Lotus won 5 races out of 12, and the world title went to Emerson Fittipaldi.
In 1972 the 25-year-old Emerson Fittipaldi, in a black-and-gold Lotus, won five races and became the youngest World Champion up to that point. He sealed the title at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
Jackie Stewart missed one race with a stomach ulcer but won four — including the last two, in Canada and the United States — and finished second. Jean-Pierre Beltoise gave BRM the last win in their history in a rain-soaked Monaco.
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