The 1972 World Championship for Makes and International Grand Touring Trophy seasons were the 20th season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for FIA Group 5 Sports Cars and FIA Group 4 Grand Touring Cars. It ran from 9 January 1972 to 22 July 1972, and was composed of 11 races.
Schedule
Rnd Race Circuit or Location Date 1 1000km of Buenos Aires† Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez 10 January 2 Daytona 6 Hours Daytona International Speedway 6 February 3 12 Hours of Sebring Sebring International Raceway 25 March 4 BOAC 1000km† Brands Hatch 16 April 5 1000km Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza 25 April 6 1000km Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 7 May 7 Targa Florio Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie 21 May 8 ADAC 1000km Nürburgring Nürburgring 28 May 9 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe 10 June11 June 10 Austrian 1000km Österreichring 25 June 11 Watkins Glen 6 Hours Watkins Glen International 22 July † - Sportscars only, GT class did not participate.
Season results Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car; any other cars from that manufacturer were skipped in the awarding of points, but any finish in the points prevented other manufacturers from scoring these points.
Races
Rnd Circuit Sportscar Winning Team GT Winning Team Results Sportscar Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers 1 Buenos Aires #30 SpA Ferrari SEFAC None Results Ronnie Peterson Tim Schenken 2 Daytona #2 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #59 Brumos Porsche Results Mario Andretti Jacky Ickx Hurley Haywood Peter Gregg 3 Sebring #2 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #57 Dana English Results Mario Andretti Jacky Ickx Dave Heinz Robert R. Johnson 4 Brands Hatch #11 SpA Ferrari SEFAC None Results Mario Andretti Jacky Ickx 5 Monza #1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #44 Ugo Locatelli Results Clay Regazzoni Jacky Ickx Ugo Locatelli "Pal Joe" 6 Spa-Francorchamps #3 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #42 Claude Dubois Results Brian Redman Arturo Merzario Jean-Marie Jacquemin Yves Deprez 7 Targa Florio #3 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #38 Ennio Bonomelli Results Arturo Merzario Sandro Munari Pino Pica Gabriele Gottifredi 8 Nürburgring #3 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #55 Kremer Porsche Racing Results Ronnie Peterson Tim Schenken Erwin Kremer John Fitzpatrick 9 La Sarthe #15 Equipe Matra-Simca Shell #18 Charles Pozzi Results Henri Pescarolo Graham Hill Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Claude Andruet 10 Österreichring #1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #33 Sachs Racing Results Brian Redman Jacky Ickx Alex Janda Hans Schulze-Schwering 11 Watkins Glen #85 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #22 North American Racing Team Results Mario Andretti Jacky Ickx Jean-Pierre Jarier Peter Gregg
Manufacturers Championships
Overall Manufacturers Championship Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 Grand Touring Cars were awarded points for the overall championship, but the GT class also had their own separate award.
Cars participating in races that were not included in the Sports or GT classes (such as Group 2 Touring Cars) were skipped when awarding points for the overall championship.
Only the best 8 points finishes counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total. Discarded points are shown in brackets.
Pos Manufacturer Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Rd 11 Total 1 Ferrari 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 (8) (20) (20) 160 2 Alfa Romeo 12 12 12 12 15 12 10 85 3 Porsche 6 4 8 (2) 15 3 8 (2) 12 (1) 10 66 4 Lola 4 6 6 4 8 10 6 4 48 5 Chevron 8 3 12 8 8 2 41 6 Mirage 10 10 12 32 7 Matra-Simca 20 20 8 Chevrolet 3 10 1 14 9 De Tomaso 8 4 12 10 Tondelli 6 6 11 Abarth 4 4
GT Manufacturers Trophy The GT class did not participate in Rounds 1 and 4. Only the best 7 finishes counted.
Pos Manufacturer Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Rd 11 Total 1 Porsche 20 15 15 20 20 (6) 15 15 120 2 Ferrari 6 12 6 20 20 64 3 De Tomaso 20 20 3 20 63 4 Chevrolet 15 20 4 10 49 5 Alfa Romeo 8 8 6 Opel 6 6
References
Automobile Year, 1972/73
External links 1972 World Sportscar Championship race results 1972 World Sportscar Championship review