1975 F1 World Championship Season

1974 F1 World Championship

1976 F1 World Championship

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Niki Lauda (1st title, 14th different world champion, 2nd Austrian champion)
Constructors’ Champion:	Ferrari (3rd title)
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

1975 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

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	1 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	8 June	1975 Swedish Grand Prix
8	Netherlands	Zandvoort	22 June	1975 Dutch Grand Prix
9	France	Paul Ricard	6 July	1975 French Grand Prix
10	Britain	Silverstone	19 July	1975 British Grand Prix
11	Germany	Nurburgring	3 August	1975 German Grand Prix
12	Austria	Osterreichring	17 August	1975 Austrian Grand Prix
13	Italy DT CT	Monza	7 September	1975 Italian Grand Prix
14	USA	Watkins Glen	5 October	1975 United States Grand Prix

Race Winners

Highlight: Home driver race winner

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	Paul Ricard	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 polesitter

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	Paul Ricard	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

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	Paul Ricard	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

1975 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	64.5
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren	45	-19.5
3	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham	37	-27.5
4	James Hunt	Hesketh	33	-31.5
5	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	25	-39.5
6	Carlos Pace	Brabham	24	-40.5
7	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell	20	-44.5
=	Jochen Mass	McLaren	20	-44.5
9	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	12	-52.5
10	Tom Pryce	Shadow	8	-56.5
11	Vittorio Brambilla	March	6.5	-58
12	Jacques Laffite	Williams	6	-58.5
=	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus	6	-58.5
14	Mario Andretti	Parnelli	5	-59.5
15	Mark Donohue	Penske March	4	-60.5
16	Jacky Ickx	Lotus	3	-61.5
17	Alan Jones	Hesketh Hill	2	-62.5
18	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow	1.5	-63
19	Tony Brise	Williams Hill	1	-63.5
=	Gijs van Lennep	Ensign	1	-63.5
21	Lella Lombardi	March	0.5	-64

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Only the best six results from the first seven races and best six results from 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.

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Ferrari	72.5
2	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	54 (56)	-18.5
3	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	53	-19.5
4	Hesketh-Ford Cosworth	33	-39.5
5	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	25	-47.5
6	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	9.5	-63
7	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	9	-63.5
8	March-Ford Cosworth	7.5	-65
9	Williams-Ford Cosworth	6	-66.5
10	Parnelli-Ford Cosworth	5	-67.5
11	Hill-Ford Cosworth	3	-69.5
12	Penske-Ford Cosworth	2	-70.5
13	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	1	-71.5

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Constructors only received points for their highest placed car.
Only the best six results from the first seven races and best six results from 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.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	ARG	BRA	ZAF	ESP	MCO	BEL	SWE	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	USA	Avg.	Best
1	Niki Lauda	4	4	4	1	1	1	5	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	2.07	1
2	Clay Regazzoni	7	5	9	2	6	4	12	2	9	4	5	5	2	11	5.93	2
3	Carlos Pace	2	6	1	14	8	2	6	9	5	2	2	6	10	16	6.36	1
4	Jody Scheckter	9	8	3	13	7	9	8	4	2	6	3	10	4	10	6.86	2
5	Carlos Reutemann	3	3	2	15	10	6	4	5	11	8	10	11	7	3	7.00	2
6	Vittorio Brambilla	12	17	7	5	5	3	1	11	8	5	11	8	9	6	7.71	1
7	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1	1	13	10	3	10	3	10	4	11	12	14	13	4	7.79	1
8	Emerson Fittipaldi	5	2	11	26	9	8	11	6	10	7	8	3	3	2	7.93	2
9	James Hunt	6	7	12	3	11	11	13	3	3	9	9	2	8	15	8.00	2
10	Patrick Depailler	8	9	5	7	12	12	2	13	13	17	4	7	12	8	9.21	2
11	Tom Pryce	14	14	19	8	2	5	7	12	6	1	16	15	14	7	10.00	1
12	Jochen Mass	13	10	16	11	15	15	14	8	7	10	6	9	5	9	10.57	5
13	Hans-Joachim Stuck										14	7	4	16	13	10.80	4
14	Mario Andretti	10	18	6	4	13		15		15	12	13	19	15	5	12.08	4
15	Ronnie Peterson	11	16	8	12	4	14	9	16	17	16	18	13	11	14	12.79	4
16	Tony Brise				18		7	17	7	12	13	17	16	6	17	13.00	6
17	John Watson	15	13	10	6	17	18	10	14	14	18	14	18		12	13.77	6
18	Jacky Ickx	18	12	21	16	14	16	18	21	19						17.22	12
19	Mark Donohue	16	15	18	17	16	21	16	18	18	15	19	21			17.50	15
20	Jacques Laffite	17	19	23		19	17		15	16	19	15	12	18	21	17.58	12
21	Alan Jones				20	18	13	19	17	20	20	21				18.50	13
22	Brett Lunger												17	21	18	18.67	17
23	Ian Scheckter			17				20	19							18.67	17
24	Rolf Stommelen	19	23	14	9								26	23		19.00	9
25	Arturo Merzario	20	11	15	25	20	19							26		19.43	11
26	Dave Charlton			20												20.00	20
27	Ian Ashley											20				20.00	20
28	Michel Leclere														20	20.00	20
29	Brian Henton										21		23		19	21.00	19
30	Jean-Pierre Jabouille									21						21.00	21
31	Chris Amon												24	19		21.50	19
32	Mike Wilds	22	22													22.00	22
33	Eddie Keizan			22												22.00	22
34	Damien Magee							22								22.00	22
35	Renzo Zorzi													22		22.00	22
36	Harald Ertl											23	27	17		22.33	17
37	Bob Evans			24	23	22	20	23	20	25			25	20		22.44	20
38	Graham Hill	21	20	28		21										22.50	20
39	Torsten Palm					24		21								22.50	21
40	Francois Mignault				22		22			24						22.67	22
41	Gijs van Lennep								22	22		24				22.67	22
42	Dave Morgan										23					23.00	23
43	Wilson Fittipaldi	23	21	27	21	26	24	25	24	23	24	22	20		23	23.31	20
44	Lella Lombardi			26	24	25	23	24	23	26	22	25	22	24	24	24.00	22
45	Roelof Wunderink				19	23					27		28	27	22	24.33	19
46	Jim Crawford										25			25		25.00	25
47	Guy Tunmer			25												25.00	25
48	Vern Schuppan							26								26.00	26
49	John Nicholson										26					26.00	26
50	Hiroshi Fushida								25		28					26.50	25
51	Tony Trimmer											26	30	28		28.00	26
52	Jo Vonlanthen												29			29.00	29

Race Results Overview

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
3	Carlos Reutemann	3	8	2	3	9	3	2	4	14	R	1	14	4	R	37
4	James Hunt	2	6	R	R	R	R	R	1	2	4^R	R	2	5	4	33
5	Clay Regazzoni	4	4	16^R	NC	R	5	3	3	R	13	R	7	1	R	25
6	Carlos Pace	R	1	4	R	3	8	R	5	R	2^R	R	R	R	R	24
7	Jody Scheckter	11	R	1	R	7	2	7	16^R	9	3^R	R	8	8	6	20
=	Jochen Mass	14	3	6	1	6	R	R	R	3	7^R	R	4	R	3	20
9	Patrick Depailler	5	R	3	R	5	4	12	9	6	9^R	9	11	7	R	12
10	Tom Pryce	12^R	R	9	R	R	6	R	6	R	R	4	3	6	NC	8
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
=	Ronnie Peterson	R	15	10	R	4	R	9	15^R	10	R	R	5	R	5	6
14	Mario Andretti	R	7	17^R	R	R		4		5	12	10^R	R	R	R	5
15	Mark Donohue	7	R	8	R	R	11	5	8	R	5^R	R	DNS			4
16	Jacky Ickx	8	9	12	2	8	R	15	R	R						3
17	Alan Jones				R	R	R	11	13	16	10	5				2
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
=	Gijs van Lennep								10	15		6				1
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 Mignault				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

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

1975 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1975 F1 World Championship Season Statistics