Season 1972 · Round 1

Argentine Grand Prix

1972 Season R2 →
1972-01-23 · Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez · Argentina · Argentine Grand Prix · 95Lap · 317.870km
1 Jackie Stewart
Tyrrell 1:57:59.100
Team win 9pt P1 · P13
19 Denny Hulme
McLaren +25.960
7 Jacky Ickx
Ferrari +59.390
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
9
Emerson Fittipaldi L61 François Cevert L59 Reine Wisell L59 Peter Revson L49 Mario Andretti L20 Andrea de Adamich L11 Graham Hill L11 Peter Gethin L1 Alex Soler-Roig L1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 7/20 35%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez Buenos Aires, Argentina
95Lap 317.870km 20 races held (1953–) Lap record 1:27.981 · Gerhard Berger (1997)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Emerson Fittipaldi 2 wins · → Juan Fangio -1
P4 Denny Hulme 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
P4 Jackie Stewart 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P1 Carlos Reutemann 9 starts · GP #1
P2 Emerson Fittipaldi 8 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
P2 Clay Regazzoni 8 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 90 L95 Stewart · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Stewart STE 1 Stewart STE Hulme · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Hulme HUL 2 Hulme HUL Ickx · P8 → P3 · +5 8 Ickx ICK 3 Ickx ICK Regazzoni · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Regazzoni REG 4 Regazzoni REG Schenken · P11 → P5 · +6 11 Schenken SCH 5 Schenken SCH Peterson · P10 → P6 · +4 10 Peterson PET 6 Peterson PET Reutemann · P1 → P7 · -6 1 Reutemann REU 7 Reutemann REU Pescarolo · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Pescarolo PES 8 Pescarolo PES Ganley · P13 → P9 · +4 13 Ganley GAN 9 Ganley GAN Marko · P19 → P10 · +9 19 Marko MAR 10 Marko MAR Lauda · P22 → P11 · +11 22 Lauda LAU 11 Lauda LAU Fittipaldi · P5 → retired L61 Fittipaldi · retired L61 5 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Cevert · P17 → retired L59 Cevert · retired L59 17 Cevert CEV R Cevert CEV Wisell · P7 → retired L59 Wisell · retired L59 7 Wisell WIS R Wisell WIS Revson · P3 → retired L49 Revson · retired L49 3 Revson REV R Revson REV Andretti · P9 → retired L20 Andretti · retired L20 9 Andretti AND R Andretti AND de Adamich · P14 → retired L11 de Adamich · retired L11 14 de Adamich DE R de Adamich DE Hill · P16 → retired L11 Hill · retired L11 16 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Walker · P20 → P19 · +1 20 Walker WAL 19 Walker WAL Gethin · P18 → retired L1 Gethin · retired L1 18 Gethin GET R Gethin GET Soler-Roig · P21 → retired L1 Soler-Roig · retired L1 21 Soler-Roig SOL R Soler-Roig SOL Amon · P12 → P22 · -10 12 Amon AMO 22 Amon AMO
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 2 95 1:57:59.100 9
2 19 Denny Hulme McLaren 4 95 +25.960 6
3 7 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 8 95 +59.390 4
4 8 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 6 95 +1:06.720 3
5 24 Tim Schenken Surtees 11 95 +1:09.110 2
6 4 Ronnie Peterson March 10 94 +1 Lap 1
7 29 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 1 93 +2 Laps
8 26 Henri Pescarolo March 15 93 +2 Laps
9 16 Howden Ganley BRM 13 93 +2 Laps
10 25 Helmut Marko BRM 19 93 +2 Laps
11 5 Niki Lauda March 22 93 +2 Laps
R 10 Emerson Fittipaldi Team Lotus 5 61 Suspension
R 2 François Cevert Tyrrell 17 59 Gearbox
R 12 Reine Wisell BRM 7 59 Water leak
R 20 Peter Revson McLaren 3 49 Engine
R 9 Mario Andretti Ferrari 9 20 Engine
R 25 Andrea de Adamich Surtees 14 11 Fuel system
R 28 Graham Hill Brabham 16 11 Fuel pump
D 11 David Walker Team Lotus 20 8 Disqualified
R 14 Peter Gethin BRM 18 1 Oil leak
R 28 Alex Soler-Roig BRM 21 1 Accident
W 18 Chris Amon Matra 12 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
29 Carlos Reutemann
2
1 Jackie Stewart
3
20 Peter Revson
4
19 Denny Hulme
5
10 Emerson Fittipaldi
6
8 Clay Regazzoni
7
12 Reine Wisell
8
7 Jacky Ickx
9
9 Mario Andretti
10
4 Ronnie Peterson
11
24 Tim Schenken
12
18 Chris Amon
13
16 Howden Ganley
14
25 Andrea de Adamich
15
26 Henri Pescarolo
16
28 Graham Hill
17
2 François Cevert
18
14 Peter Gethin
19
25 Helmut Marko
20
11 David Walker
21
28 Alex Soler-Roig
22
5 Niki Lauda
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15