| Pos |
# |
Driver |
Car |
Time |
| 1 | 3 | Ronnie Peterson/Tim Schenken | Ferrari 312PB | 7:56,100 |
| 2 | 8 | Derek Bell/Gijs van Lennep | Mirage M6 Ford | 8:05,500 |
| 3 | 4 | Rolf Stommelen/Vic Elford | Alfa Romeo 33TT3 | 8:09,700 |
| 4 | 6 | Helmut Marko/Andrea de Adamich | Alfa Romeo 33TT3 | 8:16,000 |
| 5 | 9 | Reinhold Jöst/Mario Casoni/Wilhelm Bartels | Porsche 908/03 | 8:18,700 |
| 6 | 2 | Arturo Merzario/Brian Redman | Ferrari 312PB | 8:28,100 |
| 7 | 24 | John Hine/John Bridges | Chevron B21 Ford | 8:32,400 |
| 8 | 1 | Jacky Ickx/Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari 312PB | 8:44,800 |
| 9 | 23 | Niki Bosch/Peter Hanson | Chevron B21 Ford | 8:57,200 |
| 10 | 22 | Walter Frey/Peter Ettmüller | Chevron B19/21 Ford | 9:10,700 |
| 11 | 20 | Guy Edwards/Helmuth Koinigg/Richard Scott | Lola T290 Chevy Vega | 9:17,200 |
| 12 | 90 | Dieter Glemser/Jochen Mass | Ford Capri 2600 RS | 9:20,400 |
| 13 | 101 | Ernst Furtmayr/Harald Ertl | BMW 2002 TI | 9:22,100 |
| 14 | 70 | Günter Steckkönig/Dieter Schmid | Porsche 911S | 9:25,700 |
| 15 | 91 | Hans-Joachim Stuck/Alex Soler-Roig | Ford Capri 2600 RS | 9:27,200 |
| 16 | 88 | Gerold Pankl/Helmut Kelleners | BMW 2800CS | 9:29,200 |
| 17 | 30 | John Burton/Chris Craft | Chevron B21 Ford | 9:32,000 |
| 18 | 93 | Alain Peltier/Jean Xhenceval | BMW 2800CS | 9:36,300 |
| 19 | 35 | Martin Raymond/Ian Bracey | Daren Mk.3 Ford | 9:37,100 |
| 20 | 63 | Clemens Schickentanz/Willy Kauhsen | Porsche 911S | 9:41,700 |
| 21 | 28 | Claude Swietlik/Mario Cabral | Lola T290 Ford | 9:42,600 |
| 22 | 55 | John Fitzpatrick/Erwin Kremer | Porsche 911S | 9:42,800 |
| 23 | 15 | Martin Davidson/Jack Wheeler | Daren Mk.3 BRM | 9:43,400 |
| 24 | 17 | Gérard Larrousse/Jo Bonnier | Lola T290 Ford | 9:44,000 |
| 25 | 31 | Roger Heavens/Mike Garton | Chevron B21 Ford | 9:50,200 |
| 26 | 51 | Jorge de Bagration/Dieter Basche/Hughes de Fierlant | Lola T290 Ford | 9:51,800 |
| 27 | 95 | Jürgen Neuhaus/Hans-Peter Joisten | BMW 2800CS | 9:52,400 |
| 28 | 96 | Rüdiger Faltz/Schulte-Oversohl | BMW 2800CS | 9:54,700 |
| 29 | 65 | Jürgen Barth/Michael Keyser | Porsche 911S | 9:56,500 |
| 30 | 67 | Claude Haldi/Bernard Cheneviére | Porsche 911S | 10:04,200 |
| 31 | 38 | Arthur Collier/John Green | Daren Mk.3 Lotus | 10:05,300 |
| 32 | 89 | Waltraud Odenthal/Klaus Fritzinger | Ford Capri 2600 RS | 10:05,500 |
| 33 | 45 | Rolf Skoghag/Freddy Kottulinsky | Lola T212 Ford | 10:07,300 |
| 34 | 83 | Bengt Ekberg/Dick Bistrom/Kurt Simonsen | Porsche 911T | 10:07,700 |
| 35 | 21 | Tony Birchenhough/Brian Joscelyne | Lola T212 BMW | 10:08,700 |
| 36 | 36 | Peter Richardson/Jeremy Richardson | Daren Mk.3 Ford | 10:09,800 |
| 37 | 72 | Dieter Fröhlich/Willi Nolte | Porsche 911S | 10:10,100 |
| 38 | 103 | Dieter Weizinger/Dieter Gleich/Hans Hessel | Alfa Romeo GTAm | 10:15,200 |
| 39 | 43 | Bernd Becker/Elmar Clever/Karl-Heinz Tibor | Porsche 910 | 10:19,000 |
| 40 | 105 | Dieter Hegels/Heinz Gilges | BMW 2002 TI | 10:19,300 |
| 41 | 16 | Michel Dupont/Paul Blancpain/Jean-Paul Bodin | Chevron B19 Ford | 10:20,500 |
| 42 | 104 | Hans Heyer/Helmut Kuhl | BMW 2002 TI | 10:20,500 |
| 44 | 56 | Franz-Josef Rieder/Hans-Werner Brohl | Porsche 911S | 10:21,300 |
| 45 | 57 | Anton Fischhaber/Leopold von Bayern | Porsche 911S | 10:21,400 |
| 46 | 25 | Willie Tuckett/Andrew Fletcher | Chevron B21 Ford | 10:23,900 |
| 47 | 94 | Peter Ochs/Rolf Rummel | BMW 2800CS | 10:24,200 |
| 48 | 41 | François Migault/Brian Robinson | Chevron B21 Ford | 10:25,700 |
| 49 | 81 | Walter Simonis/Horst Hoier | Porsche 914/6 | 10:26,600 |
| 50 | 77 | Werner Christmann/Jean Ragnotti | Opel GT | 10:28,700 |
| 51 | 33 | Sepp Greger/Kurt Hild | Porsche 910 | 10:31,400 |
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1000 km of Nurburgring 1972