1975 Monaco Grand Prix

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1975 Monaco Grand Prix
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Race details
Date11 May 1975
Official name XXXIII Gran Prix de Monaco
Location Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.278 km (2.037 miles)
Distance 75 laps, 245.850 km (152.764 miles)
Scheduled distance 78 laps, 255.684 km (158.874 miles)
Weather Rain, later drying
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:26.40
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford
Time 1:28.67 on lap 68
Podium
First Ferrari
Second McLaren-Ford
Third Brabham-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1975 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held in Monaco on 11 May 1975. It was race 5 of 14 in both the 1975 World Championship of Drivers and the 1975 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the 33rd Monaco Grand Prix since the race was first held in 1929. It was held over 75 of the scheduled 78 laps of the three kilometre street circuit, for a race distance of 245 kilometres.

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The race was won by Austrian driver Niki Lauda giving the new Ferrari 312T its first win. The win broke a 20-year drought at Monaco for Ferrari. Lauda dominated the race, only losing the lead during a pitstop. He won by two seconds over the McLaren M23 of Emerson Fittipaldi. Carlos Pace finished third in his Brabham BT44B. This was also both the 179th and final Grand Prix for 1962 and 1968 World Champion Graham Hill, although he failed to qualify after 176 race starts.

Circuit changes and qualifying summary

The future of Grand Prix racing was under scrutiny following the disastrous Spanish Grand Prix held two weeks prior. Actions had to be taken quickly: extra guard rails and catch fences were erected, kerbing resited and the chicane was modified. New measures were introduced: the grid was staggered and in addition would be restricted to just 18 cars. This last change affected Graham Hill's chance to qualify: the five-time Monaco winner had all sorts of practice problems and failed to qualify by 0.377 seconds. John Watson and Clay Regazzoni collided in practice, whilst the Surtees team was ordered to remove pro-Europe political stickers from its cars.

After failing his qualifying attempt for the start, Hill announced his retirement as a driver after 17 seasons and 176 races to concentrate on his Embassy Hill team.

Niki Lauda, in a Ferrari, claimed pole position, but sensationally sharing the front row was Tom Pryce, driving a Shadow, who just 12 months earlier had been deemed 'too inexperienced' to compete. Jean-Pierre Jarier and Ronnie Peterson filled the second row.

Race summary

The race began under rain conditions, so everyone went for wet tyres. Lauda was fastest at the start, while Pryce had a slow start and was passed by Jarier and Peterson; [2] the Frenchman soon attempted to pass Lauda in an ill-advised overtaking manoeuvre, and hit the barriers at the Mirabeau; his car was damaged in the collision and handled badly, which caused him to hit the wall again at the Tabac corner [2] and then retire. Peterson went into the second place with Vittorio Brambilla third, until Pryce hit the Italian's wheel. Regazzoni stopped to change a tyre and the nosecone of his car, and James Hunt stopped to change onto slick tyres, anticipating a drying of the track surface. However, his team's slow pit work cost him a substantial amount of time.

Ronnie Peterson's victory chances were damaged at his pit stop when a wheel nut was lost under the car. Tom Pryce came in to replace a broken nosecone, and by that time Niki Lauda led by 15 seconds from Emerson Fittipaldi and Carlos Pace. Many accidents happened during the race: Jochen Mass and James Hunt tangled at Mirabeau, and Patrick Depailler got embroiled in their accident; Clay Regazzoni hit the chicane and suffered damage; John Watson spun and stalled the engine of his car; Pryce hit the barrier and had to retire; Mario Andretti entered the pits with his car on fire; Mark Donohue hit the barrier, whilst Alan Jones broke a wheel.

In the last laps Lauda's oil pressure was fading and Fittipaldi was closing. With three laps left the gap was 2.75 seconds; however, the two-hour time limit was reached and the race was stopped, with Lauda winning. Ferrari had won their first Monaco Grand Prix in 20 years; the tragedy of the Spanish Grand Prix receded and the championship race was back on. Fittipaldi's second position strengthened his narrow points lead over early season points leader Pace.

Classification

Qualifying classification

Pos.DriverConstructorTimeNo
1Niki LaudaFerrari1:26,401
2Tom PryceShadow-Ford1:27,092
3Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford1:27,253
4Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford1:27,404
5Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford1:27,505
6Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:27,556
7Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford1:27,587
8Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford1:27,678
9Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford1:27,779
10Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford1:27,9310
11James HuntHesketh-Ford1:27,9411
12Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford1:27,9512
13Mario AndrettiParnelli-Ford1:28,1113
14Jacky IckxLotus-Ford1:28,2814
15Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford1:28,4915
16Mark DonohuePenske-Ford1:28,8116
17John WatsonSurtees-Ford1:28,9017
18Alan JonesHesketh-Ford1:29,1218
19Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford1:29,28
20Arturo MerzarioWilliams-Ford1:29,32
21Graham HillHill-Ford1:29,49
22Bob EvansBRM1:30,33
23Roelof WunderinkEnsign-Ford1:31,60
24Torsten PalmHesketh-Ford1:31,95
25Lella LombardiMarch-Ford1:32,20
26Wilson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford1:33,02

*Positions in red indicate entries that failed to qualify.

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
112 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Ferrari 752:01:21.3119
21 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 75+ 2.7896
38 Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford 75+ 17.8184
45 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 75+ 38.4543
54 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 75+ 40.86122
62 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 75+ 42.07151
73 Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 74+ 1 Lap7 
86 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 74+ 1 Lap14 
97 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 73+ 2 Laps10 
Ret28 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Donohue Penske-Ford 66Accident16 
Ret24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 63Accident11 
Ret26 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Hesketh-Ford 61Wheel18 
Ret9 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 48Accident5 
Ret16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 39Accident2 
Ret11 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 36Accident17 
Ret18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson Surtees-Ford 36Spun off6 
Ret27 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Parnelli-Ford 9Oil leak13 
Ret17 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 0Accident3 
DNQ21 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford   
DNQ20 Flag of Italy.svg Arturo Merzario Williams-Ford   
DNQ23 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill Hill-Ford
Lola-Ford
  
DNQ14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Evans BRM   
DNQ31 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Roelof Wunderink Ensign-Ford   
DNQ25 Flag of Sweden.svg Torsten Palm Hesketh-Ford   
DNQ10 Flag of Italy.svg Lella Lombardi March-Ford   
DNQ30 Flag of Brazil.svg Wilson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford     
Source: [3]

Championship standings after the race

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Awards
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1975
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