1975 Swedish Grand Prix

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1975 Swedish Grand Prix
Circuit Anderstorp.png
Race details
Date8 June 1975
Location Scandinavian Raceway, Anderstorp
Course length 4.018 [1] km (2.497 miles)
Distance 80 laps, 321.440 [1] km (199.734 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver March-Ford
Time 1:24.630 [2]
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Ferrari
Time 1:28.267 [3] on lap 61
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Brabham-Ford
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1975 Swedish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Scandinavian Raceway at Anderstorp on 8 June 1975. It was race 7 of 14 in both the 1975 World Championship of Drivers and the 1975 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the sixth Swedish Grand Prix after it was first held as the Swedish Summer Grand Prix in 1933, and the third to be held at Scandinavian Raceway. It was held over 80 laps of the four kilometre circuit for a race distance of 322 kilometres.

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The race was won by Austrian driver Niki Lauda driving Ferrari 312T. He took a six-second victory over the Brabham BT44B of Argentinian racer Carlos Reutemann. Lauda's Ferrari teammate, Swiss driver Clay Regazzoni finished third. It was Lauda's third consecutive win of the season after the Monaco and Belgian Grands Prix. The win strengthened his lead in the championship to ten points with Reutemann moving past Emerson Fittipaldi into second place.

Race report

Qualifying resulted in pole position for Vittorio Brambilla in his March, [5] while Lauda qualified fifth fastest and his teammate Clay Regazzoni 11th. In the race Brambilla took the lead, but by lap 16 he was overtaken by Carlos Reutemann's Brabham and eventually had to retire with a blistered front tyre. Tom Pryce had to pit early due to throttle slides being clogged by sand, whilst Patrick Depailler suffered a brake line leak. Hunt retired on lap 22 with a brake-pipe leak, promoting Regazzoni and Mario Andretti. Poor Jean-Pierre Jarier lost second place to failing oil pressure on lap 38. Young Tony Brise was showing little respect for his elders, overtaking Mark Donohue and Ronnie Peterson and then challenging championship leader Emerson Fittipaldi. The battle which ensued slowed them up and John Watson in the Surtees had soon climbed up behind them. Meanwhile, Lauda was steadily progressing through the field and on lap 42 he was second. He put a series of fastest laps, benefiting from a harder tyre compound, closed on Reutemann and overtook him to win the Grand Prix by 6 seconds. Reutemann finished second with Regazzoni, in the other Ferrari 312T, third. Brise had his gearbox jammed in fourth and surrendered to Donohue, but on his third Grand Prix gained his first World Championship point and Graham Hill's first as a constructor. It would prove the only point of Brise's promising but brief F1 career. Fittipaldi suffered braking problems and was passed by Jody Scheckter at the race end to finish in eighth.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.DriverConstructorTime/Gap
1 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla MarchFord 1:24.630
2 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler TyrrellFord +0.380
3 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier ShadowFord +0.430
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann BrabhamFord +0.550
5 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Ferrari +0.827
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Pace BrabhamFord +1.172
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Pryce ShadowFord +1.236
8 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Jody Scheckter TyrrellFord +1.270
9 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson LotusFord +1.382
10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson SurteesFord +1.455
11 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi McLarenFord +1.458
12 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Ferrari +1.653
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt HeskethFord +1.870
14 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass McLarenFord +2.143
15 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti ParnelliFord +2.191
16 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Donohue PenskeFord +2.524
17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Brise HillFord +2.688
18 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx LotusFord +2.690
19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones HeskethFord +2.745
20 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Ian Scheckter WilliamsFord +2.840
21 Flag of Sweden.svg Torsten Palm HeskethFord +3.012
22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Damien Magee WilliamsFord +3.046
23 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Evans BRM +3.792
24 Flag of Italy.svg Lella Lombardi MarchFord +4.057
25 Flag of Brazil.svg Wilson Fittipaldi FittipaldiFord +4.180
26 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Vern Schuppan HillFord +4.350
Source: [6]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
112 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Ferrari 801:59:18.31959
27 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 80+ 6.28846
311 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 80+ 29.095124
427 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Parnelli-Ford 80+ 44.380153
528 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Donohue Penske-Ford 80+ 1:30.763162
623 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Brise Hill-Ford 79+ 1 Lap171
73 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 79+ 1 Lap8 
81 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 79+ 1 Lap11 
95 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 79+ 1 Lap9 
1032 Flag of Sweden.svg Torsten Palm Hesketh-Ford 78Out of fuel21 
1126 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Hesketh-Ford 78+ 2 Laps19 
124 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 78+ 2 Laps2 
1314 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Evans BRM 78+ 2 Laps23 
1420 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Damien Magee Williams-Ford 78+ 2 Laps22 
156 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 77+ 3 Laps18 
1618 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson Surtees-Ford 77+ 3 Laps10 
1730 Flag of Brazil.svg Wilson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 74+ 6 Laps25 
Ret16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 53Spun off7 
Ret21 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Ian Scheckter Williams-Ford 49Tyre20 
Ret22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Vern Schuppan Hill-Ford 47Transmission26 
Ret8 Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford 41Spun off6 
Ret17 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 38Engine3 
Ret9 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 36Transmission1 
Ret2 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 34Overheating14 
Ret24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 21Brakes13 
Ret10 Flag of Italy.svg Lella Lombardi March-Ford 10Fuel system24 
WD31 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gijs van Lennep Ensign-Ford     
WD35 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dave Walker Maki-Ford     
Source: [7]

Notes

Championship standings after the race

References

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  2. Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 80. ISBN   0-85429-380-9.
  3. Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 82. ISBN   0-85429-380-9.
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  6. "Formula One 1975 Swedish Grand Prix Classification | Motorsport Stats".
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