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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

Overview - Entry List - Qualification - 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

Race

18 of 31

Championship race

214

Circuit

Laps

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

Hot, Dry

Participants

Entries

Qualifiers

Finishers

Championship Debutants

Patrick Depailler (Driver),
Matra MS120D (Car Model),

Flame Out Team Surtees (Entrant)

Milestones

Equipe Matra - 1st Pole Position (Entrant)
Helmut Marko - 10th Race Entry (Driver)
Jackie Stewart - 20th Win (Driver)
Marlboro BRM - 20th Race Entry (Entrant)
Motul - 20th Race Entry (Lubricant Manufacturer)
Team Williams Motul - 10th Race Entry (Entrant)
Tim Schenken - 20th Race Entry (Driver)

Records Broken

1. Highest Race Win Ratio – Tyrrell (23.68%),
2. Most 20th Place Qualifications – Great Britain

Graham Hill (5)

Records Extended

1. Most Race Entries – Ferrari (611),
2. Most Race Entries – Great Britain

Graham Hill (142),
3. Most Failures to Qualify – Lotus (38),
4. Most 4th Place Qualifications – Ferrari (57),
5. Most 22nd Place Qualifications – Lotus (11)

Championships

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
12	Andrea de Adamich	3
14	Carlos Pace	3
15	Tim Schenken	2
15	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

	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
Results
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

Overview - Entry List - Qualification - Starting Grid - Classification - Fastest Laps - Laps Led