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Home / Seasons / 1975 F1 World Championship Season / 1975 United States Grand Prix

1975 United States Grand Prix

DateSunday, 5 October 1975
Winner
  • Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth
CircuitWatkins Glen, 59 laps
Round14 of 14
Race numbers

The 1975 United States Grand Prix was the

  • 264th World Championship race
  • 17th World Championship United States Grand Prix
  • 15th World Championship race at Watkins Glen
More 1975 season
More United States Grands Prix
Next race1976 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari591hr 42m 58.175s9
2 Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth59+4.943s6
3+6Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth59+47.637s4
4+11United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth59+49.475s3
5+9Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth59+49.986s2
6+4South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth59+50.321s1
7-1Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth59+1m 44.031s 
8+5Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth58+1 lap 
9+3United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth57+2 laps 
10+13Brazil flag lazyload Wilson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth55+4 laps 
NC United Kingdom flag lazyload Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth52+7 laps 
NC United Kingdom flag lazyload Brian HentonLotus-Ford Cosworth49+10 laps 
R USA flag lazyload Brett LungerHesketh-Ford Cosworth46DNF 
R Netherlands flag lazyload Roelof WunderinkEnsign-Ford Cosworth41DNF 
R Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari28DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth19DNF 
R Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth9DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiParnelli-Ford Cosworth9DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony BriseHill-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
R France flag lazyload Michel LeclereTyrrell-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
R France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
Did not start
  France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth   
  Italy flag lazyload Lella LombardiWilliams-Ford Cosworth   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:42.003

PosDriverConstructor
1Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari
2Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
3Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth
4France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth
5USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiParnelli-Ford Cosworth
6Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth
8France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
9Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
10South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
11Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari
12United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonPenske-Ford Cosworth
13Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth
14Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth
15United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth
16Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford Cosworth
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony BriseHill-Ford Cosworth
18USA flag lazyload Brett LungerHesketh-Ford Cosworth
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Brian HentonLotus-Ford Cosworth
20France flag lazyload Michel LeclereTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
21  
22Netherlands flag lazyload Roelof WunderinkEnsign-Ford Cosworth
23Brazil flag lazyload Wilson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
24  

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1975 United States Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda64.5
2Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi45
3Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann37
4United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt33
5Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni25
6Brazil flag lazyload Carlos Pace24
7South Africa flag lazyload Jody Scheckter20
8Germany flag lazyload Jochen Mass20
9France flag lazyload Patrick Depailler12
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Tom Pryce8
11Italy flag lazyload Vittorio Brambilla6.5
12France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite6
13Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie Peterson6
14USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti5
15USA flag lazyload Mark Donohue4
16Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx3
17Australia flag lazyload Alan Jones2
18France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Jarier1.5
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony Brise1
=Netherlands flag lazyload Gijs van Lennep1
21Italy flag lazyload Lella Lombardi0.5

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari72.5
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Ford Cosworth54
3United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth53
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Hesketh-Ford Cosworth33
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth25
6USA flag lazyload Shadow-Ford Cosworth9.5
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth9
8United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Ford Cosworth7.5
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Ford Cosworth6
10USA flag lazyload Parnelli-Ford Cosworth5
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Hill-Ford Cosworth3
12USA flag lazyload Penske-Ford Cosworth2
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Ensign-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Michel Leclere
Last start
Tony Brise, Wilson Fittipaldi, Roelof Wunderink
Hill
Wins
7th for Niki Lauda
58th for Ferrari NEW RECORD
Podiums
33rd for Emerson Fittipaldi (last podium until 1978; last for McLaren), 13th for Niki Lauda, 4th for Jochen Mass
206th for Ferrari, 55th & 56th for McLaren
Poles
18th for Niki Lauda
79th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
6th and last for Emerson Fittipaldi (first since 1973; last Brazilian driver to set a fastest lap until 1979; only fastest lap for McLaren)
9th for McLaren
Front row starts
19th for Niki Lauda, 16th and last for Emerson Fittipaldi
Pole & win
6th for Niki Lauda

See also

  • United States Grand Prix
  • Watkins Glen circuit
  • 1975 World Championship season

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