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Home / Seasons / 1975 F1 World Championship Season / 1975 Argentine Grand Prix

1975 Argentine Grand Prix

DateSunday, 12 January 1975
Winner
  • Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Jarier
  • USA flag lazyload Shadow-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Hesketh-Ford Cosworth
CircuitBuenos Aires, 53 laps
Round1 of 14
Race numbers

The 1975 Argentine Grand Prix was the

  • 251st World Championship race
  • 11th World Championship Argentine Grand Prix
  • 11th World Championship race at Buenos Aires
More 1975 season
More Argentine Grands Prix
Previous race1974 United States Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+4Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth531hr 39m 26.290s9
2+4United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth53+5.910s6
3 Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth53+17.060s4
4+3Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari53+35.790s3
5+3France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth53+54.250s2
6-2Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari53+1m 19.650s1
7+9USA flag lazyload Mark DonohuePenske-Ford Cosworth52+1 lap 
8+10Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxLotus-Ford Cosworth52+1 lap 
9+3Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth52+1 lap 
10+11United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)52+1 lap 
11-2South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth52+1 lap 
12+2United Kingdom flag lazyload Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth51DNF 
13+6Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)51+2 laps 
14-1Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth50+3 laps 
R Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford Cosworth46DNF 
NC Italy flag lazyload Arturo MerzarioWilliams-Ford Cosworth44+9 laps 
R USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiParnelli-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike WildsBRM24DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Wilson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth12DNF 
DQ United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonSurtees-Ford Cosworth6DSQ 
Did not start
  France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Tom Pryce ended lap 51 in P10 before retiring on the following lap.
  • John Watson was disqualified after receiving car repairs outside of the pit lane.
  • Jean-Pierre Jarier did not start the Grand Prix due to transmission issues during warm-up.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:49.210

PosDriverConstructor
1  
2Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford Cosworth
3Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth
4Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari
5Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
6United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth
7Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari
8France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
9South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
10USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiParnelli-Ford Cosworth
11Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth
12Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth
13Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth
15United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonSurtees-Ford Cosworth
16USA flag lazyload Mark DonohuePenske-Ford Cosworth
17France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth
18Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxLotus-Ford Cosworth
19Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
20Italy flag lazyload Arturo MerzarioWilliams-Ford Cosworth
21United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22  
23Brazil flag lazyload Wilson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
Started from the pit lane
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike WildsBRM

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1975 Argentine Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi9
2United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt6
3Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann4
4Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni3
5France flag lazyload Patrick Depailler2
6Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth9
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Hesketh-Ford Cosworth6
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Ford Cosworth4
4Italy flag lazyload Ferrari3
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth2

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Fittipaldi, Williams
Last start
Graham Hill, Mike Wilds
Wins
13th for Emerson Fittipaldi
13th for McLaren
Podiums
28th for Emerson Fittipaldi, 7th for Carlos Reutemann, 6th for James Hunt
64th for Brabham, 47th for McLaren, 4th for Hesketh
Poles
1st for Jean-Pierre Jarier (45th different polesitter, 2nd French driver)
1st for Shadow (23rd different polesitter)
Fastest laps
3rd for James Hunt (first since 1973; only fastest lap for Hesketh)
1st and only for Hesketh (23rd different fastest lap setter)
Front row starts
2nd for Carlos Pace (first for Brabham)

See also

  • Argentine Grand Prix
  • Buenos Aires circuit
  • 1975 World Championship season

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