1972 Race of Champions

The 1972 Race of Champions was a non-championship Formula One race held at Brands Hatch on 19 March 1972. The race was also open to Formula 5000 cars. F1 driver Emerson Fittipaldi qualified on pole, set fastest lap and won. Alan Rollinson was the best-placed F5000 finisher, and tenth overall.

1972 Race of Champions
Non-championship race in the 1972 Formula One season
Race details
Date March 19, 1972 (1972-03-19)
Official name VII Race of Champions
Location Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit, Fawkham, Kent, England
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.206 km (2.6136 miles)
Distance 40 laps, 168.24 km (104.544 miles)
Pole position
Driver
Lotus-Cosworth
Time 1:23.9
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Cosworth
Time 1:23.8
Podium
First
Lotus-Cosworth
Second
Surtees-Cosworth
Third
McLaren-Cosworth

Qualifying
Pos.DriverConstructorCarLapGap
1Brazil Emerson FittipaldiLotus-CosworthLotus 7201:23.9
2United Kingdom Peter GethinBRMBRM P16001:24.1+0.2
3United Kingdom Mike HailwoodSurtees-CosworthSurtees TS901:24.1+0.2
4New Zealand Denny HulmeMcLaren-CosworthMcLaren M19A01:24.3+0.4
5United States Peter RevsonMcLaren-CosworthMcLaren M19A01:24.3+0.4
6New Zealand Howden GanleyBRMBRM P16001:24.8+0.9
7Australia Tim SchenkenSurtees-CosworthSurtees TS901:24.8+0.9
8Sweden Ronnie PetersonMarch-CosworthMarch 72101:25.6+1.7
9France Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRMBRM P16001:25.8+1.9
10United Kingdom Dave WalkerLotus-CosworthLotus 7201:25.8+1.9
11United Kingdom Mike BeuttlerMarch-CosworthMarch 72101:26.0+2.1
12West Germany Rolf StommelenEifelland-CosworthEifelland Type 2101:26.2+2.3
13New Zealand Graham McRaeLeda-ChevroletLeda LT2701:26.3+2.4
14Netherlands Gijs van LennepSurtees-ChevroletSurtees TS1101:26.9+3.0
15United Kingdom Brian RedmanMcLaren-ChevroletMcLaren M10B01:27.2+3.3
16United Kingdom Alan RollinsonLola-ChevroletLola T30001:27.4+3.5
17United Kingdom Keith HollandMcLaren-ChevroletMcLaren M10B01:28.6+4.7
18United Kingdom Ray AllenMcLaren-ChevroletMcLaren M1801:29.9+6.0
19Belgium Teddy PiletteMcLaren-ChevroletMcLaren M2201:29.9+6.0

Classification
Pos.DriverConstructorTime/Laps
1Brazil Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Cosworth56:40.6
2United Kingdom Mike HailwoodSurtees-Cosworth+3.4
3New Zealand Denny HulmeMcLaren-Cosworth+25.1
4United Kingdom Peter GethinBRM+25.7
5Australia Tim SchenkenSurtees-Cosworth+26.4
6France Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM+26.8
7New Zealand Howden GanleyBRM+34.1
8United States Peter RevsonMcLaren-Cosworth+53.2
9Australia Dave WalkerLotus-Cosworth+1:24.2
10United Kingdom Alan RollinsonLola-Chevrolet39 laps
11West Germany Rolf StommelenEifelland-Cosworth39 laps
12Sweden Ronnie PetersonMarch-Cosworth39 laps
13Belgium Teddy PiletteMcLaren-Chevrolet38 laps
14United Kingdom Ray AllenMcLaren-Chevrolet37 laps
RetUnited Kingdom Brian RedmanMcLaren-Chevrolet35 laps, spin/stalled
RetNetherlands Gijs van LennepSurtees-Chevrolet18 laps; suspension
RetUnited Kingdom Mike BeuttlerMarch-Cosworth3 laps; fuel pump
DNSNew Zealand Graham McRaeLeda-Chevroletwithdrawn1; protest
DNSUnited Kingdom Keith HollandMcLaren-Chevroletwithdrawn; engine

1McRae withdrew in protest after having had his win in the F5000 Championship race overturned.

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