1972 MotoGP

13 Grands Prix. Giacomo Agostini heads the published standings with 105 points on a MV Agusta.

Open 1972 in the atlas →← 1971 1973 →

Races13

Winners3different race winners

Riders classified121in the published standings

Makers31

Calendar every race, in order

Date	Race	Circuit	Winner	Maker	Pole	Fastest lap
1972-04-30	German Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Nürburgring Nordschleife	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	—	· Giacomo Agostini
1972-05-07	French Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Circuit de Charade	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	—	· Giacomo Agostini
1972-05-14	Austrian Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	—	· Giacomo Agostini
1972-05-21	Nations Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Imola	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	—	· Giacomo Agostini
1972-06-09	Isle of Man TT · Grand Prix	Snaefell Mountain	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	—	· Giacomo Agostini
1972-06-18	Yugoslavian Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Opatija Circuit	Alberto Pagani	MV Agusta	—	· Giacomo Agostini
1972-06-24	Dutch TT · Grand Prix	Assen	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	—	· Giacomo Agostini
1972-07-02	Belgian Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	—	· Giacomo Agostini
1972-07-09	Grand Prix of the DRG · Grand Prix	Sachsenring	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	—	· Giacomo Agostini
1972-07-16	Czechoslovak Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Brno	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	—	· Giacomo Agostini
1972-07-23	Swedish Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Anderstorp	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	—	· Giacomo Agostini
1972-07-30	Finnish Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Imatra Circuit	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	Giacomo Agostini	· Giacomo Agostini
1972-09-23	Spanish Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Montjuïc	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	Bruno Kneubühler	· Chas Mortimer

Riders’ standings published

Pos	Rider	Maker	Points
1	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	105
2	Alberto Pagani	MV Agusta	87
3	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	54
4	Rodney Gould	Yamaha	52
5	Bo Granath	Husqvarna	47
6	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	42
7	Dave Simmonds	Kawasaki	42
8	Jack Findlay	Jada-Suzuki	31
9	Billie Nelson	Honda	31
10	Kim Newcombe	König	27
11	Guido Mandracci	Suzuki	24
12	Christian Bourgeois	Yamaha	20
13	Rob Bron	Suzuki	18
14	Sven-Olof Gunnarsson	Kawasaki	16
15	Jerry Lancaster	Yamaha	14
16	Paul Eickleberg	König	13
17	Mick Grant	Kawasaki	10
17	Bruno Spaggiari	Ducati	10
19	Gianpiero Zubani	Kawasaki	9
20	Sergio Baroncini	Ducati	9
21	Lothar John	Yamaha	9
22	Kevin Cowley	Seeley-Matchless	8
22	Hideo Kanaya	Yamaha	8
22	Paul Smart	Ducati	8
25	Piet Van der Wal	Kawasaki	7
26	Ernst Hiller		6
26	André Pogolotti	Suzuki	6
26	Derek Chatterton	Yamaha	6
29	Eric Offenstadt	Kawasaki	5
29	Charlie Dobson	Kawasaki	5
29	Klaus Huber	Kawasaki	5
29	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	5
29	Charlie Williams	Yamaha	5
34	Kurt-Ivan Carlsson	Yamaha	5
35	Alois Maxwald	Rotax	4
35	Silvano Bertarelli	Kawasaki	4
35	Selwyn Griffiths	Matchless	4
38	Derek Lee	Suzuki	3
38	Clive Brown	Suzuki	3
38	Getulio Marcaccini	Aermacchi	3
38	Paul Cott	Seeley	3
42	Carlo Marelli	Paton	3
43	Arpád Juhos		2
43	Ken Araoka	Kawasaki	2
43	Johnny Bengtsson	Husqvarna-Proto	2
43	Seppo Kangasniemi	Yamaha	2
47	Roberto Gallina	Paton	1
47	Maurice Hawthorne	Kawasaki	1
47	Josef Özelt	Matchless	1
47	Ulf Nilsson	Suzuki	1
47	Charlie Sanby	Suzuki	1
52	Ron Chandler	Kawasaki	0
53	Kai Kuparinen	Suzuki	0
54	Ted Janssen	Suzuki	0
55	Michael Schmid	Yamaha	0
56	Terry Dennehy	Honda	0
57	Giordano Mongardi	Ducati	0
58	Christian Léon	Kawasaki	0
58	Billy McCosh	Suzuki	0
60	Gyula Marsovszky	Linto	0
61	Steve Ellis	Yamaha	0
62	Morgan Radberg	Monark	0
63	Gustavo Cerdeña	Suzuki	0
63	John Hughes	Matchless	0
63	Stan Woods	Suzuki	0
66	Heinz Schmid	Suzuki	0
67	Keith Turner	Suzuki	0
68	Jean Campiche	Linto	0
69	Agne Carlsson	Husqvarna	0
69	Jeff Wade	Yamaha	0
71	Kaarlo Koivuniemi	Kawasaki	0
72	Börge Andersson	Honda	0
73	Guy Cooremans	Kawasaki	0
73	Roger Nichols	Suzuki	0
75	George Fogarty	Cunningham-Suzuki	0
75	Jean-Paul Passet	Kawasaki	0
75	Jerôme van Haeltert	Kawasaki	0
75	Sture Wass	Kawasaki	0
79	Hans-Otto Butenuth	BMW	0
79	Walter Rungg	Aermacchi	0
81	Garry Mateer	Norton	0
82	Werner Bergold	Kawasaki	0
83	Pete Elmore	Petty-Norton	0
83	Jacques Roca	Suzuki	0
83	Hans-Jürgen Rothbrust	Yamaha	0
83	Claus Tarum	Honda	0
87	Anssi Resko	Kawasaki	0
88	Tom Dickie	Cowles-Matchless	0
89	Horst Dzierzawa	Yamaha	0
90	Brian Lee	Aermacchi	0
91	Arne Andersson	Suzuki	0
92	Ken Tilley	Norton	0
93	Kurt-Harald Florin	König	0
94	Roger Bowler	Mularny	0
95	Werner Giger	Kawasaki	0
96	Raymond Ashcroft	Yamaha	0
97	Hugh Evans	Kawasaki	0
98	Udo Kochanski	BMW	0
98	Grahan Penny	Honda	0
100	Willi Bertsch	Kawasaki	0
101	Ken Kay	Seeley	0
102	Sten-Gunnar Jansson	Kawasaki	0
102	Fred Walton	Velocette-Metisse	0
104	Ron Baylie	Triumph	0
105	Walter Dawson	Yamaha	0
106	Otto Labitzke	Honda	0
106	Chris Neve	Seeley	0
108	Tom Loughridge	Crooks-Suzuki	0
109	Abe Alexander	Seeley	0
110	Jim Ashton	Seeley	0
111	Tom Waterer	Norton	0
112	Ernie Johnson	Suzuki	0
113	Geoff Barry	Oakley-Seeley	0
None	Karl Auer	Kawasaki	0
None	Cliff Carr	Kawasaki	0
None	André-Luc Appietto	Kawasaki	0
None	Godfrey Nash	Honda	0
None	Bohumil Staša	ČZ	0
None	Gérard Debrock	Kawasaki	0
None	Wil Hartog	Riemanoc-Yamaha	0
None	Kari Lahtinen	Yamaha	0

Manufacturers

No manufacturers’ table in the archive for this season.