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1975 British Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSilverstone, 56 laps
Round10 of 14
Race numbers

The 1975 British Grand Prix was the:

  • 260th World Championship race
  • 26th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 15th World Championship race at Silverstone
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+6(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth561hr 22m 05.000s9
2 (BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford Cosworth55DNF6
3+3(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth55DNF4
4+5(GBR) James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth55DNF3
5+10(USA) Mark DonohueMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)55DNF2
6-1(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth55+1 lap1
7+3(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth55DNF 
8-5(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari54+2 laps 
9+8(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth54DNF 
10+10(AUS) Alan JonesHill-Ford Cosworth54+2 laps 
11+7(GBR) John WatsonSurtees-Ford Cosworth54DNF 
12 (USA) Mario AndrettiParnelli-Ford Cosworth54+2 laps 
13-9(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari54+2 laps 
14-3(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth53DNF 
15-2(GBR) Tony BriseHill-Ford Cosworth53DNF 
16+5(GBR) Brian HentonLotus-Ford Cosworth53DNF 
17+9(NZL) John NicholsonLyncar-Ford Cosworth (privateer)51DNF 
18+5(GBR) Dave MorganSurtees-Ford Cosworth50DNF 
19+5(BRA) Wilson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth50DNF 
R (DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth45DNF 
R (GBR) Jim CrawfordLotus-Ford Cosworth28DNF 
R (GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R (ITA) Lella LombardiMarch-Ford Cosworth18DNF 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth7DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
R (ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth4DNF 

Notes

  • Carlos Pace, Jody Scheckter, James Hunt, Mark Donohue, and Jochen Mass retired on the final lap. Their race positions were unaffected.
  • Patrick Depailler ended lap 54 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.
  • John Watson ended lap 54 in P11 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Jean-Pierre Jarier ended lap 53 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Tony Brise ended lap 53 in P14 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Brian Henton ended lap 53 in P16 before retiring on the following lap.
  • John Nicholson ended lap 51 in P17 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Dave Morgan ended lap 50 in P19 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Wilson Fittipaldi ended lap 50 in P18 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Tom Pryce ended lap 20 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:19.360

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth
2(BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford Cosworth
3(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari
4(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari
5(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth
6(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
7(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
8(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth
9(GBR) James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth
10(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
11(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth
12(USA) Mario AndrettiParnelli-Ford Cosworth
13(GBR) Tony BriseHill-Ford Cosworth
14(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth
15(USA) Mark DonohueMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
16(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth
17(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
18(GBR) John WatsonSurtees-Ford Cosworth
19(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth
20(AUS) Alan JonesHill-Ford Cosworth
21(GBR) Brian HentonLotus-Ford Cosworth
22(ITA) Lella LombardiMarch-Ford Cosworth
23(GBR) Dave MorganSurtees-Ford Cosworth
24(BRA) Wilson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
25(GBR) Jim CrawfordLotus-Ford Cosworth
26(NZL) John NicholsonLyncar-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(NLD) Roelof WunderinkEnsign-Ford Cosworth
(JPN) Hiroshi FushidaMaki-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUT) Niki Lauda47
2(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi33
3(GBR) James Hunt25
4(ARG) Carlos Reutemann25
5(BRA) Carlos Pace24
6(ZAF) Jody Scheckter19
7(CHE) Clay Regazzoni16
8(DEU) Jochen Mass14.5
9(FRA) Patrick Depailler12
10(USA) Mario Andretti5
11(USA) Mark Donohue4
12(BEL) Jacky Ickx3
13(SWE) Ronnie Peterson3
14(ITA) Vittorio Brambilla2
15(GBR) Tom Pryce2
16(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier1.5
17(GBR) Tony Brise1
18(ITA) Lella Lombardi0.5

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari50
2Brabham-Ford Cosworth42
3McLaren-Ford Cosworth39.5
4Hesketh-Ford Cosworth25
5Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth24
6Lotus-Ford Cosworth6
7Parnelli-Ford Cosworth5
8Shadow-Ford Cosworth3.5
9March-Ford Cosworth3
10Penske-Ford Cosworth2
11Hill-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Jim Crawford
Brian Henton
Dave Morgan (only start)
John Nicholson (only start)
Lyncar (only start)
Milestone race start
50th for Carlos Reutemann (28th driver to start 50 races, 2nd Argentine driver)
Wins
14th and last for Emerson Fittipaldi (last Brazilian winner until 1980; 2nd driver to win the British Grand Prix for McLaren)
15th for McLaren
Podiums
31st for Emerson Fittipaldi
9th for Jody Scheckter
5th for Carlos Pace (last podium until 1977)
71st for Brabham
53rd for McLaren
44th for Tyrrell
Poles
1st and only for Tom Pryce (48th different polesitter, 10th British driver)
3rd and last for Shadow
Fastest laps
8th for Clay Regazzoni
68th for Ferrari
Front row starts
5th for Carlos Pace
2nd and last for Tom Pryce
Points finishes
3rd and last for Mark Donohue