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French Grand Prix

Grand Prix de France 1972

Round 6 of 12Charade Circuit, Clermont-FerrandJul 2 197238 laps

Podium

FITLotus

STETyrrell

AMOMatra

Key facts

WinnerSTE1:52:21.500 from P3

PoleAMO2:53.400

Fastest lapAMO2:53.900 on lap 32

Finishers18 / 28classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	STEJackie Stewart	Tyrrell	3	▲2	38	1:52:21.500	9	–
2	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	Lotus	8	▲6	38	+27.700s	6	–
3	AMOChris Amon	Matra	1	▼2	38	+31.900s	4	2:53.900
4	CEVFrançois Cevert	Tyrrell	7	▲3	38	+49.300s	3	–
5	PETRonnie Peterson	March	9	▲4	38	+56.800s	2	–
6	HAIMike Hailwood	Surtees	10	▲4	38	+96.100s	1	–
7	HULDenny Hulme	McLaren	2	▼5	38	+108.100s		–
8	WFIWilson Fittipaldi	Brabham	14	▲6	38	+145.100s		–
9	REDBrian Redman	McLaren	13	▲4	38	+175.500s		–
10	HILGraham Hill	Brabham	20	▲10	38	+179.500s		–
11	ICKJacky Ickx	Ferrari	4	▼7	37	+1 lap		–
12	REUCarlos Reutemann	Brabham	17	▲5	37	+1 lap		–
13	GALNanni Galli	Ferrari	19	▲6	37	+1 lap		–
14	DEAAndrea De Adamich	Surtees	12	▼2	37	+1 lap		–
15	BELJean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	24	▲9	37	+1 lap		–
16	STORolf Stommelen	Eifelland	15	▼1	37	+1 lap		–
17	SCHTim Schenken	Surtees	5	▼12	36	+2 laps		–
18	WALDavid Walker	Lotus	22	▲4	34	+4 laps		–
DNF	BEUMike Beuttler	March	23		33	Out of fuel		–
NC	DEPPatrick Depailler	Tyrrell	16		33	Not classified		–
DNF	WISReine Wisell	BRM	18		25	Gearbox		–
DNF	PACCarlos Pace	March	11		18	Engine		–
DNF	MARHelmut Marko	BRM	6		8	Injury		–
DNF	LAUNiki Lauda	March	21		4	Halfshaft		–
DNS	PESHenri Pescarolo	March	–		0	Accident		–
DNS	DBEDerek Bell	Tecno	–		0	Transmission		–
DNS	GETPeter Gethin	BRM	–		0	Did not start		–
DNS	GANHowden Ganley	BRM	–		0	Car raced by Beltoise		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	AMOChris Amon	Matra	2:53.400
2	HULDenny Hulme	McLaren	2:54.200	+0.800s
3	STEJackie Stewart	Tyrrell	2:55.000	+1.600s
4	ICKJacky Ickx	Ferrari	2:55.100	+1.700s
5	SCHTim Schenken	Surtees	2:57.200	+3.800s
6	MARHelmut Marko	BRM	2:57.300	+3.900s
7	CEVFrançois Cevert	Tyrrell	2:58.100	+4.700s
8	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	Lotus	2:58.100	+4.700s
9	PETRonnie Peterson	March	2:58.200	+4.800s
10	HAIMike Hailwood	Surtees	2:58.300	+4.900s
11	PACCarlos Pace	March	2:58.600	+5.200s
12	PESHenri Pescarolo	March	2:59.000	+5.600s
13	DEAAndrea De Adamich	Surtees	2:59.100	+5.700s
14	REDBrian Redman	McLaren	2:59.400	+6.000s
15	WFIWilson Fittipaldi	Brabham	2:59.500	+6.100s
16	STORolf Stommelen	Eifelland	2:59.600	+6.200s
17	DEPPatrick Depailler	Tyrrell	2:59.600	+6.200s
18	REUCarlos Reutemann	Brabham	3:00.700	+7.300s
19	WISReine Wisell	BRM	3:00.700	+7.300s
20	GALNanni Galli	Ferrari	3:00.700	+7.300s
21	GANHowden Ganley	BRM	3:02.000	+8.600s
22	GETPeter Gethin	BRM	3:02.800	+9.400s
23	HILGraham Hill	Brabham	3:03.000	+9.600s
24	LAUNiki Lauda	March	3:03.100	+9.700s
25	WALDavid Walker	Lotus	3:04.700	+11.300s
26	BEUMike Beuttler	March	3:05.900	+12.500s
27	DBEDerek Bell	Tecno	3:06.900	+13.500s
28	BELJean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	–
29	CHADave Charlton	Lotus	3:11.600	+18.200s

Charade Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1972. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1970	Jochen Rindt	Lotus
1969	Jackie Stewart	Matra
1965	Jim Clark	Lotus

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