1972 / ROUND 6

French Grand Prix

WinnerJackie StewartPublished race classification

Official poleChris AmonSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance306.09 km38 laps

Race entries29Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell	3	3	38	1:52:21.500	9
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus	8	8	38	1:52:49.200	6
3	Chris Amon	Matra	1	1	38	1:52:53.400	4
4	François Cevert	Tyrrell	7	7	38	1:53:10.800	3
5	Ronnie Peterson	March	9	9	38	1:53:18.300	2
6	Mike Hailwood	Surtees	10	10	38	1:53:57.600	1
7	Denny Hulme	McLaren	2	2	38	1:54:09.600	0
8	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham	15	14	38	1:54:46.600	0
9	Brian Redman	McLaren	14	13	38	1:55:17.000	0
10	Graham Hill	Brabham	23	20	38	1:55:21.000	0
11	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	4	4	37	+1 lap	0
12	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham	18	17	37	+1 lap	0
13	Nanni Galli	Ferrari	20	19	37	+1 lap	0
14	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees	13	12	37	+1 lap	0
15	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	28	24	37	+1 lap	0
16	Rolf Stommelen	Eifelland	16	15	37	+1 lap	0
17	Tim Schenken	Surtees	5	5	36	+2 laps	0
18	David Walker	Lotus	25	22	34	Halfshaft	0
DNF	Mike Beuttler	March	26	23	33	Out of fuel	0
NC	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	17	16	33	+5 laps	0
DNF	Reine Wisell	BRM	19	18	25	Gearbox	0
DNF	Carlos Pace	March	11	11	18	Engine	0
DNF	Helmut Marko	BRM	6	6	8	Injury	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	March	24	21	4	Halfshaft	0
DNS	Henri Pescarolo	March	12	—	—	Accident	0
DNS	Derek Bell	Tecno	27	—	—	Transmission	0
DNS	Peter Gethin	BRM	22	—	—	DNS	0
DNS	Howden Ganley	BRM	21	—	—	Car raced by Beltoise	0
DNQ	Dave Charlton	Lotus	29	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Chris Amon	2:53.400
2	Denny Hulme	2:54.200
3	Jackie Stewart	2:55.000
4	Jacky Ickx	2:55.100
5	Tim Schenken	2:57.200
6	Helmut Marko	2:57.300
7	François Cevert	2:58.100
8	Emerson Fittipaldi	2:58.100
9	Ronnie Peterson	2:58.200
10	Mike Hailwood	2:58.300
11	Carlos Pace	2:58.600
12	Henri Pescarolo	2:59.000
13	Andrea de Adamich	2:59.100
14	Brian Redman	2:59.400
15	Wilson Fittipaldi	2:59.500
16	Rolf Stommelen	2:59.600
17	Patrick Depailler	2:59.600
18	Carlos Reutemann	3:00.700
19	Reine Wisell	3:00.700
20	Nanni Galli	3:00.700
21	Howden Ganley	3:02.000
22	Peter Gethin	3:02.800
23	Graham Hill	3:03.000
24	Niki Lauda	3:03.100
25	David Walker	3:04.700
26	Mike Beuttler	3:05.900
27	Derek Bell	3:06.900
28	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	—
29	Dave Charlton	3:11.600

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.