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1972 / FITTIPALDI

A scrolling recap of 1972 in six acts. The champion, the constructor, the bump chart, and the race-by-race podiums.

ACT 1 CUMULATIVE TRAJECTORY

The points reel out, race after race.

Every line is a driver's running championship total. The heaviest three at the top are the ones who mattered. Emerson Fittipaldi closed the year on 61 points, a 16-point gap over P2.

DATA TABLE · CUMULATIVE POINTS

Cumulative points by driver and round for 1972
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12
Emerson Fittipaldi	0	6	15	19	28	34	43	43	52	61	61	61
Jackie Stewart	9	9	9	12	12	21	27	27	27	27	36	45
Denny Hulme	6	15	15	15	19	19	21	21	27	31	35	39
Jacky Ickx	4	4	10	16	16	16	16	25	25	25	25	27
Peter Revson	0	4	6	6	6	6	10	10	14	17	23	23
Clay Regazzoni	3	3	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	13	15	15
François Cevert	0	0	0	0	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	15
Mike Hailwood	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	7	13	13	13
Chris Amon	0	0	0	1	2	6	9	9	11	11	12	12
Ronnie Peterson	1	3	3	3	3	5	5	9	9	9	9	12

ACT 2 CONSTRUCTORS

Two-car teams, one trophy.

The constructors' championship is a different game — both cars score. A team can win it with consistent doubles even when neither driver leads the standings. Lotus–Ford ended on 61 points.

DATA

Constructor championship standings for 1972
POS	CONSTRUCTOR	PTS
P1	LOTUS–FORD	61
P2	TYRRELL–FORD	51
P3	MCLAREN–FORD	47
P4	FERRARI	33
P5	SURTEES–FORD	18
P6	MARCH–FORD	15
P7	BRM	14
P8	MATRA	12
P9	BRABHAM–FORD	7

ACT 3 STANDINGS BUMP

Position by position, week to week.

Cumulative points hide where the order actually changed. The bump chart ranks every driver after each race — every crossing of lines is somebody passing somebody in the table.

DRIVER TRACES · TAP TO ISOLATE

DATA TABLE · OFFICIAL RANK BY ROUND

Official championship rank by driver and round for 1972
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12
Emerson Fittipaldi	—	P3	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Jackie Stewart	P1	P2	P4	P4	P4	P2	P2	P2	P2	P3	P2	P2
Denny Hulme	P2	P1	P1	P3	P2	P3	P3	P4	P3	P2	P3	P3
Jacky Ickx	P3	P4	P3	P2	P3	P4	P4	P3	P4	P4	P4	P4
Peter Revson	—	P4	P6	P7	P8	P8	P5	P6	P5	P5	P5	P5
François Cevert	—	—	—	—	P7	P6	P7	P8	P9	P10	P10	P6
Clay Regazzoni	P4	P6	P5	P6	P6	P7	P9	P5	P6	P6	P6	P7
Mike Hailwood	—	—	—	—	P9	P11	P11	P11	P11	P7	P7	P8
Ronnie Peterson	P6	P8	P9	P10	P12	P10	P10	P10	P10	P11	P11	P9
Chris Amon	—	—	—	P13	P16	P9	P8	P9	P7	P8	P8	P10
Jean-Pierre Beltoise	—	—	—	P5	P5	P5	P6	P7	P8	P9	P9	P11
Howden Ganley	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P13	P12	P12	P12	P12
Mario Andretti	—	P6	P7	P8	P9	P12	P12	P13	P14	P15	P15	P12
Brian Redman	—	—	—	P11	P14	P15	P15	P12	P13	P13	P13	P14
Graham Hill	—	P10	P11	P13	P17	P17	P17	P18	P18	P14	P14	P15

ACT 4 RACE-BY-RACE

11 drivers stood on a podium.

5 different drivers won a race. Tap any chip to pin a driver's appearances across the calendar — the matching tiles light up. Empty bars mean a race where the chosen driver missed the top three.

PODIUM DRIVERS

R01 ARGENTIN

1 STEWART

2 HULME

3 ICKX

R02 SOUTH AF

1 HULME

2 FITTIPALDI

3 REVSON

R03 SPAIN

1 FITTIPALDI

2 ICKX

3 REGAZZONI

R04 MONACO

1 BELTOISE

2 ICKX

3 FITTIPALDI

R05 BELGIUM

1 FITTIPALDI

2 CEVERT

3 HULME

R06 FRANCE

1 STEWART

2 FITTIPALDI

3 AMON

R07 GREAT BR

1 FITTIPALDI

2 STEWART

3 REVSON

R08 GERMANY

1 ICKX

2 REGAZZONI

3 PETERSON

R09 AUSTRIA

1 FITTIPALDI

2 HULME

3 REVSON

R10 ITALY

1 FITTIPALDI

2 HAILWOOD

3 HULME

R11 CANADA

1 STEWART

2 REVSON

3 HULME

R12 UNITED S

1 STEWART

2 CEVERT

3 HULME

DATA TABLE · RACE PODIUMS

Race-by-race podium finishers for 1972
ROUND	RACE	P1	P2	P3
R01 · Gran Premio de Argentina 1972	Gran Premio de Argentina 1972	STEWART	HULME	ICKX
R02 · South African Grand Prix 1972	South African Grand Prix 1972	HULME	FITTIPALDI	REVSON
R03 · Gran Premio de España 1972	Gran Premio de España 1972	FITTIPALDI	ICKX	REGAZZONI
R04 · Grand Prix de Monaco 1972	Grand Prix de Monaco 1972	BELTOISE	ICKX	FITTIPALDI
R05 · 1972 Belgian Grand Prix	1972 Belgian Grand Prix	FITTIPALDI	CEVERT	HULME
R06 · Grand Prix de France 1972	Grand Prix de France 1972	STEWART	FITTIPALDI	AMON
R07 · 1972 John Player British Grand Prix	1972 John Player British Grand Prix	FITTIPALDI	STEWART	REVSON
R08 · Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1972	Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1972	ICKX	REGAZZONI	PETERSON
R09 · Grosser Preis von Österreich 1972	Grosser Preis von Österreich 1972	FITTIPALDI	HULME	REVSON
R10 · Gran Premio d'Italia 1972	Gran Premio d'Italia 1972	FITTIPALDI	HAILWOOD	HULME
R11 · Labatt's Canadian Grand Prix 1972	Labatt's Canadian Grand Prix 1972	STEWART	REVSON	HULME
R12 · 1972 United States Grand Prix	1972 United States Grand Prix	STEWART	CEVERT	HULME

EPILOGUE BY THE NUMBERS

The year in five numbers.

ROUNDS

12

DRIVERS

21

WINNERS

5

PODIUM·DRIVERS

11

POINTS·SHARED

300

CHAMPION

Emerson Fittipaldi

61 PTS · 5 WINS

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