Gridpedia1972 French Grand Prix
- Date
- 2 Jul 1972
- Circuit
- Charade Circuit, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Round
- 6 of 12
- Winner
- Jackie Stewart (Tyrrell)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | STEJackie Stewart | Tyrrell | 3 | 38 | 1:52:22.5 | 9 | |
| 2 | 1 | FITEmerson Fittipaldi | Team Lotus | 8 | 38 | +27.7 | 6 | |
| 3 | 9 | AMOChris Amon | Matra | 1 | 38 | +31.9 | 4 | |
| 4 | 7 | CEVFrançois Cevert | Tyrrell | 7 | 38 | +49.3 | 3 | |
| 5 | 12 | PETRonnie Peterson | March | 9 | 38 | +56.8 | 2 | |
| 6 | 26 | HAIMike Hailwood | Surtees | 10 | 38 | +1:36.1 | 1 | |
| 7 | 2 | HULDenny Hulme | McLaren | 2 | 38 | +1:48.1 | 0 | |
| 8 | 19 | FITWilson Fittipaldi | Brabham | 14 | 38 | +2:25.1 | 0 | |
| 9 | 11 | REDBrian Redman | McLaren | 13 | 38 | +2:55.5 | 0 | |
| 10 | 18 | HILGraham Hill | Brabham | 20 | 38 | +2:59.5 | 0 | |
| 11 | 3 | ICKJacky Ickx | Ferrari | 4 | 37 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 12 | 20 | REUCarlos Reutemann | Brabham | 17 | 37 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 13 | 30 | GALNanni Galli | Ferrari | 19 | 37 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 14 | 28 | DEAAndrea de Adamich | Surtees | 12 | 37 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 15 | 5 | BELJean-Pierre Beltoise | BRM | 24 | 37 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 16 | 10 | STORolf Stommelen | March | 15 | 37 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 17 | 27 | SCHTim Schenken | Surtees | 5 | 36 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 18 | 6 | WALDavid Walker | Team Lotus | 22 | 34 | Halfshaft | 0 | |
| 19 | 15 | BEUMike Beuttler | March | 23 | 33 | Out of fuel | 0 | |
| N | 8 | DEPPatrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 16 | 33 | Not classified | 0 | |
| R | 24 | WISReine Wisell | BRM | 18 | 25 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| R | 17 | PACCarlos Pace | March | 11 | 18 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 25 | MARHelmut Marko | BRM | 6 | 8 | Eye injury | 0 | |
| R | 14 | LAUNiki Lauda | March | 21 | 4 | Halfshaft | 0 | |
| F | 29 | CHADave Charlton | Team Lotus | PL | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.
Standings after this race
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Team Lotus | 2 | 34 |
| 2 | Jackie Stewart | Tyrrell | 2 | 21 |
| 3 | Denny Hulme | McLaren | 1 | 19 |
| 4 | Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | BRM | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | François Cevert | Tyrrell | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Clay Regazzoni | 0 | 7 | |
| 8 | Peter Revson | 0 | 6 | |
| 9 | Chris Amon | Matra | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Ronnie Peterson | March | 0 | 5 |