The 1972 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on May 14, 1972. It was race 4 of 12 in both the 1972 World Championship of Drivers and the 1972 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The track was substantially modified from 1971, in the interest of safety. The pits were moved to the harbor front, between the chicane and Tabac, and a new chicane was placed near Tabac. Jean-Pierre Beltoise's victory was the only one of his Formula One World Championship career as well as the last win for the BRM team and the first win for a Marlboro-sponsored F1 car.
Qualifying
Qualifying classification Pos.NoDriverConstructorTime Gap18 Emerson FittipaldiLotus-Ford1:21.426 Jacky IckxFerrari1:21.6 +0.237 Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:21.9 +0.5417 Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM1:22.5 +1.1518 Peter GethinBRM1:22.6 +1.2616 Chris AmonMatra1:22.6 +1.2714 Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford1:22.7 +1.381 Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford1:22.9 +1.5922 Henri PescaroloMarch-Ford1:22.9 +1.51015 Brian RedmanMcLaren-Ford1:23.1 +1.71111 Mike HailwoodSurtees-Ford1:23.7 +2.3122 François CevertTyrrell-Ford1:23.8 +2.41310 Tim SchenkenSurtees-Ford1:23.9 +2.5149 David WalkerLotus-Ford1:24.0 +2.6153 Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford1:24.1 +2.71628 Reine WisellBRM1:24.4 +3.01726 Helmut MarkoBRM1:24.6 +3.21812 Andrea de AdamichSurtees–Ford1:24.7 +3.31920 Graham HillBrabham–Ford1:24.7 +3.32019 Howden GanleyBRM1:24.7 +3.32121 Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Ford1:25.2 +3.8224 Niki LaudaMarch-Ford1:25.6 +4.2235 Mike BeuttlerMarch-Ford1:26.5 +5.12423 Carlos PaceMarch-Ford1:26.6 +5.22527 Rolf StommelenEifelland-Ford1:29.5 +8.1
Race
Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 17 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 80 2:26:55.3 4 9 2 6 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 80 + 38.2 2 6 3 8 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 79 + 1 lap 1 4 4 1 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford 78 + 2 laps 8 3 5 15 Brian Redman McLaren-Ford 77 + 3 laps 10 2 6 16 Chris Amon Matra 77 + 3 laps 6 1 7 12 Andrea de Adamich Surtees-Ford 77 + 3 laps 18 8 26 Helmut Marko BRM 77 + 3 laps 17 9 21 Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham-Ford 77 + 3 laps 21 10 27 Rolf Stommelen Eifelland-Ford 77 + 3 laps 25 11 3 Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 76 + 4 laps 15 12 20 Graham Hill Brabham-Ford 76 + 4 laps 19 13 5 Mike Beuttler March-Ford 76 + 4 laps 23 14 9 Dave Walker Lotus-Ford 75 + 5 laps 14 15 14 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 74 + 6 laps 7 16 4 Niki Lauda March-Ford 74 + 6 laps 22 17 23 Carlos Pace March-Ford 72 + 8 laps 24 2 François Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 70 + 10 laps 12 22 Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 58 Accident 9 7 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 51 Accident 3 11 Mike Hailwood Surtees-Ford 48 Accident 11 19 Howden Ganley BRM 47 Accident 20 10 Tim Schenken Surtees-Ford 31 Accident 13 18 Peter Gethin BRM 27 Accident 5 28 Reine Wisell BRM 16 Engine 16
Notes
This was the first pole position for Emerson Fittipaldi, and the first for a Brazilian driver. This was the 25th podium finish for a Belgian driver.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Emerson Fittipaldi 19 1 2 Jacky Ickx 16 2 3 Denny Hulme 15 4 Jackie Stewart 12 20 5 Jean-Pierre Beltoise 9Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 1 Lotus-Ford 19 1 2 McLaren-Ford 19 3 Ferrari 19 4 Tyrrell-Ford 12 3 5 BRM 9Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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