1975 Brazilian Grand Prix

 1975 Brazilian Grand Prix

Racing data
2nd of 14 races of the 1975 automobile world championship
Surname:	IV Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Date:	January 26, 1975
Place:	São Paulo
Course:	Interlagos
Length:	318.4 km in 40 laps of 7.96 km
Weather:	sunny and hot
Pole position
Driver:	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow
Time:	2: 29.88 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow
Time:	2: 34.16 min
Podium
First:	Carlos Pace	Brabham
Second:	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren
Third:	Jochen Mass	McLaren

The 1975 Brazilian Grand Prix took place in São Paulo on January 26th and was the second race of the 1975 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

The entry list for the second round of the World Championship of the year corresponded exactly to that of the Argentine Grand Prix two weeks earlier, which was unusual at the time due to the fact that the Concorde Agreement did not yet exist .

There was only speculation about a change of Ronnie Peterson from Lotus to Shadow due to the lack of competitiveness of the technically obsolete Lotus 72 , which however turned out to be incorrect.

Wilson Fittipaldi entered his home race with a new car because the first car was badly damaged in an accident and subsequent fire when it was first used in Argentina.

training

Jean-Pierre Jarier undercut last year's best time in practice by around three seconds, securing his second pole position in a row, just ahead of the reigning world champion Emerson Fittipaldi . This was followed by Carlos Reutemann and Niki Lauda . Carlos Pace and Clay Regazzoni formed another row, which consisted of a Brabham and a Ferrari , directly behind their respective teammates .

Without knowing that this would be his last successful qualification in Formula 1, Graham Hill reached 20th place on the grid.

run

The Brabham works drivers Reutemann and Pace had the best start, while Fittipaldi got off his starting position with comparatively little difficulty due to the wheels spinning too much. Before the first corner, Reutemann was ahead of Jarier, Pace, Regazzoni, Lauda and Jody Scheckter .

On the fifth lap, Jarier regained the lead from Reutemann and gained a lead. On lap 14, Pace also passed his team mate, who had meanwhile been struggling with tire problems. In the course of the following laps, these left the Argentine behind Regazzoni, Fittipaldi, Lauda and Jochen Mass .

With ten laps to go and 25 seconds ahead of the runner-up, Jarier's engine began to misfire. The problems worsened, so that the Frenchman retired on lap 33. This cleared the way for Pace's first and only Grand Prix victory, which he was also able to celebrate in front of a home crowd. To the delight of the audience, Fittipaldi completed a Brazilian one-two at home. During the last third of the race he had passed Regazzoni, who had also had problems with his tires due to the heat that was prevailing on race day. As a result, the Swiss also lost third place in Mass a little later, which thus achieved his first podium finish in Formula 1.

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 741		G
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	11	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari 312B3	Ferrari 001/11 3.0 F12	G
	12	Niki Lauda
Stanley BRM	14th	Mike Wilds	BRM P201	BRM P200 3.0 V12	G
UOP Shadow Racing Team	16	Tom Pryce	Shadow DN3B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	17th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow DN5
Team Surtees	18th	John Watson	Surtees TS16		G
Frank Williams Racing Cars	20th	Arturo Merzario	Williams FW03		G
	21st	Jacques Laffite	Williams FW02
Embassy Racing with Graham Hill	22nd	Graham Hill	Lola T370		G
	23	Rolf Stommelen
Hesketh Racing	24	James Hunt	Hesketh 308		G
Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing	27	Mario Andretti	Parnelli VPJ4		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	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	2: 29.88	191.193 km / h	01
02	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	2: 30.68	190.178 km / h	02
03	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	2: 31.00	189.775 km / h	03
04th	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	2: 31.12	189.624 km / h	04th
05	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	2: 31.22	189.499 km / h	05
06th	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	2: 31.58	189.049 km / h	06th
07th	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	2: 31.70	188.899 km / h	07th
08th	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	2: 31.74	188.849 km / h	08th
09	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	2: 32.94	187.368 km / h	09
10	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	2: 33.06	187.221 km / h	10
11	Arturo Merzario	Williams-Ford	2: 33.16	187.098 km / h	11
12	Jacky Ickx	Lotus Ford	2: 33.20	187.050 km / h	12
13	John Watson	Surtees-Ford	2: 33.23	187.013 km / h	13
14th	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	2: 33.24	187.001 km / h	14th
15th	Mark Donohue	Penske-Ford	2: 33.33	186.891 km / h	15th
16	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	2: 33.90	186.199 km / h	16
17th	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	2: 34.44	185.548 km / h	17th
18th	Mario Andretti	Parnelli-Ford	2: 34.56	185.404 km / h	18th
19th	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	2: 34.76	185.164 km / h	19th
20th	Graham Hill	Lola Ford	2: 35.49	184.295 km / h	20th
21st	Wilson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford	2: 36.47	183.141 km / h	21st
22nd	Mike Wilds	BRM	2: 37.15	182.348 km / h	22nd
23	Rolf Stommelen	Lola Ford	2: 38.05	181.310 km / h	23

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	40	0	1: 44: 41.17	06th	2: 35.75
02	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	40	0	+ 5.79	02	2: 35.73
03	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	40	0	+ 26.66	10	2: 36.32
04th	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	40	0	+ 43.28	05	2: 35.63
05	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	40	0	+1: 01.88	04th	2: 35.22
06th	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	40	0	+1: 05.12	07th	2: 35.77
07th	Mario Andretti	Parnelli-Ford	40	0	+1: 06.81	18th	2: 35.19
08th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	40	1	+1: 39.62	03	2: 36.30
09	Jacky Ickx	Lotus Ford	40	0	+1: 51.84	12	2: 37.19
10	John Watson	Surtees-Ford	40	1	+ 2: 29.60	13	2: 37.02
11	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	39	0	+ 1 lap	19th	2: 39.75
12	Graham Hill	Lola Ford	39	0	+ 1 lap	20th	2: 39.97
13	Wilson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford	39	0	+ 1 lap	21st	2: 40.33
14th	Rolf Stommelen	Lola Ford	39	0	+ 1 lap	23	2: 40.92
15th	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	38	0	+ 2 rounds	16	2: 38.11
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	32	0	DNF	01	2: 34.16	defective injection pump
-	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	31	0	DNF	09	2: 35.59	broken wishbone
-	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	31	0	DNF	14th	2: 37.87	accident
-	Arturo Merzario	Williams-Ford	24	0	DNF	11	2: 37.56	defective fuel supply
-	Mark Donohue	Penske-Ford	22nd	0	DNF	15th	2: 37.51	Handling problems
-	Mike Wilds	BRM	22nd	0	DNF	22nd	2: 41.84	Electrical defect
-	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	18th	1	DNF	08th	2: 35.95	Oil loss
-	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	01	0	DNF	17th	2: 59.49	Engine failure

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  Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren 15th 02  Carlos Pace Brabham 9 03  James Hunt Hesketh 7th 04th  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 6th

Item driver constructor Points 05  Jochen Mass McLaren 4th 06th  Carlos Reutemann Brabham 4th 07th  Niki Lauda Ferrari 3 08th  Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 2

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 15th 02  Brabham 13 03  Hesketh 7th

Item constructor Points 04th  Ferrari 6th 05  Tyrrell 2

Individual evidence

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2. ^ "Report" (accessed December 10, 2011)
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Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website