1975 Dutch Grand Prix

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Results from the 1975 Formula One Dutch Grand Prix held at Circuit Zandvoort on June 22, 1975.

Contents 1 Race summary 2 Classification 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] Race summary

Niki Lauda dominated practice, with teammate Clay Regazzoni joining him on the front row. Jean-Pierre Jarier had a crash and the Maki team's weekend ended abruptly in a cloud of smoke from engine problems. James Hunt had a storming practice to take third place on the grid. On Saturday afternoon, weather conditions meant practice teams would not improve, so Hunt was sent out to get some extra testing - during which something in the metering unit broke. This was fortunate as the Dutch Grand Prix did not have Sunday morning practice, so had it not been for those extra laps, the mechanical problems would have occurred during the race itself.

The race was delayed by rainstorms as the teams persuaded the organizers to let them run on wet tyres. Lauda led from Jody Scheckter whilst Vittorio Brambilla and Patrick Depailler collided. Jochen Mass was having metering unit troubles and Jacky Ickx had an exploded engine. Meanwhile Hunt had changing onto dry tyres, taking half a minute for the pit stop, but gaining time rapidly on the drying surface to take the lead by lap 15 and built up a lead over Jarier and Lauda,the Austrian finding overtaking a very difficult prospect indeed. Emerson Fittipaldi dropped out with engine problems whilst John Watson broke a wing support and Carlos Reutemann passed Tom Pryce suffering from brake problems.

On lap 43, Jarier spun when a tyre burst. Lauda now pursued Hunt desperately for over 20 laps, putting him under immense pressure. Hunt had cracked under similar pressure in Buenos Aires, but this time he resisted. The Ferrari managed to gain on the slow corners, but Hunt pulled ahead on the fast corners and down the straight. The TV directors were so confused that the captions showed 3 laps left to go when a massive roar from the grandstands signalled it was all over. Hunt became the first Englishman since Peter Gethin to win a Grand Prix.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	24	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	75	1:46:57.40	3	9
2	12	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	75	+ 1.06	1	6
3	11	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	75	+ 55.06	2	4
4	7	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	74	+ 1 Lap	5	3
5	8	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	74	+ 1 Lap	9	2
6	16	Tom Pryce	Shadow-Ford	74	+ 1 Lap	12	1
7	23	Tony Brise	Hill-Ford	74	+ 1 Lap	7
8	28	Mark Donohue	Penske-Ford	74	+ 1 Lap	18
9	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	73	+ 2 Laps	13
10	31	Gijs Van Lennep	Ensign-Ford	71	+ 4 Laps	22
11	30	Wilson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	71	+ 4 Laps	24
12	20	Ian Scheckter	Williams-Ford	70	+ 5 Laps	19
13	22	Alan Jones	Hill-Ford	70	+ 5 Laps	17
14	10	Lella Lombardi	March-Ford	70	+ 5 Laps	23
15	5	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	69	Out of fuel	16
16	3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	67	Engine	4
Ret	21	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	64	Engine	15
Ret	2	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	61	Accident	8
Ret	17	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow-Ford	44	Tyre	10
Ret	18	John Watson	Surtees-Ford	43	Vibrations	14
Ret	1	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	40	Engine	6
Ret	14	Bob Evans	BRM	23	Differential	20
Ret	6	Jacky Ickx	Lotus-Ford	6	Engine	21
Ret	9	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	0	Suspension	11
DNS	35	Hiroshi Fushida	Maki-Ford

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Niki Lauda - 1:20.29^[1]
• Fastest lap: Niki Lauda - 1:21.54 on lap 55^[2]

[edit] References

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from The Official Formula 1 website. Retrieved on 2007-06-15.

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