1972 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1972 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Years in motorsport
1972 in sports
  • American football
  • Aquatic sports
  • Association football
  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Canadian football
  • Chess
  • Climbing
  • Combat sports
    • Sumo
  • Cricket
  • Cycling
  • Darts
  • Equestrianism
  • Esports
  • Golf
  • Gymnastics
  • Ice sports
  • Modern pentathlon
  • Motorsport
  • Racquetball
  • Sailing
  • Skiing
  • Rugby league‎
  • Rugby union
  • Shooting
  • Snooker
  • Squash
  • Table tennis
  • Tennis
  • Triathlon
  • Volleyball
  • Weightlifting

Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
6 February 6 Hours of Daytona [1]
20 February 14th Daytona 500 [2]
6 May 56th Targa Florio [3]
14 May 30th Monaco Grand Prix [4]
27 May 56th Indianapolis 500 [5]
5–9 June 54th Isle of Man TT [6]
10–11 June 40th 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
24–25 June 3rd 24 Hours of Nurburgring [8]
22–23 July 24th 24 Hours of Spa [9]
1 October 13th Hardie-Ferodo 500 [10]
26 November 19th Macau Grand Prix [11]

Births
Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
12 January Toto Wolff Austrian Racing driver and executive Head of Mercedez AMG Petronas [12]
20 March Pedro Lamy Portuguese Racing driver 1992 Masters of Formula 3 winner. [13]
5 April Tom Coronel Dutch Racing driver 1999 Formula Nippon champion, 1997 Masters of Formula 3 winner. [14]
23 May Rubens Barrichello Brazilian Racing driver Winner of the 11 Formula One Grand Prix, GPDA chairman (2010-2012). [15]
11 July Steven Richards New Zealander Racing driver Winner of the Bathurst 1000 in 1998-1999, 2013 and 2015. [16]
15 October Carlos Checa Spanish Motorcycle racer Superbike World champion (2011). [17]

Deaths
Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
11 June Jo Bonnier 42 Swedish Racing driver The first Swedish Formula One driver. 1959 Dutch Grand Prix winner. [18]

See also

References
  1. "Daytona 6 Hours 1972 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. "1972 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. "56^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. "1972 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. "1972 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. "TT 1972". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. "Le Mans Register - 1972". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. "Nurburgring 24 hours". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  9. "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. "1972 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  11. "1972 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  12. Toto Wolff Team Principal & CEO Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team
  13. "David Coulthard". ESPN. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  14. "Tom Coronel". driverdb.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  15. "Rubens Barrichello". ESPN. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  16. "Steven Richards". driverdb.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  17. "Carlos Checa". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  18. "Jo Bonnier". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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