 the 1972 italian grand prix was a formula one race held at monza on september 10, 1972. it was the first race to feature monza's chicanes, one before the curva grande and one at the site of the old curva vialone, which were installed to limit speeds around the track in the interests of safety. == classification == {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! pos !! no !! driver !! constructor !! laps !! time/retired !! grid !! points |- ! 1 | 6 |  emerson fittipaldi | lotus-ford | 55 | 1:29:58.4 | 6 | 9 |- ! 2 | 10 |  mike hailwood | surtees-ford | 55 | + 14.5 | 9 | 6 |- ! 3 | 14 |  denny hulme | mclaren-ford | 55 | + 23.8 | 5 | 4 |- ! 4 | 15 |  peter revson | mclaren-ford | 55 | + 35.7 | 8 | 3 |- ! 5 | 28 |  graham hill | brabham-ford | 55 | + 1:05.6 | 13 | 2 |- ! 6 | 23 |  peter gethin | brm | 55 | + 1:21.9 | 12 | 1 |- ! 7 | 3 |  mario andretti | ferrari | 54 | + 1 lap | 7 | &nbsp; |- ! 8 | 21 |  jean-pierre beltoise | brm | 54 | + 1 lap | 16 | &nbsp; |- ! 9 | 19 |  ronnie peterson | march-ford | 54 | + 1 lap | 24 | &nbsp; |- ! 10 | 16 |  mike beuttler | march-ford | 54 | + 1 lap | 25 | &nbsp; |- ! 11 | 22 |  howden ganley | brm | 52 | + 3 laps | 17 | &nbsp; |- ! 12 | 24 |  reine wisell | brm | 51 | + 4 laps |
1972_Formula_One_races Italian_Grand_Prix