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1972 Canadian Grand Prix

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1972 Canadian Grand Prix
Race details
Date September 24, 1972
Official name XII Labatt's Grand Prix of Canada
Location Mosport International Raceway, Ontario, Canada
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.957 km (2.458 miles)
Distance 80 laps, 316.56 km (196.64 miles)
Weather Mild with temperatures approaching 22.8 °C (73.0 °F); wind speeds up to 12 kilometres per hour (7.5 mph)[1]
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Ford
Time 1:13.6
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford
Time 1:15.7
Podium
First Tyrrell-Ford
Second McLaren-Ford
Third McLaren-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1972 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Mosport Park on 24 September 1972. It was race 11 of 12 in both the 1972 World Championship of Drivers and the 1972 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 80-lap race was won by Tyrrell driver Jackie Stewart after he started from fifth position. Peter Revson finished second for the McLaren team and his teammate Denny Hulme came in third.

As the Mont Tremblant circuit had been closed down because of a dispute with the local racing authorities, Mosport Park became the sole host of the Canadian Grand Prix. The circuit had been upgraded to meet modern racing standards.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos. Driver Constructor Time/Gap
1 United States Peter Revson McLarenFord 1:13.6
2 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLarenFord +0.3
3 Sweden Ronnie Peterson MarchFord +0.4
4 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi LotusFord +0.8
5 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart TyrrellFord +0.8
6 France François Cevert TyrrellFord +0.9
7 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari +0.9
8 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari +1.1
9 Argentina Carlos Reutemann BrabhamFord +1.3
10 New Zealand Chris Amon Matra +1.8
11 Brazil Wilson Fittipaldi BrabhamFord +2.0
12 United Kingdom Peter Gethin BRM +2.1
13 Australia Tim Schenken SurteesFord +2.1
14 New Zealand Howden Ganley BRM +2.1
15 Italy Andrea de Adamich SurteesFord +2.3
16 Sweden Reine Wisell LotusFord +2.4
17 United Kingdom Graham Hill BrabhamFord +2.6
18 Brazil Carlos Pace MarchFord +2.8
19 Austria Niki Lauda MarchFord +3.2
20 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM +3.2
21 France Henri Pescarolo MarchFord +3.4
22 United States Skip Barber MarchFord +3.5
23 Canada Bill Brack BRM +4.3
24 United Kingdom Mike Beuttler MarchFord +4.8
25 United Kingdom Derek Bell Tecno +5.0
Source:[2]

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 80 1:43:16.9 5 9
2 19 United States Peter Revson McLaren-Ford 80 + 48.2 1 6
3 18 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 80 + 54.6 2 4
4 8 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 80 + 1:00.7 9 3
5 11 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 80 + 1:07.0 7 2
6 4 New Zealand Chris Amon Matra 79 + 1 Lap 10 1
7 22 Australia Tim Schenken Surtees-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 13  
8 7 United Kingdom Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 17  
9 29 Brazil Carlos Pace March-Ford 78 Out of Fuel 18  
10 15 New Zealand Howden Ganley BRM 78 + 2 Laps 14  
11 5 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 4  
12 10 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 76 + 4 laps 8  
13 28 France Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 73 + 7 Laps 21  
Ret 6 Sweden Reine Wisell Lotus-Ford 65 Engine 16  
DSQ 26 Austria Niki Lauda March-Ford 64 Received Outside Assistance 19  
DSQ 25 Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 61 Push-Start After Collision 3  
NC 27 United Kingdom Mike Beuttler March-Ford 59 Not Classified 24  
Ret 2 France François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 51 Gearbox 6  
Ret 16 United Kingdom Peter Gethin BRM 25 Suspension 12  
NC 33 United States Skip Barber March-Ford 24 Not Classified 22  
Ret 14 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 21 Oil Leak 20  
Ret 17 Canada Bill Brack BRM 20 Spun Off 23  
Ret 9 Brazil Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham-Ford 5 Gearbox 11  
Ret 23 Italy Andrea de Adamich Surtees-Ford 2 Gearbox 15  
DNS 31 United Kingdom Derek Bell Tecno   Practice Accident 25  
Source:[3]

Notes

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  • This was the 25th Grand Prix start for British constructor Tyrrell and their 10th Grand Prix win.
  • This was the first pole position for a McLaren.
  • This was the 50th Grand Prix win for a Ford-powered car. This broke the old record set by Ferrari at the 1972 German Grand Prix, earlier that year.

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ "Weather information for the "1972 Canadian Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  2. ^ "Formula One 1972 Canadian Grand Prix Classification | Motorsport Stats".
  3. ^ "1972 Canadian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Canada 1972 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.


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