Kammala wannan jumla: Sabuwar Lotus 72 mai siffar farce tana da ƙirar motar mota mai ban mamaki, tana nuna dakatarwa na dakatarwa, radiators da aka saka a cikin hip, inboard front brakes da kuma fuka-fuki na baya. 72 da farko yana da matsaloli tare da dakatarwa, amma lokacin da aka zubar da ruwa da kuma squat daga dakatarwa motar da sauri ta nuna ta fice. Sabon shugaban Lotus, dan kasar Austriya Jochen Rindt, ya mamaye gasar har sai da aka kashe shi a Monza lokacin da ya yi karo da wasu matsalolin da ba a shigar da su ba a gaban kusurwar Parabolica. Ya ɗauki taken 1970 bayan mutuwarsa don Lotus. Jacky Ickx ya lashe gasar
Austrian, Kanada da kuma Mexican Grands Prix don zama na biyu a gasar zakarun Turai, bayan da ya koma Ferrari daga Brabham. Da ya lashe gasar United States Grand Prix maimakon sabon dan wasan Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi, da Ickx ya zama zakara.