Sunday 23rd January 1972

Jackie Stewart won the first Argentine Grand Prix run since 1960. Argentina’s Carlos Reutemann made his Grand Prix debut in spectacular fashion, claiming pole in his Brabham BT34. Brabham also had a new manager, Bernie Ecclestone. Lotus appeared for the first time in gold and black John Player colours. Sand & gravel strewn on the track in an early incident caused several problems. New Lotus driver Dave Walker stalled, ran back to the pits for a hammer and re-started, but was disqualified for using tools not carried in the car. Meanwhile, Reine Wisell, replaced at Lotus by Walker, continued after getting out of his BRM and manually unsticking the throttle. Reutemann gambled on softer tyres and quickly faded, but after pitting late for new tyres, charged from 14th back to 7th. Stewart’s Tyrell won by 25.9 seconds over Denis Hulme in a McLaren.