Race · Round 7 of 12 · 15 July 1972

1972 British Grand Prix

Emerson Fittipaldi won for Team Lotus from 2nd on the grid at Brands Hatch. 13 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Brands HatchWest Kingsdown, Kent, United Kingdom
Winner: Emerson FittipaldiTeam Lotus
Pole: Jacky Ickx
Fastest lap: Sir Jackie Stewart
Entries: 2713 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Lotus	72D	2	76	Finished	9
2	Sir Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell	—	4	76	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Peter Revson	McLaren	—	3	76	Finished	4
4	Chris Amon	Matra	—	17	75	Finished	3
5	Denny Hulme	McLaren	—	11	75	Finished	2
6	Arturo Merzario	Ferrari	312B2	9	75	Finished	1
7	Ronnie Peterson	March	—	8	74	Accident	0
8	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham	—	10	73	Finished	0
9	Niki Lauda	March	—	19	73	Finished	0
10	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland	21	25	71	Finished	0
11	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	—	6	70	Finished	0
12	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham	—	22	69	Suspension	0
13	Mike Beuttler	March	721G	23	69	Finished	0
DNF	Tim Schenken	Surtees	TS9B	5	64	Suspension	0
DNF	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell	—	12	60	Spun off	0
DNF	David Walker	Team Lotus	72D	15	59	Suspension	0
DNF	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	312B2	1	49	Oil pressure	0
DNF	Graham Hill	Brabham	—	21	47	Spun off	0
DNF	Carlos Pace	March	—	13	39	Differential	0
DNF	Jackie Oliver	BRM	—	14	36	Suspension	0
DNF	Mike Hailwood	Surtees	TS9B	7	31	Gearbox	0
DNF	Dave Charlton	Team Lotus	72D	24	21	Gearbox	0
DNF	Nanni Galli	Tecno	PA123/3	18	9	Spun off	0
DNF	Henri Pescarolo	Politoys	FX3	26	7	Accident	0
DNF	Peter Gethin	BRM	—	16	5	Engine	0
DNF	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees	TS9B	20	3	Accident	0
DNS	François Migault	Connew	PC1	—	—	Suspension	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout brands-hatch-1 · 4.265 km · 9 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Emerson Fittipaldi	2	1	76
Sir Jackie Stewart	4	2	76
Peter Revson	3	3	76
Chris Amon	17	4	75
Denny Hulme	11	5	75
Arturo Merzario	9	6	75
Ronnie Peterson	8	7	74
Carlos Reutemann	10	8	73
Niki Lauda	19	9	73
Rolf Stommelen	25	10	71
Jean-Pierre Beltoise	6	11	70
Wilson Fittipaldi	22	12	69
Mike Beuttler	23	13	69
Tim Schenken	5	DNF	64
Francois Cevert	12	DNF	60
David Walker	15	DNF	59
Jacky Ickx	1	DNF	49
Graham Hill	21	DNF	47
Carlos Pace	13	DNF	39
Jackie Oliver	14	DNF	36
Mike Hailwood	7	DNF	31
Dave Charlton	24	DNF	21
Nanni Galli	18	DNF	9
Henri Pescarolo	26	DNF	7
Peter Gethin	16	DNF	5
Andrea de Adamich	20	DNF	3

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	5	1:22.200	—	—
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Lotus	8	1:22.600	+0.400	+0.400
3	Peter Revson	McLaren	19	1:22.700	+0.500	+0.100
4	Sir Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell	1	1:22.900	+0.700	+0.200
5	Tim Schenken	Surtees	22	1:23.200	+1.000	+0.300
6	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	11	1:23.400	+1.200	+0.200
7	Mike Hailwood	Surtees	21	1:23.500	+1.300	+0.100
8	Ronnie Peterson	March	3	1:23.700	+1.500	+0.200
9	Arturo Merzario	Ferrari	6	1:23.700	+1.500	+0.000
10	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham	27	1:23.800	+1.600	+0.100
11	Denny Hulme	McLaren	18	1:23.900	+1.700	+0.100
12	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell	2	1:23.900	+1.700	+0.000
13	Carlos Pace	March	25	1:24.000	+1.800	+0.100
14	Jackie Oliver	BRM	14	1:24.400	+2.200	+0.400
15	David Walker	Team Lotus	9	1:24.400	+2.200	+0.000
16	Peter Gethin	BRM	12	1:24.500	+2.300	+0.100
17	Chris Amon	Matra	17	1:24.600	+2.400	+0.100
18	Nanni Galli	Tecno	30	1:25.100	+2.900	+0.500
19	Niki Lauda	March	4	1:25.100	+2.900	+0.000
20	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees	23	1:25.200	+3.000	+0.100
21	Graham Hill	Brabham	26	1:25.200	+3.000	+0.000
22	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham	28	1:25.500	+3.300	+0.300
23	Mike Beuttler	March	31	1:25.600	+3.400	+0.100
24	Dave Charlton	Team Lotus	29	1:25.600	+3.400	+0.000
25	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland	33	1:26.300	+4.100	+0.700
26	Henri Pescarolo	Politoys	24	1:27.400	+5.200	+1.100
27	François Migault	Connew	34	1:30.300	+8.100	+2.900

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Photographs from this race

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Everything filed under 1972 British Grand Prix on Wikimedia Commons

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Where this comes from

Round: 7 of 1972
Grand Prix: British Grand Prix
Dates: 15 Jul 1972
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Team Lotus
Entrant: Lotus-Ford
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.