Season 1972 · Round 8

German Grand Prix

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1972-07-30 · Nürburgring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 14Lap · 319.690km
7 Jacky Ickx
Ferrari 1:42:12.300
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 · P12 1-2
8 Clay Regazzoni
Ferrari +48.300
4 Ronnie Peterson
March +1:06.700
Fastest Lap
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DNF
12
Carlos Pace L11 Emerson Fittipaldi L10 Henri Pescarolo L10 Denny Hulme L8 Mike Hailwood L8 Carlos Reutemann L6 Rolf Stommelen L6 David Walker L6 Niki Lauda L4 Derek Bell L4 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 15/41 36.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P21
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany
14Lap 319.690km 41 races held (1951–) Lap record 1:18.354 · Juan Pablo Montoya (2001)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Jackie Stewart 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P8 John Surtees 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P8 Jacky Ickx 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Pole Position
P1 Jacky Ickx 4 · GP #1
P8 Jackie Stewart 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
P8 Niki Lauda 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P4 Graham Hill 16 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P21 John Surtees 11 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P21 Niki Lauda 11 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 L14 Ickx · P1 → P1 1 Ickx ICK 1 Ickx ICK Regazzoni · P7 → P2 · +5 7 Regazzoni REG 2 Regazzoni REG Peterson · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Peterson PET 3 Peterson PET Ganley · P18 → P4 · +14 18 Ganley GAN 4 Ganley GAN Redman · P19 → P5 · +14 19 Redman RED 5 Redman RED Hill · P15 → P6 · +9 15 Hill HIL 6 Hill HIL Fittipaldi · P21 → P7 · +14 21 Fittipaldi FIT 7 Fittipaldi FIT Beuttler · P27 → P8 · +19 27 Beuttler BEU 8 Beuttler BEU Beltoise · P13 → P9 · +4 13 Beltoise BEL 9 Beltoise BEL Cevert · P5 → P10 · -5 5 Cevert CEV 10 Cevert CEV Stewart · P2 → P11 · -9 2 Stewart STE 11 Stewart STE Merzario · P22 → P12 · +10 22 Merzario MER 12 Merzario MER de Adamich · P20 → P13 · +7 20 de Adamich DE 13 de Adamich DE Schenken · P12 → P14 · -2 12 Schenken SCH 14 Schenken SCH Amon · P8 → P15 · -7 8 Amon AMO 15 Amon AMO Pace · P11 → retired L11 Pace · retired L11 11 Pace PAC R Pace PAC Fittipaldi · P3 → retired L10 Fittipaldi · retired L10 3 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Pescarolo · P9 → retired L10 Pescarolo · retired L10 9 Pescarolo PES R Pescarolo PES Hulme · P10 → retired L8 Hulme · retired L8 10 Hulme HUL R Hulme HUL Hailwood · P16 → retired L8 Hailwood · retired L8 16 Hailwood HAI R Hailwood HAI Reutemann · P6 → retired L6 Reutemann · retired L6 6 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU Stommelen · P14 → retired L6 Stommelen · retired L6 14 Stommelen STO R Stommelen STO Walker · P23 → retired L6 Walker · retired L6 23 Walker WAL R Walker WAL Lauda · P24 → retired L4 Lauda · retired L4 24 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Bell · P25 → retired L4 Bell · retired L4 25 Bell BEL R Bell BEL Charlton · P26 → retired L4 Charlton · retired L4 26 Charlton CHA R Charlton CHA Wisell · P17 → retired L3 Wisell · retired L3 17 Wisell WIS R Wisell WIS
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 7 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 1 14 1:42:12.300 9
2 8 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 7 14 +48.300 6
3 4 Ronnie Peterson March 4 14 +1:06.700 4
4 16 Howden Ganley BRM 18 14 +2:20.200 3
5 15 Brian Redman McLaren 19 14 +2:35.700 2
6 28 Graham Hill Brabham 15 14 +2:59.600 1
7 30 Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham 21 14 +3:00.100
8 6 Mike Beuttler March 27 14 +5:10.700
9 17 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 13 14 +5:20.200
10 2 François Cevert Tyrrell 5 14 +5:43.700
11 1 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 2 13 Collision
12 19 Arturo Merzario Ferrari 22 13 +1 Lap
13 25 Andrea de Adamich Surtees 20 13 +1 Lap
14 24 Tim Schenken Surtees 12 13 +1 Lap
15 18 Chris Amon Matra 8 13 +1 Lap
R 27 Carlos Pace March 11 11 Not classified
R 10 Emerson Fittipaldi Team Lotus 3 10 Gearbox
R 26 Henri Pescarolo March 9 10 Accident
R 19 Denny Hulme McLaren 10 8 Engine
R 23 Mike Hailwood Surtees 16 8 Suspension
R 29 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 6 6 Differential
R 27 Rolf Stommelen March 14 6 Electrical
R 11 David Walker Team Lotus 23 6 Oil leak
R 5 Niki Lauda March 24 4 Oil leak
R 31 Derek Bell Tecno 25 4 Engine
R 29 Dave Charlton Team Lotus 26 4 Physical
R 12 Reine Wisell BRM 17 3 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
7 Jacky Ickx
2
1 Jackie Stewart
3
10 Emerson Fittipaldi
4
4 Ronnie Peterson
5
2 François Cevert
6
29 Carlos Reutemann
7
8 Clay Regazzoni
8
18 Chris Amon
9
26 Henri Pescarolo
10
19 Denny Hulme
11
27 Carlos Pace
12
24 Tim Schenken
13
17 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
14
27 Rolf Stommelen
15
28 Graham Hill
16
23 Mike Hailwood
17
12 Reine Wisell
18
16 Howden Ganley
19
15 Brian Redman
20
25 Andrea de Adamich
21
30 Wilson Fittipaldi
22
19 Arturo Merzario
23
11 David Walker
24
5 Niki Lauda
25
31 Derek Bell
26
29 Dave Charlton
27
6 Mike Beuttler
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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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