Season 1972 · Round 9

Austrian Grand Prix

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1972-08-13 · Red Bull Ring · Austria · Austrian Grand Prix · 54Lap · 317.347km
10 Emerson Fittipaldi
Team Lotus 1:29:16.660
19 Denny Hulme
McLaren +1.180
Team win 10pt P2 · P3 2-3
20 Peter Revson
McLaren +36.530
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
Rolf Stommelen L48 Carlos Pace L46 Nanni Galli L45 Graham Hill L36 Wilson Fittipaldi L31 Mike Beuttler L24 François Migault L22 Jacky Ickx L20 Carlos Reutemann L14 Clay Regazzoni L13 +1
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 16/40 40%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P4
Most lead changes · all-time P25
Circuit Info
Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria
54Lap 317.347km 40 races held (1970–) Lap record 1:05.619 · Carlos Sainz (2020)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Ronnie Peterson 2 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P10 Jacky Ickx 1 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
P10 Emerson Fittipaldi 1 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
P8 Emerson Fittipaldi 11 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
P8 Niki Lauda 11 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
P11 Carlos Reutemann 10 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L54 Fittipaldi · P1 → P1 1 Fittipaldi FIT 1 Fittipaldi FIT Hulme · P7 → P2 · +5 7 Hulme HUL 2 Hulme HUL Revson · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Revson REV 3 Revson REV Hailwood · P12 → P4 · +8 12 Hailwood HAI 4 Hailwood HAI Amon · P6 → P5 · +1 6 Amon AMO 5 Amon AMO Ganley · P10 → P6 · +4 10 Ganley GAN 6 Ganley GAN Stewart · P3 → P7 · -4 3 Stewart STE 7 Stewart STE Beltoise · P21 → P8 · +13 21 Beltoise BEL 8 Beltoise BEL Cevert · P20 → P9 · +11 20 Cevert CEV 9 Cevert CEV Lauda · P22 → P10 · +12 22 Lauda LAU 10 Lauda LAU Schenken · P8 → P11 · -3 8 Schenken SCH 11 Schenken SCH Peterson · P11 → P12 · -1 11 Peterson PET 12 Peterson PET Gethin · P16 → P13 · +3 16 Gethin GET 13 Gethin GET de Adamich · P13 → P14 · -1 13 de Adamich DE 14 de Adamich DE Stommelen · P17 → retired L48 Stommelen · retired L48 17 Stommelen STO R Stommelen STO Pace · P18 → retired L46 Pace · retired L46 18 Pace PAC R Pace PAC Galli · P23 → retired L45 Galli · retired L45 23 Galli GAL R Galli GAL Hill · P14 → retired L36 Hill · retired L36 14 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Fittipaldi · P15 → retired L31 Fittipaldi · retired L31 15 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Beuttler · P24 → retired L24 Beuttler · retired L24 24 Beuttler BEU R Beuttler BEU Migault · P25 → retired L22 Migault · retired L22 25 Migault MIG R Migault MIG Ickx · P9 → retired L20 Ickx · retired L20 9 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK Reutemann · P5 → retired L14 Reutemann · retired L14 5 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU Regazzoni · P2 → retired L13 Regazzoni · retired L13 2 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG Walker · P19 → retired L6 Walker · retired L6 19 Walker WAL R Walker WAL
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 10 Emerson Fittipaldi Team Lotus 1 54 1:29:16.660 9
2 19 Denny Hulme McLaren 7 54 +1.180 6
3 20 Peter Revson McLaren 4 54 +36.530 4
4 23 Mike Hailwood Surtees 12 54 +44.760 3
5 18 Chris Amon Matra 6 54 +45.640 2
6 16 Howden Ganley BRM 10 54 +1:01.190 1
7 1 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 3 54 +1:09.090
8 17 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 21 54 +1:21.450
9 2 François Cevert Tyrrell 20 53 +1 Lap
10 5 Niki Lauda March 22 53 +1 Lap
11 24 Tim Schenken Surtees 8 52 +2 Laps
12 4 Ronnie Peterson March 11 52 +2 Laps
13 14 Peter Gethin BRM 16 51 +3 Laps
14 25 Andrea de Adamich Surtees 13 51 +3 Laps
R 27 Rolf Stommelen March 17 48 Engine
R 27 Carlos Pace March 18 46 Not classified
R 11 Nanni Galli Tecno 23 45 Oil leak
R 28 Graham Hill Brabham 14 36 Injection
R 30 Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham 15 31 Brakes
R 6 Mike Beuttler March 24 24 Fuel system
R 29 François Migault Connew 25 22 Suspension
R 7 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 9 20 Fuel system
R 29 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 5 14 Injection
R 8 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 2 13 Fuel system
R 11 David Walker Team Lotus 19 6 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
10 Emerson Fittipaldi
2
8 Clay Regazzoni
3
1 Jackie Stewart
4
20 Peter Revson
5
29 Carlos Reutemann
6
18 Chris Amon
7
19 Denny Hulme
8
24 Tim Schenken
9
7 Jacky Ickx
10
16 Howden Ganley
11
4 Ronnie Peterson
12
23 Mike Hailwood
13
25 Andrea de Adamich
14
28 Graham Hill
15
30 Wilson Fittipaldi
16
14 Peter Gethin
17
27 Rolf Stommelen
18
27 Carlos Pace
19
11 David Walker
20
2 François Cevert
21
17 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
22
5 Niki Lauda
23
11 Nanni Galli
24
6 Mike Beuttler
25
29 François Migault
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