1972 European Formula Two Championship

1972 European Formula Two season
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The 1972 European Formula Two season was contested over 14 rounds. British Mike Hailwood, a previously famous motorcycle racer, was the season champion, driving a Surtees-Ford.

Calendar

Race No	Track	Country	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
1	Mallory Park	United Kingdom	12 March 1972	50+50	2.17=217.0 km	1'14:32.8	174.656 km/h	Dave Morgan	Ronnie Peterson Dave Morgan	Ronnie Peterson
2	Thruxton	United Kingdom	3 April 1972	50	3.791=189.55 km	1'00:19.4 1 lap down	188.534 km/h -	Ronnie Peterson Niki Lauda	Ronnie Peterson Mike Hailwood	Ronnie Peterson
3	Hockenheim	West Germany	16 April 1972	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1'25:24.2	190.784 km/h	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Niki Lauda	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Patrick Depailler
4	Pau	France	7 May 1972	70	2.76=193.2 km	1'33:40.8	123.740 km/h	Peter Gethin	François Cevert	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
5	Crystal Palace	United Kingdom	29 May 1972	50	2.238=111.85 km	0'41:32.4	161.555 km/h	Jody Scheckter	Mike Hailwood	François Cevert Jody Scheckter
6	Hockenheim	West Germany	11 June 1972	15+15	6.789=203.67 km	1'13:39.2 1'15:05,6	165.915 km/h 162.733 km/h	Emerson Fittipaldi Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Niki Lauda	Emerson Fittipaldi
7	Rouen	France	25 June 1972	30	5.543=166.29 km	0'54:20.0 0'54:28.0	183.633 km/h 183.184 km/h	Emerson Fittipaldi Mike Hailwood	Emerson Fittipaldi	Mike Hailwood
8	Österreichring	Austria	9 July 1972	34	5.911=200.974 km	0'59:23.51 0'59:39.52	203.032 km/h 202.124 km/h	Emerson Fittipaldi Mike Hailwood	Emerson Fittipaldi Mike Hailwood	Emerson Fittipaldi
9	Imola	Italy	23 July 1972	28+28	5.018=281.008 km	1'28:08.2 1'28:16.7	191.299 km/h 190.299 km/h	John Surtees Bob Wollek	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Peter Gethin
10	Mantorp Park	Sweden	6 August 1972	36+36	4.092=294.624 km	1'45:50.0	167.031 km/h	Mike Hailwood	Peter Gethin	Peter Gethin
11	Pergusa-Enna	Italy	20 August 1972	32+32	4.797=307.008 km	1'33:22.8 1'33:46.2	197.264 km/h 196.443 km/h	Henri Pescarolo Patrick Depailler	Mike Hailwood	Carlos Pace
12	Salzburgring	Austria	3 September 1972	30+30	4.238=254.28 km	1'13:31.76	207.493 km/h	Mike Hailwood	Carlos Pace	Mike Hailwood
13	Albi	France	24 September 1972	32	3.636=116.352 km	0'37:53.5	184.239 km/h	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Dave Morgan	Patrick Depailler
14	Hockenheim	West Germany	1 October 1972	32	6.789=217.248 km	1'07:22.7 1'07:40,6	193.458 km/h 192.605 km/h	Tim Schenken Mike Hailwood	Emerson Fittipaldi 3. Mike Hailwood	Emerson Fittipaldi
	Vallelunga	Italy	15 October 1972	cancelled

Note:

Race 1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11 and 12 were held in two heats, with results shown in aggregate.

Race 2, 4, 5, 7 and 13 were held with two semi-final heats and the final run, with time only shown for the final.

Race 2, 6, 7, 9, 11 and 14 was won by a graded driver, all graded drivers are shown in Italics.

Race 3 Bert Hawthorne was fatally injured in practice.

Final point standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. The best 10 results count. No driver had a point deduction.

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine															Total Points
1	Mike Hailwood	United Kingdom	Team Surtees	Surtees	Ford	2	-	-	2	6	-	9	9	-	9	-	9	-	9	55
2	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	France	Écurie A.S.C.A.	Brabham	Ford	-	-	9	3	-	9	-	-	2	4	1	-	9	-	37
3	Patrick Depailler	France	Coombs Racing	March	Ford	-	-	-	6	2	-	-	3	-	-	9	1	6	-	27
4	Carlos Reutemann	Argentina	Motul Rondel Racing	Brabham	Ford	4	-	-	-	4	3	6	6	-	1	2	-	-	-	26
5	Niki Lauda	Austria	March Engineering	March	Ford	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	2	-	2	25
6	Dave Morgan	United Kingdom	Reeves Racing	Brabham	Ford	9	-	-	-	-	2	4	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	23
7	Bob Wollek	France	Motul Rondel Racing	Brabham	Ford	-	-	4	1	-	-	1	2	9	-	-	-	4	-	21
8	Jody Scheckter	South Africa	McLaren	McLaren	Ford	3	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	15
9	Mike Beuttler	United Kingdom	Team Clarke-Mordaunt	March	Ford	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
	Peter Gethin	United Kingdom	Chevron Racing	Chevron	Ford	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	12
11	Carlos Ruesch	Argentina	Team Surtees	Surtees	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	6	-	1	-	11
12	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brazil	Team Bardahl	Brabham	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	10
13	Xavier Perrot	Switzerland	Squadra Tartarurga	March	Ford	1	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
14	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	France	Coombs Racing	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-		7
			Coombs Racing	Elf-Alpine	Ford														1
15	Patrick Dal Bo	France	Banting & Earle Racing	Pygmée	Ford	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Carlos Pace	Brazil	Team Surtees	Surtees	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6
17	Tom Belsø	Denmark	Team Viking	Brabham	Ford	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5
	James Hunt	United Kingdom	Hesketh Racing	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	5
19	Claudio Francisci	Italy	Elcom Racing	Brabham	Ford	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	David Purley	United Kingdom	Lec	March	Ford	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Andrea de Adamich	Italy	Team Surtees	Surtees	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4
	John Watson	United Kingdom	Team McCall-Tui	Leda-Tui	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Tino Brambilla	Italy	private entry	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
24	Vic Elford	United Kingdom	Chevron Racing	Chevron	Ford	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Brett Lunger	United States	Space Racing	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3
	Hiroshi Kazato	Japan	Bloore Racing	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3
27	José Dolhem	France	Team Arnold	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
28	John Wingfield	United Kingdom	Nicoby Racing	Brabham	Ford	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Jochen Mass	West Germany	March Engineering	March	Ford	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

Note:

Only drivers which were not graded were able to score points.

Race 2 not all points were awarded (not enough finishers).