1975 Spanish Grand Prix

April 2013 F1 Spain 1945 Spanish XXI Gran Premio de España Montjuïc circuit.svg 27 April 1975 Montjuïc Circuit, Barcelona, Spain Street circuit 2.355 3.790 29 68.29 109.91 75 176.62 284.25 Sunny Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:23.4 Austria Mario Andretti Parnelli-Ford 1:25.1 14 USA Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford West Germany Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford Belgium Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford Argentina ESPhttp://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1975/spain.html Spanish Grand Prix 1975 motorsport-stats.com https://web.archive.org/web/20070110124347/http://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1975/spain.html 10 January 2007 dead 11 August 2017 The 1975 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Montjuïc Circuit on 27 April 1975. It was race 4 of 14 in both the 1975 World Championship of Drivers and the 1975 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. Lella Lombardi became the first and, 2026 y, only woman to score points in the World Championship. Lombardi scored 0.5 points as this was the first time a race was stopped before 60% completion leading to the awarding of half the points that would be awarded for a completed race. During the race, a spectator, a fireman and two journalists were hit by the Hill GH1 of Rolf Stommelen, after he crashed and landed in a spectator area, causing their deaths. The race was also future world champion Alan Jones' first Grand Prix start. It was the 21st Spanish Grand Prix since the race was first held in 1913. It was the fourth, and last, Grand Prix to be held on the Montjuïc street circuit. The race was shortened to 29 of its scheduled 75 laps, a race distance of 109 kilometres. The race was won by German driver Jochen Mass driving a McLaren M23. It would be the only Formula One win of his career. Mass had just a second lead over the Lotus 72E of Belgian driver Jacky Ickx when the race was declared. Argentine racer Carlos Reutemann was declared third in his Brabham BT44B, a lap behind the race leaders after a penalty was given to Jean-Pierre Jarier. This was the last win by a German driver until Michael Schumacher won the 1992 Belgian Grand Prix. Qualifying Right from the start, the drivers who were members of the Grand Prix Drivers Association were furious that the barriers were not bolted together properly. Thus, they went on strike. Most of the sport's major players refused to take part in practice. Jacky Ickx was not a member of the GPDA, and one of the few marquee drivers who did practice. Track staff worked overnight to fix the barriers, and to make sure everything would be fixed in time for qualifying on Saturday, some of the teams sent out mechanics to help. The drivers, though, still were not convinced, but the race organizers threatened legal action if no race was run. This, and rumors that the Guardia Civil would seize the cars which were in the paddock, which was at Montjuïc Stadium, forced the drivers to call off the strike. The defending World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi, however, was still furious. He did the minimum three laps, but at a very slow pace, then pulled into the pits. Qualifying classification +PosNoDriverConstructorTime112AUT Niki LaudaFerrari1:23.4211SUI Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:23.5324GBR James HuntHesketh-Ford1:23.8427USA Mario AndrettiParnelli-Ford1:23.959ITA 1946 Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford1:24.2618GBR John WatsonSurtees-Ford1:24.374FRA 1974 Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford1:24.4816GBR Tom PryceShadow-Ford1:24.5922FRG Rolf StommelenHill-Ford1:24.71017FRA 1974 Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford1:25.0112FRG Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford1:25.2125SWE Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford1:25.3133RSA 1928 Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford1:25.4148BRA 1968 Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford1:25.8157ARG 1868 Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford1:25.8166BEL Jacky IckxLotus-Ford1:26.31728USA Mark DonohuePenske-Ford1:26.31821GBR Tony BriseWilliams-Ford1:26.41931NED Roelof WunderinkEnsign-Ford1:26.62025AUS Alan JonesHesketh-Ford1:26.72130BRA 1968 Wilson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford1:27.22223FRA 1974 François MigaultHill-Ford1:27.92314GBR Bob EvansBRM1:28.82410ITA 1946 Lella LombardiMarch-Ford1:30.32520ITA 1946 Arturo MerzarioWilliams-Ford1:54.3261BRA 1968 Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford2:10.2Source:http://www.statsf1.com/en/1975/espagne/qualification.aspx Spain 1975 - Qualifications • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com en 2 June 2018 Race On the morning of the race, Fittipaldi announced he would not race, and went back home. During the morning, Ken Tyrrell went out onto the circuit with a wrench to make sure the barriers were in good condition. The race was due to start at 12:30pm but there were delays. The two Ferraris of Niki Lauda (on pole) and Clay Regazzoni qualified on the front row. At the start, Vittorio Brambilla's March tangled with Mario Andretti's Parnelli. Andretti's car hit the back of Lauda's, sending him into Regazzoni. Lauda was out immediately, while Regazzoni took his car to the garage, where repairs were made, and Regazzoni was sent back out. Patrick Depailler also retired on the first lap because of suspension damage, and Wilson Fittipaldi and Arturo Merzario withdrew in protest. After the first-corner incidents, James Hunt was shown as the leader. Despite being involved in contact, Andretti had managed to keep going and was running in second. John Watson was in third, Rolf Stommelen was fourth, Brambilla fifth, and Carlos Pace sixth. On lap four, the engine in Jody Scheckter's Tyrrell blew, and oil on the circuit caused Alan Jones and Mark Donohue to crash. Three laps later, Hunt also slipped in the oil and crashed. The top three had become Andretti, Watson, and Stommelen. Watson's car suffered from vibrations and dropped out. Andretti's rear suspension lasted only seven more laps before it failed, causing him to crash out of the lead. Jean-Pierre Jarier and Brambilla stopped to change tyres, while Tom Pryce and Tony Brise tangled. Stommelen was now in the top spot, followed by Pace, Ronnie Peterson, Jochen Mass, and Ickx. On lap 24, Peterson was out after he tangled with François Migault while trying to lap the Frenchman. Two laps later, tragedy struck. The rear wing on Stommelen's Embassy Hill broke, sending him into the barrier. He bounced off it and back into the road, hitting the barrier across the way, and flying over it. While trying to avoid Stommelen as he crossed the track, Pace crashed. Four people were killed by Stommelen's flying car: fireman Joaquín Benaches Morera, spectator Andrés Ruiz Villanova, and two photo-journalists, Mario de Roia and Antonio Font Bayarri.https://autosprint.corrieredellosport.it/news/mondo-racing/2013/03/20-201462/ricordando_stommelen/ Ricordando Stommelen 20 March 2013 20 June 2020 Autosprint it Stommelen himself suffered a broken leg, a broken wrist, and two cracked ribs. The race continued for another four laps, during which Mass passed Ickx for the lead. On lap 29, the race was halted with Mass the winner, Ickx second, and Jean-Pierre Jarier crossed the line in third position. Carlos Reutemann finished fourth ahead of Brambilla in fifth. Lella Lombardi finished in sixth and became the only woman in Formula One to score championship points. With the race being stopped before 60% of the scheduled race distance was reached,60% race distance was a cut-off at that time, not the more modern 75%. only half points were awarded for the first time in the history of the championship. After the race, stewards found that Jarier had overtaken in a portion of the track covered by a yellow flag caution. Jarier was given a sixty-second penalty that relegated him to fourth position.http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr254.html Grand Prix Results: Spanish GP, 1975 grandprix.com 2011-08-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20110623130545/http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr254.html 23 June 2011 live Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 FRG Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 29 42:53.7 11 4.5 2 6 BEL Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 29 + 1.1 16 3 3 7 ARG 1868 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 28 + 1 lap 15 2 4 17 FRA 1974 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 28 + 1 lap 10 1.5 5 9 ITA 1946 Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 28 + 1 lap 5 1 6 10 ITA 1946 Lella Lombardi March-Ford 27 + 2 laps 24 0.5 7 21 GBR Tony Brise Williams-Ford 27 + 2 laps 18   8 18 GBR John Watson Surtees-Ford 26 + 3 laps 6   NC Not classified 11 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 25 + 4 laps 2   Ret Retired 22 FRG Rolf Stommelen Hill-Ford 25 Accident 9   Ret Retired 8 BRA 1968 José Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford 25 Collision 14   Ret Retired 16 GBR Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 23 Accident 8   Ret Retired 5 SWE Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 23 Suspension 12   Ret Retired 31 NED Roelof Wunderink Ensign-Ford 20 Transmission 19   NC Not classified 23 FRA 1974 François Migault Hill-Ford 18 + 11 laps 22   Ret Retired 27 USA Mario Andretti Parnelli-Ford 16 Suspension 4   Ret Retired 14 GBR Bob Evans BRM 7 Fuel system 23   Ret Retired 24 GBR James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 6 Accident 3   Ret Retired 3 RSA 1928 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 3 Engine 13   Ret Retired 28 USA Mark Donohue Penske-Ford 3 Collision 17   Ret Retired 25 AUS Alan Jones Hesketh-Ford 3 Collision 20   Ret Retired 4 FRA 1974 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 1 Collision damage 7   Ret Retired 30 BRA 1968 Wilson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1 Withdrew 21   Ret Retired 20 ITA 1946 Arturo Merzario Williams-Ford 1 Withdrew 25   Ret Retired 12 AUT Niki Lauda Ferrari 0 Collision 1   DNS Did not start 1 BRA 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 0 Non-starter 26  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1975/461/ 1975 Spanish Grand Prix formula1.com 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140802073001/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1975/461/ 2 August 2014 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British driver Tony Brise and Dutch driver Roelof Wunderink. This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British constructor Hill. Previously, Hill had entered Lolas. This race marked the first fastest lap set by a Parnelli. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 BRA 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi 15 10px 2 BRA 1968 Carlos Pace 12 10px 3 ARG 1868 Carlos Reutemann 12 10px 4 4 FRG Jochen Mass 9.5 10px 1 5 RSA 1928 Jody Scheckter 9Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1975/espagne/championnat.aspx Spain 1975 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK Brabham-Ford 21 10px 2 UK McLaren-Ford 20.5 10px 3 UK Tyrrell-Ford 11 10px 4 ITA 1946 Ferrari 8 10px 5 UK Hesketh-Ford 7Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 1955 Le Mans disaster, another racing incident involving the grandstand References 30em Further reading Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 1983 73–75 0-85429-380-9 Prüller, Heinz (1975). Grand Prix Story 75: Lauda und ein Jahr wie kein anderes [Lauda and a year like no other]. In German. Vienna: Orac. 978-3853688212 Spanish Grand Prix 1975 1975 South African Grand Prix 1975 Monaco Grand Prix 1974 Spanish Grand Prix 1976 Spanish Grand Prix Spanish Grand Prix Category:Spanish Grand Prix Grand Prix Spanish Category:Formula One controversies