1975 South African Grand Prix
1975 South African Grand Prix | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 1 March 1975 | ||
Official name | XXI Lucky Strike Grand Prix of South Africa | ||
Location |
Transvaal Province, South Africa | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 4.104 km (2.550 miles) | ||
Distance | 78 laps, 320.112 km (198.908 miles) | ||
Weather | Sunny | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Brabham-Ford | ||
Time | 1:16.41[1] | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Carlos Pace | Brabham-Ford | |
Time | 1:17.20[2] on lap 11 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Tyrrell-Ford | ||
Second | Brabham-Ford | ||
Third | Tyrrell-Ford | ||
Lap leaders |
The 1975 South African Grand Prix (formally the XXI Lucky Strike Grand Prix of South Africa) was a
Race summary
Ferrari had used the free month of February profitably, producing the new 312T model with a new transverse gearbox. There was also a new face in the persona of female Italian racer Lella Lombardi (the first woman to take part in a World Championship race since Maria Teresa de Filippis in the 1958 Italian Grand Prix).
In practice, Graham Hill's car spun on oil dropped from Ronnie Peterson's car and crashed, destroying his car. He opted to sit out the race. Once the debris had been cleared and holes in the catch fencing mended, there was a second accident as Niki Lauda spun on engine oil, hitting the wall at 120 mph. With further violent accidents to Jody Scheckter and Guy Tunmer, the drivers deemed the circuit not safe and refused to continue until fencing defects were remedied and the track improved, further helped by the support of mechanics who insisted no more practice be carried out.
When the racing got under way,
Classification
Qualifying
*Positions in red indicate entries that failed to qualify.
Race
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 3 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell-Ford | 78 | 1:43:16.90 | 3 | 9 |
2 | 7 | Carlos Reutemann | Brabham-Ford | 78 | + 3.74 | 2 | 6 |
3 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford | 78 | + 16.92 | 5 | 4 |
4 | 8 | Carlos Pace | Brabham-Ford | 78 | + 17.31 | 1 | 3 |
5 | 12 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 78 | + 28.64 | 4 | 2 |
6 | 2 | Jochen Mass | McLaren-Ford | 78 | + 1:03.64 | 16 | 1 |
7 | 23 | Rolf Stommelen | Lola-Ford | 78 | + 1:12.91 | 14 | |
8 | 28 | Mark Donohue | Penske-Ford
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77 | + 1 Lap | 18 | |
9 | 16 | Tom Pryce | Shadow-Ford | 77 | + 1 Lap | 19 | |
10 | 5 | Ronnie Peterson | Lotus-Ford | 77 | + 1 Lap | 8 | |
11 | 34 | Guy Tunmer | Lotus-Ford | 76 | + 2 Laps | 25 | |
12 | 6 | Jacky Ickx | Lotus-Ford | 76 | + 2 Laps | 21 | |
13 | 33 | Eddie Keizan | Lotus-Ford | 76 | + 2 Laps | 22 | |
14 | 31 | Dave Charlton | McLaren-Ford | 76 | + 2 Laps | 20 | |
15 | 14 | Bob Evans
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BRM | 76 | + 2 Laps | 24 | |
16 | 11 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 71 | Throttle | 9 | |
17 | 27 | Mario Andretti | Parnelli-Ford | 70 | Transmission | 6 | |
NC | 21 | Jacques Laffite | Williams-Ford | 69 | + 9 Laps | 23 | |
NC | 1 | Emerson Fittipaldi | McLaren-Ford | 65 | + 13 Laps | 11 | |
Ret | 32 | Ian Scheckter | Tyrrell-Ford | 55 | Accident | 17 | |
Ret | 24 | James Hunt | Hesketh-Ford | 53 | Fuel system | 12 | |
Ret | 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow-Ford | 37 | Overheating | 13 | |
Ret | 10 | Lella Lombardi | March-Ford | 23 | Fuel system | 26 | |
Ret | 20 | Arturo Merzario | Williams-Ford | 22 | Engine | 15 | |
Ret | 18 | John Watson | Surtees-Ford | 19 | Clutch | 10 | |
Ret | 9 | Vittorio Brambilla | March-Ford | 16 | Radiator | 7 | |
DNQ | 30 | Wilson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford | ||||
DNQ | 22 | Graham Hill | Lola-Ford | ||||
Source:[6]
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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.
References
- ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
- ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
- ^ "South African Grand Prix 1975". motorsport-stats.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ "1975 South African Grand Prix Entry list".
- ^ "Formula One 1975 South African Grand Prix Classification | Motorsport Stats".
- ^ "1975 South African Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ a b "South Africa 1975 - Championship • STATS F1". statsf1.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.