1972 French Grand Prix

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The 1972 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Charade Circuit on July 2, 1972

Due to cutting the corners, a stone thrown from Emerson Fittipaldi's Lotus hit Helmut Marko in the eye during the 1972 French Grand Prix, ending his F1 career, as well as the one of the circuit. The stones also had caused ten deflated tyres, but luckily no big crashes. The French Grand Prix moved to the new Paul Ricard Circuit for 1973.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	38	1:52:22.5	3	9
2	1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	38	27.7	8	6
3	9	Chris Amon	Matra	38	31.9	1	4
4	7	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	38	49.3	7	3
5	12	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	38	56.8	9	2
6	26	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	38	+ 1:36.1	10	1
7	2	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	38	+ 1:48.1	2
8	19	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	38	+ 2:25.1	14
9	11	Brian Redman	McLaren-Ford	38	+ 2:55.5	13
10	18	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	38	+ 2:59.5	20
11	3	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	37	+ 1 Lap	4
12	20	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	37	+ 1 Lap	17
13	30	Nanni Galli	Ferrari	37	+ 1 Lap	19
14	28	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford	37	+ 1 lap	12
15	5	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	37	+ 1 Lap	24
16	10	Rolf Stommelen	March-Ford	37	+ 1 Lap	15
17	27	Tim Schenken	Surtees-Ford	36	+ 2 Laps	5
18	6	Dave Walker	Lotus-Ford	34	Halfshaft	22
19	15	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	33	Out of Fuel	23
NC	8	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	33	Not Classified	16
Ret	24	Reine Wisell	BRM	25	Gearbox	18
Ret	17	Carlos Pace	March-Ford	18	Engine	11
Ret	25	Helmut Marko	BRM	8	Eye injury	6
Ret	14	Niki Lauda	March-Ford	4	Halfshaft	21
DNQ	29	Dave Charlton	Lotus-Ford

[edit] Notes

• Fastest Lap: Chris Amon - 2:53.9

[edit] References

• The Official Formula 1 website. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.

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