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1975 Argentine Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+4(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth531hr 39m 26.290s9
2+4(GBR) James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth53+5.910s6
3 (ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth53+17.060s4
4+3(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari53+35.790s3
5+3(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth53+54.250s2
6-2(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari53+1m 19.650s1
7+9(USA) Mark DonohuePenske-Ford Cosworth52+1 lap 
8+10(BEL) Jacky IckxLotus-Ford Cosworth52+1 lap 
9+3(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth52+1 lap 
10+11(GBR) Graham HillLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)52+1 lap 
11-2(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth52+1 lap 
12+2(GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth51DNF 
13+6(DEU) Rolf StommelenLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)51+2 laps 
14-1(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth50+3 laps 
R (BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford Cosworth46DNF 
NC (ITA) Arturo MerzarioWilliams-Ford Cosworth44+9 laps 
R (USA) Mario AndrettiParnelli-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R (GBR) Mike WildsBRM24DNF 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R (BRA) Wilson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth12DNF 
DQ (GBR) John WatsonSurtees-Ford Cosworth6DSQ 
Did not start
  (FRA) 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  
2(BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford Cosworth
3(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth
4(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari
5(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
6(GBR) James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth
7(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari
8(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
9(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
10(USA) Mario AndrettiParnelli-Ford Cosworth
11(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth
12(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth
13(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
14(GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth
15(GBR) John WatsonSurtees-Ford Cosworth
16(USA) Mark DonohuePenske-Ford Cosworth
17(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth
18(BEL) Jacky IckxLotus-Ford Cosworth
19(DEU) Rolf StommelenLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
20(ITA) Arturo MerzarioWilliams-Ford Cosworth
21(GBR) Graham HillLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22  
23(BRA) Wilson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
Started from the pit lane
 (GBR) Mike WildsBRM

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi9
2(GBR) James Hunt6
3(ARG) Carlos Reutemann4
4(CHE) Clay Regazzoni3
5(FRA) Patrick Depailler2
6(AUT) Niki Lauda1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Ford Cosworth9
2Hesketh-Ford Cosworth6
3Brabham-Ford Cosworth4
4Ferrari3
5Tyrrell-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)