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Bandicam 2020-03-28 13-36-22-851.jpg The 1972 Elite Racing League season was the 13th season of the FIA's Formula One motor racing support series (the series would remain a support series until 1997.) The Drivers Championship was won, for a second time, by future F1 legend Niki Lauda who drove for Ferrari. Honda won the Constructors Championship for the second time. The Drivers Championship was almost won by Niki Lauda at the United States Grand Prix when both Amon and Hulme didnt score points however Mario Andretti won putting the title fight to Argentina, Hulme wasnt in title contention after the United States GP instead it was Lauda, Amon and Andretti fighting for the title. Both titles were decided in Argentina the following race.

This season ended the Constructors Championship "trend" when Honda won this years Constructors Championship.

Season Review[edit | edit source]

Two new races were added to the calendar as the FIA continued to try and have the ERL continue to be its seperate entity, the new races were the Spanish Grand Prix at Jarama (which was the venue of the Formula 1 Spanish GP at the time) whilst the Brazilian Grand Prix was added for the first time at the newly built Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo as an independent ERL grand prix (until Formula 1 started using Interlagos too.)

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Teams and Drivers[edit | edit source]

Motor Racing Developments Ltd and Jack Brabham (now serving as team ambassador as well as owner) gave Ford a share in the team, this creating an unofficial Ford Factory Team despite the name of the team saying it is.

Future Formula 1 Champion Jody Scheckter joined McLaren on a temporary basis whilst McLaren looked at its other driver options.

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Drivers Championship[edit | edit source]

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Constructors Championship[edit | edit source]

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Seasons[edit | edit source]

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