Italien GP 1972

 

Gran Premio d`Italia 10 September 1972, Monza

Ronnie Peterson startar sitt 30:e F1 lopp på Monza den 10 september 1972. Detta är en bana där Ronnie ofta gör mycket bra resultat, men på samma datum och plats kommer Ronnie att sex år senare krascha så svårt att det kostar honom hans liv.

I tidskvalet har såväl Ronnie som bilen en av sina sämre dagar och han startar som nummer 24 och står därmed i det sista startledet. V12-bilarna har däremot gjort bra ifrån sig och Ickx i en Ferrari står i "pole" före Amon i en Matra. 

Ickx tar starten och leder de första 13 varven. Därefter tar sig Regazzoni förbi och lyckas hålla denna placering i ett par varv innan han gör ett misstag så att Ickx åter kan ta sig upp i ledning. Med endast nio varv kvar ger motorn i Ferrarin upp och Fittipaldi kan defilera in i mål som segrare, men också som världsmästare 1972 eftersom segern innebär att de två återstående tävlingarna blir utan betydelse. 

Mike Hailwood i en Surtees kör in som tvåa - Hulme i en McLaren blir trea. Ronnie blir till slut 9 (Reine Wisell i en Lotus blir 12:a) och blir därmed bäst placerade March (Ronnie är den i startfältet som plockat flest placeringar).

Summary in english

In the interests of safety two new chicanes had been built at Monza to reduce the speeds and break up the groups of slipstreaming cars. The first chicane was just after the pits (before the old banking began) and the second where the track went on to the back straight int he old Curva del Vialone. The track alterations changed the character of the track considerably with a new emphasis on braking.

Emerson Fittipaldi had a 25-point lead in the World Championship with only three races left and so Denny Hulme needed to win all three to grab the title with the Brazilian failing to score any major results. Team, Lotus was, however, still being dogged by the Italian authorities as a result of the death of Jochen Rindt at Monza two years earlier and the team again turned up as World Wide Racing with one car for Fittipaldi. Dave Walker was left at home.

Ferrari was up to three cars with Mario Andretti rejoining Jacky Ickx and Clay Regazzoni while Surtees was up to four cars as John Surtees decided to have a rare race alongside Tim Schenken, Mike Hailwood and Andrea de Adamich. BRM was also running four cars again with Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Howden Ganley and Peter Gethin being rejoined by Reine Wisell. The Martini Tecno team ran two cars (one for Derek Bell and one for Nanni Galli).

The V12 cars were fast in qualifying with Ickx taking pole from Chris Amon's Matra. Jackie Stewart (Tyrrell) was on the second row with Regazzoni while Hulme and Fittipaldi shared the third row. Then came Andretti and Peter Revson (McLaren) with the top 10 being completed by Hailwood and Wisell.

At the start Stewart suffered a transmission failure and so there were some lively moments as the field tried to get around the stricken Tyrrell. Ickx had taken the lead from Regazzoni and Fittipaldi with Andretti and the slow-starting Amon ahead of Hailwood and Hulme. As slipstreaming was a thing of the past, the order remained fairly stable with Amon beginning his recovery by overtaking Andretti. The two Ferraris were able to pull away at the front and on lap 14 Ickx went wide and so Regazzoni took the lead. Three laps later this proved to be his downfall as the two cars arrived at the Vialone chicane to find that Pace had spun. Regazzoni clipped the March and damaged his rear suspension. He was out. Ickx was back in the lead and Fittipaldi was only just behind. Amon and Hailwood were also within range (Hailwood having overtaken Andretti earlier).

Hailwood soon lost his airbox and dropped away from the leaders and Amon's brake caught fire and put him out and so it was left as a straight fight between Ickx and Fittipaldi. With just nine laps to go Ickx's engine failed and Fittipaldi took the lead. Hailwood was second with Hulme third.

Emerson Fittipaldi was crowned as World Champion.

Sammanställning
Grand Prix Italien
Datum 10 September 1972
Bana Monza
Säsong 1972
Deltävling 10
Längd (km) 5.775
Varv 55
Tid 1:29:58.400
Placering Nr Förare Team Tid Grid
1 6 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus 1:29:58.400 6
2 10 Mike Hailwood Surtees 14.500 9
3 14 Denny Hulme McLaren 23.800 5
4 15 Peter Revson McLaren 35.700 8
5 28 Graham Hill Brabham 65.600 13
6 23 Peter Gethin BRM 81.900 12
7 3 Mario Andretti Ferrari +1 varv 7
8 21 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM +1 varv 16
9 19 Ronnie Peterson March +1 varv 24
10 16 Mike Beuttler March +1 varv 25
11 22 Howden Ganley BRM +3 varv 17
12 24 Reine Wisell BRM +4 varv 10
13 18 Niki Lauda March +5 varv 20
r 4 Jacky Ickx Ferrari +9 varv 1
r 20 Chris Amon Matra +17 varv 2
r 9 Andrea de Adamich Surtees +22 varv 21
r 7 Johnny Surtees Surtees +35 varv 19
r 8 Tim Schenken Surtees +35 varv 22
r 29 Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham +35 varv 15
r 5 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari +39 varv 4
r 26 Carlos Pace March +40 varv 18
r 30 Carlos Reutemann Brabham +41 varv 11
r 2 François Cevert Tyrrell +41 varv 14
r 11 Nanni Galli Tecno +49 varv 23
r 1 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell +55 varv 3
nq 25 Henri Pescarolo March    
nq 12 Derek Bell Tecno    

 

NC=Not Classified NT=No time set in qualifying R=Retired
EX=Excluded from meeting W=Withdrawn DQ=Disqualified
NS=Did not start NQ=Did not qualify NPQ=Did not pre-qualify

Aktuell ställning

Position Förare Nation Poäng
1 Emerson Fittipaldi BRA 61
2 Denny Hulme NZ 31
3 Jackie Stewart GBR 27
4 Jacky Ickx BEL 25
5 Peter Revson USA 17
6 Mike Hailwood GBR 13
" Clay Regazzoni CH 13

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