1975 British Grand Prix

October 2023 June 2013 F1 Great Britain British John Player Grand PrixMotor Racing Programme Covers: 1975 https://www.progcovers.com/motor/silverstone750719.jpg The Programme Covers Project 4 March 2021 19 July 1975 Silverstone Circuit 1975 to 1986.png Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, Great Britain Permanent racing facility 2.932 4.719 56 164.192 264.264 Sunny, then overcast, then heavy rain Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 1:19.36Lang Mike 1983 Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 88 0-85429-380-9 UK Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:20.9 16Lang Mike 1983 Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 90 0-85429-380-9 Switzerland Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford Brazil Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford Brazil Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford South Africa 1928 GBRhttp://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1975/britain.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070716081330/http://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1975/britain.html 16 July 2007 British Grand Prix 1975 motorsport-stats.com 22 December 2015 The 1975 British Grand Prix (formally the John Player Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 19 July 1975. It was race 10 of 14 in both the 1975 World Championship of Drivers and the 1975 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the 30th British Grand Prix to be held since the race was first held in 1926 and the 17th time the race had been held at Silverstone. The race was held over 56 of the scheduled 67 laps of the four kilometre venue for a race distance of 264 kilometres. This was the first race that used the traffic light system with coloured lights (red and green) at the start (system used until the 1995 Australian Grand Prix). The results were overshadowed by a heavy hail storm from Lap 53, which caused three out of the top four cars (Jody Scheckter, James Hunt, and Mark Donohue), to aquaplane and crash in the same corner, bringing an early finish to the race, and a significant absence on the podium. A number of other cars crashed at the same corner as well, including Wilson Fittipaldi, Jochen Mass, and John Watson. The race results were finalised the lap after the lap most cars crashed, giving Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi, who had been the race leader prior to the storm, a one lap win in his McLaren M23. Carlos Pace, who was one of the crashers in his Brabham BT44B was classified in second position with another of the crashers, Tyrrell 007 driver Jody Scheckter classified third. Race summary A new chicane had been installed at Woodcote Corner, bringing complaints from the purists but also arguments that it was necessary in the interests of safety. Tom Pryce gained his only career pole position in his home race, whilst the Ferraris were on the second row, with James Hunt languishing on the fifth row. Graham Hill, who had already announced his retirement as a driver after 17 seasons and 176 races after failing in his attempt to qualify in Monaco, made a farewell lap one hour before the start of the race (without overalls and helmet), and concentrated on the leadership of his Embassy Hill team. From the start – in which a lights system was being used for the first time in any Grand Prix, replacing the traditional national flag – Carlos Pace led from Pryce. Following the hail storm, only six cars were running at the end. The RAC declared the race finished officially on the lap after the lap when most cars were running – lap 56. Ferrari, with both of their cars stuck on lap 54 in the classification protested, but the RAC threw these protests out and three days later, the provisional results were confirmed. The win was the 14th and final win of Fittipaldi's career which had included two world championships. He would continue racing in Formula One until 1980. The win also vaulted Fittipaldi past Carlos Reutemann into second place in the championship, 14 points behind Lauda. Classification Qualifying classification Pos.NoDriverConstructorTimeGap 1 16 GBR Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 1:19.36 2 8 BRA Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford 1:19.50 +0.14 3 12 AUT Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:19.54 +0.18 4 11 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:19.55 +0.19 5 9 ITA Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 1:19.63 +0.27 6 3 RSA 1928 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 1:19.81 +0.45 7 1 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 1:19.91 +0.55 8 7 ARG Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 1:20.04 +0.68 9 24 GBR James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 1:20.14 +0.78 10 2 FRG Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 1:20.18 +0.82 11 17 FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 1:20.33 +0.97 12 27 USA Mario Andretti Parnelli-Ford 1:20.36 +1.00 13 23 GBR Tony Brise Hill-Ford 1:20.41 +1.05 14 10 FRG Hans-Joachim Stuck March-Ford 1:20.46 +1.10 15 28 USA Mark Donohue March-Ford 1:20.50 +1.14 16 5 SWE Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 1:20.58 +1.22 17 4 FRA Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 1:20.60 +1.24 18 18 GBR John Watson Surtees-Ford 1:20.83 +1.47 19 21 FRA Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford 1:21.01 +1.65 20 22 AUS Alan Jones Hill-Ford 1:21.19 +1.83 21 15 GBR Brian Henton Lotus-Ford 1:21.36 +2.00 22 29 ITA Lella Lombardi March-Ford 1:21.60 +2.24 23 19 GBR Dave Morgan Surtees-Ford 1:21.65 +2.29 24 30 BRA Wilson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:21.67 +2.31 25 6 GBR Jim Crawford Lotus-Ford 1:21.86 +2.50 26 32 NZL John Nicholson Lyncar-Ford 1:22.86 +3.50 27 31 NED Roelof Wunderink Ensign-Ford 1:25.02 +5.66 28 35 JPN Hiroshi Fushida Maki-Ford 1:26.61 +7.25 *Positions in red indicate entries that failed to qualify. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 56 1:22:05.0 7 9 2 8 BRA Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford 55 Accident 2 6 3 3 RSA 1928 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 55 Accident 6 4 4 24 GBR James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 55 Accident 9 3 5 28 USA Mark Donohue March-Ford 55 Accident 15 2 6 9 ITA Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 55 + 1 Lap 5 1 7 2 FRG Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 55 Accident 10   8 12 AUT Niki Lauda Ferrari 54 + 2 Laps 3   9 4 FRA Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 54 Accident 17   10 22 AUS Alan Jones Hill-Ford 54 + 2 Laps 20   11 18 GBR John Watson Surtees-Ford 54 Accident 18   12 27 USA Mario Andretti Parnelli-Ford 54 + 2 Laps 12   13 11 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 54 + 2 Laps 4   14 17 FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 53 Accident 11   15 23 GBR Tony Brise Hill-Ford 53 Accident 13   16 15 GBR Brian Henton Lotus-Ford 53 Accident 21   17 32 NZL John Nicholson Lyncar-Ford 51 Accident 26   18 19 GBR Dave Morgan Surtees-Ford 50 Accident 23   19 30 BRA Wilson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 50 Accident 24   Ret Retired 10 FRG Hans-Joachim Stuck March-Ford 45 Accident 14   Ret Retired 6 GBR Jim Crawford Lotus-Ford 28 Accident 25   Ret Retired 16 GBR Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 20 Accident 1   Ret Retired 29 ITA Lella Lombardi March-Ford 18 Engine 22   Ret Retired 5 SWE Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 7 Engine 16   Ret Retired 21 FRA Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford 5 Gearbox 19   Ret Retired 7 ARG Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 4 Engine 8   DNQ Did not qualify 31 NED Roelof Wunderink Ensign-Ford         DNQ Did not qualify 35 Japan Hiroshi Fushida Maki-Ford        Source:1975 British Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1975/467/ formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140611100205/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1975/467/ 11 June 2014 22 December 2015 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British drivers Jim Crawford, Brian Henton and Dave Morgan. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 AUT Niki Lauda* 47 10px 1 2 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi* 33 10px 1 3 UK James Hunt* 25 10px 1 4 ARG Carlos Reutemann* 25 10px 5 BRA Carlos Pace* 24Source:Britain 1975 - Championship • STATS F1 https://www.statsf1.com/en/1975/grande-bretagne/championnat.aspx statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 ITA Ferrari* 50 10px 2 UK Brabham-Ford* 42 (44) 10px 3 UK McLaren-Ford* 39.5 10px 4 UK Hesketh-Ford* 25 10px 5 UK Tyrrell-Ford* 24Source: 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. 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