1972 French Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 6 of 12 in the 1972 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | July 2, 1972 | ||
| Location | Charade Circuit, Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France | ||
| Course | Temporary Street Circuit | ||
| Course length | 8.055 km (5.005 mi) | ||
| Distance | 38 laps, 306.09 km (190.19 mi) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Matra | ||
| Time | 2:53.4 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Chris Amon |
Matra | |
| Time | 2:53.9 on lap 32 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Tyrrell-Ford | ||
| Second | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Third |
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Matra | |
The 1972 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Charade Circuit in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France on July 2, 1972.
Due to cutting the corners, a stone thrown from Emerson Fittipaldi's Lotus hit Helmut Marko in the eye during the race, ending his F1 career. The stones also had caused ten deflated tyres, but no big crashes. The French Grand Prix was moved to the new Paul Ricard Circuit for 1973.
Chris Amon achieved the fifth and final pole position of his career and was leading the race until a puncture forced him to pit, but he charged back through the field, annihilating the circuit's lap record to finish third. Jackie Stewart won the race, with Fittipaldi second.
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