Season 1972 · Round 2

South African Grand Prix

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1972-03-04 · Kyalami · South Africa · South African Grand Prix · 79Lap · 324.216km
19 Denny Hulme
McLaren 1:45:49.100
Team win 13pt P1 · P3 1-3
10 Emerson Fittipaldi
Team Lotus +14.100
20 Peter Revson
McLaren +25.800
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
9
Howden Ganley L70 Andrea de Adamich L69 Peter Gethin L65 Jean-Pierre Beltoise L61 Jackie Stewart L45 Mike Hailwood L28 Carlos Reutemann L27 Tim Schenken L9 Dave Charlton L2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 4/20 20%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P41
Circuit Info
Kyalami Midrand, South Africa
79Lap 324.216km 20 races held (1967–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Niki Lauda 3 wins · GP #1
P3 Jackie Stewart 2 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
P6 Graham Hill 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Podiums
P1 Graham Hill 5 · GP #1
P2 Jackie Stewart 4 · → Graham Hill -1
P4 Denny Hulme 3 · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P1 Niki Lauda 12 starts · GP #1
P2 Graham Hill 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
P2 Mario Andretti 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L79 Hulme · P5 → P1 · +4 5 Hulme HUL 1 Hulme HUL Fittipaldi · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Fittipaldi FIT 2 Fittipaldi FIT Revson · P12 → P3 · +9 12 Revson REV 3 Revson REV Andretti · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Andretti AND 4 Andretti AND Peterson · P9 → P5 · +4 9 Peterson PET 5 Peterson PET Hill · P14 → P6 · +8 14 Hill HIL 6 Hill HIL Lauda · P21 → P7 · +14 21 Lauda LAU 7 Lauda LAU Ickx · P7 → P8 · -1 7 Ickx ICK 8 Ickx ICK Cevert · P8 → P9 · -1 8 Cevert CEV 9 Cevert CEV Walker · P19 → P10 · +9 19 Walker WAL 10 Walker WAL Pescarolo · P22 → P11 · +11 22 Pescarolo PES 11 Pescarolo PES Regazzoni · P2 → P12 · -10 2 Regazzoni REG 12 Regazzoni REG Stommelen · P25 → P13 · +12 25 Stommelen STO 13 Stommelen STO Marko · P23 → P14 · +9 23 Marko MAR 14 Marko MAR Amon · P13 → P15 · -2 13 Amon AMO 15 Amon AMO Love · P26 → P16 · +10 26 Love LOV 16 Love LOV Pace · P24 → P17 · +7 24 Pace PAC 17 Pace PAC Ganley · P16 → retired L70 Ganley · retired L70 16 Ganley GAN R Ganley GAN de Adamich · P20 → retired L69 de Adamich · retired L69 20 de Adamich DE R de Adamich DE Gethin · P18 → retired L65 Gethin · retired L65 18 Gethin GET R Gethin GET Beltoise · P11 → retired L61 Beltoise · retired L61 11 Beltoise BEL R Beltoise BEL Stewart · P1 → retired L45 Stewart · retired L45 1 Stewart STE R Stewart STE Hailwood · P4 → retired L28 Hailwood · retired L28 4 Hailwood HAI R Hailwood HAI Reutemann · P15 → retired L27 Reutemann · retired L27 15 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU Schenken · P10 → retired L9 Schenken · retired L9 10 Schenken SCH R Schenken SCH Charlton · P17 → retired L2 Charlton · retired L2 17 Charlton CHA R Charlton CHA
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 19 Denny Hulme McLaren 5 79 1:45:49.100 9
2 10 Emerson Fittipaldi Team Lotus 3 79 +14.100 6
3 20 Peter Revson McLaren 12 79 +25.800 4
4 9 Mario Andretti Ferrari 6 79 +38.500 3
5 4 Ronnie Peterson March 9 79 +49.000 2
6 28 Graham Hill Brabham 14 78 +1 Lap 1
7 5 Niki Lauda March 21 78 +1 Lap
8 7 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 7 78 +1 Lap
9 2 François Cevert Tyrrell 8 78 +1 Lap
10 11 David Walker Team Lotus 19 78 +1 Lap
11 26 Henri Pescarolo March 22 78 +1 Lap
12 8 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 2 77 +2 Laps
13 27 Rolf Stommelen March 25 77 +2 Laps
14 25 Helmut Marko BRM 23 76 +3 Laps
15 18 Chris Amon Matra 13 76 +3 Laps
16 27 John Love Surtees 26 73 Spun off
17 27 Carlos Pace March 24 73 +6 Laps
R 16 Howden Ganley BRM 16 70 Not classified
R 25 Andrea de Adamich Surtees 20 69 Not classified
R 14 Peter Gethin BRM 18 65 Not classified
R 17 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 11 61 Engine
R 1 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 1 45 Gearbox
R 23 Mike Hailwood Surtees 4 28 Suspension
R 29 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 15 27 Fuel system
R 24 Tim Schenken Surtees 10 9 Engine
R 29 Dave Charlton Team Lotus 17 2 Fuel pump
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Jackie Stewart
2
8 Clay Regazzoni
3
10 Emerson Fittipaldi
4
23 Mike Hailwood
5
19 Denny Hulme
6
9 Mario Andretti
7
7 Jacky Ickx
8
2 François Cevert
9
4 Ronnie Peterson
10
24 Tim Schenken
11
17 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
12
20 Peter Revson
13
18 Chris Amon
14
28 Graham Hill
15
29 Carlos Reutemann
16
16 Howden Ganley
17
29 Dave Charlton
18
14 Peter Gethin
19
11 David Walker
20
25 Andrea de Adamich
21
5 Niki Lauda
22
26 Henri Pescarolo
23
25 Helmut Marko
24
27 Carlos Pace
25
27 Rolf Stommelen
26
27 John Love
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.
No data for this session.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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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