1972 Formula One season
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The 1972 Formula One season was the 26th season of the FIA's Formula One motor racing. It featured the 23rd World Championship of Drivers, the 15th International Cup for F1 Manufacturers, and numerous
Emerson Fittipaldi (pictured in 1973) won the first of his two Drivers' Championships driving for Lotus-Ford.
Then two-time and defending Champion Jackie Stewart (pictured in 1970) finished in second place driving for Tyrrell-Ford.
1967 Champion Denny Hulme (pictured in 1970) finished the season in third driving for McLaren-Ford.
Jean-Pierre Beltoise, driving for BRM in the 1972 French Grand Prix
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Emerson Fittipaldi is a Brazilian former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1970 to 1980. Fittipaldi won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which
1972 Formula One season
…Manufacturers, and numerous non-championship Formula One races. The World Championship commenced on 23 January and ended on 8 October after twelve races. Emerson Fittipaldi, driving for Lotus, won his first World Championship, becoming the youngest World Champion to date at 25 years. This record stood for 33 years until…
Fittipaldi in 2020
Fittipaldi driving the Jim Russell Racing Drivers School F3 Lotus 59 in the 1969 F3 Guards Trophy at Brands Hatch
Fittipaldi driving the Lotus 72 at the Nürburgring in 1971
Fittipaldi at the wheel of the Lotus 72D at the 1972 Austrian Grand Prix