1972 Canadian Grand Prix

The 1972 Canadian Grand Prix was held on 24 September 1972, at Mosport Park, outside of Toronto. The race was won by Jackie Stewart in his new Tyrrell 005, ahead of the s of Peter Revson in second and Denny Hulme in third.
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==Background==
The Canadian Grand Prix had been alternating between Mosport Park, near Toronto, and Circuit Mont-Tremblant, north of Montreal. Early in 1972, the owners of Circuit Mont-Tremblant suddenly closed the track. Mosport was able to find a sponsor and host the race, and seemed to be the logical choice for years to come.
*: With the large amount of prize money available for the North American races, BRM planned to run four cars at each race. But one problem cropped up when designer Tony Southgate abruptly quit, to go work with the new team, due to start in F1 next season. Another problem was Reine Wisell would be driving for Lotus in North America, so they had to scramble a bit to find a fourth driver. Local driver Bill Brack, regarded as something of an expert regarding Mosport and who had driven in the 1969 Canadian Grand Prix for BRM, was given the second P180, which had never been raced in a championship event.
*: Mario Andretti was at a USAC race. The team had originally entered a third car for Arturo Merzario, but the entry was scratched.
*: The team had already announced that Ronnie Peterson would be partnering Emerson Fittipaldi in 1973, so it seemed like a strange move to drop Dave Walker for this race, and replace him with the team's driver from 1971, Reine Wisell. Ron Tauranac was a guest of Colin Chapman at the race, and was giving setup advice for the cars.
*: As at Monza, Niki Lauda's car arrived with a full width nose and twin front radiators. After Friday, the radiators were moved back to the side of the monocoque.
**Skip Barber was driving a 711 that had been entered in several races in 1971, and had been used by Barber in the 1972 North American Formula 5000 (known as 'Formula A') season. The cars sported a number of the team's own modifications to the suspension and bodywork, and Robin Herd, chief designer of March, was seen discussing the changes with the team.
*: The company had announced that they would be withdrawing from Formula One at the end of the season, to focus on prototype endurance racing, and Le Mans in particular. In a cost-cutting move, only one car and a minimum of personnel had been sent across the Atlantic.
*: Mike Hailwood skipped this race to run in the Formula 2 race at Albi, France. Hailwood was leading the Formula 2 championship battle. John Surtees was entered in the TS14 again, but he never took to the track.
*: Nanni Galli was at the Albi Formula 2 race, so Derek Bell was driving the newer chassis. He described the difference in the two cars as 'like night and day'.
*: Since all of the bugs had been worked out of Jackie Stewart's 005, the team was able to complete work on the almost-identical 006 for François Cevert. The car had not undergone much testing, though, and the team still had the old series 004 as a spare.
*: For the first time in months, the team did not have to build a new car for Henri Pescarolo. So the team did a great deal of testing on the , but did not solve the driveshaft problems. Frank Williams decided to just keep the s running for North America, and leave the R&D people in Europe to prepare for 1973. But both March cars were fitted with the solid conical wheels first seen on the Politoys.
==Entry list==
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No.	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor	Chassis 	Engine	Model 	Tyre
1 	Jackie Stewart 	Elf Team Tyrrell 	 	005 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
2 	François Cevert 	Elf Team Tyrrell 	 	006 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
4 	Chris Amon 	Equipe Matra Sports 	 	MS120D 	 	MS72 V12 3.0 	
5 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	John Player Team Lotus 	 	72D 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
6 	Reine Wisell 	John Player Team Lotus 	 	72D 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
7 	Graham Hill 	Motor Racing Developments 	 	BT37 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
8 	Carlos Reutemann 	Motor Racing Developments 	 	BT37 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
9 	Wilson Fittipaldi 	Motor Racing Developments 	 	BT34 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
10 	Jacky Ickx 	S.p.A. Ferrari SEFAC 	 	312B2 	 	001/1 F12 3.0 	
11 	Clay Regazzoni 	S.p.A. Ferrari SEFAC 	 	312B2 	 	001/1 F12 3.0 	
14 	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Marlboro BRM 	 	P180 	 	P142 V12 3.0 	
15 	Howden Ganley 	Marlboro BRM 	 	P160C 	 	P142 V12 3.0 	
16 	Peter Gethin 	Marlboro BRM 	 	P160C 	 	P142 V12 3.0 	
17 	Bill Brack 	Marlboro BRM 	 	P180 	 	P142 V12 3.0 	
18 	Denny Hulme 	Yardley Team McLaren 	 	M19C 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
19 	Peter Revson 	Yardley Team McLaren 	 	M19C 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
22 	Tim Schenken 	Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees 	 	TS9B 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
23 	Andrea de Adamich 	Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees 	 	TS9B 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
25 	Ronnie Peterson 	STP March Racing Team 	 	721G 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
26 	Niki Lauda 	STP March Racing Team 	 	721G 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
27 	Mike Beuttler 	Clarke Mordaunt Guthrie Durlacher Racing	 	721G 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
28 	Henri Pescarolo 	Team Williams-Motul 	 	721 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
29 	Carlos Pace 	Team Williams-Motul 	 	711 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
31 	Derek Bell 	Martini Racing 	 	PA123/3T2	 	Series-P F12 3.0	
33 	Skip Barber 	Gene Mason Racing 	 	711 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
==Practice Overview==
==Qualifying==
===Qualifying Results===
Pos	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Lap 	Gap
1 	19 	Peter Revson 	 	1:13.6	—
2 	18 	Denny Hulme 	 	1:13.9	+0.3
3 	25 	Ronnie Peterson 	 	1:14.0	+0.4
4 	5 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	 	1:14.4	+0.8
5 	1 	Jackie Stewart 	 	1:14.4	+0.8
6 	2 	François Cevert 	 	1:14.5	+0.9
7 	11 	Clay Regazzoni 	 	1:14.5	+0.9
8 	10 	Jacky Ickx 	 	1:14.7	+1.1
9 	8 	Carlos Reutemann 	 	1:14.9	+1.3
10 	4 	Chris Amon 	 	1:15.4	+1.8
11 	9 	Wilson Fittipaldi 	 	1:15.6	+2.0
12 	16 	Peter Gethin 	 	1:15.7	+2.1
13 	22 	Tim Schenken 	 	1:15.7	+2.1
14 	15 	Howden Ganley 	 	1:15.7	+2.1
15 	23 	Andrea de Adamich 	 	1:15.9	+2.3
16 	6 	Reine Wisell 	 	1:16.0	+2.4
17 	7 	Graham Hill 	 	1:16.2	+2.6
18 	29 	Carlos Pace 	 	1:16.4	+2.8
19 	26 	Niki Lauda 	 	1:16.8	+3.2
20 	14 	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	 	1:16.8	+3.2
21 	28 	Henri Pescarolo 	 	1:17.0	+3.4
22 	33 	Skip Barber 	 	1:17.1	+3.5
23 	17 	Bill Brack 	 	1:17.9	+4.3
24 	27 	Mike Beuttler 	 	1:18.4	+4.8
25 	31 	Derek Bell 	 	1:18.6	+5.0
===Grid===
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid	Pts
1 	1 	Jackie Stewart 	 	80 	1:43:16.9 	5 	9
2 	19 	Peter Revson 	 	80 	+48.2 	1 	6
3 	18 	Denny Hulme 	 	80 	+54.6 	2 	4
4 	8 	Carlos Reutemann 	 	80 	+1:00.7 	9 	3
5 	11 	Clay Regazzoni 	 	80 	+1:23.8 	7 	2
6 	4 	Chris Amon 	 	79 	+1 Lap 	10 	1
7 	22 	Tim Schenken 	 	79 	+1 Lap 	13 	 
8 	7 	Graham Hill 	 	79 	+1 Lap 	17 	 
9 	29 	Carlos Pace 	 	78 	Out of fuel 	17 	 
10 	15 	Howden Ganley 	 	78 	+2 Laps 	14 	 
11 	5 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	 	78 	+2 Laps 	4 	 
12 	10 	Jacky Ickx 	 	76 	+4 Laps 	8 	 
13 	28 	Henri Pescarolo 	 	73 	+7 Laps 	21 	 
Ret 	6 	Reine Wisell 	 	65 	Fuel line 	16 	 
DSQ 	26 	Niki Lauda 	 	65 	+15 Laps 	20 	 
NC 	27 	Mike Beuttler 	 	59 	+21 Laps 	24 	 
DSQ 	25 	Ronnie Peterson 	 	55 	+25 Laps 	3 	 
Ret 	2 	François Cevert 	 	51 	Gearbox 	6 	 
Ret 	16 	Peter Gethin 	 	26 	Suspension 	12 	 
NC 	33 	Skip Barber 	 	24 	+56 Laps 	22 	 
Ret 	14 	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	 	22 	Engine 	20 	 
Ret 	17 	Bill Brack 	 	21 	Accident 	23 	 
Ret 	9 	Wilson Fittipaldi 	 	6 	Gearbox 	11 	 
Ret 	23 	Andrea de Adamich 	 	3 	Gearbox 	15 	 
DNS 	31 	Derek Bell 	 	 	Accident on warmup lap	25 	 
==Milestones==
==Standings after race==
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