1972 Italian Republic Grand Prix

The 1972 Brazilian Grand Prix was a non-Championship dry run for the real thing scheduled for the 1973 Formula One season. The race was not well subscribed, with only 12 cars entered. Even though the race was held on the Thursday before Good Friday, a huge crowd of 100,000 attended.

Qualifying
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" ! Pos ! Driver ! Constructor ! Time ! Gap ! 1
 * 🇧🇷 Emerson Fittipaldi
 * Lotus-Ford
 * 2:32.4
 * align="center" | &mdash;