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− | The '''1972 United States Grand Prix''' was the 12th and final round of the [[1972 Formula One Season|1972 Formula One season]], held on [[October 8|8 October]] 1972. |
+ | The '''1972 United States Grand Prix''' was the 12th and final round of the [[1972 Formula One Season|1972 Formula One season]], held on [[October 8|8 October]] 1972. [[Jackie Stewart]], in a {{Tyrrell-Ford}}, recorded his fourth and final [[Grand Chelem]]. Teammate [[François Cevert]] was second, and third was [[Denny Hulme]] in a {{McLaren-Ford}}. |
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Revision as of 14:28, 27 July 2016
The 1972 United States Grand Prix was the 12th and final round of the 1972 Formula One season, held on 8 October 1972. Jackie Stewart, in a Tyrrell-Ford, recorded his fourth and final Grand Chelem. Teammate François Cevert was second, and third was Denny Hulme in a McLaren-Ford.
Background
Frequently in the past, teams would give the final round of the season a miss, saying that it was not worth the effort to cross the pond. But with two races, just a short distance apart, skipping the finale was less of an option. And, just to make sure, the USGP was offering a then-unheard-of prize fund of $275,000, including $50,000 to the winner. So the race actually had a record 31 Formula 1 cars entered (larger fields had been previously attained with Formula 2 cars added).
- Brabham: Graham Hill would be leaving the team, to run a private Shadow in 1973, but Carlos Reutemann and Wilson Fittipaldi would remain as the two primary drivers, supplemented by a series of rental drives in the third car. New designer Gordon Murray was already making notes for the new 1973 model.
- BRM: Brian Redman was the fourth driver, driving the later of the two P180s. Mike Pilbeam was present as the team's new designer.
- Ferrari: Mario Andretti was back, for what would be his final race for The Scuderia. Neither party was happy with Andretti as a part-time driver.
- Lotus: Colin Chapman was not immune to the attraction of that much prize money, so he entered three cars, bring back Dave Walker for one final race.
- March: Both cars were back in the original configuration. After this race, Ronnie Peterson would be moving to Lotus, and Niki Lauda to BRM.
- McLaren: Formula 3 hotshot Jody Scheckter was making his debut in the spare car.
- Surtees: Tim Schenken was entered in the new TS14, but the car was driven by John Surtees to sort it on Friday, so Schenken did not even get behind the wheel until Saturday. US driver Sam Posey was renting a drive in Schenken's normal car.
- Tyrrell: No changes to the cars, but the team added Formula 2 driver Patrick Depailler again, running in 004. Both regular drivers had signed again with Tyrrell for 1973.
- Williams: Ron Tauranac had popped back in to help out in the pits again. Both drivers would be leaving after the race: Carlos Pace had signed for Surtees in 1973, and to no ones great surprise, Henri Pescarolo had been released, after the staggering number of chassis he totaled this season.
Entry list
The full entry list for the 1972 United States Grand Prix is outlined below:
Practice Overview
A huge entry of 31 cars turned up and actually got down to practice. Some of the team owners were curious about the entry, as the organizers had only posted prize money (no starting money, but 30th place was guaranteed $6,000) for first through 30th places. The race officials simply decided that 31st place would receive 30th place prize money, also, upping the total purse to $281,000.
Practice was divided into three parts, a long four hour session on Friday, two hours on Saturday morning, and 90 minutes on Saturday afternoon. On Friday it was obvious that the Goodyear cars had the advantage, as the only Firestone car in the top eight was Clay Regazzoni in sixth. The Tyrrells and McLarens were the teams to beat, with Jackie Stewart setting the pace with a 1:40.481. Peter Revson was less than 5/100s behind, with Denny Hulme in third and François Cevert in fourth. Even their third drivers got in on the act, with Patrick Depailler in 11th and Jody Scheckter in a very impressive eighth. The Ferraris were sixth, 10th and 12th. On the other hand, of six Marchs entered, the fastest was Carlos Pace in 16th, driving last year's 711. Ronnie Peterson was having all sorts of mechanical troubles, and wound up 26th. Tim Schenken just sat and watched, as John Surtees and Mike Hailwood were taking turns, sorting out the new Surtees TS14. They promised Schenken that he would have all Saturday to get familiar with the car.
Saturday greeted the drivers with fog and rain. No one came within 15 seconds of their Friday time, and those times made up the grid. Peterson was fastest at 2:05.288, and seemed to believe that the problems had been fixed. The only other drivers to lap under 2:10 were Graham Hill, Carlos Reutemann and Jacky Ickx. Both Tyrrell and McLaren experimented with wet settings, should there be rain on Sunday. John Surtees' strategy blew up in his face, as Schenken could only manage 1:57.674, while trying to familiarize himself with the new car in terrible conditions. Since that time was well outside of the 110% limit, Surtees had to file an appeal with the stewards. The appeal was granted, and Schenken started the race 31st.
Qualifying Results
Pos | No. | Driver | Constructor | Lap | Gap |
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1 | 1 | Jackie Stewart | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:40.481 | — |
2 | 20 | Peter Revson | McLaren-Ford | 1:40.527 | +0.046 |
3 | 19 | Denny Hulme | McLaren-Ford | 1:41.084 | +0.603 |
4 | 2 | François Cevert | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:41.445 | +0.964 |
5 | 29 | Carlos Reutemann | Brabham-Ford | 1:41.692 | +1.211 |
6 | 8 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 1:41.951 | +1.470 |
7 | 18 | Chris Amon | Matra | 1:41.979 | +1.498 |
8 | 21 | Jody Scheckter | McLaren-Ford | 1:42.058 | +1.577 |
9 | 10 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Lotus-Ford | 1:42.400 | +1.919 |
10 | 9 | Mario Andretti | Ferrari | 1:42.482 | +2.001 |
11 | 3 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:42.521 | +2.040 |
12 | 7 | Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | 1:42.597 | +2.116 |
13 | 30 | Wilson Fittipaldi | Brabham-Ford | 1:42.766 | +2.285 |
14 | 23 | Mike Hailwood | Surtees-Ford | 1:43.204 | +2.723 |
15 | 27 | Carlos Pace | March-Ford | 1:43.319 | +2.838 |
16 | 12 | Reine Wisell | Lotus-Ford | 1:43.543 | +3.062 |
17 | 16 | Howden Ganley | BRM | 1:44.075 | +3.594 |
18 | 17 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | BRM | 1:44.240 | +3.759 |
19 | 25 | Andrea de Adamich | Surtees-Ford | 1:44.279 | +3.798 |
20 | 33 | Skip Barber | March-Ford | 1:44.280 | +3.799 |
21 | 6 | Mike Beuttler | March-Ford | 1:44.369 | +3.888 |
22 | 26 | Henri Pescarolo | March-Ford | 1:44.433 | +3.952 |
23 | 34 | Sam Posey | Surtees-Ford | 1:44.525 | +4.044 |
24 | 15 | Brian Redman | BRM | 1:44.925 | +4.444 |
25 | 5 | Niki Lauda | March-Ford | 1:45.290 | +4.809 |
26 | 4 | Ronnie Peterson | March-Ford | 1:46.142 | +5.661 |
27 | 28 | Graham Hill | Brabham-Ford | 1:46.313 | +5.832 |
28 | 14 | Peter Gethin | BRM | 1:46.599 | +6.118 |
29 | 31 | Derek Bell | Tecno | 1:47.023 | +6.542 |
30 | 11 | Dave Walker | Lotus-Ford | 1:50.600 | +10.119 |
31 | 24 | Tim Schenken | Surtees-Ford | 1:57.674 | +17.193 |
Grid
Race
Report
Results
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Pts |
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1 | 1 | Jackie Stewart | Tyrrell-Ford | 59 | 1:41:45.354 | 1 | 9 |
2 | 2 | François Cevert | Tyrrell-Ford | 59 | +32.268 | 4 | 6 |
3 | 19 | Denny Hulme | McLaren-Ford | 59 | +37.528 | 3 | 4 |
4 | 4 | Ronnie Peterson | March-Ford | 59 | +1:22.516 | 26 | 3 |
5 | 7 | Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | 59 | +1:23.119 | 12 | 2 |
6 | 9 | Mario Andretti | Ferrari | 58 | +1 Lap | 10 | 1 |
7 | 3 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford | 58 | +1 Lap | 11 | |
8 | 8 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 58 | +1 Lap | 6 | |
9 | 21 | Jody Scheckter | McLaren-Ford | 58 | +1 Lap | 8 | |
10 | 12 | Reine Wisell | Lotus-Ford | 57 | +2 Laps | 16 | |
11 | 28 | Graham Hill | Brabham-Ford | 57 | +2 Laps | 27 | |
12 | 34 | Sam Posey | Surtees-Ford | 57 | +2 Laps | 23 | |
13 | 6 | Mike Beuttler | March-Ford | 57 | +2 Laps | 21 | |
14 | 26 | Henri Pescarolo | March-Ford | 57 | +2 Laps | 22 | |
15 | 18 | Chris Amon | Matra | 57 | +2 Laps | 7 | |
16 | 33 | Skip Barber | March-Ford | 57 | +2 Laps | 20 | |
17 | 23 | Mike Hailwood | Surtees-Ford | 56 | Accident | 14 | |
18 | 20 | Peter Revson | McLaren-Ford | 53 | Ignition wire | 2 | |
NC | 5 | Niki Lauda | March-Ford | 49 | +10 Laps | 25 | |
Ret | 27 | Carlos Pace | March-Ford | 48 | Fuel injection | 15 | |
Ret | 14 | Peter Gethin | BRM | 47 | Engine | 28 | |
Ret | 16 | Howden Ganley | BRM | 44 | Engine | 17 | |
Ret | 30 | Wilson Fittipaldi | Brabham-Ford | 43 | Engine | 13 | |
Ret | 17 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | BRM | 40 | Ignition | 18 | |
Ret | 11 | Dave Walker | Lotus-Ford | 44 | Oil pressure | 30 | |
Ret | 29 | Carlos Reutemann | Brabham-Ford | 31 | Engine | 5 | |
Ret | 25 | Andrea de Adamich | Surtees-Ford | 24 | Accident | 19 | |
Ret | 24 | Tim Schenken | Surtees-Ford | 22 | Oil leak | 31 | |
Ret | 10 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Lotus-Ford | 17 | Suspension | 9 | |
Ret | 31 | Derek Bell | Tecno | 8 | Overheating | 29 |
Milestones
- First race for Jody Scheckter.
- Final race for Dave Walker, Sam Posey and Skip Barber.
- Final race for Matra as a constructor.
Standings after race
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