1975 Italian Grand Prix

 1975 Italian Grand Prix

Racing data
13th of 14 races of the 1975 automobile world championship
Surname:	XLVI Gran Premio d'Italia
Date:	7th September 1975
Place:	Monza
Course:	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Length:	300.56 km in 52 laps of 5.78 km
Weather:	cloudy but warm
Spectator:	~ 200,000
Pole position
Driver:	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Time:	1: 32.24 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Time:	1: 33.1 min
Podium
First:	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Second:	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren
Third:	Niki Lauda	Ferrari

The 1975 Italian Grand Prix took place on September 7th at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza and was the thirteenth race of the 1975 Automobile World Championship .

Reports

background

On the weekend after the Austrian Grand Prix , some Formula 1 drivers took part in the Swiss Grand Prix, which was not part of the World Championship and was held in Dijon , France, due to the Swiss motor sports ban . With Clay Regazzoni a Swiss winner of this race was.

Niki Lauda traveled comfortably in the world championship standings to the penultimate world championship round of the season in Monza. He only needed half a point to mathematically secure his first world title. His only remaining competitor, Carlos Reutemann , only had a chance of winning the title if Lauda remained without points in both of the remaining races and he himself could win both races.

The Penske team decided not to participate after the death of regular driver Mark Donohue . The Surtees team did not start either. Frank Williams rented the second car of his team to the Italian debutant Renzo Zorzi . At Copersucar , Arturo Merzario represented the team boss and regular driver Wilson Fittipaldi and thus also got the opportunity to take part in his home race. At Team Lotus , Brian Henton was replaced by Jim Crawford , who had already contested the British Grand Prix for the team.

training

The training result corresponded to the wishes of most of the approximately 200,000 spectators, among whom were not only locals but also numerous fans from nearby Switzerland and Austria: The two Ferraris qualified for the front row, with Niki Lauda taking his eighth pole position of the year .

The reigning world champion Emerson Fittipaldi shared the second row with Tyrrell pilot Jody Scheckter . This was followed by Fittipaldi's McLaren team- mate Jochen Mass alongside Tony Brise , who had shown a strong training performance with the Hill GH1 . Carlos Reutemann , James Hunt , Vittorio Brambilla and Carlos Pace completed the top ten on the grid.

run

Regazzoni took the lead, but initially could barely break away from his pursuers Lauda, ​​Mass and Scheckter. During the first lap, Scheckter took third place from Mass. When the still tight field approached the first chicane at the beginning of the second lap, Scheckter lost control of his vehicle and triggered a series of collisions that meant the end of the race for Ronnie Peterson , Mario Andretti and Tony Brise. A few other pilots dropped out a little later due to consequential damage, including the German drivers Jochen Mass and Rolf Stommelen .

Unimpressed by this, the two Ferraris continued to lead the field, followed by Reutemann, Fittipaldi, Hunt and Depailler . In the tenth lap, Depailler overtook the Hunt in front of him. Four laps later, Fittipaldi also succeeded against Reutemann.

After Depailler briefly left the track due to a driving mistake, he placed himself back in seventh place behind James Hunt and Tom Pryce . During the following rounds, Hunt and Pryce dueled for fifth place.

In the closing stages, Fittipaldi managed to overtake Lauda and take second place. However, he could no longer prevent Lauda from replacing him as the reigning Formula 1 world champion when the checkered flag fell.

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
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
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	Shadow DN7	Matra MS73 3.0 V12
Frank Williams Racing Cars	20th	Renzo Zorzi	Williams FW03	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	21st	Jacques Laffite	Williams FW04
Embassy Racing with Graham Hill	22nd	Rolf Stommelen	Hill GH1		G
	23	Tony Breeze
Hesketh Racing	24	James Hunt	Hesketh 308		G
	25th	Brett Lunger
Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing	27	Mario Andretti	Parnelli VPJ4		G
Copersucar-Fittipaldi	30th	Arturo Merzario	Copersucar FD03		G
HB Bewaking Team Ensign	31	Roelof Wunderink	Ensign N174		G
	32	Chris Amon	Ensign N175
Warsteiner Brewery	34	Harald Ertl	Hesketh 308		G
Maki engineering	35	Tony Trimmer	Maki F101C		G

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 32.24	225.585 km / h	01
02	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 32.75	224.345 km / h	02
03	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	1: 33.08	223.550 km / h	03
04th	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 33.27	223.094 km / h	04th
05	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	1: 33.29	223.046 km / h	05
06th	Tony Breeze	Hill-Ford	1: 33.34	222.927 km / h	06th
07th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	1: 33.44	222.688 km / h	07th
08th	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	1: 33.73	221.999 km / h	08th
09	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	1: 33.90	221.597 km / h	09
10	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	1: 34.17	220.962 km / h	10
11	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	1: 34.22	220.845 km / h	11
12	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 34.36	220.517 km / h	12
13	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Matra	1: 34.61	219.934 km / h	13
14th	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	1: 34.71	219.702 km / h	14th
15th	Mario Andretti	Parnelli-Ford	1: 34.72	219.679 km / h	15th
16	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	1: 35.29	218.365 km / h	16
17th	Harald Ertl	Hesketh-Ford	1: 35.43	218.045 km / h	17th
18th	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	1: 35.48	217.930 km / h	18th
19th	Chris Amon	Ensign-Ford	1: 35.56	217.748 km / h	19th
20th	Bob Evans	BRM	1: 35.61	217.634 km / h	20th
21st	Brett Lunger	Hesketh-Ford	1: 36.11	216.502 km / h	21st
22nd	Renzo Zorzi	Williams-Ford	1: 36.19	216.322 km / h	22nd
23	Rolf Stommelen	Hill-Ford	1: 36.44	215.761 km / h	23
24	Lella Lombardi	March-Ford	1: 37.06	214.383 km / h	24
25th	Jim Crawford	Lotus Ford	1: 37.14	214.206 km / h	25th
26th	Arturo Merzario	Copersucar-Ford	1: 37.33	213.788 km / h	26th
DNQ	Roelof Wunderink	Ensign-Ford	1: 37.64	213.109 km / h	-
DNQ	Tony Trimmer	Maki-Ford	1: 39.44	209.252 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	52	0	1: 22: 42.6	02	1: 33.1
02	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	52	0	+ 16.6	03	1: 33.6
03	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	52	0	+ 23.2	01	1: 33.8
04th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	52	0	+ 55.1	07th	1: 34.6
05	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	52	0	+ 57.1	08th	1: 34.7
06th	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	52	0	+1: 15.9	14th	1: 34.9
07th	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	51	0	+ 1 lap	12	1: 35.6
08th	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	51	1	+ 1 lap	04th	1: 34.5
09	Harald Ertl	Hesketh-Ford	51	1	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 35.0
10	Brett Lunger	Hesketh-Ford	50	0	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 36.5
11	Arturo Merzario	Copersucar-Ford	48	0	+ 4 rounds	26th	1: 39.4
12	Chris Amon	Ensign-Ford	48	2	+ 4 rounds	19th	1: 35.4
13	Jim Crawford	Lotus Ford	46	1	+ 6 rounds	25th	1: 37.7
14th	Renzo Zorzi	Williams-Ford	46	1	+ 6 rounds	22nd	1: 38.8
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Matra	32	0	DNF	13	1: 36.6	defective fuel pump
-	Lella Lombardi	March-Ford	21st	0	DNF	24	1: 39.1	Brake defect
-	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	15th	0	DNF	16	1: 37.5	Suspension damage
-	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	07th	0	DNF	18th	1: 38.3	Gearbox damage
-	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	06th	0	DNF	10	1: 38.1	defective throttle linkage
-	Rolf Stommelen	Hill-Ford	03	0	DNF	23	1: 59.8	Collision damage
-	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	02	0	DNF	05	1: 43.2	Collision damage
-	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	01	0	DNF	11	1: 45.5	Engine failure
-	Tony Breeze	Hill-Ford	01	0	DNF	06th	1: 46.2	collision
-	Mario Andretti	Parnelli-Ford	01	0	DNF	15th	1: 47.0	collision
-	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	01	0	DNF	09	3: 06.8	Clutch damage
-	Bob Evans	BRM	00	0	DNF	20th	-	Electrical defect

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 55.5 02  Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren 39.0 03  Carlos Reutemann Brabham 37.0 04th  James Hunt Hesketh 30.0 05  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 25.0 06th  Carlos Pace Brabham 24.0 07th  Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 19.0 08th  Jochen Mass McLaren 16.0 09  Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12.0 10  Tom Pryce Shadow 8.0 11  Vittorio Brambilla March 6.5

Item driver constructor Points 12  Jacques Laffite Williams 6.0 13  Mario Andretti Parnelli 5.0 14th  Ronnie Peterson lotus 4.0 15th  Mark Donohue Penske / March 4.0 16  Jacky Ickx lotus 3.0 17th  Alan Jones Hill 2.0 18th  Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 1.5 19th  Gijs van Lennep Ensign 1.0 20th  Tony Breeze Hill 1.0 21st  Lella Lombardi March 0.5

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 63.5 02  Brabham 54.0 03  McLaren 47.0 04th  Hesketh 30.0 05  Tyrrell 24.0 06th  Shadow 9.5 07th  March 7.5

Item constructor Points 08th  lotus 7.0 09  Williams 6.0 10  Parnelli 5.0 11  Hill 3.0 12  Penske 2.0 13  Ensign 1.0

Web links

Commons : Italian Grand Prix 1975  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Training" ( Memento from February 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on January 22, 2012)
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on January 22, 2012)
3. ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento from May 10, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on January 22, 2012)