1975 French Grand Prix

March 2021 F1 France French Paul Ricard 1970.png 61ème Grand Prix de FranceMotor Racing Programme Covers: 1975 http://www.progcovers.com/motor/paulricard75.jpg The Programme Covers Project 20 October 2017 6 July 1975 Circuit Paul RicardLe Castellet, Var, France Permanent racing facility 3.610 5.809 54 194.915 313.686 Dry and sunny Niki Lauda Austria Ferrari 1:47.82Lang Mike 1983 Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 85 0-85429-380-9 Jochen Mass West Germany McLaren-Ford 1:50.60Lang Mike 1983 Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 87 0-85429-380-9 38 Niki Lauda Austria Ferrari James Hunt UK Hesketh-Ford Jochen Mass West Germany McLaren-Ford FRAhttp://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1975/france.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070112171048/http://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1975/france.html 12 January 2007 French Grand Prix 1975 motorsport-stats.com 11 August 2017 dead The 1975 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Paul Ricard on 6 July 1975. It was race 9 of 14 in both the 1975 World Championship of Drivers and the 1975 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the 53rd French Grand Prix and the third to be held at Paul Ricard. The race was held over 54 laps of the 5.8 km mi on circuit for a race distance of 313 km mi. The race was won from pole position by Austrian driver Niki Lauda, driving a Ferrari. Lauda led every lap and survived late charges from British driver James Hunt in the Hesketh-Ford and West German driver Jochen Mass in the McLaren-Ford, who finished 1.6 and 2.3 seconds behind respectively. It was Lauda's fourth win of the season, enabling him to extend his lead in the Drivers' Championship to 22 points over Brabham driver Carlos Reutemann. Race summary Despite suffering from flu, Niki Lauda still took pole position. Jean-Pierre Jarier brought a smile to French faces by setting Friday's quickest time. Jody Scheckter driving the new lightweight Tyrrell 007 set a record through the speed trap of 190 mph. On the start line, Tom Pryce was left without a clutch and retired shortly afterwards. Lauda led from Scheckter, James Hunt and Jochen Mass. Clay Regazzoni had moved up to second before his engine exploded, Scheckter taking over the position before Hunt passed him on lap eight. Lauda and Hunt maintained first and second whilst Scheckter, struggling with handling issues, had to concede to Mass and Emerson Fittipaldi. Jarier made a superb pass on him and made a brave bid to catch Fittipaldi, but rev-limiter problems caused him to fall back with erratic power. Mario Andretti and Patrick Depailler were performing brilliantly, advancing from eleventh to fifth and 19th to sixth respectively. Alan Jones was duelling with Ronnie Peterson and Carlos Reutemann when he spun into the catch fencing. Reutemann suffered from tyre problems and lost a lap, whilst John Watson suffered excess power and took to the escape road. Vittorio Brambilla retired with a damper problem, Wilson Fittipaldi blew his engine, and Jacky Ickx, Mark Donohue and Carlos Pace all broke their driveshafts. Mass was in rapid pursuit of Hunt and Lauda – by the last lap he was only 2.4 seconds behind them. However, a superb lapping manoeuvre gave Hunt the space he needed. On the last corner, Lauda slid offline, but held on to win by 1.6 seconds. Classification Qualifying classification Pos.NoDriverConstructorTimeGap 1 12 AUT Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:47.82 2 3 RSA 1928 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 1:48.22 +0.40 3 24 GBR James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 1:48.25 +0.43 4 17 FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 1:48.44 +0.62 5 8 BRA Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford 1:48.48 +0.66 6 16 GBR Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 1:48.48 +0.66 7 2 FRG Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 1:48.54 +0.72 8 9 ITA Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 1:48.56 +0.74 9 11 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:48.68 +0.86 10 1 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 1:48.75 +0.93 11 7 ARG Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 1:48.85 +1.03 12 23 GBR Tony Brise Hill-Ford 1:49.21 +1.39 13 4 FRA Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 1:49.31 +1.49 14 18 GBR John Watson Surtees-Ford 1:49.70 +1.88 15 27 USA Mario Andretti Parnelli-Ford 1:49.72 +1.90 16 21 FRA Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford 1:49.72 +1.90 17 5 SWE Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 1:50.04 +2.22 18 28 USA Mark Donohue Penske-Ford 1:50.15 +2.33 19 6 BEL Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 1:50.94 +3.12 20 22 AUS Alan Jones Hill-Ford 1:51.02 +3.20 21 15 FRA Jean-Pierre Jabouille Tyrrell-Ford 1:51.06 +3.24 22 31 NED Gijs van Lennep Ensign-Ford 1:51.21 +3.39 23 30 BRA Wilson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:51.64 +3.82 24 20 FRA François Migault Williams-Ford 1:51.82 +4.00 25 14 GBR Bob Evans BRM 1:51.85 +4.03 26 10 ITA Lella Lombardi March-Ford 1:52.97 +5.15 Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 AUT Niki Lauda Ferrari 54 1:40:18.84 1 9 2 24 GBR James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 54 + 1.59 3 6 3 2 FRG Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 54 + 2.31 7 4 4 1 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 54 + 39.77 10 3 5 27 USA Mario Andretti Parnelli-Ford 54 + 1:02.08 15 2 6 4 FRA Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 54 + 1:07.40 13 1 7 23 GBR Tony Brise Hill-Ford 54 + 1:09.61 12   8 17 FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 54 + 1:19.78 4   9 3 RSA 1928 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 54 + 1:31.68 2   10 5 SWE Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 54 + 1:36.02 17   11 21 FRA Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford 54 + 1:36.77 16   12 15 FRA Jean-Pierre Jabouille Tyrrell-Ford 54 + 1:37.13 21   13 18 GBR John Watson Surtees-Ford 53 + 1 Lap 14   14 7 ARG Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 53 + 1 Lap 11   15 31 NED Gijs van Lennep Ensign-Ford 53 + 1 Lap 22   16 22 AUS Alan Jones Hill-Ford 53 + 1 Lap 20   17 14 GBR Bob Evans BRM 52 + 2 Laps 25   18 10 ITA Lella Lombardi March-Ford 50 + 4 Laps 26   Ret Retired 8 BRA Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford 26 Transmission 5   Ret Retired 6 BEL Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 17 Brakes 19   Ret Retired 30 BRA Wilson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 14 Engine 23   Ret Retired 9 ITA Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 6 Chassis 8   Ret Retired 11 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 6 Engine 9   Ret Retired 28 USA Mark Donohue Penske-Ford 6 Transmission 18   Ret Retired 16 GBR Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 2 Transmission 6   DNS Did not start 20 FRA François Migault Williams-Ford 0 Non Starter 24  Source:1975 French Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1975/466/ formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140611100159/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1975/466/ 11 June 2014 22 December 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 AUT Niki Lauda* 47 10px 2 ARG Carlos Reutemann* 25 10px 3 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi* 24 10px 1 4 UK James Hunt* 22 10px 1 5 BRA Carlos Pace* 18Source:France 1975 - Championship https://www.statsf1.com/en/1975/france/championnat.aspx www.statsf1.com 15 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 ITA Ferrari* 50 10px 2 UK Brabham-Ford* 36 (38) 10px 3 UK McLaren-Ford* 30.5 10px 1 4 UK Hesketh-Ford* 22 10px 1 5 UK Tyrrell-Ford* 20Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 6 results from the first 7 races and the best 6 results from the last 7 races counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored. Competitors in bold and marked with an asterisk still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion. References 30em French Grand Prix 1975 1975 Dutch Grand Prix 1975 British Grand Prix 1974 French Grand Prix 1976 French Grand Prix French Grand Prix Category:French Grand Prix Category:1975 in French motorsport