1972 World Sportscar Championship season

1972 World Sportscar Championship season
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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 January 9, 1972 to July 22, 1972, and was composed of 11 races.

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit or Location	Date
1	1000 km Buenos Aires†	Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez	January 10
2	Daytona 6 Hours	Daytona International Speedway	February 6
3	12 Hours of Sebring	Sebring International Raceway	March 25
4	BOAC 1000km†	Brands Hatch	April 16
5	1000km Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	April 25
6	1000km Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	May 7
7	Targa Florio	Palermo	May 21
8	ADAC 1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	May 28
9	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	June 10 June 11
10	Austrian 1000km	Österreichring	June 25
11	Watkins Glen 6 Hours	Watkins Glen International	July 22

† - 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 merely skipped in the awarding of points.

Races

Rnd	Circuit	Sportscar Winning Team	GT Winning Team	Results
		Sportscar Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers
1	Buenos Aires	#30 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	None	Results
		Ronnie Peterson Tim Schenken
2	Daytona	#2 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#59 Brumos Porsche	Results
		Mario Andretti Jacky Ickx	Hurley Haywood Peter Gregg
3	Sebring	#2 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#57 Dana English	Results
		Mario Andretti Jacky Ickx	Dave Heinz Robert R. Johnson
4	Brands Hatch	#11 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	None	Results
		Mario Andretti Jacky Ickx
5	Monza	#1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#44 Ugo Locatelli	Results
		Clay Regazzoni Jacky Ickx	Ugo Locatelli "Pal Joe"
6	Spa-Francorchamps	#3 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#42 Claude Dubois	Results
		Brian Redman Arturo Merzario	Jean-Marie Jacquemin Yves Deprez
7	Palermo	#3 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#38 Ennio Bonomelli	Results
		Arturo Merzario Sandro Munari	Pino Pica Gabriele Gottifredi
8	Nürburgring	#3 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#55 Kremer Porsche Racing	Results
		Ronnie Peterson Tim Schenken	Erwin Kremer John Fitzpatrick
9	La Sarthe	#15 Equipe Matra-Simca Shell	#18 Charles Pozzi	Results
		Henri Pescarolo Graham Hill	Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Claude Andruet
10	Österreichring	#1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#33 Sachs Racing	Results
		Brian Redman Jacky Ickx	Alex Janda Hans Schulze-Schwering
11	Watkins Glen	#85 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#22 North American Racing Team	Results
		Mario Andretti Jacky Ickx	Jean-Pierre Jarier 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	Ferrari	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	(8)	(20)	(20)	160
2	Alfa Romeo	12	12	12	12			15	12	10			85
3	Porsche	6	4	8	(2)	15	3	8	(2)	12	(1)	10	66
4	Lola	4	6	6	4		8	10	6		4		48
5	Chevron	8			3		12		8		8	2	41
6	Mirage						10		10			12	32
7	Matra-Simca									20			20
8	Chevrolet		3	10								1	14
9	De Tomaso					8	4						12
10	Tondelli					6							6
11	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	Porsche	20	15		15	20	20	(6)	15	15	120
2	Ferrari	6	12		6			20		20	64
3	De Tomaso			20	20			3	20		63
4	Chevrolet	15	20					4		10	49
5	Alfa Romeo					8					8
6	Opel						6				6

References

• Automobile Year, 1972/73

External links

• 1972 World Sportscar Championship race results
• 1972 World Sportscar Championship review

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