1972 Spanish Grand Prix

1972 Spanish Grand Prix
Jarama Permanent Circuit (1967–1990)
Jarama Permanent Circuit (1967–1990)
Race details
Date May 1, 1972
Official name XVIII Gran Premio de España
Location Circuito Permanente del Jarama, Madrid, Spain
Course Race track
Course length 3.404 km (2.115 miles)
Distance 90 laps, 306.360 km (190.363 miles)
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:18.43
Fastest lap
Driver Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari
Time 1:21.01 on lap 52
Podium
First Lotus-Ford
Second Ferrari
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1972 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jarama on May 1, 1972. It was race 3 of 12 in both the 1972 World Championship of Drivers and the 1972 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race marked the first time two brothers raced together in F1 simultaneously, Emerson and Wilson Fittipaldi. The elder Fittipaldi was a last-minute substitute for Brabham's Carlos Reutemann, who had injured his ankle in a Formula 2 race the previous weekend at Thruxton, England.[1] The 90-lap race was won by Lotus driver Emerson Fittipaldi after he started from third position. Jacky Ickx finished second for the Ferrari team and his teammate Clay Regazzoni came in third. After the race the World Drivers' Championship was tied at 15 points between Emerson Fittipaldi and Denny Hulme.

  1. ^ "Spanish GP, 1972". www.grandprix.com. Retrieved 6 August 2019.