1972 Italian Grand Prix

  1972 Italian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 12 in the 1972 Formula One season
Date	September 10, 1972
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.775 km ( mi)
Distance	55 laps, 317.625 km ( mi)
Weather	Dry and sunny
Pole position
Driver	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Time	1:35.65
Fastest lap
Driver	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Time	1:36.3
Podium
First	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford
Second	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford
Third	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford

The 1972 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Monza on September 10, 1972. It was the first race to feature Monza's chicanes, one before the Curva Grande and one at the site of the old Curva Vialone, which were installed to limit speeds around the track in the interests of safety.

Jackie Stewart used an ultra-high first gear as a means of getting through the first chicane faster. But the combination of the high ratio, and a standing start with a full load of fuel, proved too much for the clutch. Stewart's Tyrrell-Ford rolled to a stop within 100 meters of the start, thus clinching the championship for Emerson Fittipaldi.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	5	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1:35.65	—
2	20	Chris Amon	Matra	1:35.69	+0.04
3	1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	1:35.79	+0.14
4	5	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1:35.83	+0.18
5	14	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1:35.97	+0.32
6	6	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	1:36.29	+0.64
7	3	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	1:36.32	+0.67
8	15	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	1:36.42	+0.77
9	10	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	1:36.50	+0.85
10	24	Reine Wisell	BRM	1:36.68	+1.03
11	30	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	1:37.12	+1.47
12	23	Peter Gethin	BRM	1:37.21	+1.56
13	28	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	1:37.61	+1.96
14	2	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	1:37.79	+2.14
15	29	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	1:37.82	+2.17
16	21	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	1:37.82	+2.17
17	22	Howden Ganley	BRM	1:37.91	+2.26
18	26	Carlos Pace	March-Ford	1:37.98	+2.33
19	7	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	1:38.31	+2.66
20	18	Niki Lauda	March-Ford	1:38.52	+2.87
21	9	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford	1:38.60	+2.95
22	8	Tim Schenken	Surtees-Ford	1:38.61	+2.96
23	11	Nanni Galli	Tecno	1:38.64	+2.99
24	19	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1:38.70	+3.05
25	16	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	1:39.73	4.08
26	25	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	1:40.21	+4.56
27	12	Derek Bell	Tecno	1:42.07	+6.42

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	55	1:29:58.4	6	9
2	10	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford	55	+ 14.5	9	6
3	14	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	55	+ 23.8	5	4
4	15	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford	55	+ 35.7	8	3
5	28	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford	55	+ 1:05.6	13	2
6	23	Peter Gethin	BRM	55	+ 1:21.9	12	1
7	3	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	54	+ 1 Lap	7
8	21	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	54	+ 1 Lap	16
9	19	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	54	+ 1 Lap	24
10	16	Mike Beuttler	March-Ford	54	+ 1 Lap	25
11	22	Howden Ganley	BRM	52	+ 3 Laps	17
12	24	Reine Wisell	BRM	51	+ 4 Laps	10
13	18	Niki Lauda	March-Ford	50	+ 5 Laps	20
Ret	4	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	46	Electrical	1
Ret	20	Chris Amon	Matra	38	Brakes	2
Ret	9	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford	33	Brakes	21
Ret	29	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	20	Suspension	19
Ret	7	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	20	Fuel System	22
Ret	8	Tim Schenken	Surtees-Ford	20	Spun Off	15
Ret	5	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	16	Collision	4
Ret	26	Carlos Pace	March-Ford	15	Collision	18
Ret	30	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	14	Suspension	11
Ret	2	François Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford	14	Engine	14
Ret	11	Nanni Galli	Tecno	6	Engine	23
Ret	1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	0	Clutch	3
DNQ	25	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford
DNQ	12	Derek Bell	Tecno

Notes

• Pole Position: Jacky Ickx - 1:35.65
• Fastest Lap: Jacky Ickx - 1:36.3
• Emerson Fittipaldi won the race and became World Champion for the first time, the youngest ever champion at 25 years and 273 days, until superseded by Fernando Alonso in 2005.
• By winning the race, Lotus won the Constructors' Championship with two races left to run.
• Lotus entered only one car, under the banner of World Wide Racing, due to continued fallout from Jochen Rindt's fatal accident two years earlier. The team was forced to run only one car because the Fittipaldi's primary Lotus 72D was damaged when the transporter blew a tire while driving toward Monza. Fittipaldi used his spare 72D, which was the same chassis that he won with in Austria.
• Last win: Firestone
• Last race: John Surtees

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Emerson Fittipaldi 61 2 Denny Hulme 31 3 Jackie Stewart 27 4 Jacky Ickx 25 5 Peter Revson 17

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Lotus-Ford 61 2 McLaren-Ford 39 3 Tyrrell-Ford 33 4 Ferrari 29 5 Surtees-Ford 18

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

• "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1972/510/. Retrieved 2008-01-22. 

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