Kyalami, Midrand, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
4.104 km (2.550 miles)
Distance
79 laps, 324.216 km (201.458 miles)
Weather
Sunny, Hot, Dry
Pole position
Driver
Jackie Stewart
Tyrrell-Ford
Time
1:17.0
Fastest lap
Driver
Mike Hailwood
Surtees-Ford
Time
1:18.9
Podium
First
Denny Hulme
McLaren-Ford
Second
Emerson Fittipaldi
Lotus-Ford
Third
Peter Revson
McLaren-Ford
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 1972 South African Grand Prix, formally the Sixth AA Grand Prix of South Africa (Afrikaans: Sesde AA Suid-Afrikaanse Grand Prix[1]), was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on 4 March 1972. It was race 2 of 12 in both the 1972 World Championship of Drivers and the 1972 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 79-lap race was won by McLaren driver Denny Hulme after he started from fifth position. Emerson Fittipaldi finished second for the Lotus team and McLaren driver Peter Revson came in third.
^"Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1972". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
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