1975 Monaco Grand Prix

43 44 4.74 N 7 25 16.8 E scale:1563_type:landmark_region:MC title F1 Monaco Monaco XXXIII Gran Prix de Monaco Circuit de Monaco 1973.png 11 May 1975 Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco Street circuit 2.037 3.278 75 152.764 245.850 78 158.874 255.684 Rain, later drying Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:26.40 Austria Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 1:28.67 68 France Niki Lauda Ferrari Austria Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford Brazil Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford Brazil MONhttp://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1975/montecarlo.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070115154006/http://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1975/montecarlo.html 2007-01-15 Monaco Grand Prix 1975 motorsport-stats.com 2017-08-11 dead The 1975 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held in Monaco on 11 May 1975. It was race 5 of 14 in both the 1975 World Championship of Drivers and the 1975 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the 33rd Monaco Grand Prix since the race was first held in 1929. It was held over 75 of the scheduled 78 laps of the three kilometre street circuit, for a race distance of 245 kilometres. The race was won by Austrian driver Niki Lauda giving the new Ferrari 312T its first win. The win broke a 20-year drought at Monaco for Ferrari. Lauda dominated the race, only losing the lead during a pitstop. He won by two seconds over the McLaren M23 of Emerson Fittipaldi. Carlos Pace finished third in his Brabham BT44B. This was also the 179th and final Grand Prix for 1962 and 1968 World Champion Graham Hill, although he failed to qualify after 176 race starts. Circuit changes and qualifying summary The future of Grand Prix racing was under scrutiny following the disastrous Spanish Grand Prix held two weeks prior. Actions had to be taken quickly: extra guard rails and catch fences were erected, kerbing resited and the chicane was modified. New measures were introduced: the grid was staggered and in addition would be restricted to just 18 cars. This last change affected Graham Hill's chance to qualify: the five-time Monaco winner had all sorts of practice problems and failed to qualify by 0.377 seconds. John Watson and Clay Regazzoni collided in practice, whilst the Surtees team was ordered to remove pro-Europe political stickers from its cars. After failing his qualifying attempt for the start, Hill announced his retirement as a driver after 17 seasons and 176 races to concentrate on his Embassy Hill team. Niki Lauda, in a Ferrari, claimed pole position, but sensationally sharing the front row was Tom Pryce, driving a Shadow, who just 12 months earlier had been deemed 'too inexperienced' to compete. Jean-Pierre Jarier and Ronnie Peterson filled the second row. Race summary The race began under rain conditions, so everyone went for wet tyres. Lauda was fastest at the start, while Pryce had a slow start and was passed by Jarier and Peterson;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CggZK7lD9Sw https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/CggZK7lD9Sw 2021-12-22 live 1975 Round 05 Monaco Grand Prix www.youtube.com 4 October 2019 the Frenchman soon attempted to pass Lauda in an ill-advised overtaking manoeuvre, and hit the barriers at the Mirabeau; his car was damaged in the collision and handled badly, which caused him to hit the wall again at the Tabac corner and then retire. Peterson went into the second place with Vittorio Brambilla third, until Pryce hit the Italian's wheel. Regazzoni stopped to change a tyre and the nosecone of his car, and James Hunt stopped to change onto slick tyres, anticipating a drying of the track surface. However, his team's slow pit work cost him a substantial amount of time. Ronnie Peterson's victory chances were damaged at his pit stop when a wheel nut was lost under the car. Tom Pryce came in to replace a broken nosecone, and by that time Niki Lauda led by 15 seconds from Emerson Fittipaldi and Carlos Pace. Many accidents happened during the race: Jochen Mass and James Hunt tangled at Mirabeau, and Patrick Depailler got embroiled in their accident; Clay Regazzoni hit the chicane and suffered damage; John Watson spun and stalled the engine of his car; Pryce hit the barrier and had to retire; Mario Andretti entered the pits with his car on fire; Mark Donohue hit the barrier, whilst Alan Jones broke a wheel. In the last laps Lauda's oil pressure was fading and Fittipaldi was closing. With three laps left the gap was 2.75 seconds; however, the two-hour time limit was reached and the race was stopped, with Lauda winning. Ferrari had won their first Monaco Grand Prix in 20 years; the tragedy of the Spanish Grand Prix receded and the championship race was back on. Fittipaldi's second position strengthened his narrow points lead over early season points leader Pace. Classification Qualifying classification Pos.DriverConstructorTimeNo1Niki LaudaFerrari1:26,4012Tom PryceShadow-Ford1:27,0923Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford1:27,2534Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford1:27,4045Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford1:27,5056Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:27,5567Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford1:27,5878Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford1:27,6789Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford1:27,77910Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford1:27,931011James HuntHesketh-Ford1:27,941112Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford1:27,951213Mario AndrettiParnelli-Ford1:28,111314Jacky IckxLotus-Ford1:28,281415Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford1:28,491516Mark DonohuePenske-Ford1:28,811617John WatsonSurtees-Ford1:28,901718Alan JonesHesketh-Ford1:29,1218 19Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford1:29,28— 20Arturo MerzarioWilliams-Ford1:29,32— 21Graham HillHill-Ford1:29,49— 22Bob EvansBRM1:30,33— 23Roelof WunderinkEnsign-Ford1:31,60— 24Torsten PalmHesketh-Ford1:31,95— 25Lella LombardiMarch-Ford1:32,20— 26Wilson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford1:33,02— *Positions in red indicate entries that failed to qualify. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari 75 2:01:21.31 1 9 2 1 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 75 + 2.78 9 6 3 8 Brazil Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford 75 + 17.81 8 4 4 5 Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 75 + 38.45 4 3 5 4 France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 75 + 40.86 12 2 6 2 West Germany Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 75 + 42.07 15 1 7 3 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 74 + 1 Lap 7   8 6 Belgium Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 74 + 1 Lap 14   9 7 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 73 + 2 Laps 10   Ret Retired 28 United States Mark Donohue Penske-Ford 66 Accident 16   Ret Retired 24 United Kingdom James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 63 Accident 11   Ret Retired 26 Australia Alan Jones Hesketh-Ford 61 Wheel 18   Ret Retired 9 Italy Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 48 Accident 5   Ret Retired 16 United Kingdom Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 39 Accident 2   Ret Retired 11 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 36 Accident 17   Ret Retired 18 United Kingdom John Watson Surtees-Ford 36 Spun off 6   Ret Retired 27 USA Mario Andretti Parnelli-Ford 9 Oil leak 13   Ret Retired 17 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 0 Accident 3   DNQ Did not qualify 21 France Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 20 Italy Arturo Merzario Williams-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 23 United Kingdom Graham Hill Hill-FordLola-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 14 United Kingdom Bob Evans BRM     DNQ Did not qualify 31 Netherlands Roelof Wunderink Ensign-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 25 Sweden Torsten Palm Hesketh-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 10 Italy Lella Lombardi March-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 30 Brazil Wilson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford        Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1975/462/ 1975 Monaco Grand Prix formula1.com 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150103091336/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1975/462/ 3 January 2015 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Swedish driver Torsten Palm. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi 21 10px 2 BRA Carlos Pace 16 10px 6 3 AUT Niki Lauda 14 10px 1 4 ARG Carlos Reutemann 12 10px 1 5 GER Jochen Mass 10.5Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1975/monaco/championnat.aspx Monaco 1975 - Championship www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 1 UK McLaren-Ford 26.5 10px 1 2 UK Brabham-Ford 25 10px 1 3 ITA Ferrari 17 10px 1 4 UK Tyrrell-Ford 13 10px 5 UK Hesketh-Ford 7Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Further reading Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 1983 76–77 0-85429-380-9 Monaco Grand Prix 1975 1975 Spanish Grand Prix 1975 Belgian Grand Prix 1974 Monaco Grand Prix 1976 Monaco Grand Prix None 1976 United States Grand Prix West Monaco Grand Prix Category:Monaco Grand Prix Grand Prix