View from the Watkins Glen crowd at 1972 US GP: You Were There
That’s what Denis Jenkinson called the United States Grand Prix, and in October 1972 Jan Edick was at Watkins Glen in New York state to capture the action in the final round of a thrilling season
The scarlet hue of Jacky Ickx’s flat-12 Ferrari stands out among DFVs and Hewland gearboxes as the field powers away towards the first corner
Clay Regazzoni’s Ferrari heads Fittipaldi in his Brabham and Hailwood’s Surtees.
Some first-corner argy-bargy meant Reutemann stopping for a new nose on his Brabham BT37
Head gasket problems in qualifying didn’t bode well for Derek Bell; sure enough his Tecno boiled dry after just eight race laps
Mike Hailwood confers with team boss Surtees, who gave up his seat to Tim Schenken.
Clay Regazzoni ran well up until the exhaust broke up on his Ferrari 312B2
Skip Barber qualified well in his private March 711, but fading brakes dropped the American driver to 16th
Peter Gethin has a hunted look as well he might – all four cars in the BRM team expired for one reason or another
Jackie Stewart was in charge from flag to flag, dominating the race, his team-mate Cevert second.
The effort of being constructor and manager and even qualifying one of his four cars shows on John Surtees’ face
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