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As of July 1972

1972 British Grand Prix

🇬🇧 UK Brands Hatch, Kent, UK Round 7 of 12

Going Into This Race

WDC Leader
34 pts (+13 over P2)
WCC Leader
34 pts (+7 over P2)

Pre-Race Report

Previous race

Stewart won at Charade after championship leader Amon suffered a puncture from the volcanic debris and lost 50 seconds in the pits. Fittipaldi finished second; Amon charged back from ninth to take third, shattering the circuit lap record.

Between-race developments

Denny Hulme is recovering from a high-speed crash suffered during a Can-Am race the previous week. He takes part but qualifies down in eleventh.

Entrants

The race is formally named the John Player Grand Prix. Ickx takes pole ahead of Fittipaldi and Revson; Stewart and Amon, both having crashed in practice and qualified in spare cars, start fourth and seventeenth. Frank Williams attempts to run a new Politoys FX3 chassis alongside his March entries.

Milestones

Arturo Merzario makes his Formula One debut with Ferrari.

Adapted by AI summarisation from “1972 British Grand Prix” on Wikipedia . This adapted text is licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0 . Modifications: summarised and spoiler-trimmed.

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PosTeamPtsWins
1Team Lotus342
2Tyrrell272
3McLaren231
4Ferrari190
5BRM91