- Monaco Grand Prix
- Beltoise brilliant in Monte Carlo downpour
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May 14, 1972: In a steady downpour of torrential rain French driver Jean-Pierre Beltoise won his first grand prix at Monaco
- Spanish Grand Prix
- Fittipaldi is season's third different winner
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May 1, 1972: After a two-month break, the championship resumed at Jarama for the Spanish Grand Prix and Emerson Fittipaldi made it three different winners in three races with victory in his Lotus