1972 European Formula Two Championship

The 1972 European Formula Two season was contested over 14 rounds. British Mike Hailwood, a previously famous motorcycle racer, was the season champion, driving a Surtees-Ford.[1]

1972 European Formula Two season
Previous:	1971	Next:	1973

Calendar

Race No	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	Mallory Park	12 March	50+50	2.17=217.0 km	1'14:32.8	174.656 km/h	Ronnie Peterson Dave Morgan	Ronnie Peterson	Dave Morgan
2	Thruxton	3 April	50	3.791=189.55 km	1'00:19.4 1 lap down	188.534 km/h -	Ronnie Peterson Mike Hailwood	Ronnie Peterson	Ronnie Peterson Niki Lauda
3	Hockenheim	16 April	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1'25:24.2	190.784 km/h	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Patrick Depailler	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Niki Lauda
4	Pau	7 May	70	2.76=193.2 km	1'33:40.8	123.740 km/h	François Cevert	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Peter Gethin
5	Crystal Palace	29 May	50	2.238=111.85 km	0'41:32.4	161.555 km/h	Mike Hailwood	François Cevert Jody Scheckter	Jody Scheckter
6	Hockenheim	11 June	15+15	6.789=203.67 km	1'13:39.2 1'15:05,6	165.915 km/h 162.733 km/h	Niki Lauda	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
7	Rouen	25 June	30	5.543=166.29 km	0'54:20.0 0'54:28.0	183.633 km/h 183.184 km/h	Emerson Fittipaldi	Mike Hailwood	Emerson Fittipaldi Mike Hailwood
8	Österreichring	9 July	34	5.911=200.974 km	0'59:23.51 0'59:39.52	203.032 km/h 202.124 km/h	Emerson Fittipaldi Mike Hailwood	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi Mike Hailwood
9	Imola	23 July	28+28	5.018=281.008 km	1'28:08.2 1'28:16.7	191.299 km/h 190.299 km/h	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Peter Gethin	John Surtees Bob Wollek
10	Mantorp Park	6 August	36+36	4.092=294.624 km	1'45:50.0	167.031 km/h	Peter Gethin	Peter Gethin	Mike Hailwood
11	Pergusa-Enna	20 August	32+32	4.797=307.008 km	1'33:22.8 1'33:46.2	197.264 km/h 196.443 km/h	Mike Hailwood	Carlos Pace	Henri Pescarolo Patrick Depailler
12	Salzburgring	3 September	30+30	4.238=254.28 km	1'13:31.76	207.493 km/h	Carlos Pace	Mike Hailwood	Mike Hailwood
13	Albi	24 September	32	3.636=116.352 km	0'37:53.5	184.239 km/h	Dave Morgan	Patrick Depailler	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
14	Hockenheim	1 October	32	6.789=217.248 km	1'07:22.7 1'07:40,6	193.458 km/h 192.605 km/h	Emerson Fittipaldi Mike Hailwood	Emerson Fittipaldi	Tim Schenken Mike Hailwood
	Vallelunga	15 October	cancelled

Note:

Race 1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11 and 12 were held in two heats, with results shown in aggregate.

Race 2, 4, 5, 7 and 13 were held with two semi-final heats and the final run, with time only shown for the final.

Race 2, 6, 7, 9, 11 and 14 was won by a graded driver, all graded drivers are shown in Italics.

Race 3 Bert Hawthorne was fatally injured in practice.

Final point standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. The best 10 results count. No driver had a point deduction.

Place	Name	Team	Chassis	Engine	MAL	THR	HOC	PAU	CRY	HOC	ROU	ÖST	EMM	MAN	IMO	SAL	ALB	HOC	Points
1	Mike Hailwood	Team Surtees	Surtees	Ford	2	-	-	2	6	-	9	9	-	9	-	9	-	9	55
2	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Écurie A.S.C.A.	Brabham	Ford	-	-	9	3	-	9	-	-	2	4	1	-	9	-	37
3	Patrick Depailler	Coombs Racing	March	Ford	-	-	-	6	2	-	-	3	-	-	9	1	6	-	27
4	Carlos Reutemann	Motul Rondel Racing	Brabham	Ford	4	-	-	-	4	3	6	6	-	1	2	-	-	-	26
5	Niki Lauda	March Engineering	March	Ford	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	2	-	2	25
6	Dave Morgan	Reeves Racing	Brabham	Ford	9	-	-	-	-	2	4	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	23
7	Bob Wollek	Motul Rondel Racing	Brabham	Ford	-	-	4	1	-	-	1	2	9	-	-	-	4	-	21
8	Jody Scheckter	McLaren	McLaren	Ford	3	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	15
9	Mike Beuttler	Team Clarke-Mordaunt	March	Ford	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
	Peter Gethin	Chevron Racing	Chevron	Ford	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	12
11	Carlos Ruesch	Team Surtees	Surtees	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	6	-	1	-	11
12	Wilson Fittipaldi	Team Bardahl	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	10
13	Xavier Perrot	Squadra Tartarurga	March	Ford	1	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
14	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Coombs Racing	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-		7
14	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Coombs Racing	Elf-Alpine	Ford														1	7
15	Patrick Dal Bo	Banting & Earle Racing	Pygmée	Ford	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Carlos Pace	Team Surtees	Surtees	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6
17	Tom Belsø	Team Viking	Brabham	Ford	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5
	James Hunt	Hesketh Racing	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	5
19	Claudio Francisci	Elcom Racing	Brabham	Ford	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	David Purley	Lec	March	Ford	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Andrea de Adamich	Team Surtees	Surtees	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4
	John Watson	Team McCall-Tui	Leda-Tui	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Tino Brambilla	private entry	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
24	Vic Elford	Chevron Racing	Chevron	Ford	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Brett Lunger	Space Racing	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3
	Hiroshi Kazato	Bloore Racing	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3
27	José Dolhem	Team Arnold	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
28	John Wingfield	Nicoby Racing	Brabham	Ford	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Jochen Mass	March Engineering	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

Note:

Only drivers which were not graded were able to score points.

Race 2 not all points were awarded (not enough finishers).

References

"1972 European F2 Trophy". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

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[1] "1972 European F2 Trophy". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

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