Belgian Grand Prix 1975

 Belgian Grand Prix 1975

Racing data
6th of 14 races of the 1975 automobile world championship
Surname:	XXXIII Grote Prijs van Belgie
Date:	May 25, 1975
Place:	Zolder-Terlaemen
Course:	Circuit Zolder
Length:	298.34 km in 70 laps of 4.262 km
Weather:	cloudy but dry
Pole position
Driver:	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Time:	1: 25.43 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Time:	1: 26.76 min
Podium
First:	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Second:	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell
Third:	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham

The 1975 Belgian Grand Prix took place on May 25th at the Zolder Circuit in Zolder-Terlaemen and was the sixth race of the 1975 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

When Formula 1 started two weeks after the Monaco Grand Prix in Zolder, Mario Andretti , who was taking part in the Indianapolis 500 , which was taking place at the same time , and Roelof Wunderink , who was injured in a Formula 5000 race in Zandvoort , were absent . Since both Parnelli and Ensign Racing decided not to sign substitute drivers, both teams were absent from the Grand Prix.

Since Graham Hill had ended his active racing career and Rolf Stommelen had to recover from the serious injuries he had suffered from his accident at the Spanish Grand Prix , François Migault and Tony Brise were hired to cast the two Hill GH1s .

training

Niki Lauda qualified for pole position with a lap time of only four hundredths of a second faster than Carlos Pace, who was second. After a convincing training performance, Vittorio Brambilla reached third place on the grid ahead of Clay Regazzoni , Tom Pryce , Carlos Reutemann and Tony Brise, who also had a positive impact. The leading in the world championship Emerson Fittipaldi followed only behind in eighth place on the grid on the side of Jody Scheckter .

run

Pace got off to a better start than Lauda, ​​which gave him the lead before the first corner. Brambilla followed before Regazzoni, Reutemann and Scheckter.

While Brise fell back after a short time due to engine problems, Scheckter passed Reutemann and Regazzoni. Brambilla impressively demonstrated the competitiveness that he had already shown in practice this weekend by overtaking both Lauda and Pace and taking the lead. A little later, Lauda also passed Pace and was therefore back in second place.

In the sixth lap, Lauda took the lead from Brambilla. Three laps later, Scheckter, who had overtaken Pace in the meantime, also passed the Italian and pushed him into third place. The resulting order at the top remained constant until lap 49, when Brambilla came to the pits to change tires and thus had to give Reutemann third place.

Fittipaldi had meanwhile been in fourth place, but was pushed into seventh place in the closing stages by Depailler, Regazzoni and Pryce and thus outside the points. He lost his world championship lead to the winner Lauda.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Marlboro Team Texaco	1	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren M23	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	2	Jochen Mass
Eleven Team Tyrrell	3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell 007		G
	4th	Patrick Depailler
John Player Team Lotus	5	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus 72E		G
	6th	Jacky Ickx
Martini Racing	7th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham BT44B		G
	8th	Carlos Pace
Beta Team March	9	Vittorio Brambilla	March 751		G
Lavazza March	10	Lella Lombardi			G
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	11	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari 312T	Ferrari 015 3.0 F12	G
	12	Niki Lauda
Stanley BRM	14th	Bob Evans	BRM P201	BRM P200 3.0 V12	G
UOP Shadow Racing Team	16	Tom Pryce	Shadow DN5	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	17th	Jean-Pierre Jarier
Team Surtees	18th	John Watson	Surtees TS16		G
Frank Williams Racing Cars	20th	Arturo Merzario	Williams FW03		G
	21st	Jacques Laffite	Williams FW04
Embassy Racing with Graham Hill	22nd	François Migault	Hill GH1		G
	23	Tony Breeze
Hesketh Racing	24	James Hunt	Hesketh 308		G
Custom Made Harry Stiller Racing	26th	Alan Jones			G
Penske Cars	28	Mark Donohue	Penske PC1		G
Copersucar-Fittipaldi	30th	Wilson Fittipaldi	Copersucar FD02		G

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 25.43	179.600 km / h	01
02	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	1: 25.47	179.516 km / h	02
03	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	1: 25.66	179.117 km / h	03
04th	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 25.85	178.721 km / h	04th
05	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	1: 25.94	178.534 km / h	05
06th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	1: 26.09	178.223 km / h	06th
07th	Tony Breeze	Hill-Ford	1: 26.22	177.954 km / h	07th
08th	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	1: 26.26	177.872 km / h	08th
09	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 26.36	177.666 km / h	09
10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	1: 26.38	177.624 km / h	10
11	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	1: 26.51	177.358 km / h	11
12	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 26.74	176.887 km / h	12
13	Alan Jones	Hesketh-Ford	1: 27.05	176.257 km / h	13
14th	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	1: 27.17	176.015 km / h	14th
15th	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	1: 27.38	175.592 km / h	15th
16	Jacky Ickx	Lotus Ford	1: 27.40	175.551 km / h	16
17th	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	1: 27.70	174.951 km / h	17th
18th	John Watson	Surtees-Ford	1: 28.01	174.335 km / h	18th
19th	Arturo Merzario	Williams-Ford	1: 28.18	173.999 km / h	19th
20th	Bob Evans	BRM	1: 28.57	173.232 km / h	20th
21st	Mark Donohue	Penske-Ford	1: 28.65	173.076 km / h	21st
22nd	François Migault	Hill-Ford	1: 29.57	171.298 km / h	22nd
23	Lella Lombardi	March-Ford	1: 29.71	171.031 km / h	23
24	Wilson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford	1: 30.27	169.970 km / h	24

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	70	0	1: 43: 53.98	01	1: 27.33
02	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	70	0	+ 19.22	09	1: 27.59
03	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	70	0	+ 41.82	06th	1: 27.63
04th	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	70	0	+1: 00.08	12	1: 27.10
05	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	70	1	+1: 03.84	04th	1: 26.76
06th	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	70	0	+1: 28.45	05	1: 28.27
07th	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	69	0	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 28.24
08th	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	69	0	+ 1 lap	02	1: 28.29
09	Bob Evans	BRM	68	0	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 29.27
10	John Watson	Surtees-Ford	68	0	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 29.12
11	Mark Donohue	Penske-Ford	67	0	+ 3 rounds	21st	1: 29.41
12	Wilson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford	67	0	+ 3 rounds	24	1: 31.10
-	François Migault	Hill-Ford	57	0	DNF	22nd	1: 29.33	Suspension damage
-	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	54	1	DNF	03	1: 28.04	Brake defect
-	Jacky Ickx	Lotus Ford	52	0	DNF	16	1: 29.99	broken brake shaft
-	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	36	0	DNF	14th	1: 28.18	Brake defect
-	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	18th	1	DNF	17th	1: 30.83	Gearbox damage
-	Lella Lombardi	March-Ford	18th	0	DNF	23	1: 32.53	Engine failure
-	Tony Breeze	Hill-Ford	17th	0	DNF	07th	1: 29.90	Engine failure
-	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	15th	0	DNF	11	1: 29.82	broken gear lever
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	13	0	DNF	10	1: 29.38	Driving error
-	Arturo Merzario	Williams-Ford	02	0	DNF	19th	1: 39.67	Clutch damage
-	Alan Jones	Hesketh-Ford	01	0	DNF	13	1: 39.90	collision
-	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	00	0	DNF	15th	-	collision

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Niki Lauda Ferrari 23.0 02  Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren 21.0 03  Carlos Pace Brabham 16.0 04th  Carlos Reutemann Brabham 16.0 05  Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 15.0 06th  Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 11.0 07th  Jochen Mass McLaren 10.5 08th  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 8.0

Item driver constructor Points 09  James Hunt Hesketh 7.0 10  Jacky Ickx lotus 3.0 11  Ronnie Peterson lotus 3.0 12  Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 1.5 13  Tom Pryce Shadow 1.0 14th  Vittorio Brambilla March 1.0 15th  Lella Lombardi March 0.5

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Brabham 29.0 02  McLaren 26.5 03  Ferrari 26.0 04th  Tyrrell 19.0

Item constructor Points 05  Hesketh 7.0 06th  lotus 6.0 07th  Shadow 2.5 08th  March 1.0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on December 10, 2011)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed December 10, 2011)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on December 10, 2011)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website