- 1972 French Grand Prix
The 1972 French Grand Prix was a
Formula One race held atCharade Circuit onJuly 2 ,1972 Due to cutting the corners, a stone thrown from
Emerson Fittipaldi 's Lotus hitHelmut Marko in the eye during the 1972 French Grand Prix, ending his F1 career, as well as the one of the circuit. The stones also had caused ten deflated tyres, but luckily no big crashes. The French Grand Prix moved to the new Paul Ricard Circuit for 1973.Classification
Notes
* Fastest L
References
*cite web | title = The Official Formula 1 website | url = http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1972/513/ | accessdate = 2008-01-22
F1 race report
Name_of_race =French Grand Prix
Year_of_race = 1972
Previous_race_in_season =1972 Belgian Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season =1972 British Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race =1971 French Grand Prix
Next_year's_race =1973 French Grand Prix
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