1972 French Grand Prix

Charade Circuit · 2 July 1972

Round 6🇫🇷 France

Jackie Stewart won the 1972 French Grand Prix for Tyrrell from 3rd on the grid, 27.7s ahead of Emerson Fittipaldi. Graham Hill gained the most places, from 20th on the grid to 10th.

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Laps

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1965

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Weekend Points

Pos	Team	Points Breakdown	Pts
1	Tyrrell Stewart 9 + Cevert 3 + Depailler 0	Stewart 9 + Cevert 3 + Depailler 0	12
2	Team Lotus Fittipaldi 6 + Walker 0	Fittipaldi 6 + Walker 0	6
3	Matra Amon 4	Amon 4	4
4	March Peterson 2 + Stommelen 0 + Beuttler 0 + Pace 0 + Lauda 0	Peterson 2 + Stommelen 0 + Beuttler 0 + Pace 0 + Lauda 0	2
5	Surtees Hailwood 1 + de Adamich 0 + Schenken 0	Hailwood 1 + de Adamich 0 + Schenken 0	1
6	McLaren Hulme 0 + Redman 0	Hulme 0 + Redman 0	0
7	Brabham Fittipaldi 0 + Hill 0 + Reutemann 0	Fittipaldi 0 + Hill 0 + Reutemann 0	0
8	Ferrari Ickx 0 + Galli 0	Ickx 0 + Galli 0	0
9	BRM Beltoise 0 + Wisell 0 + Marko 0	Beltoise 0 + Wisell 0 + Marko 0	0

Race Result

Pos	Driver	Team	Race time / Gap	Laps	Stops	Pts
1	Jackie Stewart Tyrrell	Tyrrell	1:52:22.500	38	—	9
2	Emerson Fittipaldi Team Lotus	Team Lotus	+27.700s	38	—	6
3	Chris Amon Matra	Matra	+31.900s	38	—	4
4	François Cevert Tyrrell	Tyrrell	+49.300s	38	—	3
5	Ronnie Peterson March	March	+56.800s	38	—	2
6	Mike Hailwood Surtees	Surtees	+1:36.100	38	—	1
7	Denny Hulme McLaren	McLaren	+1:48.100	38	—	—
8	Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham	Brabham	+2:25.100	38	—	—
9	Brian Redman McLaren	McLaren	+2:55.500	38	—	—
10	Graham Hill Brabham	Brabham	+2:59.500	38	—	—
11	Jacky Ickx Ferrari	Ferrari	+1 Lap	37	—	—
12	Carlos Reutemann Brabham	Brabham	+1 Lap	37	—	—
13	Nanni Galli Ferrari	Ferrari	+1 Lap	37	—	—
14	Andrea de Adamich Surtees	Surtees	+1 Lap	37	—	—
15	Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM	BRM	+1 Lap	37	—	—
16	Rolf Stommelen March	March	+1 Lap	37	—	—
17	Tim Schenken Surtees	Surtees	+2 Laps	36	—	—
18	David Walker Team Lotus	Team Lotus	DNF Halfshaft	34	—	—
19	Mike Beuttler March	March	DNF Out of fuel	33	—	—
NC	Patrick Depailler Tyrrell	Tyrrell	NC	33	—	—
DNF	Reine Wisell BRM	BRM	DNF Gearbox	25	—	—
DNF	Carlos Pace March	March	DNF Engine	18	—	—
DNF	Helmut Marko BRM	BRM	DNF Eye injury	8	—	—
DNF	Niki Lauda March	March	DNF Halfshaft	4	—	—