1972 Elite Racing League season

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1972 Elite Racing League season
Previous: 1971 Next: 1973
Drivers Champion Manufacturers Champion
Flag of Austria svg.png Niki Lauda Flag of Japan svg.png Honda

The 1972 Elite Racing League season was the 13th season of the FIA's Formula One motor racing support series (the series would remain a support series until 1997.) The Drivers Championship was won, for a second time, by future F1 legend Niki Lauda who drove for Ferrari. Honda won the Constructors Championship for the second time. The Drivers Championship was almost won by Niki Lauda at the United States Grand Prix when both Amon and Hulme didnt score points however Mario Andretti won putting the title fight to Argentina, Hulme wasnt in title contention after the United States GP instead it was Lauda, Amon and Andretti fighting for the title. Both titles were decided in Argentina the following race.

This season ended the Constructors Championship "trend" when Honda won this years Constructors Championship.

Season Review

Two new races were added to the calendar as the FIA continued to try and have the ERL continue to be its seperate entity, the new races were the Spanish Grand Prix at Jarama (which was the venue of the Formula 1 Spanish GP at the time) whilst the Brazilian Grand Prix was added for the first time at the newly built Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo as an independent ERL grand prix (until Formula 1 started using Interlagos too.)

Rnd Race Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Constructor
1 Flag of Brazil svg.png Brazilian Grand Prix Interlagos Flag of New Zealand svg.png Denny Hulme Flag of Austria svg.png Niki Lauda Flag of Austria svg.png Niki Lauda Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari
2 Flag of South Africa svg.png South African Grand Prix Kyalami Flag of New Zealand svg.png Denny Hulme Flag of Austria svg.png Niki Lauda Flag of the United States svg.png Mario Andretti Flag of Japan svg.png Honda
3 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png British Grand Prix Silverstone Flag of Austria svg.png Niki Lauda Flag of New Zealand svg.png Denny Hulme Flag of Austria svg.png Niki Lauda Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari
4 Flag of Germany svg.png German Grand Prix Hockenheimring Flag of the United States svg.png Mario Andretti Flag of Austria svg.png Niki Lauda Flag of Austria svg.png Niki Lauda Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari
5 Flag of the Netherlands svg.png Dutch Grand Prix Zandvoort Flag of New Zealand svg.png Denny Hulme Flag of the United States svg.png Mario Andretti Flag of New Zealand svg.png Chris Amon Flag of Japan svg.png Honda
6 Flag of France svg.png French Grand Prix Magny-Cours Flag of the United States svg.png Mario Andretti Flag of Austria svg.png Niki Lauda Flag of Austria svg.png Niki Lauda Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari
7 Flag of Monaco svg.png Monaco Grand Prix Monaco Flag of New Zealand svg.png Denny Hulme Flag of New Zealand svg.png Chris Amon Flag of New Zealand svg.png Denny Hulme Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png McLaren-Ford
8 Flag of Italy svg.png Italian Grand Prix Monza Flag of the United States svg.png Mario Andretti Flag of New Zealand svg.png Denny Hulme Flag of New Zealand svg.png Chris Amon Flag of Japan svg.png Honda
9 Flag of Spain svg.png Spanish Grand Prix Jarama Flag of Austria svg.png Niki Lauda Flag of New Zealand svg.png Denny Hulme Flag of New Zealand svg.png Denny Hulme Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png McLaren-Ford
10 Flag of Canada svg.png Canadian Grand Prix Mosport Flag of New Zealand svg.png Chris Amon Flag of Brazil svg.png Carlos Pace Flag of Switzerland svg.png Clay Regazzoni Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Lotus-Ford
11 Flag of the United States svg.png United States Grand Prix Watkins Glen Flag of Austria svg.png Niki Lauda Flag of the United States svg.png Mario Andretti Flag of the United States svg.png Mario Andretti Flag of Japan svg.png Honda
12 Flag of Argentina svg.png Argentine Grand Prix Buenos Aries Flag of Austria svg.png Niki Lauda Flag of New Zealand svg.png Denny Hulme Flag of New Zealand svg.png Denny Hulme Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png McLaren-Ford

Teams and Drivers

Motor Racing Developments Ltd and Jack Brabham (now serving as team ambassador as well as owner) gave Ford a share in the team, this creating an unofficial Ford Factory Team despite the name of the team saying it is.

Future Formula 1 Champion Jody Scheckter joined McLaren on a temporary basis whilst McLaren looked at its other driver options.

Team Constructor Engine Tyres # Driver Rounds
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Motor Racing Developments Ltd Brabham-Ford Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Goodyear Icon.png 1 Flag of Argentina svg.png Carlos Reutemann All
2 Flag of Italy svg.png Andrea de Adamich All
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png STP BRM Racing BRM BRM P142 3.0 V12 Firestone Icon.png 3 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Jackie Oliver All
4 Flag of Spain svg.png Alex Soler-Roig All
Flag of Italy svg.png Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari 001 3.0 F12 Firestone Icon.png 5 Flag of Austria svg.png Niki Lauda All
6 Flag of Brazil svg.png Carlos Pace All
Flag of Japan svg.png Honda Racing Honda Honda RA273E 4.0 V12 Firestone Icon.png 7 Flag of New Zealand svg.png Chris Amon All
8 Flag of the United States svg.png Mario Andretti All
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Team Lotus Lotus-Ford Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Firestone Icon.png 9 Flag of Switzerland svg.png Clay Regazzoni All
10 Flag of Australia svg.png David Walker All
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Team McLaren McLaren-Ford Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Goodyear Icon.png 11 Flag of New Zealand svg.png Denny Hulme All
12 Flag of South Africa svg.png Jody Scheckter All

Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver Points
1 Flag of Austria svg.png Niki Lauda 57
2 Flag of New Zealand svg.png Chris Amon 46
3 Flag of New Zealand svg.png Denny Hulme 45
4 Flag of the United States svg.png Mario Andretti 44
5 Flag of Switzerland svg.png Clay Regazzoni 30
6 Flag of Brazil svg.png Carlos Pace 21
7 Flag of Argentina svg.png Carlos Reutemann 15
8 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Jackie Oliver 15
9 Flag of Spain svg.png Alex Soler-Roig 13
10 Flag of South Africa svg.png Jody Scheckter 8
11 Flag of Australia svg.png David Walker 3
12 Flag of Italy svg.png Andrea de Adamich 3

Constructors Championship

Pos. Constructor Points
1 Flag of Japan svg.png Honda 90
2 Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari 78
3 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png McLaren-Ford 52
4 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Lotus-Ford 33
5 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png BRM 28
6 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Brabham-Ford 18
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