Rothmans 50,000


The Rothmans 50,000 was a motor race held at the Brands Hatch circuit on 28 August 1972 with a prize fund of £50,000.
The race was held to Formula Libre rules, but the top placing three cars were all Formula One cars - with Emerson Fittipaldi winning the race from pole in a Lotus 72, Brian Redman in a McLaren M19A taking second and Henri Pescarolo driving a March 711 finishing third.
The race was run over 118 laps of the full GP circuit and initial plans were for an entry of up to 100 cars with a race for the first thirty qualifiers and a secondary race for qualifiers in positions 30 to 60. The entry list was ultimately lower than expected but a secondary race was still run. This was won by Dave Morgan, with Ian Ashley and Tony Dean second and third respectively.

Classification

Qualifying

Race

PosDriverConstructorCategoryLapsTime/Retired
1 Emerson FittipaldiLotus-CosworthFormula One1182:50:49.1
2 Brian RedmanMcLaren-CosworthFormula One118+47.6
3 Henri PescaroloMarch-CosworthFormula One116+2 laps
4 Gerry BirrellMarch-CosworthFormula Two116+2 laps
5 James HuntMarch-CosworthFormula Two115+3 laps
6 John WatsonChevron-CosworthFormula Two115+3 laps
7 Alan RollinsonLola-ChevroletFormula 5000112+6 laps
8 Tom BelsøBrabham-CosworthFormula Two110+8 laps
9 David ProphetMcLaren-ChevroletFormula 5000109+9 laps
10 Claude BourgoignieGRD-CosworthFormula Two108+10 laps
11
DNF		 Steve ThompsonSurtees-ChevroletFormula 5000107Fuel
12 Mario CasoniLola-CosworthSports car107+11 laps
13 Keith HollandLola-ChevroletFormula 5000106+12 laps
14 Ronnie MackayBrabham-CosworthFormula Atlantic101+17 laps
15 Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRMFormula One101+17 laps
16 Tim SchenkenBrabham-CosworthFormula Two97+21 laps
17 Richard ScottBrabham-CosworthFormula Two96+22 laps
18 Ray AllenMcLaren-ChevroletFormula 500095+23 laps
19 John WingfieldBrabham-CosworthFormula Two95+23 laps
20 Alan JonesGRD-CosworthFormula Two93+25 laps
21
DNF		 Carlos ReutemannBrabham-CosworthFormula Two91Engine
22
DNF		 David PurleyMarch-CosworthFormula One70Engine
23
DNF		 Howden GanleyBRMFormula One46Radius arm
24
DQ		 Gijs van LennepSurtees-ChevroletFormula 500034Push-start
25
DNF		 Peter WestburyBrabham-CosworthFormula Two32Overheating
26
DNF		 Gordon SpiceKitchmac-ChevroletFormula 500026Overheating
27
DQ		 Graham McRaeMcRae-ChevroletFormula 500014Illegal maintenance
28
DNF		 Jody ScheckterMcLaren-CosworthFormula Two14Overheating
29
DNF		 Vern SchuppanMarch-CosworthFormula Two9Driveshaft
30
DNF		 John CannonMarch-OldsmobileFormula 50000Engine