Season 1972 · Round 5

Belgian Grand Prix

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1972-06-04 · Nivelles-Baulers · Belgium · Belgian Grand Prix · 85Lap · 316.200km
10 Emerson Fittipaldi
Team Lotus 1:44:07.300
Team win 9pt P1 · P14
2 François Cevert
Tyrrell +26.600
19 Denny Hulme
McLaren +58.100
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
11
Graham Hill L73 Henri Pescarolo L59 Clay Regazzoni L57 Andrea de Adamich L55 Nanni Galli L54 Jacky Ickx L47 Mike Beuttler L31 Wilson Fittipaldi L28 Peter Gethin L27 Jean-Pierre Beltoise L15 +1
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 5 wins
Closest finish · all-time P28
Circuit Info
Nivelles-Baulers Brussels, Belgium
85Lap 316.200km 2 races held (1972–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P10 Emerson Fittipaldi 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P10 Niki Lauda 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P14 John Surtees 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P10 Graham Hill 14 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P27 Niki Lauda 11 starts · → Jean Alesi -1
P33 Carlos Reutemann 10 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 L85 Fittipaldi · P1 → P1 1 Fittipaldi FIT 1 Fittipaldi FIT Cevert · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Cevert CEV 2 Cevert CEV Hulme · P3 → P3 3 Hulme HUL 3 Hulme HUL Hailwood · P8 → P4 · +4 8 Hailwood HAI 4 Hailwood HAI Pace · P11 → P5 · +6 11 Pace PAC 5 Pace PAC Amon · P13 → P6 · +7 13 Amon AMO 6 Amon AMO Revson · P7 → P7 7 Revson REV 7 Revson REV Ganley · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Ganley GAN 8 Ganley GAN Peterson · P14 → P9 · +5 14 Peterson PET 9 Peterson PET Marko · P23 → P10 · +13 23 Marko MAR 10 Marko MAR Stommelen · P20 → P11 · +9 20 Stommelen STO 11 Stommelen STO Lauda · P25 → P12 · +13 25 Lauda LAU 12 Lauda LAU Reutemann · P9 → P13 · -4 9 Reutemann REU 13 Reutemann REU Walker · P12 → P14 · -2 12 Walker WAL 14 Walker WAL Hill · P16 → retired L73 Hill · retired L73 16 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Pescarolo · P19 → retired L59 Pescarolo · retired L59 19 Pescarolo PES R Pescarolo PES Regazzoni · P2 → retired L57 Regazzoni · retired L57 2 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG de Adamich · P10 → retired L55 de Adamich · retired L55 10 de Adamich DE R de Adamich DE Galli · P24 → retired L54 Galli · retired L54 24 Galli GAL R Galli GAL Ickx · P4 → retired L47 Ickx · retired L47 4 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK Beuttler · P22 → retired L31 Beuttler · retired L31 22 Beuttler BEU R Beuttler BEU Fittipaldi · P18 → retired L28 Fittipaldi · retired L28 18 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Gethin · P17 → retired L27 Gethin · retired L27 17 Gethin GET R Gethin GET Beltoise · P6 → retired L15 Beltoise · retired L15 6 Beltoise BEL R Beltoise BEL Schenken · P21 → retired L11 Schenken · retired L11 21 Schenken SCH R Schenken SCH
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 10 Emerson Fittipaldi Team Lotus 1 85 1:44:07.300 9
2 2 François Cevert Tyrrell 5 85 +26.600 6
3 19 Denny Hulme McLaren 3 85 +58.100 4
4 23 Mike Hailwood Surtees 8 85 +1:12.000 3
5 27 Carlos Pace March 11 84 +1 Lap 2
6 18 Chris Amon Matra 13 84 +1 Lap 1
7 20 Peter Revson McLaren 7 83 +2 Laps
8 16 Howden Ganley BRM 15 83 +2 Laps
9 4 Ronnie Peterson March 14 83 +2 Laps
10 25 Helmut Marko BRM 23 83 +2 Laps
11 27 Rolf Stommelen March 20 83 +2 Laps
12 5 Niki Lauda March 25 82 +3 Laps
13 29 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 9 81 +4 Laps
14 11 David Walker Team Lotus 12 79 +6 Laps
R 28 Graham Hill Brabham 16 73 Suspension
R 26 Henri Pescarolo March 19 59 Not classified
R 8 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 2 57 Accident
R 25 Andrea de Adamich Surtees 10 55 Engine
R 11 Nanni Galli Tecno 24 54 Accident
R 7 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 4 47 Injection
R 6 Mike Beuttler March 22 31 Halfshaft
R 30 Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham 18 28 Gearbox
R 14 Peter Gethin BRM 17 27 Fuel pump
R 17 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 6 15 Overheating
R 24 Tim Schenken Surtees 21 11 Overheating
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
10 Emerson Fittipaldi
2
8 Clay Regazzoni
3
19 Denny Hulme
4
7 Jacky Ickx
5
2 François Cevert
6
17 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
7
20 Peter Revson
8
23 Mike Hailwood
9
29 Carlos Reutemann
10
25 Andrea de Adamich
11
27 Carlos Pace
12
11 David Walker
13
18 Chris Amon
14
4 Ronnie Peterson
15
16 Howden Ganley
16
28 Graham Hill
17
14 Peter Gethin
18
30 Wilson Fittipaldi
19
26 Henri Pescarolo
20
27 Rolf Stommelen
21
24 Tim Schenken
22
6 Mike Beuttler
23
25 Helmut Marko
24
11 Nanni Galli
25
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.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
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