1975 FORMULA ONE SEASON

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

Contents

Season summary

Season review

1975 Constructors Championship final standings

1975 Drivers Championship final standings

Notes

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.

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

1975 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	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

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' — Mike Wilds Ret Ret '0' — François Migault NC Ret DNS '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

Notes

1. Gill, Barrie (1976) "The World Championship 1975" ''John Player Motorsport yearbook 1976'' p. 103 Queen Anne Press Ltd. ISBN 0-362-00254-1
2. 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.