1975 ShellSPORT 5000 European Championship

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The 1975 ShellSPORT 5000 European Championship [1] [2] [3] was a motor racing series for Formula 5000 cars. [4] The series was organized in the United Kingdom by the British Racing and Sports Car Club, but also incorporated European rounds. [5] It was the seventh and last in a sequence of annual European Formula 5000 Championships, [4] and the first to be contested as the ShellSPORT 5000 European Championship. The 1975 championship was won by Teddy Pilette, driving a Lola T400. [6]

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Teddy Pilette won the championship driving for Racing Team VDS TeddyPilette1975.jpg
Teddy Pilette won the championship driving for Racing Team VDS

The championship was contested over sixteen rounds. [5]

Round [7] Name [7] Circuit [7] Date [7] Winning driver [7] Car [7]
1Brands Hatch Shellsport F5000 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brands Hatch 15 March Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Ashley Lola T330 Chevrolet V8
2Oulton Park Shellsport F5000 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oulton Park 28 March Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gordon Spice Lola T332 Chevrolet V8
3Brands Hatch Shellsport F5000 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brands Hatch 31 March Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Purley Chevron B30 Ford GAA V6 3.4
4Silverstone Vanwall Trophy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silverstone 12 April Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Scott Lola T400 Chevrolet V8
5Zolder Limburg Trophee Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Zolder 27 April Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Gethin Lola T400 Chevrolet V8
6Zandvoort Duinen Trophee Flag of the Netherlands.svg Zandvoort 19 May Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Gethin Lola T400 Chevrolet V8
7Shellsport F5000 Thruxton I Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Thruxton 26 May Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Ashley Lola T330 Chevrolet V8
8Snetterton Shellsport F5000 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Snetterton 27 July Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Evans Lola T332 Chevrolet V8
9Mallory Park Shellsport F5000 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mallory Park 10 August Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Teddy Pilette Lola T400 Chevrolet V8
10Thruxton Andover Mayoral Trophy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Thruxton 17 August Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Teddy Pilette Lola T400 Chevrolet V8
11Brands Hatch Shellsport F5000 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brands Hatch 25 August Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones March 75A Ford GAA V6 3.4
12Oulton Park Gold Cup Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oulton Park 6 September Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Purley Chevron B30 Ford GAA V6 3.4
13Silverstone Shellsport F5000 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silverstone 28 September Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones March 75A Ford GAA V6 3.4
14Shellsport F5000 Snetterton II Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Snetterton 5 October Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Teddy Pilette Lola T400 Chevrolet V8
15Mallory Park Shellsport F5000 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mallory Park 12 October Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Teddy Pilette Lola T400 Chevrolet V8
16Brands Hatch Shellsport Motorshow 200 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brands Hatch 19 October Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Gethin Lola T400 Chevrolet V8

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis for the first ten places at each of the first fifteen rounds and on a 40–30–24–20–16–12–8–6–4–2 basis for the first ten places at the final round. [6] Each driver could retain points from twelve rounds. [6]

Championship standings

Position [6] Driver [6] Car [6] Entrant [6] Points [6]
1 Teddy Pilette Lola T400 Chevrolet Racing Team VDS174
2 Peter Gethin Lola T400 Chevrolet Racing Team VDS143
3 Guy Edwards Lola T332 Chevrolet 122
4 Ian Ashley Lola T330 Chevrolet
Lola T400 Chevrolet
Richard Oaten Racing101
5 David Purley Chevron B30 Ford V6 Lec Refrigeration98
6Richard Scott Lola T400 Chevrolet
Lola T330 Chevrolet
Alan McKechnie Racing
John Turner
85
7 Alan Jones Chevron B28 Chevrolet
March 751 Ford V6
RAM Racing 64
= Bob Evans Lola T332 Chevrolet
Lola T400 Chevrolet
Theodore Racing
Reed Racing
Alan McKechnie Racing
64
9Brian Robinson McLaren M19 Chevrolet 49
10 Vern Schuppan Lola T332 Chevrolet Theodore Racing 30
= Gordon Spice Lola T332 Chevrolet Reed Racing30
12Tony Dean Chevron B24 Chevrolet
Chevron B28 Chevrolet
AG Dean28
13Mick Hill March 74A Chevrolet 27
14Chris Featherstone McRae GM1 Chevrolet 26
15 Ingo Hoffman Chevron B28 Chevrolet AG Dean24
=John Turner Lola T330 Chevrolet 24
17 Brian McGuire Lola T332 Chevrolet 22
18 Tom Belsø Lola T330 Chevrolet 20
= Damien Magee Trojan T101 Chevrolet
Chevron B24/B28 Chevrolet
Jim Kelly
RAM Racing
20
20 Tom Walkinshaw Modus M5 Ford V6
March 752 Ford V6
ShellSPORT19
21Leen Verhoeven Lola T330 Chevrolet 15
22 Tony Brise Lola T332 Chevrolet Theodore Racing 15
23 Mike Wilds March 74A Chevrolet Mick Hill12
24Bill Gubelmann Lola T332 Chevrolet Reed Racing11
25 Keith Holland Lola T330 Chevrolet John Turner10
26Dennis Leech Chevron B24 Chevrolet 9
27 Boy Hayje March 731 Ford V6 Hezemans Racing8
28Trevor Twaites Lola T330 Chevrolet 5
29 Dave Walker Chevron B28 Chevrolet RAM Racing 4

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