1972 Season

12 rounds. Fittipaldi won the title by 16 points over Stewart; Team Lotus won the constructors' championship by 10.

1972 race calendar with winners
Rd	Grand Prix	Date	Winner	Team	Laps	Time
1	Argentine Grand Prix	23 Jan	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell	95	1:57:59.1
2	South African Grand Prix	4 Mar	Denny Hulme	McLaren	79	1:45:49.1
3	Spanish Grand Prix	1 May	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Lotus	90	2:03:41.2
4	Monaco Grand Prix	14 May	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	80	2:26:55.3
5	Belgian Grand Prix	4 Jun	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Lotus	85	1:44:07.3
6	French Grand Prix	2 Jul	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell	38	1:52:22.5
7	British Grand Prix	15 Jul	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Lotus	76	1:47:50.2
8	German Grand Prix	30 Jul	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	14	1:42:12.3
9	Austrian Grand Prix	13 Aug	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Lotus	54	1:29:16.660
10	Italian Grand Prix	10 Sep	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Lotus	55	1:29:58.4
11	Canadian Grand Prix	24 Sep	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell	80	1:43:17.1
12	United States Grand Prix	8 Oct	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell	59	1:41:45.354

1972 drivers' championship standings
Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Pts	Gap
1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Brazilian	Team Lotus	61
2	Jackie Stewart	British	Tyrrell	45	−16
3	Denny Hulme	New Zealander	McLaren	39	−22
4	Jacky Ickx	Belgian	Ferrari	27	−34
5	Peter Revson	American	McLaren	23	−38
6	François Cevert	French	Tyrrell	15	−46
7	Clay Regazzoni	Swiss	Ferrari	15	−46
8	Mike Hailwood	British	Surtees	13	−48
9	Ronnie Peterson	Swedish	March	12	−49
10	Chris Amon	New Zealander	Matra	12	−49
11	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	French	BRM	9	−52
12	Mario Andretti	American	Ferrari	4	−57
13	Howden Ganley	New Zealander	BRM	4	−57
14	Brian Redman	British	BRM	4	−57
15	Graham Hill	British	Brabham	4	−57
16	Carlos Reutemann	Argentine	Brabham	3	−58
17	Andrea de Adamich	Italian	Surtees	3	−58
18	Carlos Pace	Brazilian	March	3	−58
19	Tim Schenken	Australian	Surtees	2	−59
20	Arturo Merzario	Italian	Ferrari	1	−60
21	Peter Gethin	British	BRM	1	−60
22	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brazilian	Brabham	0	−61
23	Niki Lauda	Austrian	March	0	−61
24	Patrick Depailler	French	Tyrrell	0	−61
25	Helmut Marko	Austrian	BRM	0	−61
26	Mike Beuttler	British	March	0	−61
27	Henri Pescarolo	French	March	0	−61
28	David Walker	Australian	Team Lotus	0	−61
29	Jody Scheckter	South African	McLaren	0	−61
30	Rolf Stommelen	German	March	0	−61
31	Reine Wisell	Swedish	Team Lotus	0	−61
32	Sam Posey	American	Surtees	0	−61
33	Nanni Galli	Italian	Tecno	0	−61
34	Skip Barber	American	March	0	−61
35	John Love	Rhodesian	Surtees	0	−61
36	John Surtees	British	Surtees	0	−61
37	Jackie Oliver	British	BRM	0	−61
38	Alex Soler-Roig	Spanish	BRM	0	−61
39	François Migault	French	Connew	0	−61
40	Dave Charlton	South African	Team Lotus	0	−61
41	Bill Brack	Canadian	BRM	0	−61
42	Derek Bell	British	Tecno	0	−61

1972 constructors' championship standings
Pos	Team	Pts	Gap
1	Team Lotus	61
2	Tyrrell	51	−10
3	McLaren	47	−14
4	Ferrari	33	−28
5	Surtees	18	−43
6	March	15	−46
7	BRM	14	−47
8	Matra	12	−49
9	Brabham	7	−54
10	Tecno	0	−61
11	Connew	0	−61
12	Politoys	0	−61