1972 Brazilian Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1972 Formula One season
Race details
Date	March 30, 1972
Official name	I Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Location	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	7.960[1] km (4.946 miles)
Distance	37 laps, 294.520 km (183.002 miles)
Weather	Partially cloudy and very hot
Pole position
Driver	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford
Time	2:32.4
Fastest lap
Driver	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford
Time	2:35.2
Podium
First	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford
Second	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford
Third	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford

The 1972 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One non-championship race held at Interlagos on 30 March 1972. It was the inaugural Brazilian Grand Prix.

This race was held because at that time the FIA regulations required a demonstration race to be held as a quality check, before a Grand Prix was admitted as a championship race.^{[citation needed]}

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	8	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	37	1:37:16.248	2
2	10	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	37	+1:27.656	3
3	9	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Ford	37	+2:03.379	4
4	17	Helmut Marko	BRM	36	+ 1 Lap	11
5	2	Dave Walker	Lotus-Ford	36	+ 1 Lap	5
6	11	Luiz Bueno	March-Ford	35	+ 2 Laps	10
Ret	1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	32	Suspension	1
Ret	18	Alex Soler-Roig	BRM	32	Suspension	12
Ret	6	Carlos Pace	March-Ford	1	Throttle	7
Ret	5	Henri Pescarolo	March-Ford	0	Throttle	8
Ret	15	Peter Gethin	BRM	0	Throttle	9
DNS	14	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM		Ignition	6
DNQ	12	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees-Ford
DNQ	7	Reine Wisell	Surtees-Ford
WD	3	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
WD	4	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
WD	16	Howden Ganley	BRM