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 mi)
Distance 40 laps, 168.24 km (104.544 mi)
Pole position
Driver
Lotus-Cosworth
Time 1:23.9
Fastest lap
Driver Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Cosworth
Time 1:23.8
Podium
First
Lotus-Cosworth
Second
Surtees-Cosworth
Third
McLaren-Cosworth

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

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

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

References
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    1971 International Gold Cup    		 Formula One non-championship races
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