1972 World Sportscar Championship

The 1972 World Championship for Makes and International Grand Touring Trophy seasons were the 20th season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for FIA Group 5 Sports Cars and FIA Group 4 Grand Touring Cars. It ran from 9 January 1972 to 22 July 1972, and was composed of 11 races.

1972 World Sportscar Championship
Previous: 1971 Next: 1973

Schedule
Rnd Race Circuit or Location Date
1 1000km of Buenos Aires† Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez 10 January
2 Daytona 6 Hours Daytona International Speedway 6 February
3 12 Hours of Sebring Sebring International Raceway 25 March
4 BOAC 1000km† Brands Hatch 16 April
5 1000km Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza 25 April
6 1000km Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 7 May
7 Targa Florio Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie 21 May
8 ADAC 1000km Nürburgring Nürburgring 28 May
9 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe 10 June
11 June
10 Austrian 1000km Österreichring 25 June
11 Watkins Glen 6 Hours Watkins Glen International 22 July

† - Sportscars only, GT class did not participate.

Season results

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car; any other cars from that manufacturer were merely skipped in the awarding of points.

Races
Rnd Circuit Sportscar Winning Team GT Winning Team Results
Sportscar Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers
1 Buenos Aires #30 SpA Ferrari SEFAC None Results
Ronnie Peterson
Tim Schenken
2 Daytona #2 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #59 Brumos Porsche Results
Mario Andretti
Jacky Ickx		 Hurley Haywood
Peter Gregg
3 Sebring #2 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #57 Dana English Results
Mario Andretti
Jacky Ickx		 Dave Heinz
Robert R. Johnson
4 Brands Hatch #11 SpA Ferrari SEFAC None Results
Mario Andretti
Jacky Ickx
5 Monza #1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #44 Ugo Locatelli Results
Clay Regazzoni
Jacky Ickx		 Ugo Locatelli
"Pal Joe"
6 Spa-Francorchamps #3 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #42 Claude Dubois Results
Brian Redman
Arturo Merzario		 Jean-Marie Jacquemin
Yves Deprez
7 Targa Florio #3 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #38 Ennio Bonomelli Results
Arturo Merzario
Sandro Munari		 Pino Pica
Gabriele Gottifredi
8 Nürburgring #3 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #55 Kremer Porsche Racing Results
Ronnie Peterson
Tim Schenken		 Erwin Kremer
John Fitzpatrick
9 La Sarthe #15 Equipe Matra-Simca Shell #18 Charles Pozzi Results
Henri Pescarolo
Graham Hill		 Claude Ballot-Léna
Jean-Claude Andruet
10 Österreichring #1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #33 Sachs Racing Results
Brian Redman
Jacky Ickx		 Alex Janda
Hans Schulze-Schwering
11 Watkins Glen #85 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #22 North American Racing Team Results
Mario Andretti
Jacky Ickx		 Jean-Pierre Jarier
Peter Gregg

Manufacturers Championships

Overall Manufacturers Championship

Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 Grand Touring Cars were awarded points for the overall championship, but the GT class also had their own separate award.

Cars participating in races that were not included in the Sports or GT classes (such as Group 2 Touring Cars) were skipped when awarding points for the overall championship.

Only the best 8 points finishes counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total. Discarded points are shown in brackets.

Pos Manufacturer Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Rd 11 Total
1 Ferrari 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 (8) (20) (20) 160
2 Alfa Romeo 12 12 12 12 15 12 10 85
3 Porsche 6 4 8 (2) 15 3 8 (2) 12 (1) 10 66
4 Lola 4 6 6 4 8 10 6 4 48
5 Chevron 8 3 12 8 8 2 41
6 Mirage 10 10 12 32
7 Matra-Simca 20 20
8 Chevrolet 3 10 1 14
9 De Tomaso 8 4 12
10 Tondelli 6 6
11 Abarth 4 4

GT Manufacturers Trophy

The GT class did not participate in Rounds 1 and 4. Only the best 7 finishes counted.

Pos Manufacturer Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Rd 11 Total
1 Porsche 20 15 15 20 20 (6) 15 15 120
2 Ferrari 6 12 6 20 20 64
3 De Tomaso 20 20 3 20 63
4 Chevrolet 15 20 4 10 49
5 Alfa Romeo 8 8
6 Opel 6 6
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References
  • Automobile Year, 1972/73
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