1975 F1 World Championship Season

Season:	26th World Championship season
Drivers’ Champion:	Niki Lauda (1st title, 14th different world champion, 2nd Austrian champion)
Constructors’ Champion:	Ferrari (3rd title)
Reigning drivers’ champion:	Emerson Fittipaldi
Reigning constructors’ champion:	McLaren
Races:	14
Winning drivers:	Niki Lauda (5) Emerson Fittipaldi (2) Carlos Pace (1) Jody Scheckter (1) Jochen Mass (1) James Hunt (1) Carlos Reutemann (1) Vittorio Brambilla (1) Clay Regazzoni (1)
Winning constructors:	Ferrari (6) McLaren (3) Brabham (2) Tyrrell (1) Hesketh (1) March (1)
First-time winners (driver):	Carlos Pace Jochen Mass James Hunt Vittorio Brambilla
First-time winners (constructor):	Hesketh
Other seasons:

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	12 January	1975 Argentine Grand Prix
2	Brazil	Interlagos	26 January	1975 Brazilian Grand Prix
3	South Africa	Kyalami	01 March	1975 South African Grand Prix
4	Spain	Montjuic Park	27 April	1975 Spanish Grand Prix
5	Monaco	Monte Carlo	11 May	1975 Monaco Grand Prix
6	Belgium	Zolder	25 May	1975 Belgian Grand Prix
7	Sweden	Anderstorp	08 June	1975 Swedish Grand Prix
8	Netherlands	Zandvoort	22 June	1975 Dutch Grand Prix
9	France	Le Castellet	06 July	1975 French Grand Prix
10	Britain	Silverstone	19 July	1975 British Grand Prix
11	Germany	Nurburgring	03 August	1975 German Grand Prix
12	Austria	Osterreichring	17 August	1975 Austrian Grand Prix
13	Italy DT CT	Monza	07 September	1975 Italian Grand Prix
14	USA	Watkins Glen	05 October	1975 United States Grand Prix

Driver and constructor entries

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
Brabham (works team)	Carlos Pace	All
Brabham (works team)	Carlos Reutemann	All
BRM (works team)	Bob Evans	3-9, 12-13
BRM (works team)	Mike Wilds	1-2
Ensign (works team)	Chris Amon	12-13
	Gijs van Lennep	8-9, 11
	Roelof Wunderink	4-5, 10, 12-14
Ferrari (works team)	Niki Lauda	All
Ferrari (works team)	Clay Regazzoni	All
Fittipaldi (works team)	Wilson Fittipaldi	1-12, 14
Fittipaldi (works team)	Arturo Merzario	13
Hesketh (works team)	Harald Ertl	11-13
	James Hunt	All
	Brett Lunger	12-14
	Torsten Palm	5, 7
Hesketh (privateer)	Alan Jones	4-7
Hill (works team)	Tony Brise	6-14
	Graham Hill	5
	Alan Jones	8-11
	Francois Migault	4, 6
	Vern Schuppan	7
	Rolf Stommelen	4, 12-13
Lola (privateers)	Graham Hill	1-3
Lola (privateers)	Rolf Stommelen	1-3
Lotus (works team)	Jim Crawford	10, 13
	Brian Henton	10, 12, 14
	Jacky Ickx	1-9
	Ronnie Peterson	All
	John Watson	11
Lotus (privateers)	Eddie Keizan	3
Lotus (privateers)	Guy Tunmer	3
Lyncar (privateer)	John Nicholson	10
Maki (works team)	Hiroshi Fushida	8, 10
Maki (works team)	Tony Trimmer	11-13
March (works team)	Vittorio Brambilla	All
	Lella Lombardi	3-13
	Hans-Joachim Stuck	10-14
March (privateer)	Mark Donohue	10-12
McLaren (works team)	Emerson Fittipaldi	All
McLaren (works team)	Jochen Mass	All
McLaren (privateer)	Dave Charlton	3
Parnelli (works team)	Mario Andretti	1-5, 7, 9-14
Penske (works team)	Mark Donohue	1-9
Penske (works team)	John Watson	14
Shadow (works team)	Jean-Pierre Jarier	All
Shadow (works team)	Tom Pryce	All
Surtees (works team)	Dave Morgan	10
Surtees (works team)	John Watson	1-10, 12
Tyrrell (works team)	Patrick Depailler	All
	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	9
	Michel Leclere	14
	Jody Scheckter	All
Tyrrell (privateer)	Ian Scheckter	3
Williams (works team)	Ian Ashley	11
	Tony Brise	4
	Jacques Laffite	1-3, 5-6, 8-14
	Lella Lombardi	14
	Damien Magee	7
	Arturo Merzario	1-6
	Francois Migault	9
	Ian Scheckter	7-8
	Jo Vonlanthen	12
	Renzo Zorzi	13

Race winners

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	5	5.910s
2	Brazil	Interlagos	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	6	5.790s
3	South Africa	Kyalami	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	3	3.740s
4	Spain	Montjuic Park	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	11	1.100s
5	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1	2.780s
6	Belgium	Zolder	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1	19.220s
7	Sweden	Anderstorp	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	5	6.288s
8	Netherlands	Zandvoort	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford Cosworth	3	1.060s
9	France	Le Castellet	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1	1.590s
10	Britain	Silverstone	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	7	1 lap
11	Germany	Nurburgring	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	10	1m 37.700s
12	Austria	Osterreichring	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford Cosworth	8	27.030s
13	Italy	Monza	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	2	16.600s
14	USA	Watkins Glen	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1	4.943s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	DNS	0.430s
2	Brazil	Interlagos	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	DNF	0.800s
3	South Africa	Kyalami	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	4	0.070s
4	Spain	Montjuic Park	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	DNF	0.100s
5	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1	0.690s
6	Belgium	Zolder	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1	0.040s
7	Sweden	Anderstorp	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford Cosworth	1	0.380s
8	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	2	0.280s
9	France	Le Castellet	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1	0.400s
10	Britain	Silverstone	Tom Pryce	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	DNF	0.140s
11	Germany	Nurburgring	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	3	1.400s
12	Austria	Osterreichring	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	6	0.120s
13	Italy	Monza	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	3	0.510s
14	USA	Watkins Glen	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1	0.357s

Fastest laps

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford Cosworth
2	Brazil	Interlagos	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow-Ford Cosworth
3	South Africa	Kyalami	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
4	Spain	Montjuic Park	Mario Andretti	Parnelli-Ford Cosworth
5	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
6	Belgium	Zolder	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
7	Sweden	Anderstorp	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
8	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
9	France	Le Castellet	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
10	Britain	Silverstone	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
11	Germany	Nurburgring	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
12	Austria	Osterreichring	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford Cosworth
13	Italy	Monza	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
14	USA	Watkins Glen	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying results

See: 1975 F1 World Championship Qualifying Statistics

World Drivers’ Championship standings

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (9), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), 6th (1)

Only the best six results from the first seven races and the best six results from the last seven races counted towards the championship.

Highlight: Rookie
Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Driver	ARG	BRA	ZAF	ESP	MCO	BEL	SWE	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	USA	Points
1	Niki Lauda	6	5	5	R	1	1	1	2	1	8	3	6	3	1	64.5
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	1	2	NC	DNS	2	7	8	R	4	1	R	9	2	2	45.0
3	Carlos Reutemann	3	8	2	3	9	3	2	4	14	R	1	14	4	R	37.0
4	James Hunt	2	6	R	R	R	R	R	1	2	4^R	R	2	5	4	33.0
5	Clay Regazzoni	4	4	16^R	NC	R	5	3	3	R	13	R	7	1	R	25.0
6	Carlos Pace	R	1	4	R	3	8	R	5	R	2^R	R	R	R	R	24.0
7	Jody Scheckter	11	R	1	R	7	2	7	16^R	9	3^R	R	8	8	6	20.0
=	Jochen Mass	14	3	6	1	6	R	R	R	3	7^R	R	4	R	3	20.0
9	Patrick Depailler	5	R	3	R	5	4	12	9	6	9^R	9	11	7	R	12.0
10	Tom Pryce	12^R	R	9	R	R	6	R	6	R	R	4	3	6	NC	8.0
11	Vittorio Brambilla	9	R	R	5	R	R	R	R	R	6	R	1	R	7	6.5
12	Jacques Laffite	R	11	NC		DNQ	R		R	11	R	2	R	R	DNS	6.0
=	Ronnie Peterson	R	15	10	R	4	R	9	15^R	10	R	R	5	R	5	6.0
14	Mario Andretti	R	7	17^R	R	R		4		5	12	10^R	R	R	R	5.0
15	Mark Donohue	7	R	8	R	R	11	5	8	R	5^R	R	DNS			4.0
16	Jacky Ickx	8	9	12	2	8	R	15	R	R						3.0
17	Alan Jones				R	R	R	11	13	16	10	5				2.0
18	Jean-Pierre Jarier	DNS	R	R	4	R	R	R	R	8	14^R	R	R	R	R	1.5
19	Tony Brise				7		R	6	7	7	15^R	R	15	R	R	1.0
=	Gijs van Lennep								10	15		6				1.0
21	Lella Lombardi			R	6	DNQ	R	R	14	18	R	7	17	R	DNS	0.5
	Rolf Stommelen	13	14	7	R								16	R
	John Watson	DSQ	10	R	8	R	10	16	R	13	11^R	R	10		9
	Harald Ertl											8	R	9
	Hans-Joachim Stuck										R	R	R	R	8
	Bob Evans			15	R	DNQ	9	13	R	17			R	R
	Wilson Fittipaldi	R	13	DNQ	R	DNQ	12	17	11	R	19^R	R	DNS		10
	Graham Hill	10	12	DNQ		DNQ
	Brett Lunger												13	10	R
	Torsten Palm					DNQ		10^R
	Arturo Merzario	NC	R	R	R	DNQ	R							11
	Guy Tunmer			11
	Chris Amon												12	12
	Ian Scheckter			R				R	12
	Jean-Pierre Jabouille									12
	Jim Crawford										R			13
	Eddie Keizan			13
	Dave Charlton			14
	Damien Magee							14
	Renzo Zorzi													14
	Brian Henton										16^R		DNS		NC
	John Nicholson										17^R
	Dave Morgan										18^R
	Roelof Wunderink				R	DNQ					DNQ		NC	DNQ	R
	Francois Migault				NC		R			DNS
	Mike Wilds	R	R
	Vern Schuppan							R
	Jo Vonlanthen												R
	Michel Leclere														R
	Ian Ashley											DNS
	Hiroshi Fushida								DNS		DNQ
	Tony Trimmer											DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
No.	Driver	ARG	BRA	ZAF	ESP	MCO	BEL	SWE	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	USA	Points

Notes

Half points were awarded at the Spanish and Austrian Grands Prix due to each race being stopped before 75% race distance had been completed.

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1975.

World Constructors’ Championship standings

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (9), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), 6th (1)

Constructors only received points for its highest placed car. Only the best six results from the first seven races and the best six results from the last seven races counted towards the championship. Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Constructor	ARG	BRA	ZAF	ESP	MCO	BEL	SWE	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	USA	Points
1	Ferrari	4	4	5	NC	1	1	1	2	1	8	3	6	1	1	72.5
2	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	3	1	2	3	3	3	2	4	14	2^R	1	14	4	R	54 (56)
3	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	2	6	1	2	7	8	R	3	1	R	4	2	2	53.0
4	Hesketh-Ford Cosworth	2	6	R	R	R	R	10^R	1	2	4^R	8	2	5	4	33.0
5	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	5	R	1	R	5	2	7	9	6	3^R	9	8	7	6	25.0
6	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	12^R	R	9	4	R	6	R	6	8	14^R	4	3	6	NC	9.5
7	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	8	9	10	2	4	R	9	15^R	10	16^R	R	5	13	5	9.0
8	March-Ford Cosworth	9	R	R	5	R	R	R	14	18	5^R	7	1	R	7	7.5
9	Williams-Ford Cosworth	NC	11	NC	7	DNQ	R	14	12	11	R	2	R	14	DNS	6.0
10	Parnelli-Ford Cosworth	R	7	17^R	R	R		4		5	12	10^R	R	R	R	5.0
11	Hill-Ford Cosworth				NC	DNQ	R	6	7	7	10	5	15	R	R	3.0
12	Penske-Ford Cosworth	7	R	8	R	R	11	5	8	R					9	2.0
13	Ensign-Ford Cosworth				R	DNQ			10	15	DNQ	6	12	12	R	1.0
14	Lola-Ford Cosworth	10	12	7
15	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	DSQ	10	R	8	R	10	16	R	13	11^R		10
16	BRM	R	R	15	R	DNQ	9	13	R	17			R	R
17	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	R	13	DNQ	R	DNQ	12	17	11	R	19^R	R	DNS	11	10
18	Lyncar-Ford Cosworth										17^R
19	Shadow-Matra												R	R
20	Maki-Ford Cosworth								DNS		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
No.	Constructor	ARG	BRA	ZAF	ESP	MCO	BEL	SWE	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	USA	Points

Notes

Half points were awarded at the Spanish and Austrian Grands Prix due to each race being stopped before 75% race distance had been completed.

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five constructors of 1975.

Season statistics

See: 1975 F1 World Championship Season Statistics