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1972 Natal Winter Trophy
1972 Belgian GP
1971 French GP
1972 French GP
1972 British GP
1973 French GP
LVIII
Grand Prix de France
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
Classification
•
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 2 July 1972
Start time
14:00
Event
French GP
Circuit
Clermont-Ferrand
Event Format
Race of 38 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#6 of
12
in 1972
#214 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
38
Circuit Perimeter
8055 m
Race Distance
8055 × 38 = 306.090 km
Grid Format
2-2-2-2
Pole Position
Left
First Corner
Left
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Hot, Dry
Participants
Entries
29
Qualifiers
28
Finishers
19
Debutants
Patrick Depailler
(
Driver
),
Matra MS120D
(
Car Model
),
Flame Out Team Surtees
(
Entrant
)
Milestones
Equipe Matra
– 1st Pole Position (
Entrant
)
Firestone
– 1000th Race Entry (
Tyre Manufacturer
)
Records Broken
1.
Highest Race Win Ratio
–
Tyrrell
(
23.68%
),
2.
Most 20th Place Qualifications
–
Graham Hill
(
5
)
Records Extended
1.
Most Race Entries
–
Ferrari
(
611
),
2.
Most Race Entries
–
Graham Hill
(
142
),
3.
Most Failures to Qualify
–
Lotus
(
38
),
4.
Most 4th Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
57
),
5.
Most 22nd Place Qualifications
–
Lotus
(
11
)
World Championship standings
1
Emerson Fittipaldi
34
2
Jackie Stewart
21
3
Denny Hulme
19
4
Jacky Ickx
16
5
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
9
6
François Cévert
9
7
Clay Regazzoni
7
8
Peter Revson
6
9
Chris Amon
6
10
Ronnie Peterson
5
11
Mike Hailwood
4
12
Mario Andretti
3
Andrea de Adamich
3
14
Carlos Pace
3
15
Tim Schenken
2
Brian Redman
2
17
Graham Hill
1
1
Lotus
/
Ford
34
2
Tyrrell
/
Ford
27
3
McLaren
/
Ford
23
4
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
19
5
BRM
/
BRM
9
6
Surtees
/
Ford
9
7
March
/
Ford
8
8
Matra
/
Matra
6
9
Brabham
/
Ford
1
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 4
Car 9
Car 9
Entrant
Elf Team Tyrrell
Equipe Matra
Equipe Matra
Driver
Jackie Stewart
Chris Amon
Chris Amon
Car
Tyrrell
003
Matra
MS120D
Matra
MS120D
Engine
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Matra
3.0 V12
Matra
3.0 V12
Time
1:52'21.5
2'53.4
2'53.9
Speed
163.454 km/h
167.232 km/h
166.751 km/h
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