1972 World Sportscar Championship

1972 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1972 World Championship for Makes and International Grand Touring Trophy seasons were the 20th season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for FIA Group 5 Sports Cars and FIA Group 4 Grand Touring Cars. It ran from 9 January 1972 to 22 July 1972, and was composed of 11 races.

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit or Location	Date
1	1000km of Buenos Aires^†	Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez	10 January
2	Daytona 6 Hours	Daytona International Speedway	6 February
3	12 Hours of Sebring	Sebring International Raceway	25 March
4	BOAC 1000km^†	Brands Hatch	16 April
5	1000km Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	25 April
6	1000km Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	7 May
7	Targa Florio	Palermo	21 May
8	ADAC 1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	28 May
9	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	10 June 11 June
10	Austrian 1000km	Österreichring	25 June
11	Watkins Glen 6 Hours	Watkins Glen International	22 July

† - Sportscars only, GT class did not participate.

Season results

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car; any other cars from that manufacturer were merely skipped in the awarding of points.

Races

Rnd	Circuit	Sportscar Winning Team	GT Winning Team	Results
Rnd	Circuit	Sportscar Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers	Results
1	Buenos Aires	#30 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	None	Results
1	Buenos Aires	Ronnie Peterson Tim Schenken		Results
2	Daytona	#2 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#59 Brumos Porsche	Results
2	Daytona	Mario Andretti Jacky Ickx	Hurley Haywood Peter Gregg	Results
3	Sebring	#2 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#57 Dana English	Results
3	Sebring	Mario Andretti Jacky Ickx	Dave Heinz Robert R. Johnson	Results
4	Brands Hatch	#11 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	None	Results
4	Brands Hatch	Mario Andretti Jacky Ickx		Results
5	Monza	#1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#44 Ugo Locatelli	Results
5	Monza	Clay Regazzoni Jacky Ickx	Ugo Locatelli "Pal Joe"	Results
6	Spa-Francorchamps	#3 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#42 Claude Dubois	Results
6	Spa-Francorchamps	Brian Redman Arturo Merzario	Jean-Marie Jacquemin Yves Deprez	Results
7	Palermo	#3 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#38 Ennio Bonomelli	Results
7	Palermo	Arturo Merzario Sandro Munari	Pino Pica Gabriele Gottifredi	Results
8	Nürburgring	#3 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#55 Kremer Porsche Racing	Results
8	Nürburgring	Ronnie Peterson Tim Schenken	Erwin Kremer John Fitzpatrick	Results
9	La Sarthe	#15 Equipe Matra-Simca Shell	#18 Charles Pozzi	Results
9	La Sarthe	Henri Pescarolo Graham Hill	Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Claude Andruet	Results
10	Österreichring	#1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#33 Sachs Racing	Results
10	Österreichring	Brian Redman Jacky Ickx	Alex Janda Hans Schulze-Schwering	Results
11	Watkins Glen	#85 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#22 North American Racing Team	Results
11	Watkins Glen	Mario Andretti Jacky Ickx	Jean-Pierre Jarier Peter Gregg	Results

Manufacturers Championships

Overall Manufacturers Championship

Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 Grand Touring Cars were awarded points for the overall championship, but the GT class also had their own separate award.

Cars participating in races that were not included in the Sports or GT classes (such as Group 2 Touring Cars) were skipped when awarding points for the overall championship.

Only the best 8 points finishes counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total. Discarded points are shown in brackets.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Total
1	Ferrari	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	(8)	(20)	(20)	160
2	Alfa Romeo	12	12	12	12			15	12	10			85
3	Porsche	6	4	8	(2)	15	3	8	(2)	12	(1)	10	66
4	Lola	4	6	6	4		8	10	6		4		48
5	Chevron	8			3		12		8		8	2	41
6	Mirage						10		10			12	32
7	Matra-Simca									20			20
8	Chevrolet		3	10								1	14
9	De Tomaso					8	4						12
10	Tondelli					6							6
11	Abarth							4					4

GT Manufacturers Trophy

The GT class did not participate in Rounds 1 and 4. Only the best 7 finishes counted.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Total
1	Porsche	20	15		15	20	20	(6)	15	15	120
2	Ferrari	6	12		6			20		20	64
3	De Tomaso			20	20			3	20		63
4	Chevrolet	15	20					4		10	49
5	Alfa Romeo					8					8
6	Opel						6				6

References

Automobile Year, 1972/73

External links

World Sportscar Championship seasons

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