Season 1972 · Round 7

British Grand Prix

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1972-07-15 · Brands Hatch · UK · British Grand Prix · 76Lap · 324.122km
10 Emerson Fittipaldi
Team Lotus 1:47:50.200
Team win 9pt P1 · P16 · P22
1 Jackie Stewart
Tyrrell +4.100
20 Peter Revson
McLaren +1:12.500
Fastest Lap
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DNF
13
Tim Schenken L64 François Cevert L60 David Walker L59 Jacky Ickx L49 Graham Hill L47 Carlos Pace L39 Jackie Oliver L36 Mike Hailwood L31 Dave Charlton L21 Nanni Galli L9 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 4/14 28.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Brands Hatch Kent, UK
76Lap 324.122km 14 races held (1964–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P5 Niki Lauda 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P8 Jackie Stewart 2 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
Starts
P6 Graham Hill 17 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P24 John Surtees 12 starts · → Jean Alesi -1
P24 Niki Lauda 12 starts · → Jean Alesi -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L76 Fittipaldi · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Fittipaldi FIT 1 Fittipaldi FIT Stewart · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Stewart STE 2 Stewart STE Revson · P3 → P3 3 Revson REV 3 Revson REV Amon · P17 → P4 · +13 17 Amon AMO 4 Amon AMO Hulme · P11 → P5 · +6 11 Hulme HUL 5 Hulme HUL Merzario · P9 → P6 · +3 9 Merzario MER 6 Merzario MER Peterson · P8 → P7 · +1 8 Peterson PET 7 Peterson PET Reutemann · P10 → P8 · +2 10 Reutemann REU 8 Reutemann REU Lauda · P19 → P9 · +10 19 Lauda LAU 9 Lauda LAU Stommelen · P25 → P10 · +15 25 Stommelen STO 10 Stommelen STO Beltoise · P6 → P11 · -5 6 Beltoise BEL 11 Beltoise BEL Fittipaldi · P22 → P12 · +10 22 Fittipaldi FIT 12 Fittipaldi FIT Beuttler · P23 → P13 · +10 23 Beuttler BEU 13 Beuttler BEU Schenken · P5 → retired L64 Schenken · retired L64 5 Schenken SCH R Schenken SCH Cevert · P12 → retired L60 Cevert · retired L60 12 Cevert CEV R Cevert CEV Walker · P15 → retired L59 Walker · retired L59 15 Walker WAL R Walker WAL Ickx · P1 → retired L49 Ickx · retired L49 1 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK Hill · P21 → retired L47 Hill · retired L47 21 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Pace · P13 → retired L39 Pace · retired L39 13 Pace PAC R Pace PAC Oliver · P14 → retired L36 Oliver · retired L36 14 Oliver OLI R Oliver OLI Hailwood · P7 → retired L31 Hailwood · retired L31 7 Hailwood HAI R Hailwood HAI Charlton · P24 → retired L21 Charlton · retired L21 24 Charlton CHA R Charlton CHA Galli · P18 → retired L9 Galli · retired L9 18 Galli GAL R Galli GAL Pescarolo · P26 → retired L7 Pescarolo · retired L7 26 Pescarolo PES R Pescarolo PES Gethin · P16 → retired L5 Gethin · retired L5 16 Gethin GET R Gethin GET de Adamich · P20 → retired L3 de Adamich · retired L3 20 de Adamich DE R de Adamich DE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 10 Emerson Fittipaldi Team Lotus 2 76 1:47:50.200 9
2 1 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 4 76 +4.100 6
3 20 Peter Revson McLaren 3 76 +1:12.500 4
4 18 Chris Amon Matra 17 75 +1 Lap 3
5 19 Denny Hulme McLaren 11 75 +1 Lap 2
6 19 Arturo Merzario Ferrari 9 75 +1 Lap 1
7 4 Ronnie Peterson March 8 74 Spun off
8 29 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 10 73 +3 Laps
9 5 Niki Lauda March 19 73 +3 Laps
10 27 Rolf Stommelen March 25 71 +5 Laps
11 17 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 6 70 +6 Laps
12 30 Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham 22 69 Suspension
13 6 Mike Beuttler March 23 69 +7 Laps
R 24 Tim Schenken Surtees 5 64 Suspension
R 2 François Cevert Tyrrell 12 60 Spun off
R 11 David Walker Team Lotus 15 59 Suspension
R 7 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 1 49 Oil pressure
R 28 Graham Hill Brabham 21 47 Spun off
R 27 Carlos Pace March 13 39 Differential
R 14 Jackie Oliver BRM 14 36 Suspension
R 23 Mike Hailwood Surtees 7 31 Gearbox
R 29 Dave Charlton Team Lotus 24 21 Gearbox
R 11 Nanni Galli Tecno 18 9 Spun off
R 26 Henri Pescarolo Politoys 26 7 Accident
R 14 Peter Gethin BRM 16 5 Engine
R 25 Andrea de Adamich Surtees 20 3 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
7 Jacky Ickx
2
10 Emerson Fittipaldi
3
20 Peter Revson
4
1 Jackie Stewart
5
24 Tim Schenken
6
17 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
7
23 Mike Hailwood
8
4 Ronnie Peterson
9
19 Arturo Merzario
10
29 Carlos Reutemann
11
19 Denny Hulme
12
2 François Cevert
13
27 Carlos Pace
14
14 Jackie Oliver
15
11 David Walker
16
14 Peter Gethin
17
18 Chris Amon
18
11 Nanni Galli
19
5 Niki Lauda
20
25 Andrea de Adamich
21
28 Graham Hill
22
30 Wilson Fittipaldi
23
6 Mike Beuttler
24
29 Dave Charlton
25
27 Rolf Stommelen
26
26 Henri Pescarolo
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.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
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