1975 Formula One season

The 1975 Formula One season saw Niki Lauda crowned as champion.

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	January 12	Oscar Gálvez	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	Report
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	January 26	Interlagos	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	Report
3	South African Grand Prix	March 1	Kyalami	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
4	Spanish Grand Prix	April 27	Montjuïc	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	Report
5	Monaco Grand Prix	May 11	Monaco	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
6	Belgian Grand Prix	May 25	Zolder	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
7	Swedish Grand Prix	June 8	Scandinavian Raceway	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
8	Dutch Grand Prix	June 22	Zandvoort	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	Report
9	French Grand Prix	July 6	Paul Ricard	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
10	British Grand Prix	July 19	Silverstone	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	Report
11	German Grand Prix	August 3	Nürburgring	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	Report
12	Austrian Grand Prix	August 17	Österreichring	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	Report
13	Italian Grand Prix	September 7	Monza	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	Report
14	United States Grand Prix	October 5	Watkins Glen	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report

1975 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos	Driver	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA	Pts
1	Niki Lauda	6	5	5	Ret	1	1	1	2	1	8	3	6	3	1	64.5
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	1	2	NC	DNS	2	7	8	Ret	4	1	Ret	9	2	2	45
3	Carlos Reutemann	3	8	2	3	9	3	2	4	14	Ret	1	14	4	Ret	37
4	James Hunt	2	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	2	4	Ret	2	5	4	33
5	Clay Regazzoni	4	4	16	NC	Ret	5	3	3	Ret	13	Ret	7	1	WD	25
6	Carlos Pace	Ret	1	4	Ret	3	8	Ret	5	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	24
7	Jody Scheckter	11	Ret	1	Ret	7	2	7	16	9	3	Ret	8	8	6	20
8	Jochen Mass	14	3	6	1	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	7	Ret	4	Ret	3	20
9	Patrick Depailler	5	Ret	3	Ret	5	4	12	9	6	9	9	11	7	Ret	12
10	Tom Pryce	12	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	4	3	6	NC	8
11	Vittorio Brambilla	9	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	1	Ret	7	6.5
12	Jacques Laffite	Ret	11	NC		DNQ	Ret		Ret	11	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	6
13	Ronnie Peterson	Ret	15	10	Ret	4	Ret	9	15	10	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	5	6
14	Mario Andretti	Ret	7	17	Ret	Ret		4		5	12	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	5
15	Mark Donohue	7	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	11	5	8	Ret	5	Ret	DNS			4
16	Jacky Ickx	8	9	12	2	8	Ret	15	Ret	Ret						3
17	Alan Jones				Ret	Ret	Ret	11	13	16	10	5				2
18	Jean-Pierre Jarier	DNS	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1.5
19	Tony Brise				7		Ret	6	7	7	15	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	1
20	Gijs van Lennep								10	15		6				1
21	Lella Lombardi			Ret	6	DNQ	Ret	Ret	14	18	Ret	7	17	Ret	Ret	0.5
22	Rolf Stommelen	13	14	7	Ret								16	Ret		0
23	John Watson	DSQ	10	Ret	8	Ret	10	16	Ret	13	11	Ret	10		9	0
24	Harald Ertl											8	Ret	9		0
25	Hans Joachim Stuck										Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	0
26	Bob Evans			15	Ret	DNQ	9	13	Ret	17			Ret	Ret		0
27	Wilson Fittipaldi	Ret	13	DNQ	WD	DNQ	12	17	11	Ret	19	Ret	DNQ		10	0
28	Graham Hill	10	12	DNQ		DNQ										0
29	Brett Lunger												13	10	Ret	0
30	Torsten Palm					DNQ					10					0
31	Arturo Merzario	NC	Ret	Ret	WD	DNQ	Ret							11		0
32	Guy Tunmer			11												0
33	Chris Amon												12	12		0
34	Ian Scheckter			Ret				Ret	12							0
35	Jean-Pierre Jabouille									12						0
36	Jim Crawford										Ret			13		0
37	Eddie Keizan			13												0
38	Dave Charlton			14												0
39	Damien Magee							14								0
40	Renzo Zorzi													14		0
41	Brian Henton										16		NC		NC	0
42	John Nicholson										17					0
43	Dave Morgan										18					0
—	Roelof Wunderink				Ret	DNQ					DNQ		NC	DNQ	Ret	0
—	François Migault				NC		Ret			DNS						0
—	Mike Wilds	Ret	Ret													0
—	Vern Schuppan							Ret								0
—	Ian Ashley											Ret				0
—	Jo Vonlanthen												Ret			0
—	Michel Leclère														Ret	0
—	Tony Trimmer											DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		0
—	Hiroshi Fushida								DNQ		DNQ					0
Pos	Driver	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA	Pts

1975 Formula One Season Media

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  Jacques Laffite driving for Williams in Watkins Glen

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  John Watson driving for Surtees in the British Grand Prix

• Graham Hill waving to the crowd in his farewell lap before the 1975 British Grand Prix, after announcing his retirement. Later in the year, he would tragically pass away in an airplane crash.

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  Ferrari won the 1975 International Cup for F1 Manufacturers with the 312B3 and the 312T (pictured)