F1 driver standings
Standings
| # | Driver | ARG | BRA | ZAF | ESP | MCO | BEL | SWE | NLD | FRA | GBR | DEU | AUT | ITA | USA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (AUT) Niki Lauda (Ferrari) | 6 | 5 | 5 | R | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 64.5 |
| 2 | (BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi (McLaren) | 1 | 2 | NC | DNS | 2 | 7 | 8 | R | 4 | 1 | R | 9 | 2 | 2 | 45 |
| 3 | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann (Brabham) | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | R | 1 | 14 | 4 | R | 37 |
| 4 | (GBR) James Hunt (Hesketh) | 2 | 6 | R | R | R | R | R | 1 | 2 | 4R | R | 2 | 5 | 4 | 33 |
| 5 | (CHE) Clay Regazzoni (Ferrari) | 4 | 4 | 16R | NC | R | 5 | 3 | 3 | R | 13 | R | 7 | 1 | R | 25 |
| 6 | (BRA) Carlos Pace (Brabham) | R | 1 | 4 | R | 3 | 8 | R | 5 | R | 2R | R | R | R | R | 24 |
| 7 | (ZAF) Jody Scheckter (Tyrrell) | 11 | R | 1 | R | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16R | 9 | 3R | R | 8 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| = | (DEU) Jochen Mass (McLaren) | 14 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | R | R | R | 3 | 7R | R | 4 | R | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | (FRA) Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell) | 5 | R | 3 | R | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 9R | 9 | 11 | 7 | R | 12 |
| 10 | (GBR) Tom Pryce (Shadow) | 12R | R | 9 | R | R | 6 | R | 6 | R | R | 4 | 3 | 6 | NC | 8 |
| 11 | (ITA) Vittorio Brambilla (March) | 9 | R | R | 5 | R | R | R | R | R | 6 | R | 1 | R | 7 | 6.5 |
| 12 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite (Williams) | R | 11 | NC | DNQ | R | R | 11 | R | 2 | R | R | DNS | 6 | ||
| = | (SWE) Ronnie Peterson (Lotus) | R | 15 | 10 | R | 4 | R | 9 | 15R | 10 | R | R | 5 | R | 5 | 6 |
| 14 | (USA) Mario Andretti (Parnelli) | R | 7 | 17R | R | R | 4 | 5 | 12 | 10R | R | R | R | 5 | ||
| 15 | (USA) Mark Donohue (Penske, March) | 7 | R | 8 | R | R | 11 | 5 | 8 | R | 5R | R | DNS | 4 | ||
| 16 | (BEL) Jacky Ickx (Lotus) | 8 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 8 | R | 15 | R | R | 3 | |||||
| 17 | (AUS) Alan Jones (Hesketh, Hill) | R | R | R | 11 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| 18 | (FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier (Shadow) | DNS | R | R | 4 | R | R | R | R | 8 | 14R | R | R | R | R | 1.5 |
| 19 | (GBR) Tony Brise (Williams, Hill) | 7 | R | 6 | 7 | 7 | 15R | R | 15 | R | R | 1 | ||||
| = | (NLD) Gijs van Lennep (Ensign) | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 21 | (ITA) Lella Lombardi (March, Williams) | R | 6 | DNQ | R | R | 14 | 18 | R | 7 | 17 | R | DNS | 0.5 | ||
| (DEU) Rolf Stommelen (Lola, Hill) | 13 | 14 | 7 | R | 16 | R | ||||||||||
| (GBR) John Watson (Surtees, Lotus, Penske) | DSQ | 10 | R | 8 | R | 10 | 16 | R | 13 | 11R | R | 10 | 9 | |||
| (AUT) Harald Ertl (Hesketh) | 8 | R | 9 | |||||||||||||
| (DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck (March) | R | R | R | R | 8 | |||||||||||
| (GBR) Bob Evans (BRM) | 15 | R | DNQ | 9 | 13 | R | 17 | R | R | |||||||
| (BRA) Wilson Fittipaldi (Fittipaldi) | R | 13 | DNQ | R | DNQ | 12 | 17 | 11 | R | 19R | R | DNS | 10 | |||
| (GBR) Graham Hill (Lola, Hill) | 10 | 12 | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||
| (USA) Brett Lunger (Hesketh) | 13 | 10 | R | |||||||||||||
| (SWE) Torsten Palm (Hesketh) | DNQ | 10R | ||||||||||||||
| (ITA) Arturo Merzario (Williams, Fittipaldi) | NC | R | R | R | DNQ | R | 11 | |||||||||
| (ZAF) Guy Tunmer (Lotus) | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| (NZL) Chris Amon (Ensign) | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| (ZAF) Ian Scheckter (Tyrrell, Williams) | R | R | 12 | |||||||||||||
| (FRA) Jean-Pierre Jabouille (Tyrrell) | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| (GBR) Jim Crawford (Lotus) | R | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| (ZAF) Eddie Keizan (Lotus) | 13 | |||||||||||||||
| (ZAF) Dave Charlton (McLaren) | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| (GBR) Damien Magee (Williams) | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| (ITA) Renzo Zorzi (Williams) | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| (GBR) Brian Henton (Lotus) | 16R | DNS | NC | |||||||||||||
| (NZL) John Nicholson (Lyncar) | 17R | |||||||||||||||
| (GBR) Dave Morgan (Surtees) | 18R | |||||||||||||||
| (NLD) Roelof Wunderink (Ensign) | R | DNQ | DNQ | NC | DNQ | R | ||||||||||
| (FRA) Francois Migault (Hill, Williams) | NC | R | DNS | |||||||||||||
| (GBR) Mike Wilds (BRM) | R | R | ||||||||||||||
| (AUS) Vern Schuppan (Hill) | R | |||||||||||||||
| (CHE) Jo Vonlanthen (Williams) | R | |||||||||||||||
| (FRA) Michel Leclere (Tyrrell) | R | |||||||||||||||
| (GBR) Ian Ashley (Williams) | DNS | |||||||||||||||
| (JPN) Hiroshi Fushida (Maki) | DNS | DNQ | ||||||||||||||
| (GBR) Tony Trimmer (Maki) | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||
| # | Driver | ARG | BRA | ZAF | ESP | MCO | BEL | SWE | NLD | FRA | GBR | DEU | AUT | ITA | USA | Points |
Table key, points system and championship rules
- Highlight: Rookie
- Bold: pole position
- Underline: fastest lap
- Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
- DNQ: Did not qualify
- NC: Not classified
- DSQ: Disqualified
- DNS: Did not start
The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:
- 1st (9)
- 2nd (6)
- 3rd (4)
- 4th (3)
- 5th (2)
- 6th (1)
Only the best six results from the first seven races and the best six results from the last seven races counted towards the championship.
Notes
- Half points were awarded at the Spanish and Austrian Grands Prix as the races didn’t reach 75% of the scheduled race distance.
Race to the title
The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1975.