The 1972 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Österreichring on 13 August 1972. It was race 9 of 12 in both the 1972 World Championship of Drivers and the 1972 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 54-lap race was won by Lotus driver Emerson Fittipaldi after he started from pole position. Denny Hulme finished second for the McLaren team and his teammate Peter Revson came in third.
Qualifying
Qualifying classification Pos.NoDriverConstructorTimeGapGrid131 Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford1:35.971219 Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:36.04 + 0.07231 Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford1:36.35 + 0.383414 Peter RevsonMcLaren-Ford1:36.63 + 0.664517 Carlos ReutemannBrabham–Ford1:37.15 + 1.185610 Chris AmonMatra1:37.16 + 1.196712 Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford1:37.20 + 1.237824 Tim SchenkenSurtees-Ford1:37.25 + 1.288918 Jacky IckxFerrari1:37.33 + 1.369109 Howden GanleyBRM1:37.55 + 1.5810115 Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford1:37.58 + 1.61111225 Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford1:37.77 + 1.80121311 Andrea de AdamichSurtees-Ford1:38.08 + 2.11131416 Graham HillBrabham-Ford1:38.14 + 2.17141528 Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford1:38.25 + 2.2815166 Peter GethinBRM1:38.48 + 2.51161727 Rolf StommelenEifelland-Ford1:38.62 + 2.65171823 Carlos PaceMarch-Ford1:38.62 + 2.65181921 David WalkerLotus-Ford1:38.81 + 2.8419202 François CevertTyrrell-Ford1:38.85 + 2.8820217 Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM1:38.89 + 2.9221224 Niki LaudaMarch-Ford1:39.04 + 3.07222315 Nanni GalliTecno1:39.13 + 3.1623243 Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford1:39.92 + 3.95242522 Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford1:40.28 + 4.312629 François MigaultConnew-Ford1:43.88 + 7.9125
Race
Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 31 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 54 1:29:16.66 1 9 2 12 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 54 + 1.18 7 6 3 14 Peter Revson McLaren-Ford 54 + 36.53 4 4 4 25 Mike Hailwood Surtees-Ford 54 + 44.76 12 3 5 10 Chris Amon Matra 54 + 45.64 6 2 6 9 Howden Ganley BRM 54 + 1:01.19 10 1 7 1 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 54 + 1:09.09 3 8 7 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 54 + 1:21.45 21 9 2 François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 53 + 1 lap 20 10 4 Niki Lauda March-Ford 53 + 1 lap 22 11 24 Tim Schenken Surtees-Ford 52 + 2 laps 8 12 5 Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 52 + 2 laps 11 13 6 Peter Gethin BRM 51 + 3 laps 16 14 11 Andrea de Adamich Surtees-Ford 51 + 3 laps 13 15 27 Rolf Stommelen Eifelland-Ford 48 Engine 17 23 Carlos Pace March-Ford 46 + 8 laps 18 15 Nanni Galli Tecno 45 Oil leak 23 16 Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 36 Injection 14 28 Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham-Ford 31 Brakes 15 3 Mike Beuttler March-Ford 24 Fuel system 24 29 François Migault Connew-Ford 22 Suspension 25 18 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 20 Fuel system 9 17 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 14 Injection 5 19 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 13 Fuel system 2 21 Dave Walker Lotus-Ford 6 Engine 19 22 Henri Pescarolo March-Ford Accident
Notes
This was the 5th Grand Prix win for a Brazilian driver.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Emerson Fittipaldi* 52 2 Jackie Stewart* 27 1 3 Denny Hulme* 27 1 4 Jacky Ickx* 25 1 5 Peter Revson 14Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Lotus-Ford* 52 2 2 McLaren-Ford* 35 1 3 Tyrrell-Ford* 33 1 4 Ferrari* 29 5 BRM 13Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Competitors in bold and marked with an asterisk still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.
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