1972 Monaco Grand Prix

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1972 Monaco Grand Prix
Race details
Date May 14, 1972
Official name XXX Grand Prix de Monaco
Location Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.145 km (1.954 miles)
Distance 80 laps, 251.600 km (156.337 miles)
Weather Wet
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Ford
Time 1:21.4
Fastest lap
Driver France Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM
Time 1:40.0
Podium
First BRM
Second Ferrari
Third Lotus-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1972 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on May 14, 1972. It was race 4 of 12 in both the 1972 World Championship of Drivers and the 1972 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.[1] The track was substantially modified from 1971, in the interest of safety. The pits were moved to the harbor front, between the chicane and Tabac, and a new chicane was placed near Tabac.[2] Jean-Pierre Beltoise's victory was the only one of his Formula One World Championship career as well as the last win for the BRM team and the first win for a Marlboro-sponsored F1 car.

  1. ^ "1972 Monaco Grand Prix Entry list".
  2. ^ Collantine, Keith (24 May 2007). "Beltoise scores his only win – and BRM's last – at Monaco". F1Fanatic. Retrieved 15 February 2015.