The following is an overview of the events of 1972 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
Annual events The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles. DateEventRef 6 February6 Hours of Daytona 20 February14th Daytona 500 6 May56th Targa Florio 14 May30th Monaco Grand Prix 27 May56th Indianapolis 500 5–9 June54th Isle of Man TT 10–11 June40th 24 Hours of Le Mans 24–25 June3rd 24 Hours of Nurburgring 22–23 July24th 24 Hours of Spa 1 October13th Hardie-Ferodo 500 26 November19th Macau Grand Prix
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef12JanuaryToto WolffAustrianRacing driver and executiveHead of Mercedes AMG PetronasToto Wolff Team Principal & CEO Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team20MarchPedro LamyPortugueseRacing driver1992 Masters of Formula 3 winner.5AprilTom CoronelDutchRacing driver1999 Formula Nippon champion, 1997 Masters of Formula 3 winner.23MayRubens BarrichelloBrazilianRacing driverWinner of the 11 Formula One Grand Prix, GPDA chairman (2010–2012).11JulySteven RichardsNew ZealanderRacing driverWinner of the Bathurst 1000 in 1998-1999, 2013 and 2015.15OctoberCarlos ChecaSpanishMotorcycle racerSuperbike World champion ().
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef11JuneJo Bonnier42SwedishRacing driverThe first Swedish Formula One driver. 1959 Dutch Grand Prix winner.
See also List of 1972 motorsport champions
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