1975 South African Grand Prix

February 2021 May 2012 F1 South Africa 1928 South African 1 March 1975 XXI Lucky Strike Grand Prix of South Africa KyalamiTransvaal Province, South Africa Kyalami 1961 - 1988 Layout.png 2.550 4.104 78 198.908 320.112 Sunny Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford 1:16.41Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 1983 0-85429-380-9 71 BRA Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford 1:17.20Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 1983 0-85429-380-9 72 11 BRA Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford RSA 1928 Carlos Reutemann ARG Brabham-Ford Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford FRA RSAhttp://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1975/southafrica.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070115172726/http://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1975/southafrica.html 15 January 2007 South African Grand Prix 1975 motorsport-stats.com 2017-08-11 dead The 1975 South African Grand Prix (formally the XXI Lucky Strike Grand Prix of South Africa) was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on 1 March 1975. It was race 3 of 14 in both the 1975 World Championship of Drivers and the 1975 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the 21st South African Grand Prix since the first Grand Prix was held in 1934 and the ninth to be held at Kyalami just outside Johannesburg. It was held over 78 laps of the four kilometre circuit for a race distance of 320 kilometres.https://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Kyalami-1975-03-01e.jpg 1975 South African Grand Prix Entry list Jody Scheckter became the first South African driver to win the race. Driving a Tyrrell 007, he took over the lead of the race from Carlos Pace on lap three and took a three-second win over the Brabham BT44B of Carlos Reutemann. Scheckter's Tyrrell teammate Patrick Depailler finished third. Race summary Ferrari had used the free month of February profitably, producing the new 312T model with a new transverse gearbox. There was also a new face in the persona of female Italian racer Lella Lombardi (the first woman to take part in a World Championship race since Maria Teresa de Filippis in the 1958 Italian Grand Prix). In practice, Graham Hill's car spun on oil dropped from Ronnie Peterson's car and crashed, destroying his car. He opted to sit out the race. Once the debris had been cleared and holes in the catch fencing mended, there was a second accident as Niki Lauda spun on engine oil, hitting the wall at 120 mph. With further violent accidents to Jody Scheckter and Guy Tunmer, the drivers deemed the circuit not safe and refused to continue until fencing defects were remedied and the track improved, further helped by the support of mechanics who insisted no more practice be carried out. When the racing got under way, Carlos Pace led from pole in a Brabham 1–2 but was soon passed by Jody Scheckter and Carlos Reutemann after experiencing braking problems, and Patrick Depailler soon climbed to third. James Hunt retired with a broken throttle linkage, Vittorio Brambilla with oil cooler problems and Ian Scheckter crashed. Emerson Fittipaldi was challenging Depailler for 4th place when he suffered a cracked plug lead. Jody Scheckter held on from Reutemann for his only home win. Classification Qualifying Pos. Driver Constructor Time/Gap 1 BRA Carlos Pace Brabham–Ford 1:16.41 2 ARG Carlos Reutemann Brabham–Ford +0.07 3 RSA 1928 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell–Ford +0.23 4 AUT Niki Lauda Ferrari +0.42 5 FRA Patrick Depailler Tyrrell–Ford +0.42 6 USA Mario Andretti Parnelli–Ford +0.48 7 ITA Vittorio Brambilla March–Ford +0.64 8 SWE Ronnie Peterson Lotus–Ford +0.73 9 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ferrari +0.75 10 GBR John Watson Surtees–Ford +0.76 11 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren–Ford +0.81 12 GBR James Hunt Hesketh–Ford +0.89 13 FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow–Ford +0.91 14 FRG Rolf Stommelen Lola–Ford +1.06 15 ITA Arturo Merzario Williams–Ford +1.12 16 FRG Jochen Mass McLaren–Ford +1.38 17 RSA 1928 Ian Scheckter Tyrrell–Ford +1.59 18 USA Mark Donohue Penske–Ford +1.87 19 GBR Tom Pryce Shadow–Ford +1.95 20 RSA 1928 David Charlton McLaren–Ford +2.10 21 BEL Jacky Ickx Lotus–Ford +2.27 22 RSA 1928 Eddie Keizan Lotus–Ford +2.60 23 FRA Jacques Laffite Williams–Ford +2.74 24 GBR Bob Evans BRM +2.76 25 RSA 1928 Guy Tunmer Lotus–Ford +3.11 26 ITA Lella Lombardi March–Ford +3.27 27 BRA Wilson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi–Ford +3.32 28 GBR Graham Hill Lola–Ford +5.04 Source:https://results.motorsportstats.com/results/1975-south-african-grand-prix/classification/f88f9f61-559b-4e6c-89e9-d92dcab2d376 Formula One 1975 South African Grand Prix Classification | Motorsport Stats *Positions in red indicate entries that failed to qualify. Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 78 1:43:16.90 3 9 2 7 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 78 + 3.74 2 6 3 4 France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 78 + 16.92 5 4 4 8 Brazil Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford 78 + 17.31 1 3 5 12 Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari 78 + 28.64 4 2 6 2 Germany Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 78 + 1:03.64 16 1 7 23 Germany Rolf Stommelen Lola-Ford 78 + 1:12.91 14   8 28 USA Mark Donohue Penske-Ford 77 + 1 Lap 18   9 16 United Kingdom Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 77 + 1 Lap 19   10 5 Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 77 + 1 Lap 8   11 34 South Africa 1928 Guy Tunmer Lotus-Ford 76 + 2 Laps 25   12 6 Belgium Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 76 + 2 Laps 21   13 33 South Africa 1928 Eddie Keizan Lotus-Ford 76 + 2 Laps 22   14 31 South Africa 1928 Dave Charlton McLaren-Ford 76 + 2 Laps 20   15 14 United Kingdom Bob Evans BRM 76 + 2 Laps 24   16 11 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 71 Throttle 9   17 27 USA Mario Andretti Parnelli-Ford 70 Transmission 6   NC Not classified 21 France Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford 69 + 9 Laps 23   NC Not classified 1 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 65 + 13 Laps 11   Ret Retired 32 South Africa 1928 Ian Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 55 Accident 17   Ret Retired 24 United Kingdom James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 53 Fuel system 12   Ret Retired 17 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 37 Overheating 13   Ret Retired 10 Italy Lella Lombardi March-Ford 23 Fuel system 26   Ret Retired 20 Italy Arturo Merzario Williams-Ford 22 Engine 15   Ret Retired 18 United Kingdom John Watson Surtees-Ford 19 Clutch 10   Ret Retired 9 Italy Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 16 Radiator 7   DNQ Did not qualify 30 Brazil Wilson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford         DNQ Did not qualify 22 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lola-Ford        Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1975/460/ 1975 South African Grand Prix formula1.com 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140611100145/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1975/460/ 11 June 2014 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British driver Bob Evans and South African driver Guy Tunmer. This race saw the 10th fastest lap set by a Brazilian driver. This was the 10th podium finish for a South African driver. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi 15 10px 2 BRA Carlos Pace 12 10px 2 3 ARG Carlos Reutemann 10 10px 9 4 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter 9 10px 2 5 UK James Hunt 7Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1975/afrique-du-sud/championnat.aspx South Africa 1975 - Championship • STATS F1 statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 1 UK Brabham-Ford 19 10px 1 2 UK McLaren-Ford 16 10px 2 3 UK Tyrrell-Ford 11 10px 4 ITA Ferrari 8 10px 2 5 UK Hesketh-Ford 7Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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