Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I noho a Chris Amon ki a Matra, ma te whakamahi i te Matra MS120C whakatakotoranga putanga mo te 1972 i mua i te whakakapinga e te Matra MS120D putanga i waenganui o te waa. Ko te Argentine Grand Prix he whakataetae kino mo Amon me nga raru o te pouaka whakawhiti i te huringa whakamahana. I mutu ia i te 15 i te Grand Prix o Awherika ki te Tonga. He maha atu nga raru o te pouaka whakawhiti i whai ake i te Spanish Grand Prix, i mua i te wa i tae mai ai te waimarie ki a Amon me nga waahi tuaono e rua i Monaco me Belgium. I te French Grand Prix i kite a Amon i runga i te pou, a kei te arahi ia i te whakataetae tae noa ki te werohanga i akiaki ia ia ki te kohao, engari i whakaekea e ia te mara, i pai ake ai te rekoata a te Charade Circuit kia mutu te tuatoru. Ko Amon te tuawha i te British Grand Prix me te 15 i te
Ko te Whakataetae Nui o Tiamana, i mua i tētahi atu tohu ka mutu ki te tuarima i te Whakataetae Nui o Austria. Ko nga peera a Amon i pakaru i te Grand Prix Itari, a, i muri mai, i noho ia ki te tuaono i te Grand Prix o Canada. I te whakataetae whakamutunga o te wa, i mutu ia i te 15 i te United States Grand Prix. I puta atu a Matra i te Formula One i muri mai kia arotahi ki Le Mans.