The 1972 French Grand Prix was Round 6 of the 1972 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at the Charade circuit in France on Sunday, 2 July 1972. Chris Amon started on pole position for Matra and Jackie Stewart was the race winner in the Tyrrell Ford.
1972 French Grand Prix
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Jackie Stewart | Great Britain | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 38 | 1:52:21.500 | 1:52:21.500 | - | - | 2:55.800 | 163.500 | 3 | 9 | |
| 2 | 1 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Brazil | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 38 | +27.700 | 1:52:49.200 | +27.700 | +27.700 | 2:55.700 | 162.800 | 8 | 6 | |
| 3 | 9 | Chris Amon | New Zealand | Matra | Goodyear | 38 | +31.900 | 1:52:53.400 | +31.900 | +4.200 | 2:53.900 | 32 | 162.700 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 | François Cévert | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 38 | +49.300 | 1:53:10.800 | +49.300 | +17.400 | 2:56.000 | 162.300 | 7 | 3 | |
| 5 | 12 | Ronnie Peterson | Sweden | March Ford | Goodyear | 38 | +56.800 | 1:53:18.300 | +56.800 | +7.500 | 2:55.900 | 162.100 | 9 | 2 | |
| 6 | 26 | Mike Hailwood | Great Britain | Surtees Ford | Firestone | 38 | +1:36.100 | 1:53:57.600 | +1:36.100 | +39.300 | 2:57.400 | 161.200 | 10 | 1 | |
| 7 | 2 | Denny Hulme | New Zealand | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 38 | +1:48.100 | 1:54:09.600 | +1:48.100 | +12.000 | 2:54.400 | 160.900 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 19 | Wilson Fittipaldi | Brazil | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | 38 | +2:25.100 | 1:54:46.600 | +2:25.100 | +37.000 | 2:58.900 | 160.000 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 11 | Brian Redman | Great Britain | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 38 | +2:55.500 | 1:55:17.000 | +2:55.500 | +30.400 | 2:56.800 | 159.300 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 18 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | 38 | +2:59.500 | 1:55:21.000 | +2:59.500 | +4.000 | 2:59.500 | 159.200 | 20 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Jacky Ickx | Belgium | Ferrari | Firestone | 37 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 2:54.400 | 4 | ||||
| 12 | 20 | Carlos Reutemann | Argentina | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | 37 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 2:58.600 | 17 | |||||
| 13 | 30 | Nanni Galli | Italy | Ferrari | Firestone | 37 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 2:59.000 | 19 | |||||
| 14 | 28 | Andrea de Adamich | Italy | Surtees Ford | Firestone | 37 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 2:59.900 | 12 | |||||
| 15 | 5 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | France | BRM | Firestone | 37 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 3:01.100 | 24 | |||||
| 16 | 10 | Rolf Stommelen | Germany | Eifelland Ford | Goodyear | 37 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 2:59.100 | 15 | |||||
| 17 | 27 | Tim Schenken | Australia | Surtees Ford | Firestone | 36 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 2:59.300 | 5 | ||||
| 18 | 6 | Dave Walker | Australia | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 34 | Halfshaft | 4 laps | 2 laps | 2:59.500 | 22 | ||||
| 19 | 15 | Mike Beuttler | Great Britain | March Ford | Firestone | 33 | Out of fuel | 5 laps | 1 lap | 3:05.000 | 23 | ||||
| NC | 8 | Patrick Depailler | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 33 | +5 laps | 2:57.200 | 16 | ||||||
| DNF | 24 | Reine Wisell | Sweden | BRM | Firestone | 25 | Gearbox | 3:00.500 | 18 | ||||||
| DNF | 17 | Carlos Pace | Brazil | March Ford | Goodyear | 18 | Engine | 2:58.600 | 11 | ||||||
| DNF | 25 | Helmut Marko | Austria | BRM | Firestone | 8 | Physical | 2:59.600 | 6 | ||||||
| DNF | 14 | Niki Lauda | Austria | March Ford | Goodyear | 4 | Halfshaft | 3:23.000 | 21 | ||||||
| DNQ | 29 | Dave Charlton | South Africa | Lotus Ford | Firestone |