1975 French Grand Prix

 1975 French Grand Prix

Racing data
9th of 14 races of the 1975 automobile world championship
Surname:	LXI Grand Prix de France
Date:	July 6, 1975
Place:	Le Castellet
Course:	Circuit Paul Ricard
Length:	313.74 km in 54 laps of 5.81 km
Weather:	sunny and hot
Pole position
Driver:	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Time:	1: 47.82 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jochen Mass	McLaren
Time:	1: 50.60 min
Podium
First:	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Second:	James Hunt	Hesketh
Third:	Jochen Mass	McLaren

The 1975 French Grand Prix took place on July 6th at the Paul Ricard Circuit in Le Castellet and was the ninth race of the 1975 Automobile World Championship .

Reports

background

An essentially unchanged field of participants started two weeks after the Dutch Grand Prix for the ninth round of the season, which took place for the third time at the then ultra-modern Circuit Paul Ricard .

The only changes were that Ian Scheckter no longer competed for Frank Williams Racing Cars and was replaced by François Migault , and that Tyrrell provided a third works car for Jean-Pierre Jabouille, who was supported by the team's main sponsor, Elf . In addition, the Parnelli team was back at the start with driver Mario Andretti .

training

Niki Lauda secured pole position for the fifth time this season and relegated Jody Scheckter and the winner of the Dutch GP, James Hunt , to second and third with his best time in practice . It was followed by Shadow pilot Jean-Pierre Jarier in front of the Brabham of Carlos Pace and Tom Pryce in the second factory Shadow. Jochen Mass , Vittorio Brambilla , Clay Regazzoni and Emerson Fittipaldi completed the top ten.

run

Lauda took the lead ahead of Scheckter and Hunt. While Jarier was able to follow the top trio, his team-mate Pryce fell back to the end of the field after a bad start. Mass then took fourth place ahead of Pace and Regazzoni.

Regazzoni made up most of the places during the first laps. In the sixth lap he was already in second place behind his team-mate Lauda. On the seventh lap, however, he retired due to an engine failure.

By lap 14, both Hunt and Mass and Fittipaldi managed to overtake Scheckter, who fell back to ninth place as the race progressed. The order of the first four did not change any more. Mario Andretti was fifth and Patrick Depailler was sixth.

18 of the 25 pilots who started reached the finish, twelve of them completed the full race distance of 54 laps. There were no retirements during the second half of the race. Jochen Mass drove the fastest race lap of a Grand Prix for the first time.

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
	15th	Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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	François Migault	Williams FW03		G
	21st	Jacques Laffite	Williams FW04
Embassy Racing with Graham Hill	22nd	Alan Jones	Hill GH1		G
	23	Tony Breeze
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 FD03		G
HB Bewaking Team Ensign	31	Gijs van Lennep	Ensign N175		G

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 47.82	193.990 km / h	01
02	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 48.22	193.273 km / h	02
03	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	1: 48.25	193.219 km / h	03
04th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	1: 48.44	192.881 km / h	04th
05	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	1: 48.48	192.810 km / h	05
06th	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	1: 48.48	192.810 km / h	06th
07th	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	1: 48.54	192.703 km / h	07th
08th	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	1: 48.56	192.668 km / h	08th
09	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 48.68	192.455 km / h	09
10	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	1: 48.75	192.331 km / h	10
11	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	1: 48.85	192.154 km / h	11
12	Tony Breeze	Hill-Ford	1: 49.21	191.521 km / h	12
13	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 49.31	191.346 km / h	13
14th	John Watson	Surtees-Ford	1: 49.70	190.665 km / h	14th
15th	Mario Andretti	Parnelli-Ford	1: 49.72	190.631 km / h	15th
16	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	1: 49.72	190.631 km / h	16
17th	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	1: 50.04	190.076 km / h	17th
18th	Mark Donohue	Penske-Ford	1: 50.15	189.887 km / h	18th
19th	Jacky Ickx	Lotus Ford	1: 50.94	188.534 km / h	19th
20th	Alan Jones	Hill-Ford	1: 51.02	188.398 km / h	20th
21st	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 51.06	188.331 km / h	21st
22nd	Gijs van Lennep	Ensign-Ford	1: 51.21	188.077 km / h	22nd
23	Wilson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford	1: 51.64	187.352 km / h	23
24	François Migault	Williams-Ford	1: 51.82	187.051 km / h	24
25th	Bob Evans	BRM	1: 51.85	187,000 km / h	25th
26th	Lella Lombardi	March-Ford	1: 52.97	185.146 km / h	26th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	54	0	1: 40: 18.84	01	1: 50.62
02	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	54	0	+ 1.59	03	1: 50.69
03	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	54	0	+ 2.31	07th	1: 50.60
04th	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	54	0	+ 39.77	10	1: 50.77
05	Mario Andretti	Parnelli-Ford	54	0	+1: 02.08	15th	1: 51.28
06th	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	54	0	+1: 07.40	13	1: 51.27
07th	Tony Breeze	Hill-Ford	54	0	+1: 09.61	12	1: 51.21
08th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	54	0	+1: 19.78	04th	1: 51.22
09	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	54	0	+1: 31.68	02	1: 52.17
10	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	54	0	+1: 36.02	17th	1: 52.40
11	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	54	0	+1: 36.77	16	1: 52.05
12	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Tyrrell-Ford	54	0	+1: 37.13	21st	1: 51.89
13	John Watson	Surtees-Ford	53	1	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 51.34
14th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	53	1	+ 1 lap	11	1: 52.23
15th	Gijs van Lennep	Ensign-Ford	53	0	+ 1 lap	22nd	1: 52.94
16	Alan Jones	Hill-Ford	53	0	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 52.15
17th	Bob Evans	BRM	52	0	+ 2 rounds	25th	1: 55.16
18th	Lella Lombardi	March-Ford	50	0	+ 4 rounds	26th	1: 55.42
-	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	26th	1	DNF	05	1: 50.67	broken half-wave
-	Jacky Ickx	Lotus Ford	17th	0	DNF	19th	1: 53.00	Brake defect
-	Wilson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford	14th	0	DNF	23	1: 54.38	Engine failure
-	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	06th	0	DNF	08th	1: 53.90	Suspension damage
-	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	06th	0	DNF	09	1: 51.75	Engine failure
-	Mark Donohue	Penske-Ford	06th	0	DNF	18th	1: 53.36	broken half-wave
-	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	02	0	DNF	06th	1: 53.37	Clutch damage
-	François Migault	Williams-Ford	-	0	DNS	24	-	not started

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 47.0 02  Carlos Reutemann Brabham 25.0 03  Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren 24.0 04th  James Hunt Hesketh 22.0 05  Carlos Pace Brabham 18.0 06th  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 16.0 07th  Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 15.0 08th  Jochen Mass McLaren 14.5 09  Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12.0

Item driver constructor Points 10  Mario Andretti Parnelli 5.0 11  Jacky Ickx lotus 3.0 12  Ronnie Peterson lotus 3.0 13  Mark Donohue Penske 2.0 14th  Tom Pryce Shadow 2.0 15th  Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 1.5 16  Vittorio Brambilla March 1.0 17th  Tony Breeze Hill 1.0 18th  Lella Lombardi March 0.5

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 50.0 02  Brabham 36.0 03  McLaren 30.5 04th  Hesketh 22.0 05  Tyrrell 20.0 06th  lotus 6.0

Item constructor Points 07th  Parnelli 5.0 08th  Shadow 3.5 09  Penske 2.0 10  Hill 1.0 11  March 1.0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 January 22, 2012)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on January 22, 2012)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2007 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 January 22, 2012)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website