Automobile World Championship 1975

Automobile World Championship 1975

World Champion
Driver:	Niki Lauda
Constructor:	Ferrari
Season dates
Number of races:	14th
<1974 season	1976 season>

The 1975 automobile world championship was the 26th season of the automobile world championship, which is now known as the Formula 1 world championship . Over 14 races were held between January 12, 1975 and October 5, 1975, including the Drivers' World Championship and the International Cup of Formula 1 Constructors .

Niki Lauda won the drivers' world championship for the first time. Ferrari became world constructors champions for the third time.

The FIA honorary title Grand Prix of Europe was awarded to the Grand Prix of Austria in 1975 .

Teams and drivers

photo	team	constructor	chassis	engine	tires	No.	driver	run
	Marlboro Team McLaren	McLaren	M23	Cosworth DFV	G	1	Emerson Fittipaldi	1-14
						2	Jochen Mass	1-14
	Eleven Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell	007	Cosworth DFV	G	3	Jody Scheckter	1-14
						4th	Patrick Depailler	1-14
						15th	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	9
							Michel Leclère	14th
	John Player Team Lotus	lotus	72E	Cosworth DFV	G	5	Ronnie Peterson	1-14
						6th	Jacky Ickx	1-9
							Jim Crawford	10, 13
							John Watson	11
							Brian Henton	12, 14
						15th		10
	Martini Racing	Brabham	BT44B	Cosworth DFV	G	7th	Carlos Reutemann	1-14
						8th	Carlos Pace	1-14
	Beta Team March Lavazza March	March	741 751	Cosworth DFV	G	9	Vittorio Brambilla	1-14
						29	Lella Lombardi	10-13
						10		3-9
							Hans-Joachim Stuck	10-14
	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	312B3 312T	Ferrari 001/11 Ferrari 015	G	11	Clay Regazzoni	1-14
						12	Niki Lauda	1-14
	Stanley BRM	BRM	P201	BRM P200	G	14th	Mike Wilds	1-2
							Bob Evans	3-9, 12-13
	UOP Shadow Racing Team	Shadow	DN3B DN5	Cosworth DFV	G	16	Tom Pryce	1-14
						17th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1-11, 14
		Shadow	DN7	Matra MS73				12-13
	Team Surtees National Organs Team Surtees	Surtees	TS16	Cosworth DFV	G	18th	John Watson	1-10, 12
						19th	Dave Morgan	10
	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Williams	FW02 FW03 FW04	Cosworth DFV	G	20th	Arturo Merzario	1-6
							Damien Magee	7th
							François Migault	9
							Ian Ashley	11
							Jo Vonlanthen	12
							Renzo Zorzi	13
							Lella Lombardi	14th
							Ian Scheckter	8th
						21st		7th
							Jacques Laffite	1-3, 5-6, 8-14
							Tony Breeze	4th
	Embassy Racing with Graham Hill	Lola	T370	Cosworth DFV	G	22nd	Graham Hill	1-3
						23	Rolf Stommelen	1-2
		Hill	GH1			22nd		3-4, 12-13
							Vern Schuppan	7th
							Alan Jones	8-11
							François Migault	6th
						23		4th
							Graham Hill	5
							Tony Breeze	6-14
	Hesketh Racing Warsteiner Brewery Polar Caravans	Hesketh	308 308B 308C	Cosworth DFV	G	24	James Hunt	1-14
						25th	Torsten Palm	5
							Harald Ertl	11
							Brett Lunger	12-14
						32	Torsten Palm	7th
							Harald Ertl	12
						34		13
	Custom Made Harry Stiller Racing	Hesketh	308B	Cosworth DFV	G	25th	Alan Jones	4th
						26th		5-7
	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing	Parnelli	VPJ4	Cosworth DFV	F G	27	Mario Andretti	1-5, 7, 9-14
	Penske Cars	March	751	Cosworth DFV	G	28	Mark Donohue	10-12
		Penske	PC1					1-9
							John Watson	14th
	Copersucar-Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	FD01	Cosworth DFV	G	30th	Wilson Fittipaldi	1-12, 14th
							Arturo Merzario	13
	Lucky Strike Racing	McLaren	M23	Cosworth DFV	G	31	Dave Charlton	3
	HB Bewaking Team Ensign	Ensign	N174 N175	Cosworth DFV	G	33	Roelof Wunderink	12
						31		4-5, 10, 13-14
							Gijs van Lennep	8-9, 11
							Chris Amon	12
						32		13
	Lexington Racing	Tyrrell	007	Cosworth DFV	G	32	Ian Scheckter	3
	Pinch Plant (Ltd)	Lyncar	006	Cosworth DFV	G	32	John Nicholson	10
	Team Gunston	lotus	72D	Cosworth DFV	G	33	Eddie Keizan	3
						34	Guy Tunmer	3
	Maki engineering	Maki	F101B	Cosworth DFV	G	35	Hiroshi Fushida	8, 10
							Tony Trimmer	11-13

Racing calendar

No.	date	Grand Prix	route	Distance (km)	Pole position	Fastest race lap	winner	Overall leading driver	Overall leading designer
01	January 12th	Argentina	Buenos Aires	316,304 km	Jean-Pierre Jarier	James Hunt	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford
02	January 26th	Brazil	Interlagos	318,400 km	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Carlos Pace
03	1st March	South Africa	Kyalami	320.112 km	Carlos Pace	Carlos Pace	Jody Scheckter		Brabham-Ford
04th	April 27	Spain	Circuit de Montjuïc	109.939 km	Niki Lauda	Mario Andretti	Jochen Mass
05	May 11th	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	245.85 km	Niki Lauda	Patrick Depailler	Niki Lauda		McLaren-Ford
06th	25. May	Belgium	Zolder	298.340 km	Niki Lauda	Clay Regazzoni	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Ford
07th	8th June	Sweden	Anderstorp	321.44 km	Vittorio Brambilla	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda		Ferrari
08th	June 22	Netherlands	Zandvoort	316.950 km	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda	James Hunt
09	July 6th	France	Le Castellet	313.740 km	Niki Lauda	Jochen Mass	Niki Lauda
10	July 19	Great Britain	Silverstone	264.264 km	Tom Pryce	Clay Regazzoni	Emerson Fittipaldi
11	3rd August	Germany	Nürburgring	319.690 km	Niki Lauda	Clay Regazzoni	Carlos Reutemann
12	17th August	Austria	Österreichring	171.419 km	Niki Lauda	Vittorio Brambilla	Vittorio Brambilla
13	7th of September	Italy	Monza	300.56 km	Niki Lauda	Clay Regazzoni	Clay Regazzoni
14th	5th October	United States	Watkins Glen	320.665 km	Niki Lauda	Emerson Fittipaldi	Niki Lauda

World championship ratings

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Points	9	6th	4th	3	2	1

The best seven results of the first eight and the best five of the remaining six races were taken into account for the evaluation. The best placed car was taken into account in the constructors' classification.

Since the Spanish Grand Prix and the Austrian Grand Prix were canceled prematurely after less than 75% of the planned race distance, these were only included in the rating with half the number of points.

Driver ranking

Item	driver	constructor															Points
01	N. Lauda	Ferrari	6th	5	5	DNF	1	1	1	2	1	8th	3	6th	3	1	64.5
02	E. Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	1	2	NC	DNS	2	7th	8th	DNF	4th	1	DNF	9	2	2	45, 0
03	C. Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	3	8th	2	3	9	3	2	4th	14th	DNF	1	14th	4th	DNF	37, 0
04th	J. Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	2	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	1	2	4th	DNF	2	5	4th	33, 0
05	C. Regazzoni	Ferrari	4th	4th	16	NC	DNF	5	3	3	DNF	13	DNF	7th	1	DNF	25th, 0
06th	C. Pace	Brabham-Ford	DNF	1	4th	DNF	3	8th	DNF	5	DNF	2	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	24, 0
07th	J. Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	11	DNF	1	DNF	7th	2	7th	16	9	3	DNF	8th	8th	6th	20th, 0
08th	J. Mass	McLaren-Ford	14th	3	6th	1	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	3	7th	DNF	4th	DNF	3	20th, 0
09	P. Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	5	DNF	3	DNF	5	4th	12	9	6th	9	9	11	7th	DNS	12, 0
10	T. Pryce	Shadow Ford	12	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	4th	3	6th	NC	8th, 0
11	V. Brambilla	March-Ford	9	DNF	DNF	5	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	1	DNF	7th	6.5
12	J. Laffite	Williams-Ford	DNF	11	NC		DNQ	DNF		DNF	11	DNF	2	DNF	DNF	DNF	6th, 0
13	R. Peterson	Lotus Ford	DNF	15th	10	DNF	4th	DNF	9	15th	10	DNF	DNF	5	DNF	5	6th, 0
14th	M. Andretti	Parnelli-Ford	DNF	7th	17th	DNF	DNF		4th		5	12	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	5, 0
15th	M. Donohue	Penske-Ford	7th	DNF	8th	DNF	DNF	11	5	8th	DNF						2, 0
		March-Ford										5	DNF	DNS	†	†	2, 0
16	J. Ickx	Lotus Ford	8th	9	12	2	8th	DNF	15th	DNF	DNF						3, 0
17th	A. Jones	Hesketh-Ford				DNF	DNF	DNF	11								0, 0
		Hill-Ford								13	16	10	5				2, 0
18th	J. Jarier	Shadow Ford / Matra	DNS	DNF	DNF	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	14th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	1.5
19th	T. breeze	Williams-Ford				7th											0, 0
		Hill-Ford						DNF	6th	7th	7th	15th	DNF	15th	DNF	DNF	1, 0
20th	G. van Lennep	Ensign-Ford								10	15th		6th				1, 0
21st	L. Lombardi	March-Ford			DNF	6th	DNQ	DNF	DNF	14th	18th	DNF	7th	17th	DNF		0.5
		Williams-Ford														DNS	0, 0
-	R. Stommelen	Lola Ford	13	14th													0, 0
		Hill-Ford			7th	DNF								16	DNF		0, 0
-	J. Watson	Surtees-Ford	DSQ	10	DNF	8th	DNF	10	16	DNF	13	11		10			0, 0
		Lotus Ford											DNF				0, 0
		Penske-Ford														9	0, 0
-	H. Ertl	Hesketh-Ford											8th	DNF	9		0, 0
-	H. Stuck	March-Ford										DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	0, 0
-	B. Evans	BRM			15th	DNF	DNQ	9	13	DNF	17th			DNF	DNF		0, 0
-	W. Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford	DNF	13	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	12	17th	11	DNF	19th	DNF	DNQ		10	0, 0
-	G. Hill	Lola Ford	10	12	DNQ												0, 0
		Hill-Ford					DNQ										0, 0
-	B. Lunger	Hesketh-Ford												13	10	DNF	0, 0
-	T. Palm	Hesketh-Ford					DNQ		10								0, 0
-	A. Merzario	Williams-Ford	NC	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNF									0, 0
		Copersucar-Ford													11		0, 0
-	G. Tunmer	Lotus Ford			11												0, 0
-	C. Amon	Ensign-Ford												12	12		0, 0
-	I. Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford			DNF				DNF	12							0, 0
-	J.-P. Jabouille	Tyrrell-Ford									12						0, 0
-	J. Crawford	Lotus Ford										DNF			13		0, 0
-	E. Keizan	Lotus Ford			13												0, 0
-	D. Charlton	McLaren-Ford			14th												0, 0
-	D. Magee	Williams-Ford							14th								0, 0
-	R. Zorzi	Williams-Ford													14th		0, 0
-	B. Henton	Lotus Ford										16		DNS		NC	0, 0
-	J. Nicholson	Lyncar Ford										17th					0, 0
-	D. Morgan	Surtees-Ford										18th					0, 0
-	R. Wunderink	Ensign-Ford				DNF	DNQ					DNQ		NC	DNQ	DNF	0, 0
-	M. Wilds	BRM	DNF	DNF													0, 0
-	V. Schuppan	Hill-Ford							DNF								0, 0
-	M. Leclère	Tyrrell-Ford														DNF	0, 0

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Constructors' championship

1	Ferrari	72.5
2	Brabham - Ford	54
3	McLaren - Ford	53
4th	Hesketh Racing - Ford	33
5	Tyrrell - Ford	25th
6th	Shadow - Ford	9.5
7th	Lotus - Ford	9
8th	March - Ford	7.5
9	Williams - Ford	6th
10	Parnelli - Ford	5
11	Hill - Ford	3
12	Penske - Ford	2
13	Ensign - Ford	1

Important events of the season

• Emerson Fittipaldi boycotted the Spanish GP for safety reasons . In the race, Rolf Stommelen , while in the lead, flew into the audience because of a broken rear wing, four of whom were killed in this accident. Jochen Mass won what was to be his only victory. Lella Lombardi was the first woman to get into the points in Formula 1.
• Mark Donohue had an accident on August 17, 1975 during the warm-up for the Austrian GP in Zeltweg . The left front tire on his car burst. The rudderless March shot into the safety fences, from there onto the guardrail, slid into the embankment that followed, and crashed into a billboard. Donohue didn't seem seriously injured at first, but fell into a coma a day later and died. A marshal was also killed in the accident.
• At the end of November, the Hill team's plane crashes . Team principal and double world champion Graham Hill , who flew the plane himself, and his driver Tony Brise also died in the accident. This accident meant the end of the racing team.

Web links

Commons : Automobile World Championship 1975  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official Formula 1 website Results Season 1975 (English)