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1972 Republic Day Trophy
1972 Monaco GP
1970 Belgian GP
1972 Belgian GP
1972 Italian Republic GP
1972 French GP
1973 Belgian GP
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Grand Prix de Belgique
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
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•
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 4 June 1972
Start time
14:00
Event
Belgian GP
Circuit
Nivelles
Event Format
Race of 85 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#5 of
12
in 1972
#213 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
85
Circuit Perimeter
3724 m
Race Distance
3724 × 85 = 316.540 km
Grid Format
3-2-3-2
Pole Position
Right
First Corner
Right
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Mild, Dry
Participants
Entries
26
Qualifiers
26
Finishers
14
Debutants
Vern Schuppan
(
Driver
),
Tecno
(
Car Manufacturer
),
Tecno
(
Engine Manufacturer
),
Tecno PA123
(
Car Model
),
Martini Racing Team
(
Entrant
),
Nivelles
(
Circuit
)
Milestones
Car 12
– 200th Race Entry (
Car Number
)
Car 8
– 200th Race Entry (
Car Number
)
Equipe Matra
– 1st Fastest Lap (
Entrant
)
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
– 50th Race Entry (
Driver
)
Surtees
– 50th Race Entry (
Car Manufacturer
)
Records Broken
1.
Most 14th Place Finishes
–
Lotus
(
7
),
2.
Most Laps Led
–
Lotus
(
3274
),
3.
Most 22nd Place Qualifications
–
Mike Beuttler
(
3
)
Records Extended
1.
Most Retirements
–
Graham Hill
(
63
),
2.
Most Races Led
–
Ferrari
(
133
),
3.
Most Race Entries
–
Ferrari
(
609
),
4.
Most Race Entries
–
Graham Hill
(
141
),
5.
Most 2nd Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
62
),
6.
Most 4th Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
56
)
World Championship standings
1
Emerson Fittipaldi
28
2
Denny Hulme
19
3
Jacky Ickx
16
4
Jackie Stewart
12
5
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
9
6
Clay Regazzoni
7
7
François Cévert
6
8
Peter Revson
6
9
Andrea de Adamich
3
Mario Andretti
3
Mike Hailwood
3
12
Carlos Pace
3
Ronnie Peterson
3
14
Tim Schenken
2
Brian Redman
2
16
Chris Amon
2
17
Graham Hill
1
1
Lotus
/
Ford
28
2
McLaren
/
Ford
23
3
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
19
4
Tyrrell
/
Ford
18
5
BRM
/
BRM
9
6
Surtees
/
Ford
8
7
March
/
Ford
6
8
Matra
/
Matra
2
9
Brabham
/
Ford
1
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 32
Car 32
Car 5
Entrant
John Player Team Lotus
John Player Team Lotus
Equipe Matra
Driver
Emerson Fittipaldi
Emerson Fittipaldi
Chris Amon
Car
Lotus
72D
Lotus
72D
Matra
MS120C
Engine
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Matra
3.0 V12
Time
1:44'06.7
1'11.43
1'12.12
Speed
182.423 km/h
187.686 km/h
185.890 km/h
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