1975 Austrian Grand Prix

August 2021 F1 Austria Austrian 17 August 1975 Österreichring 1969-1976.svg XIII Memphis Großer Preis von Österreich Spielberg, Austria Permanent racing facility 3.673 5.911 54 198.342 319.914 29 106.517 171.419 Heavy rain Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:34.85 Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 1983 0-85429-380-9 93 AUT Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 1:53.90 Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 1983 0-85429-380-9 95 ITA Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford ITA James Hunt Hesketh-Ford UK Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford UK AUThttp://www.motorsport-stats.com:80/f1/history/1975/austria.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070112120845/http://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1975/austria.html 12 January 2007 Austrian Grand Prix 1975 motorsport-stats.com 11 August 2017 dead The 1975 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Österreichring on 17 August 1975. It was race 12 of 14 in both the 1975 World Championship of Drivers and the 1975 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.http://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Zeltweg-1975-08-17e.jpg 1975 Austrian Grand Prix Entry list It was the eighth Austrian Grand Prix and the sixth to be held at the Österreichring. It was held over 29 of the scheduled 54 laps of the six kilometre circuit for a race distance of 171 kilometres. The race was shortened by heavy rain, meaning that only half points were awarded. The weekend itself was marred by the deaths of Mark Donohue and a track marshal in a practice crash. Mastering the wet weather, the race was won by Italian driver Vittorio Brambilla driving a March 751. It was Brambilla's only Formula One win in his seven-year Grand Prix career. He took a 27-second win over British driver James Hunt in his Hesketh 308. Eight seconds further back was the Shadow DN5 of British driver Tom Pryce in the first of just two podiums in his abbreviated career. Qualifying summary thumb|left|220px|Ronnie Peterson (left) and James Hunt in the pits Niki Lauda delighted his home crowd by claiming his seventh pole position of the year. Rolf Stommelen returned after his crash in Spain but could only muster 26th position for qualifying. Chris Amon had returned for Ensign but only being able to qualify in 24th. Brett Lunger qualified well in his début for Hesketh to start 17th. Practice crashes Practice was marred by a series of accidents, Brian Henton crashing his Lotus when he hit an oil patch and Wilson Fittipaldi breaking two bones in his hand. During the warm-up on Sunday morning, Mark Donohue had a tyre failure and crashed at Vöest-Hügel, the flat-out right hander after the pits. The car went through catch fencing and advertising billboards lining the track. One track marshal was killed and another marshal was injured. Donohue was injured but suffered a brain hemorrhage after the accident and died two days later.Donohue dies after surgery https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a61VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6311%2C5102237 Eugene Register-Guard 20 August 1975 Associated Presshttps://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/october-1975/35/austrian-grand-prix-16 Austrian Grand Prix 1975 motorsportmagazine.com 23 April 2021 Donohue was the last driver for 41 years to die in a Formula One accident in the rain, until the death of Jules Bianchi in 2015 from injuries sustained at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix. Race summary As the grid formed up, there were reports of rain at the far side of the track. Thunderclouds were forming ominously and the cars were returned to the pits to change to wet tyres. thumb|right|220px|Argentine driver Carlos Reutemann (left) with Bernie Ecclestone After 45 minutes, the grid reformed. Lauda led off the start from James Hunt and Patrick Depailler who had shot up from the fourth row. Mario Andretti spun off, whilst Bob Evans retired the BRM. Vittorio Brambilla had shot through the spray to gain a third place, with Ronnie Peterson leaping from tenth to fourth. By lap 12, it was obvious that Lauda's car was not set up fully to cope with wet conditions and by lap 15 Hunt stormed by to lead for the fifth time this season. However, this was to be short-lived. The Hesketh's engine was running on only seven cylinders and Brambilla was clambering all over the back of the car. Ahead of them Lunger was driving carefully in his first wet race and could not see the leaders approaching him. Brambilla seized the lead and it took a further two laps for Hunt to finally pass his teammate. Peterson had to pit to replace a faulty visor, whilst the Brabham drivers found they had been racing with one of their own rear tyres and one of their teammates'. Jochen Mass spun out of third place, and soon there was frantic activity between the Grand Prix Drivers' Association and the race officials as to whether the race should continue – it was brought to a halt on lap 29. As Brambilla took the flag, he crashed into the barriers and the March team celebrated a historic victory. However, behind the scenes, there was confusion. Some teams were preparing for a restart, but as the race had already been stopped with the chequered flag, it could not happen anymore. The race results would stand, but with only half points awarded. Brambilla, the oldest man in the field at 37, had won his first and only Grand Prix. This was the first of only two races where Shadow used a Matra engine instead of the Cosworth DFV in Jean-Pierre Jarier's Shadow DN7.Jones Bruce The Complete Encyclopedia of Formula One Carlton Books 1998 400–401 Statistics 1-85868-515-X With neither Carlos Reutemann nor Emerson Fittipaldi featuring in the points, Niki Lauda's sixth position actually allowed him to expand his points lead to 17.5 points. If Lauda scored any points at all at the Italian Grand Prix the Austrian driver could claim the championship. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 12AUT Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:34.85 — 2 24 GBR James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 1:34.97 +0.12 3 1 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 1:35.21 +0.36 4 10 FRG Hans Joachim Stuck March-Ford 1:35.38 +0.53 5 11 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:35.41 +0.56 6 8 BRA Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford 1:35.71 +0.86 7 4 FRA Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 1:35.78 +0.93 8 9 ITA Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 1:35.80 +0.95 9 2 FRG Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 1:36.12 +1.27 10 3 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 1:36.14 +1.29 11 7 ARG Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 1:36.43 +1.58 12 21 FRA Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford 1:37.60 +2.75 13 5 SWE Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 1:37.61 +2.76 14 17 FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Matra 1:37.62 +2.77 15 16 GBR Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 1:37.64 +2.79 16 23 GBR Tony Brise Hill-Ford 1:37.69 +2.84 17 25 USA Brett Lunger Hesketh-Ford 1:37.87 +3.02 18 18 GBR John Watson Surtees-Ford 1:37.96 +3.11 19 27 USA Mario Andretti Parnelli-Ford 1:37.97 +3.12 20 30 BRA Wilson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:38.14 +3.29 21 28 USA Mark Donohue March-Ford 1:38.19 +3.34 22 29 ITA Lella Lombardi March-Ford 1:38.43 +3.58 23 6 GBR Brian Henton Lotus-Ford 1:38.72 +3.87 24 31 NZL Chris Amon Ensign-Ford 1:38.75 +3.90 25 14 GBR Bob Evans BRM 1:39.53 +4.68 26 22 FRG Rolf Stommelen Hill-Ford 1:39.56 +4.71 27 32 AUT Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford 1:40.72 +5.87 28 33 NED Roelof Wunderink Ensign-Ford 1:42.58 +7.73 29 20 SUI Jo Vonlanthen Williams-Ford 1:42.80 +7.95 30 35 GBR Tony Trimmer Maki-Ford 1:44.88 +10.03 *Positions in red indicate entries that failed to qualify. Race thumb|right|170px|Italian Vittorio Brambilla, winner in a March-Ford Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9ITA Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 29 0:57:56.69 8 4.5 2 24 GBR James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 29 + 27.03 2 3 3 16GBR Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 29 + 34.85 15 2 4 2 FRG Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 29 + 1:12.66 9 1.5 5 5 SWE Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 29 + 1:23.33 13 1 6 12AUT Niki Lauda Ferrari 29 + 1:30.28 1 0.5 7 11 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 29 + 1:39.07 5   8 3 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 28 + 1 Lap 10   9 1 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 28 + 1 Lap 3   10 18 GBR John Watson Surtees-Ford 28 + 1 Lap 18   11 4 FRA Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 28 + 1 Lap 7   12 31 NZL Chris Amon Ensign-Ford 28 + 1 Lap 24   13 25 USA Brett Lunger Hesketh-Ford 28 + 1 Lap 17   14 7 ARG Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 28 + 1 Lap 11   15 23 GBR Tony Brise Hill-Ford 28 + 1 Lap 16   16 22 FRG Rolf Stommelen Hill-Ford 27 + 2 Laps 26   17 29 ITA Lella Lombardi March-Ford 26 + 3 Laps 22   NC Not classified 33NED Roelof Wunderink Ensign-Ford 25 + 4 Laps 28   Ret Retired 32AUT Harald Ertl Hesketh-Ford 23 Electrical 27   Ret Retired 21 FRA Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford 21 Handling 12   Ret Retired 8 BRA Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford 17 Engine 6   Ret Retired 20 SUI Jo Vonlanthen Williams-Ford 14 Engine 29   Ret Retired 10 FRG Hans Joachim Stuck March-Ford 10 Accident 4   Ret Retired 17 FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Matra 10 Injection 14   Ret Retired 14 GBR Bob Evans BRM 2 Engine 25   Ret Retired 27 USA Mario Andretti Parnelli-Ford 1 Accident 19   DNS Did not start 30 BRA Wilson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 0 Accident 20   DNS Did not start 28 USA Mark Donohue March-Ford 0 Fatal accident 21   DNS Did not start 6 GBR Brian Henton Lotus-Ford 0 Accident 23   DNQ Did not qualify 35 GBR Tony Trimmer Maki-Ford        Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1975/469/ 1975 Austrian Grand Prix formula1.com 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141129145913/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1975/469/ 29 November 2014 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Swiss driver Jo Vonlanthen and American driver Brett Lunger. This race marked the 25th Grand Prix victory for an Italian driver. This was the 25th Grand Prix start for Hesketh. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 AUT Niki Lauda* 51.5 10px 2 ARG Carlos Reutemann* 34 10px 3 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi 33 10px 4 UK James Hunt 28 10px 5 BRA Carlos Pace 24Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1975/autriche/championnat.aspx Austria 1975 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 7 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 ITA Ferrari* 54.5 10px 2 UK Brabham-Ford* 51 (53) 10px 3 UK McLaren-Ford* 41 10px 4 UK Hesketh-Ford 28 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. References 30em Austrian Grand Prix 1975 1975 German Grand Prix 1975 Italian Grand Prix 1974 Austrian Grand Prix 1976 Austrian Grand Prix 1974 German Grand Prix 1976 Dutch Grand Prix Austrian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:Austrian Grand Prix Category:European Grand Prix