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1975 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitLe Castellet, 54 laps
Round9 of 14
Race numbers

The 1975 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 259th World Championship race
  • 25th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Le Castellet
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari541hr 40m 18.840s9
2+1(GBR) James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth54+1.590s6
3+4(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth54+2.310s4
4+6(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth54+39.770s3
5+10(USA) Mario AndrettiParnelli-Ford Cosworth54+1m 02.080s2
6+7(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth54+1m 07.400s1
7+5(GBR) Tony BriseHill-Ford Cosworth54+1m 09.610s 
8-4(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth54+1m 19.780s 
9-7(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth54+1m 31.680s 
10+7(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth54+1m 36.020s 
11+5(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth54+1m 36.770s 
12+9(FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth54+1m 37.130s 
13+1(GBR) John WatsonSurtees-Ford Cosworth53+1 lap 
14-3(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth53+1 lap 
15+7(NLD) Gijs van LennepEnsign-Ford Cosworth53+1 lap 
16+4(AUS) Alan JonesHill-Ford Cosworth53+1 lap 
17+8(GBR) Bob EvansBRM52+2 laps 
18+8(ITA) Lella LombardiMarch-Ford Cosworth50+4 laps 
R (BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford Cosworth26DNF 
R (BEL) Jacky IckxLotus-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R (BRA) Wilson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R (USA) Mark DonohuePenske-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R (ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari6DNF 
R (GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
Did not start
  (FRA) Francois MigaultWilliams-Ford Cosworth   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:47.820

PosDriverConstructor
1(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari
2(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
3(GBR) James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth
4(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth
5(BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford Cosworth
6(GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth
7(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
8(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth
9(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari
10(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
11(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth
12(GBR) Tony BriseHill-Ford Cosworth
13(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
14(GBR) John WatsonSurtees-Ford Cosworth
15(USA) Mario AndrettiParnelli-Ford Cosworth
16(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth
17(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth
18(USA) Mark DonohuePenske-Ford Cosworth
19(BEL) Jacky IckxLotus-Ford Cosworth
20(AUS) Alan JonesHill-Ford Cosworth
21(FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
22(NLD) Gijs van LennepEnsign-Ford Cosworth
23(BRA) Wilson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
24  
25(GBR) Bob EvansBRM
26(ITA) Lella LombardiMarch-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUT) Niki Lauda47
2(ARG) Carlos Reutemann25
3(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi24
4(GBR) James Hunt22
5(BRA) Carlos Pace18
6(CHE) Clay Regazzoni16
7(ZAF) Jody Scheckter15
8(DEU) Jochen Mass14.5
9(FRA) Patrick Depailler12
10(USA) Mario Andretti5
11(BEL) Jacky Ickx3
12(SWE) Ronnie Peterson3
13(USA) Mark Donohue2
14(GBR) Tom Pryce2
15(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier1.5
16(ITA) Vittorio Brambilla1
17(GBR) Tony Brise1
18(ITA) Lella Lombardi0.5

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari50
2Brabham-Ford Cosworth36
3McLaren-Ford Cosworth30.5
4Hesketh-Ford Cosworth22
5Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth20
6Lotus-Ford Cosworth6
7Parnelli-Ford Cosworth5
8Shadow-Ford Cosworth3.5
9Penske-Ford Cosworth2
10March-Ford Cosworth1
11Hill-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Wins
6th for Niki Lauda
56th for Ferrari
Podiums
10th for Niki Lauda (27th driver to score ten podiums, 2nd Austrian driver)
8th for James Hunt
3rd for Jochen Mass
202nd for Ferrari
52nd for McLaren
6th for Hesketh
Poles
14th for Niki Lauda
75th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
1st for Jochen Mass (61st different fastest lap setter, 3rd German driver; first German driver to set a fastest lap since 1954)
8th for McLaren
Front row starts
15th for Niki Lauda
5th for Jody Scheckter
Pole & win
5th for Niki Lauda