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 22.835 km (14.19 mi) | |
| Distance | 14 laps, 319.690 km (198.65 mi) | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver | .svg.png){kind=small} Jacky Ickx |
Ferrari |
| Time | 7:07.0[1] | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver | Jacky Ickx |
Ferrari |
| Time | 7:13.6[1] | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Jacky Ickx |
Ferrari |
| Second |  Clay Regazzoni |
Ferrari |
| Third |  Ronnie Peterson |
March-Ford |
The 1972 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Nürburgring on July 30, 1972.
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 |
March-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 |  Dave Charlton |
Lotus-Ford | 4 | Physical | 26 | |
| Ret | 18 | Reine Wisell |
BRM | 3 | Engine | 17 |
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Formula One World - History - German Grand Prix 1972". Archived from the original on 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
- "The Official Formula 1 website". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
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