1975 Dutch Grand Prix

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1975 Dutch Grand Prix
Circuit Park Zandvoort-1973.svg
Race details
Date22 June 1975
Official name XXII Grand Prix Zandvoort
Location Zandvoort
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.226 km (2.626 miles)
Distance 75 laps, 316.95 km (196.95 miles)
Weather Wet, drying later
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:20.29 [1]
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Ferrari
Time 1:21.54 [2] on lap 55
Podium
First Hesketh-Ford
Second Ferrari
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders
The podium with Lauda, Hunt and Regazzoni Podium at 1975 Dutch Grand Prix.jpg
The podium with Lauda, Hunt and Regazzoni

The 1975 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Zandvoort on 22 June 1975. It was race 8 of 14 in both the 1975 World Championship of Drivers and the 1975 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the 24th Dutch Grand Prix. It was held over 75 laps of the four kilometre circuit for a race distance of 318 kilometres.

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The race is memorable for one of the greatest underdog victories in Formula One. British driver and future world champion James Hunt won his first Formula One Grand Prix, giving small privateer operation Hesketh Racing the highlight of its six-year history with its first and only Grand Prix win. Hunt drove his Hesketh 308 to a one-second win over the Ferrari 312T of the World Championship points leader, Austrian driver Niki Lauda. Third was taken by Lauda's Ferrari team mate, Swiss driver Clay Regazzoni.

Race summary

Niki Lauda dominated practice, with teammate Clay Regazzoni joining him on the front row. Jean-Pierre Jarier had a crash and the Maki team's weekend ended abruptly in a cloud of smoke from engine problems. James Hunt had a storming practice to take third place on the grid. On Saturday afternoon, weather conditions meant practice times would not improve, so Hunt was sent out to get some extra testing – during which something in the metering unit broke. This was fortunate as the Dutch Grand Prix did not have Sunday morning practice, so had it not been for those extra laps, the mechanical problems would have occurred during the race itself.

The race was delayed by rainstorms as the teams persuaded the organizers to let them run on wet tyres. Lauda led from Jody Scheckter whilst Vittorio Brambilla and Patrick Depailler collided. Jochen Mass was having metering unit troubles and Jacky Ickx exploded his engine. Meanwhile, Hunt had changed onto dry tyres and was gaining time rapidly on the drying surface to take the lead from Jarier and Lauda by lap 15. The Austrian championship leader was finding overtaking a very difficult prospect indeed. Emerson Fittipaldi dropped out with engine problems whilst John Watson broke a wing support and Carlos Reutemann got past Tom Pryce who was suffering from brake problems.

On lap 43, Jarier spun when a tyre burst. Lauda now pursued Hunt desperately for over 20 laps, putting him under immense pressure. Hunt had cracked under similar pressure in Buenos Aires, but this time he resisted. The Ferrari managed to gain on the slow corners, but Hunt pulled ahead on the fast corners and down the straight. The TV directors were so confused that the captions showed three laps left to go when a massive roar from the grandstands signalled it was all over. Hunt became the first Englishman since Peter Gethin to win a Grand Prix.

Lauda's second place reinforced his championship lead, which expanded to 13 points over Brabham driver Carlos Reutemann.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.DriverConstructorTime/Gap
1 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:20.29
2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Ferrari +0.28
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt HeskethFord +0.41
4 Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Jody Scheckter TyrrellFord +0.45
5 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann BrabhamFord +0.58
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi McLarenFord +0.62
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Brise HillFord +0.65
8 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass McLarenFord +0.72
9 Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Pace BrabhamFord +0.77
10 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier ShadowFord +0.81
11 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla MarchFord +0.85
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Pryce ShadowFord +0.87
13 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler TyrrellFord +0.91
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson SurteesFord +0.94
15 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite WilliamsFord +1.03
16 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson LotusFord +1.17
17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones HillFord +1.72
18 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Donohue PenskeFord +2.04
19 Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Ian Scheckter WilliamsFord +2.53
20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Evans BRM +2.68
21 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx LotusFord +2.91
22 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gijs van Lennep EnsignFord +3.01
23 Flag of Italy.svg Lella Lombardi MarchFord +3.70
24 Flag of Brazil.svg Wilson Fittipaldi FittipaldiFord +3.86
25 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Fushida MakiFord +13.08
Source: [4]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
124 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 751:46:57.4039
212 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Ferrari 75+ 1.0616
311 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 75+ 55.0624
47 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 74+ 1 Lap53
58 Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford 74+ 1 Lap92
616 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 74+ 1 Lap121
723 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Brise Hill-Ford 74+ 1 Lap7 
828 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Donohue Penske-Ford 74+ 1 Lap18 
94 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 73+ 2 Laps13 
1031 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gijs van Lennep Ensign-Ford 71+ 4 Laps22 
1130 Flag of Brazil.svg Wilson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 71+ 4 Laps24 
1220 Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Ian Scheckter Williams-Ford 70+ 5 Laps19 
1322 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Hill-Ford 70+ 5 Laps17 
1410 Flag of Italy.svg Lella Lombardi March-Ford 70+ 5 Laps23 
155 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 69Out of fuel16 
163 Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 67Engine4 
Ret21 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford 64Engine15 
Ret2 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 61Accident8 
Ret17 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 44Tyre10 
Ret18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson Surtees-Ford 43Vibrations14 
Ret1 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 40Engine6 
Ret14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Evans BRM 23Differential20 
Ret6 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 6Engine21 
Ret9 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 0Suspension11 
DNS35 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Fushida Maki-Ford     
Source: [5]

Championship standings after the race

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