1975 Argentine Grand Prix

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1975 Argentine Grand Prix
Autodromo Oscar y Juan Galvez Circuito Ndeg 15.svg
Race details
DateJanuary 12, 1975
Official name XII Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina
Location Autódromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.968 km (3.708 miles)
Distance 53 laps, 316.315 km (196.549 miles)
Weather Hot and sunny
Pole position
Driver Shadow-Ford
Time 1:49.21 [1]
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt Hesketh-Ford
Time 1:50.91 [2] on lap 34
Podium
First McLaren-Ford
Second Hesketh-Ford
Third Brabham-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1975 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Buenos Aires on 12 January 1975. It was race 1 of 14 in both the 1975 World Championship of Drivers and the 1975 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the twelfth Argentine Grand Prix and only the second to be held on the lengthened six kilometre version of the race track that runs out towards Curvon Salotto around the lake which lies to the north-east of the circuit.

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The race was won for the second time by Brazilian driver Emerson Fittipaldi driving a McLaren M23. He took a six-second victory over James Hunt in his Hesketh 308. Carlos Reutemann scored his best result to that time on his home race finishing third in his Brabham BT44B.

Race summary

The close season had been fairly quiet – Jochen Mass had replaced Denny Hulme at McLaren, John Watson had joined Surtees and Mike Wilds, Rolf Stommelen and Jacques Laffite were confirmed at BRM, Hill and Williams respectively.

March had announced their retirement, but then in a dramatic U-turn confirmed their entry for 1975 with Vittorio Brambilla and Lella Lombardi.

There were contractual wrangles with Ronnie Peterson, reportedly discontent at Lotus and it was uncertain up until the start of practice whether he would be driving for them or Shadow.

Jean-Pierre Jarier proved the Shadow's effectiveness, putting in the fastest ever lap of the circuit, averaging 122 mph to gain his first pole from Carlos Pace and Carlos Reutemann.

However it was all in vain. On the warm-up lap, his crown-wheel-and-pinion stripped, leaving him a non-starter. Local hero Reutemann gratefully accepted the lead from Pace. James Hunt driving the newest Hesketh with new rubber suspension climbed from the 6th row up to third place, duelling with Niki Lauda. Jochen Mass and Jody Scheckter tangled. Meanwhile, John Watson was stranded with a loose fuel-pipe and was disqualified after attempting trackside repairs.

Wilson Fittipaldi crashed on lap 13, his car catching fire and requiring the fire engine to be deployed. By now, Hunt had passed Lauda and was catching the two Brabhams. Pace took the lead on lap 15, but spun on the very next lap. Reutemann having retaken the lead, was understeering badly and on lap 25 was passed by Hunt. There was a ferocious battle with Emerson Fittipaldi for the lead.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.DriverConstructorTime/Gap
1 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier ShadowFord 1:49.21
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Pace BrabhamFord +0.43
3 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann BrabhamFord +0.59
4 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Ferrari +0.75
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi McLarenFord +0.81
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt HeskethFord +1.05
7 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Ferrari +1.50
8 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler TyrrellFord +1.59
9 Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Jody Scheckter TyrrellFord +1.61
10 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti ParnelliFord +1.85
11 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson LotusFord +2.23
12 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla MarchFord +2.56
13 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass McLarenFord +2.61
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Pryce ShadowFord +2.71
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson SurteesFord +2.92
16 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Donohue PenskeFord +3.15
17 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite WilliamsFord +3.67
18 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx LotusFord +3.69
19 Flag of Germany.svg Rolf Stommelen LolaFord +3.91
20 Flag of Italy.svg Arturo Merzario WilliamsFord +4.22
21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill LolaFord +4.79
22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Wilds BRM +5.27
23 Flag of Brazil.svg Wilson Fittipaldi FittipaldiFord +11.01
Source: [4]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford G 531:39:26.2959
224 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt Hesketh-Ford G 53+ 5.9166
37 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford G 53+ 17.0634
411 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Ferrari G 53+ 35.7973
54 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford G 53+ 54.2582
612 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Ferrari G 53+ 1:19.6541
728 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Donohue Penske-Ford G 52+ 1 Lap16 
86 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford G 52+ 1 Lap18 
99 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford G 52+ 1 Lap12 
1022 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill Lola-Ford G 52+ 1 Lap21 
113 Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford G 52+ 1 Lap9 
1216 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford G 51Transmission14 
1323 Flag of Germany.svg Rolf Stommelen Lola-Ford G 51+ 2 Laps19 
142 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford G 50+ 3 Laps13 
Ret8 Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford G 46Engine2 
NC20 Flag of Italy.svg Arturo Merzario Williams-Ford G 44Not Classified20 
Ret27 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Parnelli-Ford F 27Transmission10 
Ret14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Wilds BRM G 24Engine22 
Ret5 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford G 15Engine11 
Ret21 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford G 15Gearbox17 
Ret30 Flag of Brazil.svg Wilson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford G 12Accident23 
DSQ18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson Surtees-Ford G 6Disqualified15 
DNS17 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford G 0Transmission1 
WD29 Flag of Argentina.svg Nestor García-Veiga Berta-Ford G Withdrew [5]
Source: [6] [7]

Championship standings after the race

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