 ITA Alfa Romeo 8 8 6 DEU Opel 6 6 References Automobile Year, 1972/73 External links 1972 World Sportscar Championship race results 1972 World Sportscar Championship review Category:World Sportscar Championship seasons World Sportscar