1972 Rothmans 50,000

The Rothmans 50,000 was a non-championship race, held at Brands Hatch on August 28, a holiday Monday. It was run as a Formula Libre, and the organizers hoped to attract up to 100 of the fastest cars from different racing classes. The "50,000" came from the amount of the prize fund, in pounds.
The race was run over 500km, the longest race for F1 cars in a number of years. It was dominated by Emerson Fittipaldi in a 72D, ahead of Brian Redman in a M19C and Henri Pescarolo in a 721.
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==Background==
===Entry List===
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No.	Driver 	Entreat 	Constructor	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
1 	Brian Redman 	Yardley Team McLaren 	 	M19A 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
3 	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Marlboro BRM 	 	P160C 	 	P142 3.0 V12	
4 	Howden Ganley 	Marlboro BRM 	 	P160C 	 	P142 3.0 V12	
5 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	World Wide Racing 	 	72D 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
6 	Henri Pescarolo 	Team Williams Motul 	 	721 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
7 	François Migault 	Connew Racing Team 	 	PC1 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
8 	Herve Bayard 	Privateer 	 	TS8 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
9 	Robert Lamplough 	Fiddlers Three Racing Team 	 	P133 	 	P142 3.0 V12	
10 	Gijs van Lennep 	Speed International 	 	TS11 	Chevrolet 	5.0 V8 	
11 	Ray Allen 	Speed International 	 	M18 	Chevrolet 	5.0 V8 	
12 	Tony Lanfranchi 	Speed International 	 	M18 	Chevrolet 	5.0 V8 	
14 	Steve Thompson 	Servis Appliances Racing Team 	 	TS8 	Chevrolet 	5.0 V8 	
15 	Alan Rollinson 	McKechnie Racing Organisation 	 	T300 	Chevrolet 	5.0 V8 	
16 	Clive Santo 	Privateer 	 	M10B 	Chevrolet 	5.0 V8 	
17 	David Prophet 	Privateer 	 	M10B 	Chevrolet 	5.0 V8 	
18 	Pierre Soukry 	Privateer 	 	M10B 	Chevrolet 	5.0 V8 	
19 	Keith Holland 	Chris Featherstone 	 	T190 	Chevrolet 	5.0 V8 	
20 	Clive Baker 	Privateer 	 	M10B 	Chevrolet 	5.0 V8 	
21 	Jock Russell 	Privateer 	 	GM1 	Chevrolet 	5.0 V8 	
22 	John Cannon 	Sid Taylor 	 	725 	Oldsmobile	5.0 V8 	
23 	Dave Berry 	Privateer 	 	BT16/21B	Rover 	5.0 V8 	
24 	Ian Ashley 	WMG Marketing 	 	T190 	Chevrolet 	5.0 V8 	
25 	Gordon Spice 	Tony Kitchiner Race Developments	Kitchmac 	M10B 	Chevrolet 	5.0 V8 	
26 	Graham McRae 	Crown Lynn Potteries 	 	GM1 	Chevrolet 	5.0 V8 	
30 	Jody Scheckter 	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing 	 	M21 	 	BDA 1.9 L4 	
31 	Tim Schenken 	Rondel Racing 	 	BT38 	 	BDA 1.9 L4 	
32 	Carlos Reutemann 	Rondel Racing 	 	BT38 	 	BDA 1.9 L4 	
33 	Tom Belsø 	Team Viking 	 	BT38 	 	BDA 1.9 L4 	
34 	Dave Morgan 	Edward Reeves 	 	BT38 	 	BDA 1.9 L4 	
35 	Richard Scott 	Uniacke Chemicals 	 	BT38 	 	BDA 1.9 L4 	
36 	Peter Westbury 	Felday Engineering Ltd 	 	BT38 	 	BDA 1.9 L4 	
==Practice Overview==
==Qualifying==
===Report===
===Qualifying Results===
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor 	Time
1 	5 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	 	1:22.5
2 	1 	Brian Redman 	 	1:23.4
3 	3 	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	 	1:24.5
4 	4 	Howden Ganley 	 	1:24.5
5 	6 	Henri Pescarolo 	 	1:25.2
6 	40 	Gerry Birrell 	 	1:25.3
7 	26 	Graham McRae 	McRae-Chevrolet	1:25.9
8 	48 	John Watson 	Chevron- 	1:26.0
9 	36 	Peter Westbury 	 	1:26.0
10 	30 	Jody Scheckter 	 	1:26.0
11 	44 	James Hunt 	 	1:26.1
12 	22 	John Cannon 	-Oldsmobile 	1:26.4
13 	41 	David Purley 	 	1:26.5
14 	33 	Tom Belsø 	 	1:26.6
15 	14 	Steve Thompson 	-Chevrolet 	1:26.6
===Grid===
==Race==
===Results===
Pos.	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1 	Emerson Fittipaldi	 	118 	2:50:49.1 	1
2 	Brian Redman 	 	118 	+ 47.6 	2
3 	Henri Pescarolo 	 	116 	+ 2 Laps 	5
4 	Gerry Birrell 	 	116 	+ 2 Laps 	6
5 	James Hunt 	 	115 	+ 3 Laps 	11
6 	John Watson 	Chevron- 	115 	+ 3 Laps 	11
7 	Allan Rollinson 	-Chevrolet 	112 	+ 6 Laps 	17
8 	Tom Belsø 	 	110 	+ 8 Laps 	14
9 	David Prophet 	-Chevrolet 	109 	+ 9 Laps 	23
10 	Claude Bourgoignie	GRD- 	108 	+ 10 Laps 	26
==Notes==
Category:1972 Formula One Season
Category:1972 Non-championship races
Category:Non-Championship races
Category:Formula One races in the United Kingdom