Great Britain Grand Prix 1975

 Great Britain Grand Prix 1975

Racing data
10th of 14 races of the 1975 automobile world championship
Surname:	XXVIII British Grand Prix
Date:	July 19, 1975
Place:	Silverstone
Course:	Silverstone Circuit
Length:	264.264 km in 56 laps of 4.719 km
Planned:	316.173 km in 67 laps of 4.719 km
Weather:	two rain showers, dry in the meantime
Pole position
Driver:	Tom Pryce	Shadow
Time:	1: 19.36 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Time:	1: 20.9 min
Podium
First:	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren
Second:	Carlos Pace	Brabham
Third:	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell

The 1975 British Grand Prix took place on July 19 at Silverstone and was the tenth race of the 1975 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

Emerson Fittipaldi in the McLaren M23

Jody Scheckter in the Tyrell 007

background

The Brands Hatch Circuit and Silverstone Circuit racetracks have alternated annually since 1963 to host the British Grand Prix. In 1975 it was Silverstone's turn. As a result of the pile-up in the 1973 race , a chicane had meanwhile been integrated into the track in order to reduce speeds in the Woodcote curve. This also took into account the new security efforts that have been addressed since the tragic incidents at the Spanish Grand Prix in 1975 .

Graham Hill , who had not competed in the Monaco Grand Prix since his non-qualification , announced the end of his racing career in front of a home crowd and turned a farewell lap to the delight of the spectators. With 175 GP starts, he was the record holder at the time.

Jacky Ickx had left the Lotus factory team due to continued failure. Team boss Colin Chapman then registered three copies of the outdated Lotus 72 for the race, which he occupied alongside regular driver Ronnie Peterson with the two debutants Brian Henton and Jim Crawford , who thus both got the chance to recommend themselves as successors to Ickx thanks to their good performance .

Following the example of Lotus, March also brought a third works car to the start. This was driven by Hans-Joachim Stuck , who returned to Formula 1 after a break of several months. Due to the lack of competitiveness of the in-house design PC1 , the Penske team decided to have regular driver Mark Donohue compete in a March customer vehicle from now on. A total of four March 751 cars were therefore registered for the race.

Even John Surtees stopped his team for the home Grand Prix on an additional car he with the debutant Dave Morgan occupied that this weekend his only Grand Prix denied. Roelof Wunderink returned to the Ensign team, where at short notice the planned deployment of a second car with Gijs van Lennep at the wheel was dispensed with.

Contrary to the general trend of the British teams to provide an additional car for the home race, Frank Williams had to reduce his team to just one vehicle because he did not have a sufficient number of engines.

The sporadic teams Lyncar and Maki completed the field of participants.

training

A total of 28 registered drivers took part in the training in order to qualify for one of the 26 starting positions.

The best time in practice was achieved by Shadow pilot Tom Pryce . He then shared the front row with Carlos Pace on Brabham . The two Ferrari pilots Niki Lauda and Clay Regazzoni occupied the second row of the grid, wherein the Austrian the time of the Swiss by only a hundredth of a second undercut. This was followed by Vittorio Brambilla and Jody Scheckter in the third row, ahead of Emerson Fittipaldi and Carlos Reutemann in row four. James Hunt and Jochen Mass completed the top ten.

Roelof Wunderink and Hiroshi Fushida failed to qualify.

run

Shortly after the start, which took place for the first time with a set of traffic lights instead of the national flag waved by the race director, Pace took the lead in front of Pryce, Regazzoni, Lauda and the very well started Hunt. However, this was overtaken by Scheckter and Fittipaldi in the course of the following laps.

On the tenth lap, Regazzoni overtook Pryce. Shortly afterwards, he took the lead from Pace, who soon fell behind Pryce.

When it started to rain on lap 19, the leader Regazzoni spun around the club curve and damaged his rear wing in the process. Because of the necessary pit stop, he lost the lead to Pryce, who, however, also had an accident two laps later. This brought Scheckter, who had overtaken Lauda and Pace in the meantime, into the top position. Pace regained the lead when Scheckter had rain tires fitted in the pits a little later. Lauda had to go to the pits twice when changing tires because a wheel nut had not been tightened correctly on the first attempt.

The decision of the drivers who had switched to rain tires turned out to be the right one within the following laps, as Scheckter quickly regained the positions he had lost through the pit stop against competitors Pace, Fittipaldi, Hunt and Mass, who continued to ride on slicks . However, when the track dried up again in the second half of the race, another stop was necessary, which put Hunt in the lead. However, the engine gradually lost power, so that Fittipaldi was able to take the lead on lap 43. Pace and Scheckter followed in second and third place.

During the 55th lap the rain returned in the form of a heavy shower. Jean-Pierre Jarier was the first driver to drop out due to aquaplaning . During the following lap, this happened to eleven other pilots, with Carlos Pace, Jody Scheckter, James Hunt, Brian Henton, Dave Morgan, Tony Brise , John Nicholson and Wilson Fittipaldi each getting off the track in the area of ​​the club curve, and Patrick Depailler , Mark Donohue and John Watson in the Stowe area.

The race was then canceled with the red flag after 56 of the planned 67 laps. To determine the final result, however, the status at the beginning of the 56th lap was used, whereby the pilots who had an accident during the 56th lap were rated in the positions they had been in before they were eliminated. Of the first six drivers in the classification, only the winner Emerson Fittipaldi and sixth-placed Vittorio Brambilla were still in the race and crossed the finish line at the time the race was canceled.

Scuderia Ferrari protested the result because the team's two works cars had both reached the finish line two laps behind and were still scored with their previous positions. If the competitors who had an accident in the 56th lap had been rated as "eliminated", the two Ferraris would have taken third and sixth place and thus received World Championship points. However, three days later the RAC rejected the objection and confirmed the existing race result. It was Emerson Fittipaldi's 14th and final Grand Prix victory.

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	Jim Crawford
	15th	Brian Henton
Martini Racing	7th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham BT44B		G
	8th	Carlos Pace
Beta Team March	9	Vittorio Brambilla	March 751		G
Lavazza March	10	Hans-Joachim Stuck			G
	29	Lella Lombardi
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	11	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari 312T	Ferrari 015 3.0 F12	G
	12	Niki Lauda
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
	19th	Dave Morgan
Frank Williams Racing Cars	20th	Jacques Laffite	Williams FW04		G
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	March 751		G
Copersucar-Fittipaldi	30th	Wilson Fittipaldi	Copersucar FD03		G
Team Ensign	31	Roelof Wunderink	Ensign N175		G
Pinch Plant (Ltd)	32	John Nicholson	Lyncar 006		G
Maki engineering	35	Hiroshi Fushida	Maki F101C		G

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	1: 19.36	214.068 km / h	01
02	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	1: 19.50	213.691 km / h	02
03	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 19.54	213.583 km / h	03
04th	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 19.55	213.556 km / h	04th
05	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	1: 19.63	213.342 km / h	05
06th	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 19.81	212.861 km / h	06th
07th	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	1: 19.91	212.594 km / h	07th
08th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	1: 20.04	212.249 km / h	08th
09	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	1: 20.14	211.984 km / h	09
10	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	1: 20.18	211.878 km / h	10
11	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	1: 20.33	211.483 km / h	11
12	Mario Andretti	Parnelli-Ford	1: 20.36	211.404 km / h	12
13	Tony Breeze	Hill-Ford	1: 20.41	211.272 km / h	13
14th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	1: 20.46	211.141 km / h	14th
15th	Mark Donohue	March-Ford	1: 20.50	211.036 km / h	15th
16	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	1: 20.58	210.827 km / h	16
17th	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 20.60	210.774 km / h	17th
18th	John Watson	Surtees-Ford	1: 20.83	210.174 km / h	18th
19th	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	1: 21.01	209.707 km / h	19th
20th	Alan Jones	Hill-Ford	1: 21.19	209.243 km / h	20th
21st	Brian Henton	Lotus Ford	1: 21.36	208.805 km / h	21st
22nd	Lella Lombardi	March-Ford	1: 21.60	208.191 km / h	22nd
23	Dave Morgan	Surtees-Ford	1: 21.65	208.064 km / h	23
24	Wilson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford	1: 21.67	208.013 km / h	24
25th	Jim Crawford	Lotus Ford	1: 21.86	207.530 km / h	25th
26th	John Nicholson	Lyncar Ford	1: 22.86	205.025 km / h	26th
DNQ	Roelof Wunderink	Ensign-Ford	1: 25.02	199.817 km / h	-
DNQ	Hiroshi Fushida	Maki-Ford	1: 26.61	196.148 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	56	0	1: 22: 05.0	07th	1: 21.5
02	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	55	0	DNF	02	1: 21.3	accident
03	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	55	2	DNF	06th	1: 21.2	accident
04th	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	55	0	DNF	09	1: 21.9	accident
05	Mark Donohue	March-Ford	55	0	DNF	15th	1: 21.7	accident
06th	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	55	0	+ 1 lap	05	1: 22.1
07th	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	55	1	DNF	10	1: 22.0	accident
08th	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	54	2	+ 2 rounds	03	1: 21.5
09	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	54	1	DNF	17th	1: 21.8	accident
10	Alan Jones	Hill-Ford	54	1	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 22.5
11	John Watson	Surtees-Ford	54	0	DNF	18th	1: 23.1	accident
12	Mario Andretti	Parnelli-Ford	54	0	+ 2 rounds	12	1: 22.5
13	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	54	1	+ 2 rounds	04th	1: 20.9
14th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	53	2	DNF	11	1: 21.6	accident
15th	Tony Breeze	Hill-Ford	53	1	DNF	13	1: 21.6	accident
16	Brian Henton	Lotus Ford	53	1	DNF	21st	1: 22.9	accident
17th	John Nicholson	Lyncar Ford	51	0	DNF	26th		accident
18th	Dave Morgan	Surtees-Ford	50	0	DNF	23	1: 24.2	accident
19th	Wilson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford	50	1	DNF	24	1: 23.2	accident
-	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	45	1	DNF	14th	1: 21.8	accident
-	Jim Crawford	Lotus Ford	28	0	DNF	25th	1: 24.1	accident
-	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	20th	0	DNF	01	1: 21.5	accident
-	Lella Lombardi	March-Ford	18th	0	DNF	22nd	1: 25.9	Engine failure
-	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	07th	0	DNF	16	1: 23.0	Engine failure
-	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	05	0	DNF	19th	1: 31.2	Gearbox damage
-	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	04th	0	DNF	08th	1: 23.5	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  Niki Lauda Ferrari 47.0 02  Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren 33.0 03  Carlos Reutemann Brabham 25.0 04th  James Hunt Hesketh 25.0 05  Carlos Pace Brabham 24.0 06th  Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 19.0 07th  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 16.0 08th  Jochen Mass McLaren 14.5 09  Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12.0

Item driver constructor Points 10  Mario Andretti Parnelli 5.0 11  Mark Donohue Penske / March 4.0 12  Jacky Ickx lotus 3.0 13  Ronnie Peterson lotus 3.0 14th  Vittorio Brambilla March 2.0 15th  Tom Pryce Shadow 2.0 16  Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 1.5 17th  Tony Breeze Hill 1.0 18th  Lella Lombardi March 0.5

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 50.0 02  Brabham 42.0 03  McLaren 39.5 04th  Hesketh 25.0 05  Tyrrell 24.0 06th  lotus 6.0

Item constructor Points 07th  Parnelli 5.0 08th  Shadow 3.5 09  March 3.0 10  Penske 2.0 11  Hill 1.0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fight at the limit. The Formula 1 Chronicle 1950–2000 , ed. v. Willy Knupp, RTL book edition: Zeitgeist Verlag: Düsseldorf / Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 3-89748-277-0 , p. 185
2. ↑ Fight at the limit. The Formula 1 Chronicle 1950–2000 , ed. v. Willy Knupp, RTL book edition: Zeitgeist Verlag: Düsseldorf / Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 3-89748-277-0 , p. 182
3. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from October 31, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on January 22, 2012)  
4. ^ "Report" (accessed on January 22, 2012)
5. ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet 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

Commons : Great Britain Grand Prix 1975  - album containing pictures, videos and audio files

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website