The following is an overview of the events of 1972 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
Annual events
editThe calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.
Date | Event | Ref |
---|---|---|
6 February | 6 Hours of Daytona | [1] |
20 February | 14th Daytona 500 | [2] |
6 May | 56th Targa Florio | [3] |
14 May | 30th Monaco Grand Prix | [4] |
27 May | 56th Indianapolis 500 | [5] |
5–9 June | 54th Isle of Man TT | [6] |
10–11 June | 40th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [7] |
24–25 June | 3rd 24 Hours of Nurburgring | [8] |
22–23 July | 24th 24 Hours of Spa | [9] |
1 October | 13th Hardie-Ferodo 500 | [10] |
26 November | 19th Macau Grand Prix | [11] |
Births
editDate | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 | January | Toto Wolff | Austrian | Racing driver and executive | Head of Mercedez AMG Petronas | [12] |
20 | March | Pedro Lamy | Portuguese | Racing driver | 1992 Masters of Formula 3 winner. | [13] |
5 | April | Tom Coronel | Dutch | Racing driver | 1999 Formula Nippon champion, 1997 Masters of Formula 3 winner. | [14] |
23 | May | Rubens Barrichello | Brazilian | Racing driver | Winner of the 11 Formula One Grand Prix, GPDA chairman (2010-2012). | [15] |
11 | July | Steven Richards | New Zealander | Racing driver | Winner of the Bathurst 1000 in 1998-1999, 2013 and 2015. | [16] |
15 | October | Carlos Checa | Spanish | Motorcycle racer | Superbike World champion (2011). | [17] |
Deaths
editDate | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 | June | Jo Bonnier | 42 | Swedish | Racing driver | The first Swedish Formula One driver. 1959 Dutch Grand Prix winner. | [18] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Daytona 6 Hours 1972 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "1972 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "56^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "1972 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "1972 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "TT 1972". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "Le Mans Register - 1972". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "Nurburgring 24 hours". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "1972 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "1972 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ Toto Wolff Team Principal & CEO Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team
- ^ "David Coulthard". ESPN. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "Tom Coronel". driverdb.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "Rubens Barrichello". ESPN. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "Steven Richards". driverdb.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "Carlos Checa". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Jo Bonnier". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
External links
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