Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Lotus 72 itsva yakaita sechidimbu yakanga ine magadzirirwo emotokari matsva zvikuru, ine torsion bar suspension, radiators akaiswa muhudyu, mabhureki epamberi ari mukati uye bapiro rokumashure rinokwakuka. Pakutanga 72 yakanga ine zvinetso zvokumiswa, asi apo kudonha uye squat zvakagadzirwa kunze kwekumiswa motokari yacho yakakurumidza kuratidza hukuru hwayo. Mutungamiri mutsva weLotus, muAustria Jochen Rindt, akatonga mukwikwidzi kusvikira aurayiwa paMonza paakapunzikira muzvimhingamupinyi zvisina kuiswa zvakanaka pamberi pekona yeParabolica. Akatora zita ra1970 akafa nokuda kweLotus. Jacky Ickx akakunda muAustria
, Canadian neMexico Grands Prix kuti vave wechipiri muDrivers' Championship, vabatanazve neFerrari kubva kuBrabham. Kudai akakunda United States Grand Prix panzvimbo pomunhu mutsva wokuBrazil Emerson Fittipaldi, Ickx angadai akapiwa korona yokukunda.