Whakakīhia te rerenga e whai ake nei: He hoahoa waka tino auaha te Lotus 72 hou, e whakaatu ana i te whakatārewatanga torsion bar, nga radiator i whakauruhia ki te hope, nga peera o mua o roto me te parirau o muri. Ko te 72 i te timatanga he raru o te whakairi, engari i te wa i hangaia ai te ruku me te tuuru i waho o te whakairi, ka whakaatu wawe te motuka i tona kaha. Ko te kaiarahi hou o Lotus, ko te Austrian Jochen Rindt, i kaha ki te whakataetae tae noa ki tana matenga i Monza i a ia e tukituki ana ki etahi aukati tukinga kino i mua tonu o te kokonga Parabolica. I riro i a ia te taitara 1970 i muri i tona matenga mo Lotus. I toa a Jacky Ickx i te
Ko nga Whakataetae Nui o Austria, Canada me Mexico hei tuarua i te Whakataetae Kaihauturu, kua uru ano ki a Ferrari mai i Brabham. Mena i wikitoria ia i te United States Grand Prix hei utu mo te kaitoi hou o Brazil a Emerson Fittipaldi, ka karaunatia a Ickx hei toa.