1975 South African Grand Prix

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1975 South African Grand Prix
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Race details
Date1 March 1975
Official name XXI Lucky Strike Grand Prix of South Africa
Location Kyalami
Transvaal Province, South Africa
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.104 km (2.550 miles)
Distance 78 laps, 320.112 km (198.908 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Brabham-Ford
Time 1:16.41 [1]
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford
Time 1:17.20 [2] on lap 11
Podium
First Tyrrell-Ford
Second Brabham-Ford
Third Tyrrell-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1975 South African Grand Prix (formally the XXI Lucky Strike Grand Prix of South Africa) was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on 1 March 1975. It was race 3 of 14 in both the 1975 World Championship of Drivers and the 1975 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the 21st South African Grand Prix since the first Grand Prix was held in 1934 and the ninth to be held at Kyalami just outside Johannesburg. It was held over 78 laps of the four kilometre circuit for a race distance of 320 kilometres. [4]

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Jody Scheckter became the first South African driver to win the race. Driving a Tyrrell 007, he took over the lead of the race from Carlos Pace on lap three and took a three-second win over the Brabham BT44B of Carlos Reutemann. Scheckter's Tyrrell teammate Patrick Depailler finished third.

Race summary

Ferrari had used the free month of February profitably, producing the new 312T model with a new transverse gearbox. There was also a new face in the persona of female Italian racer Lella Lombardi (the first woman to take part in a World Championship race since Maria Teresa de Filippis in the 1958 Italian Grand Prix).

In practice, Graham Hill's car spun on oil dropped from Ronnie Peterson's car and crashed, destroying his car. He opted to sit out the race. Once the debris had been cleared and holes in the catch fencing mended, there was a second accident as Niki Lauda spun on engine oil, hitting the wall at 120 mph. With further violent accidents to Jody Scheckter and Guy Tunmer, the drivers deemed the circuit not safe and refused to continue until fencing defects were remedied and the track improved, further helped by the support of mechanics who insisted no more practice be carried out.

When the racing got under way, Carlos Pace led from pole in a Brabham 1–2 but was soon passed by Jody Scheckter and Carlos Reutemann after experiencing braking problems, and Patrick Depailler soon climbed to third. James Hunt retired with a broken throttle linkage, Vittorio Brambilla with oil cooler problems and Ian Scheckter crashed. Emerson Fittipaldi was challenging Depailler for 4th place when he suffered a cracked plug lead. Jody Scheckter held on from Reutemann for his only home win.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.DriverConstructorTime/Gap
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Pace BrabhamFord 1:16.41
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann BrabhamFord +0.07
3 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Jody Scheckter TyrrellFord +0.23
4 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Ferrari +0.42
5 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler TyrrellFord +0.42
6 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti ParnelliFord +0.48
7 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla MarchFord +0.64
8 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson LotusFord +0.73
9 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Ferrari +0.75
10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson SurteesFord +0.76
11 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi McLarenFord +0.81
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt HeskethFord +0.89
13 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier ShadowFord +0.91
14 Flag of Germany.svg Rolf Stommelen LolaFord +1.06
15 Flag of Italy.svg Arturo Merzario WilliamsFord +1.12
16 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass McLarenFord +1.38
17 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Ian Scheckter TyrrellFord +1.59
18 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Donohue PenskeFord +1.87
19 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Pryce ShadowFord +1.95
20 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg David Charlton McLarenFord +2.10
21 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx LotusFord +2.27
22 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Eddie Keizan LotusFord +2.60
23 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite WilliamsFord +2.74
24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Evans BRM +2.76
25 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Guy Tunmer LotusFord +3.11
26 Flag of Italy.svg Lella Lombardi MarchFord +3.27
27 Flag of Brazil.svg Wilson Fittipaldi FittipaldiFord +3.32
28 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill LolaFord +5.04
Source: [5]

*Positions in red indicate entries that failed to qualify.

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
13 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 781:43:16.9039
27 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 78+ 3.7426
34 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 78+ 16.9254
48 Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford 78+ 17.3113
512 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Ferrari 78+ 28.6442
62 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 78+ 1:03.64161
723 Flag of Germany.svg Rolf Stommelen Lola-Ford 78+ 1:12.9114 
828 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Donohue Penske-Ford 77+ 1 Lap18 
916 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 77+ 1 Lap19 
105 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 77+ 1 Lap8 
1134 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Guy Tunmer Lotus-Ford 76+ 2 Laps25 
126 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 76+ 2 Laps21 
1333 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Eddie Keizan Lotus-Ford 76+ 2 Laps22 
1431 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Dave Charlton McLaren-Ford 76+ 2 Laps20 
1514 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Evans BRM 76+ 2 Laps24 
1611 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 71Throttle9 
1727 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Parnelli-Ford 70Transmission6 
NC21 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford 69+ 9 Laps23 
NC1 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 65+ 13 Laps11 
Ret32 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Ian Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 55Accident17 
Ret24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 53Fuel system12 
Ret17 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 37Overheating13 
Ret10 Flag of Italy.svg Lella Lombardi March-Ford 23Fuel system26 
Ret20 Flag of Italy.svg Arturo Merzario Williams-Ford 22Engine15 
Ret18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson Surtees-Ford 19Clutch10 
Ret9 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 16Radiator7 
DNQ30 Flag of Brazil.svg Wilson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford     
DNQ22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill Lola-Ford     
Source: [6]

Championship standings after the race

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