1975 Formula One season

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1975 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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The 1975 Formula One season included the 26th FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on January 12, 1975, and ended on October 5 after fourteen races.

1 Season summary
2 Season review
3 1975 Constructors Championship final standings
4 1975 Drivers Championship final standings
5 Notes

[edit] Season summary

After a strong finish to the 1974 season, many observers felt the Brabham team were favourites to win the 1975 title. The year started well, with an emotional first win for Carlos Pace at the Interlagos circuit in his native São Paulo. However, over the season tyre wear frequently slowed the cars, and the initial promise was not maintained.^[1]

Niki Lauda often refers to 1975 as "the unbelievable year". In his second year with Ferrari, the team provided him with the Ferrari 312T - a car that was technically far superior to any of the competition. He won his first world title with 5 wins and a huge margin over second place in the championship.

[edit] Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	January 12	Oscar Gálvez	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	Report
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	January 26	Interlagos	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	Report
3	South African Grand Prix	March 1	Kyalami	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
4	Spanish Grand Prix	April 27	Montjuïc	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	Report
5	Monaco Grand Prix	May 11	Monaco	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
6	Belgian Grand Prix	May 25	Zolder	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
7	Swedish Grand Prix	June 8	Scandinavian Raceway	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
8	Dutch Grand Prix	June 22	Zandvoort	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	Report
9	French Grand Prix	July 6	Paul Ricard	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
10	British Grand Prix	July 19	Silverstone	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	Report
11	German Grand Prix	August 3	Nürburgring	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	Report
12	Austrian Grand Prix	August 17	Österreichring	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	Report
13	Italian Grand Prix	September 7	Monza	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	Report
14	United States Grand Prix	October 5	Watkins Glen	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report

[edit] 1975 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Points^[2]	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Ferrari	312B3 312T	Ferrari 001/11 Ferrari 015	72.5	6	11	9
2	Brabham-Ford	BT44B	Ford Cosworth DFV	54 (56)	2	9	1
3	McLaren-Ford	M23	Ford Cosworth DFV	53	3	10	1
4	Hesketh-Ford	308B 308C	Ford Cosworth DFV	33	1	4
5	Tyrrell-Ford	007	Ford Cosworth DFV	25	1	4
6	Shadow-Ford	DN3 DN5	Ford Cosworth DFV	9.5		1	3
7	Lotus-Ford	72E 72F	Ford Cosworth DFV	9		1
8	March-Ford	741 751	Ford Cosworth DFV	7.5	1	1	1
9	Williams-Ford	"FW02" FW FW04	Ford Cosworth DFV	6		1
10	Parnelli-Ford	VPJ4	Ford Cosworth DFV	5
11	Hill-Ford	GH1	Ford Cosworth DFV	3
12	Penske-Ford	PC1	Ford Cosworth DFV	2
13	Ensign-Ford	N174 N175	Ford Cosworth DFV	1
14	Fittipaldi-Ford	FD	Ford Cosworth DFV
15	Lyncar-Ford	006	Ford Cosworth DFV
16	Lola-Ford	T370	Ford Cosworth DFV
17	Maki-Ford	F102	Ford Cosworth DFV
18	Shadow-Matra	DN7	Matra MS73
19	Surtees-Ford	TS16	Ford Cosworth DFV
20	BRM	P201	BRM P200

[edit] 1975 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos	Driver	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA	Pts
1	Niki Lauda	6	5	5	Ret	1	1	1	2	1	8	3	6	3	1	64.5
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	1	2	NC	DNS	2	7	8	Ret	4	1	Ret	9	2	2	45
3	Carlos Reutemann	3	8	2	3	9	3	2	4	14	Ret	1	14	4	Ret	37
4	James Hunt	2	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	2	4	Ret	2	5	4	33
5	Clay Regazzoni	4	4	16	NC	Ret	5	3	3	Ret	13	Ret	7	1	WD	25
6	Carlos Pace	Ret	1	4	Ret	3	8	Ret	5	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	24
7	Jody Scheckter	11	Ret	1	Ret	7	2	7	16	9	3	Ret	8	8	6	20
8	Jochen Mass	14	3	6	1	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	7	Ret	4	Ret	3	20
9	Patrick Depailler	5	Ret	3	Ret	5	4	12	9	6	9	9	11	7	Ret	12
10	Tom Pryce	12	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	4	3	6	NC	8
11	Vittorio Brambilla	9	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	1	Ret	7	6.5
12	Jacques Laffite	Ret	11	NC		DNQ	Ret		Ret	11	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	6
13	Ronnie Peterson	Ret	15	10	Ret	4	Ret	9	15	10	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	5	6
14	Mario Andretti	Ret	7	17	Ret	Ret		4		5	12	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	5
15	Mark Donohue	7	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	11	5	8	Ret	5	Ret	DNS			4
16	Jacky Ickx	8	9	12	2	8	Ret	15	Ret	Ret						3
17	Alan Jones				Ret	Ret	Ret	11	13	16	10	5				2
18	Jean-Pierre Jarier	DNS	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1.5
19	Tony Brise				7		Ret	6	7	7	15	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	1
20	Gijs van Lennep								10	15		6				1
21	Lella Lombardi			Ret	6	DNQ	Ret	Ret	14	18	Ret	7	17	Ret	Ret	0.5
22	Rolf Stommelen	13	14	7	Ret								16	Ret		0
23	John Watson	DSQ	10	Ret	8	Ret	10	16	Ret	13	11	Ret	10		9	0
24	Harald Ertl											8	Ret	9		0
25	Hans Joachim Stuck										Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	0
26	Bob Evans			15	Ret	DNQ	9	13	Ret	17			Ret	Ret		0
27	Wilson Fittipaldi	Ret	13	DNQ	WD	DNQ	12	17	11	Ret	19	Ret	DNQ		10	0
28	Graham Hill	10	12	DNQ		DNQ										0
29	Brett Lunger												13	10	Ret	0
30	Torsten Palm					DNQ					10					0
31	Arturo Merzario	NC	Ret	Ret	WD	DNQ	Ret							11		0
32	Guy Tunmer			11												0
33	Chris Amon												12	12		0
34	Ian Scheckter			Ret				Ret	12							0
35	Jean-Pierre Jabouille									12						0
36	Jim Crawford										Ret			13		0
37	Eddie Keizan			13												0
38	Dave Charlton			14												0
39	Damien Magee							14								0
40	Renzo Zorzi													14		0
41	Brian Henton										16		NC		NC	0
42	John Nicholson										17					0
43	Dave Morgan										18					0
—	Roelof Wunderink				Ret	DNQ					DNQ		NC	DNQ	Ret	0
—	François Migault				NC		Ret			DNS						0
—	Mike Wilds	Ret	Ret													0
—	Vern Schuppan							Ret								0
—	Ian Ashley											Ret				0
—	Jo Vonlanthen												Ret			0
—	Michel Leclère														Ret	0
—	Tony Trimmer											DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		0
—	Hiroshi Fushida								DNQ		DNQ					0
Pos	Driver	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Finished, in points
Blue	Finished, no points
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Purple	Not classified (NC)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate
	Injured (INJ)
	Excluded (EX)

[edit] Notes

^ Gill, Barrie (1976) "The World Championship 1975" John Player Motorsport yearbook 1976 p. 103 Queen Anne Press Ltd. ISBN 0-362-00254-1
^ Only the best 6 results from the first 7 races and the best 6 results from the last 7 races counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.