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South African Grand Prix

South African Grand Prix 1972

Round 2 of 12Kyalami Racing Circuit, MidrandMar 4 197279 laps

Podium

FITLotus

HULMcLaren

REVMcLaren

Key facts

WinnerHUL1:45:49.100 from P5

PoleSTE1:17.000

Fastest lapHAI1:18.900 on lap 20

Finishers17 / 27classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	HULDenny Hulme	McLaren	5	▲4	79	1:45:49.100	9	–
2	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	Lotus	3	▲1	79	+14.100s	6	–
3	REVPeter Revson	McLaren	12	▲9	79	+25.800s	4	–
4	ANDMario Andretti	Ferrari	6	▲2	79	+38.500s	3	–
5	PETRonnie Peterson	March	9	▲4	79	+49.000s	2	–
6	HILGraham Hill	Brabham	14	▲8	78	+1 lap	1	–
7	LAUNiki Lauda	March	21	▲14	78	+1 lap		–
8	ICKJacky Ickx	Ferrari	7	▼1	78	+1 lap		–
9	CEVFrançois Cevert	Tyrrell	8	▼1	78	+1 lap		–
10	WALDavid Walker	Lotus	19	▲9	78	+1 lap		–
11	PESHenri Pescarolo	March	22	▲11	77	+2 laps		–
12	REGClay Regazzoni	Ferrari	2	▼10	77	+2 laps		–
13	STORolf Stommelen	Eifelland	25	▲12	77	+2 laps		–
14	MARHelmut Marko	BRM	23	▲9	76	+3 laps		–
15	AMOChris Amon	Matra	13	▼2	76	+3 laps		–
16	LOVJohn Love	Surtees	26	▲10	73	+6 laps		–
17	PACCarlos Pace	March	24	▲7	73	+6 laps		–
NC	GANHowden Ganley	BRM	16		70	Not classified		–
NC	DEAAndrea De Adamich	Surtees	20		69	Not classified		–
NC	GETPeter Gethin	BRM	18		65	Not classified		–
DNF	BELJean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	11		60	Engine		–
DNF	STEJackie Stewart	Tyrrell	1		45	Gearbox		–
DNF	HAIMike Hailwood	Surtees	4		28	Suspension		1:18.900
DNF	REUCarlos Reutemann	Brabham	15		27	Fuel system		–
DNF	SCHTim Schenken	Surtees	10		9	Engine		–
DNF	CHADave Charlton	Lotus	17		2	Fuel pump		–
DNS	FERWilliam Ferguson	Brabham	–		0	Engine		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	STEJackie Stewart	Tyrrell	1:17.000
2	REGClay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1:17.300	+0.300s
3	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	Lotus	1:17.400	+0.400s
4	HAIMike Hailwood	Surtees	1:17.400	+0.400s
5	HULDenny Hulme	McLaren	1:17.400	+0.400s
6	ANDMario Andretti	Ferrari	1:17.500	+0.500s
7	ICKJacky Ickx	Ferrari	1:17.700	+0.700s
8	CEVFrançois Cevert	Tyrrell	1:17.800	+0.800s
9	PETRonnie Peterson	March	1:17.800	+0.800s
10	SCHTim Schenken	Surtees	1:17.800	+0.800s
11	BELJean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	1:17.900	+0.900s
12	REVPeter Revson	McLaren	1:18.000	+1.000s
13	AMOChris Amon	Matra	1:18.000	+1.000s
14	HILGraham Hill	Brabham	1:18.100	+1.100s
15	REUCarlos Reutemann	Brabham	1:18.200	+1.200s
16	GANHowden Ganley	BRM	1:18.300	+1.300s
17	CHADave Charlton	Lotus	1:18.500	+1.500s
18	GETPeter Gethin	BRM	1:18.700	+1.700s
19	WALDavid Walker	Lotus	1:18.700	+1.700s
20	DEAAndrea De Adamich	Surtees	1:18.900	+1.900s
21	LAUNiki Lauda	March	1:18.900	+1.900s
22	PESHenri Pescarolo	March	1:19.000	+2.000s
23	MARHelmut Marko	BRM	1:19.100	+2.100s
24	PACCarlos Pace	March	1:20.300	+3.300s
25	STORolf Stommelen	Eifelland	1:20.400	+3.400s
26	LOVJohn Love	Surtees	1:21.000	+4.000s
27	FERWilliam Ferguson	Brabham	1:21.000	+4.000s

Kyalami Racing Circuit

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

Previous winners here

1971	Mario Andretti	Ferrari
1970	Jack Brabham	Brabham
1969	Jackie Stewart	Matra
1968	Jim Clark	Lotus
1967	Pedro Rodríguez	Cooper

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