1972 International Gold Cup
Non-championship race in the 1972 Formula One season
Oulton Park circuit
Oulton Park circuit
Race details
Date 29 May 1972
Official name XIX International Gold Cup
Location Oulton Park, Cheshire
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.4434 km (2.761 miles)
Distance 40 laps, 177.749 km ( miles)
Pole position
Driver
BRM
Time 1:24.6
Fastest lap
Driver New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Cosworth
Time 1:24.4[1]
Podium
First
McLaren-Cosworth
Second
Lotus-Cosworth
Third
Surtees-Cosworth

The 19th International Gold Cup was a non-championship Formula One race, which was held on the Oulton Park circuit, located near Tarporley, Cheshire, England on 29 May 1972.[2]

Report

Entry

The race had been brought forward to the Bank Holiday weekend in the hope of attracting more entries. However, a competing Formula Two race at Crystal Palace took away some potential entrants. As a result, ten of the cars that had competed in the European Formula 5000 round earlier in the day joined the eight Formula One cars on the grid.[3]

Although the race regularly attracted the top teams from across Britain and Europe, the increasing costs of F1 and more countries wishing to have their own Grand Prix, the Gold Cup fell by wayside with this being the last true F1 race.[4]

Qualifying

Peter Gethin took pole position for the Marlboro BRM, in their BRM P160B, averaging a speed of 117.433 mph. Denny Hulme in a McLaren M19A was second fastest, just 0.2 of a second behind. The fastest of the F5000 cars was Alan Rollinson in fifth, in his Alan McKechnie Racing Lola-Chevrolet T300.[5]

Race

The race was held over 40 laps of the Oulton Park circuit. Denny Hulme took the winner spoils for Yardley Team McLaren, driving their McLaren-Cosworth M19A. Hulme won in a time of 1hr 24.400mins., averaging a speed of 115.408 mph. The second car home was that of Emerson Fittipaldi, for the John Player Team Lotus in their Cosworth powered Lotus 72D. The podium was completed by Tim Schenken, in a Surtees-Cosworth TS9B for Team Surtees outfit albeit one lap adrift. The first F5000 car home was that of Brian Redman in a Sid Taylor Racing entered, Chevron-Chevrolet B24 in fourth.[6][7][8]

Classification

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 46 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Cosworth 40 57:15.6 2
2 44 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Cosworth 40 + 37.4 s 3
3 47 Australia Tim Schenken Surtees-Cosworth 39 +1 lap 11
4 1 United Kingdom Brian Redman Chevron-Chevrolet 39 +1 lap 8
5 43 Australia Vern Schuppan BRM 39 +1 lap 6
6 8 United Kingdom Ray Allen McLaren-Chevrolet 38 +2 laps 10
7 4 United Kingdom Guy Edwards McLaren-Chevrolet 38 +2 laps 16
8 6 United Kingdom Ian Ashley Lola-Chevrolet 37 +3 laps 14
9 33 Belgium Teddy Pilette McLaren-Chevrolet 35 +5 laps 12
10 10 United Kingdom Ray Calcutt McLaren-Chevrolet 35 +5 laps 18
NC 21 United Kingdom David Prophet McLaren-Chevrolet 31 +9 laps 13
Ret 25 United Kingdom Keith Holland McLaren-Chevrolet 33 Engine mounting 17
Ret 9 Netherlands Gijs van Lennep Surtees-Chevrolet 30 Shock absorber mounting 15
Ret 45 Australia David Walker Lotus-Cosworth 25 Gearbox 4
Ret 12 United Kingdom Alan Rollinson Lola-Chevrolet 19 Rear cross-member 5
Ret 41 United Kingdom Peter Gethin BRM 10 Wheel bearing seizure 1
Ret 42 Sweden Reine Wisell BRM 2 Accident/Broken finger 7
Ret 48 Sweden Ronnie Peterson March-Cosworth 1 Accident 9

[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "International Gold Cup 1972". Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "International Gold Cup 1972". Racing Sports Cars. 1972-05-29. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  3. ↑ Peter McFadyen, “Motor Racing at Oulton Park in The 1970s " (Veloce Publishing Ltd, ISBN 9781845841645, 2008)
  4. ↑ "Oulton Park Race Circuit - the Official Oulton Park Motorsport Site". Archived from the original on 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  5. ↑ "International Gold Cup 1972 - Qualifying Results - Racing Sports Cars". www.racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  6. ↑ "International Gold Cup 1972 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars". www.racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  7. 1 2 Darren Galpin. "1972 Non-World Championship Formula One Races". Silhouet.com. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  8. 1 2 "XIX International Gold Cup • STATS F1". Statsf1.com. 1972-05-29. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
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