1972 Brazilian Grand Prix

1972 Brazilian Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1972 Formula One season
Race details
Date	March 30, 1972
Official name	I Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Location	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	7.960[1] km (4.946 mi)
Distance	37 laps, 294.520 km (183.002 mi)
Weather	Very Hot
Pole position
Driver	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford
Time	2:32.4
Fastest lap
Driver	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford
Time	2:35.2
Podium
First	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford
Second	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford
Third	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford

The 1972 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One non-championship race held at Interlagos on 30 March 1972.

This race was held because at that time the FIA regulations required a demonstration race to be held as a quality check, before a Grand Prix was admitted as a championship race.

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	37	1:37:16.248s	2
2	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	37	+1:27.656	3
3	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	37	+2:03.379	4
4	Helmut Marko	BRM	36	+ 1 Lap	11
5	Dave Walker	Lotus-Ford	36	+ 1 Lap	5
6	Luiz Bueno	March-Ford	35	+ 2 Laps	10
Ret	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	32	Suspension	1
Ret	Alex Soler-Roig	BRM	32	Suspension	12
Ret	Carlos Pace	March-Ford	1	Throttle	7
Ret	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	0	Throttle	8
Ret	Peter Gethin	BRM	0	Throttle	9
DNS	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM		Ignition	6
DNQ	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford
DNQ	Reine Wisell	Surtees-Ford

Notes

• Fastest lap: Emerson Fittipaldi – 2:35.2

References

• "1972 Brazilian Grand Prix". MotorSport. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
• "Brazilian GP (March 31st)". MotorSport. May 1972. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
• "Formula One World". Archived from the original on 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2008-01-27.