French Grand Prix 1972

Charade
Clermont-Ferrand
2 July 1972
38 laps
306.1 km
8.055 km a lap

Pole positionChris AmonMatra · 2:53.400
Fastest lapChris Amon2:53.900 · lap 32
Winner started fromP3on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Jackie Stewart	4	Tyrrell · Ford	3	38	1:52:21.500	9
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	1	Lotus · Ford	8	38	+27.700	6
3	Chris Amonfastest lap	9	Matra	1	38	+31.900	4
4	François Cevert	7	Tyrrell · Ford	7	38	+49.300	3
5	Ronnie Peterson	12	March · Ford	9	38	+56.800	2
6	Mike Hailwood	26	Surtees · Ford	10	38	+1:36.100	1
7	Denny Hulme	2	McLaren · Ford	2	38	+1:48.100
8	Wilson Fittipaldi	19	Brabham · Ford	14	38	+2:25.100
9	Brian Redman	11	McLaren · Ford	13	38	+2:55.500
10	Graham Hill	18	Brabham · Ford	20	38	+2:59.500
11	Jacky Ickx	3	Ferrari	4	37	+1 lap
12	Carlos Reutemann	20	Brabham · Ford	17	37	+1 lap
13	Nanni Galli	30	Ferrari	19	37	+1 lap
14	Andrea de Adamich	28	Surtees · Ford	12	37	+1 lap
15	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	5	BRM	24	37	+1 lap
16	Rolf Stommelen	10	Eifelland · Ford	15	37	+1 lap
17	Tim Schenken	27	Surtees · Ford	5	36	+2 laps
18	David Walker	6	Lotus · Ford	22	34	Halfshaft
DNF	Mike Beuttler	15	March · Ford	23	33	Out of fuel
NC	Patrick Depailler	8	Tyrrell · Ford	16	33	+5 laps
DNF	Reine Wisell	24	BRM	18	25	Gearbox
DNF	Carlos Pace	17	March · Ford	11	18	Engine
DNF	Helmut Marko	25	BRM	6	8	Injury
DNF	Niki Lauda	14	March · Ford	21	4	Halfshaft
DNS	Henri Pescarolo	16	March · Ford	–		Accident
DNS	Derek Bell	21	Tecno	–		Transmission
DNS	Peter Gethin	22	BRM	–
DNS	Howden Ganley	23	BRM	–		Car raced by Beltoise
DNQ	Dave Charlton	29	Lotus · Ford	–

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Chris Amon	Matra	2:53.400
2	Denny Hulme	McLaren	2:54.200	+0.800
3	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell	2:55.000	+1.600
4	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	2:55.100	+1.700
5	Tim Schenken	Surtees	2:57.200	+3.800
6	Helmut Marko	BRM	2:57.300	+3.900
7	François Cevert	Tyrrell	2:58.100	+4.700
8	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus	2:58.100	+4.700
9	Ronnie Peterson	March	2:58.200	+4.800
10	Mike Hailwood	Surtees	2:58.300	+4.900
11	Carlos Pace	March	2:58.600	+5.200
12	Henri Pescarolo	March	2:59.000	+5.600
13	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees	2:59.100	+5.700
14	Brian Redman	McLaren	2:59.400	+6.000
15	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham	2:59.500	+6.100
16	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland	2:59.600	+6.200
17	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	2:59.600	+6.200
18	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham	3:00.700	+7.300
19	Reine Wisell	BRM	3:00.700	+7.300
20	Nanni Galli	Ferrari	3:00.700	+7.300
21	Howden Ganley	BRM	3:02.000	+8.600
22	Peter Gethin	BRM	3:02.800	+9.400
23	Graham Hill	Brabham	3:03.000	+9.600
24	Niki Lauda	March	3:03.100	+9.700
25	David Walker	Lotus	3:04.700	+11.300
26	Mike Beuttler	March	3:05.900	+12.500
27	Derek Bell	Tecno	3:06.900	+13.500
28	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM
29	Dave Charlton	Lotus	3:11.600	+18.200

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Chris Amon	32	2:53.900

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 6. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 6
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Emerson Fittipaldi	34
2	Jackie Stewart	21	▲2
3	Denny Hulme	19	▼1
4	Jacky Ickx	16	▼1
5	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	9
6	François Cevert	9	▲1
7	Clay Regazzoni	7	▼1
8	Peter Revson	6
9	Chris Amon	6	▲7
10	Ronnie Peterson	5	▲2

Constructors' championship after round 6
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Lotus	34
2	Tyrrell	27	▲2
3	McLaren	23	▼1
4	Ferrari	19	▼1
5	BRM	9
6	Surtees	9
7	March	8
8	Matra	6
9	Brabham	1