Race details | |||
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Race 7 of 12 in the 1972 Formula One season | |||
Date | 15 July 1972 | ||
Official name | XXV RAC British Grand Prix | ||
Location |
Brands Hatch Kent, England |
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Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 4.26 km (2.65 mi) | ||
Distance | 76 laps, 324.122 km (201.400 mi) | ||
Weather | Warm, dry | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Ferrari | ||
Time | 1:22.2 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Jackie Stewart | Tyrrell-Ford | |
Time | 1:24.0 on lap 58 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Lotus-Ford | ||
Second | Tyrrell-Ford | ||
Third | McLaren-Ford |
The 1972 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch on 15 July 1972. It was won by Brazilian driver Emerson Fittipaldi driving a Lotus 72D.
Ronnie Peterson suffered an engine failure with less than two laps to go, and crashed into the parked cars of Graham Hill and François Cevert.