1975 Dutch Grand Prix
1975 Dutch Grand Prix | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 22 June 1975 | ||
Official name | XXII Grand Prix Zandvoort | ||
Location | Zandvoort | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 4.226 km (2.626 miles) | ||
Distance | 75 laps, 316.95 km (196.95 miles) | ||
Weather | Wet, drying later | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Ferrari | ||
Time | 1:20.29[1] | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | |
Time | 1:21.54[2] on lap 55 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Hesketh-Ford | ||
Second | Ferrari | ||
Third | Ferrari | ||
Lap leaders
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The 1975 Dutch Grand Prix was a
The race is memorable for one of the greatest underdog victories in Formula One. British driver and future world champion James Hunt won his first Formula One Grand Prix, giving small privateer operation Hesketh Racing the highlight of its six-year history with its first and only Grand Prix win. Hunt drove his Hesketh 308 to a one-second win over the Ferrari 312T of the World Championship points leader, Austrian driver Niki Lauda. Third was taken by Lauda's Ferrari team mate, Swiss driver Clay Regazzoni.
Race summary
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 exploded his engine. Meanwhile, Hunt had changed onto dry tyres and was gaining time rapidly on the drying surface to take the lead from Jarier and Lauda by lap 15. The Austrian championship leader was finding overtaking a very difficult prospect indeed. Emerson Fittipaldi dropped out with engine problems whilst John Watson broke a wing support and Carlos Reutemann got past Tom Pryce who was 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 three 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.
Lauda's second place reinforced his championship lead, which expanded to 13 points over Brabham driver Carlos Reutemann.
Classification
Qualifying
Pos. | Driver | Constructor | Time/Gap |
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1 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 1:20.29 |
2 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | +0.28 |
3 | James Hunt | Hesketh–Ford | +0.41 |
4 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell–Ford | +0.45 |
5 | Carlos Reutemann | Brabham–Ford | +0.58 |
6 | Emerson Fittipaldi | McLaren–Ford | +0.62 |
7 | Tony Brise | Hill–Ford | +0.65 |
8 | Jochen Mass | McLaren–Ford | +0.72 |
9 | Carlos Pace | Brabham–Ford | +0.77 |
10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow–Ford | +0.81 |
11 | Vittorio Brambilla | March–Ford | +0.85 |
12 | Tom Pryce | Shadow–Ford | +0.87 |
13 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell–Ford | +0.91 |
14 | John Watson | Surtees–Ford | +0.94 |
15 | Jacques Laffite | Williams–Ford | +1.03 |
16 | Ronnie Peterson | Lotus–Ford | +1.17 |
17 | Alan Jones | Hill–Ford | +1.72 |
18 | Mark Donohue | Penske–Ford | +2.04 |
19 | Ian Scheckter | Williams–Ford | +2.53 |
20 | Bob Evans | BRM | +2.68 |
21 | Jacky Ickx | Lotus–Ford | +2.91 |
22 | Gijs van Lennep | Ensign–Ford | +3.01 |
23 | Lella Lombardi | March–Ford | +3.70 |
24 | Wilson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi–Ford | +3.86 |
25 | Hiroshi Fushida | Maki–Ford | +13.08 |
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Race
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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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
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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
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74 | + 1 Lap | 18 | |
9 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford | 73 | + 2 Laps | 13 | |
10 | 31 | Gijs van Lennep | Ensign-Ford
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71 | + 4 Laps | 22 | |
11 | 30 | Wilson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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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
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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
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Source:[5]
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Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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.
References
- ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
- ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
- ^ "Dutch Grand Prix 1975". motorsport-stats.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ "Formula One 1975 Dutch Grand Prix Classification | Motorsport Stats".
- ^ "1975 Dutch Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Netherlands 1975 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
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