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1972 World Sportscar Championship
Racing tournament
Racing tournament
The 1972 World Championship for Makes and International Grand Touring Trophy seasons were the 20th season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for FIA Group 5 Sports Cars and FIA Group 4 Grand Touring Cars. It ran from 9 January 1972 to 22 July 1972, and was composed of 11 races.
Schedule
| Rnd | Race | Circuit or Location | Date | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARG 1000km of Buenos Aires† | Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez | 10 January | ||||||||||||
| USA Daytona 6 Hours | Daytona International Speedway | 6 February | ||||||||||||
| USA 12 Hours of Sebring | Sebring International Raceway | 25 March | ||||||||||||
| GBR BOAC 1000km† | Brands Hatch | 16 April | ||||||||||||
| ITA 1000km Monza | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 25 April | ||||||||||||
| BEL 1000km Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 7 May | ||||||||||||
| ITA Targa Florio | Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie | 21 May | ||||||||||||
| DEU ADAC 1000km Nürburgring | Nürburgring | 28 May | ||||||||||||
| FRA 24 Hours of Le Mans | Circuit de la Sarthe | 10 June | ||||||||||||
| 11 June | ||||||||||||||
| AUT Austrian 1000km | Österreichring | 25 June | ||||||||||||
| USA Watkins Glen 6 Hours | Watkins Glen International | 22 July |
† - Sportscars only, GT class did not participate.
Season results
Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car; any other cars from that manufacturer were skipped in the awarding of points, but any finish in the points prevented other manufacturers from scoring these points.
Races
| Rnd | Circuit | Sportscar Winning Team | GT Winning Team | Results | Sportscar Winning Drivers | GT Winning Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buenos Aires | ITA #30 SpA Ferrari SEFAC | None | Results | ||||||||||||||
| SWE Ronnie Peterson | |||||||||||||||||
| AUS Tim Schenken | |||||||||||||||||
| Daytona | ITA #2 SpA Ferrari SEFAC | USA #59 Brumos Porsche | Results | ||||||||||||||
| USA Mario Andretti | |||||||||||||||||
| BEL Jacky Ickx | USA Hurley Haywood | ||||||||||||||||
| USA Peter Gregg | |||||||||||||||||
| Sebring | ITA #2 SpA Ferrari SEFAC | USA #57 Dana English | Results | ||||||||||||||
| USA Mario Andretti | |||||||||||||||||
| BEL Jacky Ickx | USA Dave Heinz | ||||||||||||||||
| USA Robert R. Johnson | |||||||||||||||||
| Brands Hatch | ITA #11 SpA Ferrari SEFAC | None | Results | ||||||||||||||
| USA Mario Andretti | |||||||||||||||||
| BEL Jacky Ickx | |||||||||||||||||
| Monza | ITA #1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC | ITA #44 Ugo Locatelli | Results | ||||||||||||||
| CHE Clay Regazzoni | |||||||||||||||||
| BEL Jacky Ickx | ITA Ugo Locatelli | ||||||||||||||||
| ITA "Pal Joe" | |||||||||||||||||
| Spa-Francorchamps | ITA #3 SpA Ferrari SEFAC | FRA #42 Claude Dubois | Results | ||||||||||||||
| GBR Brian Redman | |||||||||||||||||
| ITA Arturo Merzario | FRA Jean-Marie Jacquemin | ||||||||||||||||
| BEL Yves Deprez | |||||||||||||||||
| Targa Florio | ITA #3 SpA Ferrari SEFAC | ITA #38 Ennio Bonomelli | Results | ||||||||||||||
| ITA Arturo Merzario | |||||||||||||||||
| ITA Sandro Munari | ITA Pino Pica | ||||||||||||||||
| ITA Gabriele Gottifredi | |||||||||||||||||
| Nürburgring | ITA #3 SpA Ferrari SEFAC | DEU #55 Kremer Porsche Racing | Results | ||||||||||||||
| SWE Ronnie Peterson | |||||||||||||||||
| AUS Tim Schenken | DEU Erwin Kremer | ||||||||||||||||
| GBR John Fitzpatrick | |||||||||||||||||
| La Sarthe | FRA #15 Equipe Matra-Simca Shell | FRA #18 Charles Pozzi | Results | ||||||||||||||
| FRA Henri Pescarolo | |||||||||||||||||
| GBR Graham Hill | FRA Claude Ballot-Léna | ||||||||||||||||
| FRA Jean-Claude Andruet | |||||||||||||||||
| Österreichring | ITA #1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC | DEU #33 Sachs Racing | Results | ||||||||||||||
| GBR Brian Redman | |||||||||||||||||
| BEL Jacky Ickx | DEU Alex Janda | ||||||||||||||||
| CHE Hans Schulze-Schwering | |||||||||||||||||
| Watkins Glen | ITA #85 SpA Ferrari SEFAC | USA #22 North American Racing Team | Results | ||||||||||||||
| USA Mario Andretti | |||||||||||||||||
| BEL Jacky Ickx | FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier | ||||||||||||||||
| USA Peter Gregg |
Manufacturers Championships
Overall Manufacturers Championship
Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 Grand Touring Cars were awarded points for the overall championship, but the GT class also had their own separate award.
Cars participating in races that were not included in the Sports or GT classes (such as Group 2 Touring Cars) were skipped when awarding points for the overall championship.
Only the best 8 points finishes counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total. Discarded points are shown in brackets.
| Pos | Manufacturer | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Rd 11 | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA Ferrari | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | (8) | (20) | (20) | 160 | ||||||||||||
| ITA Alfa Romeo | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 85 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEU Porsche | 6 | 4 | 8 | (2) | 15 | 3 | 8 | (2) | 12 | (1) | 10 | 66 | ||||||||||||
| GBR Lola | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 48 | |||||||||||||||
| GBR Chevron | 8 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 41 | |||||||||||||||||
| GBR Mirage | 10 | 10 | 12 | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Matra-Simca | 20 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Chevrolet | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA De Tomaso | 8 | 4 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA Tondelli | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA Abarth | 4 | 4 |
GT Manufacturers Trophy
The GT class did not participate in Rounds 1 and 4. Only the best 7 finishes counted.
| Pos | Manufacturer | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Rd 11 | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEU Porsche | 20 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 20 | (6) | 15 | 15 | 120 | ||||||||
| ITA Ferrari | 6 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 64 | |||||||||||
| ITA De Tomaso | 20 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 63 | ||||||||||||
| USA Chevrolet | 15 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 49 | ||||||||||||
| ITA Alfa Romeo | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| DEU Opel | 6 | 6 |
References
- Automobile Year, 1972/73
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