The Rothmans 50,000 was a non-championship motor race held at the Brands Hatch circuit on 28 August 1972 with a prize fund of £50,000.
The race was held to Formula Libre rules, but the top placing three cars were all Formula One cars - with Emerson Fittipaldi winning the race from pole in a Lotus 72, Brian Redman in a McLaren M19A taking second and Henri Pescarolo driving a March 711 finishing third.
The race was run over 118 laps of the full GP circuit and initial plans were for an entry of up to 100 cars with a race for the first thirty qualifiers and a secondary race for qualifiers in positions 30 to 60. The entry list was ultimately lower than expected but a secondary race was still run. This was won by Dave Morgan (Brabham BT38), with Ian Ashley (Lola T191) and Tony Dean (Brabham BT30/36) second and third respectively.
Classification Qualifying
PosNameChassisEngineCategoryTime1 Emerson FittipaldiLotus 72Cosworth DFVFormula One1:22.52 Brian RedmanMcLaren M19ACosworth DFVFormula One1:23.43 Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM P160BRMFormula One1:24.54 Howden GanleyBRM P160BRMFormula One1:25.25 Henri PescaroloMarch 711Cosworth DFVFormula One1:25.26 Gerry BirrellMarch 722Cosworth BDAFormula Two1:25.37 Graham McRaeMcRae GM1ChevroletFormula 50001:25.98 John WatsonChevron B20Cosworth BDAFormula Two1:26.09 Peter WestburyBrabham BT38Cosworth BDAFormula Two1:26.010 Jody ScheckterMcLaren M21Cosworth BDAFormula Two1:26.011 James HuntMarch 712MCosworth BDAFormula Two1:26.112 John CannonMarch 725OldsmobileFormula 50001:26.413 David PurleyMarch 721GCosworth DFVFormula One1:26.514 Tom BelsøBrabham BT38Cosworth BDAFormula Two1:26.615 Steve ThompsonSurtees TS8ChevroletFormula 50001:26.616 Carlos ReutemannBrabham BT38Cosworth BDAFormula Two1:26.617 Alan RollinsonLola T300ChevroletFormula 50001:26.818 Tim SchenkenBrabham BT38Cosworth BDAFormula Two1:26.819 Gijs van LennepSurtees TS11ChevroletFormula 50001:26.820 Vern SchuppanMarch 722Cosworth BDAFormula Two1:26.821 Ray AllenMcLaren M18ChevroletFormula 50001:27.222 John WingfieldBrabham BT36Cosworth BDAFormula Two1:27.223 David ProphetMcLaren M10BChevroletFormula 50001:27.324 Alan JonesGRD 272Cosworth BDAFormula Two1:27.325 Richard ScottBrabham BT38Cosworth FVCFormula Two1:27.426 Claude BourgoignieGRD 272Cosworth BDAFormula Two1:28.127 Mario CasoniLola T280Cosworth DFVSports car1:28.128 Gordon SpiceKitchmacChevroletFormula 50001:28.129 Keith HollandLola T190XChevroletFormula 50001:28.230 Ronnie MackayBrabham BT30/36Cosworth FVAFormula Atlantic1:28.3 Did not qualify31 Tony DeanBrabham BT30Cosworth FVCFormula Two1:28.432 Guy EdwardsLola T290ChevroletSports car1:28.433 Tony LanfranchiMcLaren M18ChevroletFormula 50001:28.634 Peter HansonChevron B21Cosworth FVCSports car1:28.735 Bob WollekChevron B21Cosworth FVCSports car1:28.836 Ian AshleyLola T190ChevroletFormula 50001:28.937 John BurtonChevron B21Cosworth FVCSports car1:28.938 Clive SantoMcLaren M10BChevroletFormula 50001:29.439 Dave MorganBrabham BT38Cosworth BDAFormula Two1:30.040 François MigaultConnew PC1Cosworth DFVFormula One1:30.341 Jock RussellMcRae GM1ChevroletFormula 50001:30.542 Peter GethinChevron B20Cosworth BDAFormula Two1:30.543 Brian RobinsonChevron B21Cosworth FVCSports car1:31.144 Andrew FletcherChevron B21Cosworth FVCSports car1:31.145 Ian MawbyLotus 69Cosworth BDAFormula Atlantic1:31.446 Clive BakerMcLaren M10BChevroletFormula 50001:31.547 Willie GreenChevron B18Cosworth FVCFormula Two1:33.748 Hervé BayardSurtees TS8Cosworth DFVFormula One1:34.549 Tony DeanPorsche 908/02Porsche F8Sports car1:34.750 David PurleyMarch 722Cosworth BDAFormula Two1:34.951 Pierre SoukryMcLaren M10BChevroletFormula 50001:36.552 Robert LamploughBRM P133BRMFormula One1:38.553 Dave BerryBrabham BT16/21BRoverFormula 50001:38.754 Brian HusbandsMallock U2 Mk. 11FordClubmans1:39.355 Albert PowellLola T70ChevroletSports car1:41.056 Tony BirchenhoughLola T212Cosworth FVCSports car1:41.357 David Saville-PeckCostello SP7ChevroletCan-Am2:00.958 Tony TrimmerBrabham BT38Cosworth BDAFormula Two — Key Colour CategoryNone Formula OneYellow Formula TwoRed Formula 5000Blue Formula AtlanticGreen Sports carMagenta Can-AmCyan Clubmans
Race
Pos Driver Constructor Category Laps Time/Retired 1 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Cosworth Formula One 118 2:50:49.1 2 Brian Redman McLaren-Cosworth Formula One 118 +47.6 3 Henri Pescarolo March-Cosworth Formula One 116 +2 laps 4 Gerry Birrell March-Cosworth Formula Two 116 +2 laps 5 James Hunt March-Cosworth Formula Two 115 +3 laps 6 John Watson Chevron-Cosworth Formula Two 115 +3 laps 7 Alan Rollinson Lola-Chevrolet Formula 5000 112 +6 laps 8 Tom Belsø Brabham-Cosworth Formula Two 110 +8 laps 9 David Prophet McLaren-Chevrolet Formula 5000 109 +9 laps 10 Claude Bourgoignie GRD-Cosworth Formula Two 108 +10 laps 11DNF Steve Thompson Surtees-Chevrolet Formula 5000 107 Fuel 12 Mario Casoni Lola-Cosworth Sports car 107 +11 laps 13 Keith Holland Lola-Chevrolet Formula 5000 106 +12 laps 14 Ronnie Mackay Brabham-Cosworth Formula Atlantic 101 +17 laps 15 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM Formula One 101 +17 laps 16 Tim Schenken Brabham-Cosworth Formula Two 97 +21 laps 17 Richard Scott Brabham-Cosworth Formula Two 96 +22 laps 18 Ray Allen McLaren-Chevrolet Formula 5000 95 +23 laps 19 John Wingfield Brabham-Cosworth Formula Two 95 +23 laps 20 Alan Jones GRD-Cosworth Formula Two 93 +25 laps 21DNF Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Cosworth Formula Two 91 Engine 22DNF David Purley March-Cosworth Formula One 70 Engine 23DNF Howden Ganley BRM Formula One 46 Radius arm 24DQ Gijs van Lennep Surtees-Chevrolet Formula 5000 34 Push-start 25DNF Peter Westbury Brabham-Cosworth Formula Two 32 Overheating 26DNF Gordon Spice Kitchmac-Chevrolet Formula 5000 26 Overheating 27DQ Graham McRae McRae-Chevrolet Formula 5000 14 Illegal maintenance 28DNF Jody Scheckter McLaren-Cosworth Formula Two 14 Overheating 29DNF Vern Schuppan March-Cosworth Formula Two 9 Driveshaft 30DNF John Cannon March-Oldsmobile Formula 5000 0 Engine
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