The 1975 Swedish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Scandinavian Raceway at Anderstorp on 8 June 1975. It was race 7 of 14 in both the 1975 World Championship of Drivers and the 1975 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the sixth Swedish Grand Prix after it was first held as the Swedish Summer Grand Prix in 1933, and the third to be held at Scandinavian Raceway. It was held over 80 laps of the four kilometre circuit for a race distance of 322 kilometres.
The race was won by Austrian driver Niki Lauda driving Ferrari 312T. He took a six-second victory over the Brabham BT44B of Argentinian racer Carlos Reutemann. Lauda's Ferrari teammate, Swiss driver Clay Regazzoni finished third. It was Lauda's third consecutive win of the season after the Monaco and Belgian Grands Prix. The win strengthened his lead in the championship to ten points with Reutemann moving past Emerson Fittipaldi into second place.
Race report Qualifying resulted in pole position for Vittorio Brambilla in his March, while Lauda qualified fifth fastest and his teammate Clay Regazzoni 11th. In the race Brambilla took the lead, but by lap 16 he was overtaken by Carlos Reutemann's Brabham and eventually had to retire with a blistered front tyre. Tom Pryce had to pit early due to throttle slides being clogged by sand, whilst Patrick Depailler suffered a brake line leak. Hunt retired on lap 22 with a brake-pipe leak, promoting Regazzoni and Mario Andretti. Poor Jean-Pierre Jarier lost second place to failing oil pressure on lap 38. Young Tony Brise was showing little respect for his elders, overtaking Mark Donohue and Ronnie Peterson and then challenging championship leader Emerson Fittipaldi. The battle which ensued slowed them up and John Watson in the Surtees had soon climbed up behind them. Meanwhile, Lauda was steadily progressing through the field and on lap 42 he was second. He put a series of fastest laps, benefiting from a harder tyre compound, closed on Reutemann and overtook him to win the Grand Prix by 6 seconds. Reutemann finished second with Regazzoni, in the other Ferrari 312T, third. Brise had his gearbox jammed in fourth and surrendered to Donohue, but on his third Grand Prix gained his first World Championship point and Graham Hill's first as a constructor. It would prove the only point of Brise's promising but brief F1 career. Fittipaldi suffered braking problems and was passed by Jody Scheckter at the race end to finish in eighth.
Classification Qualifying Pos. Driver Constructor Time/Gap 1 Vittorio Brambilla March–Ford 1:24.630 2 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell–Ford +0.380 3 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow–Ford +0.430 4 Carlos Reutemann Brabham–Ford +0.550 5 Niki Lauda Ferrari +0.827 6 Carlos Pace Brabham–Ford +1.172 7 Tom Pryce Shadow–Ford +1.236 8 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell–Ford +1.270 9 Ronnie Peterson Lotus–Ford +1.382 10 John Watson Surtees–Ford +1.455 11 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren–Ford +1.458 12 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari +1.653 13 James Hunt Hesketh–Ford +1.870 14 Jochen Mass McLaren–Ford +2.143 15 Mario Andretti Parnelli–Ford +2.191 16 Mark Donohue Penske–Ford +2.524 17 Tony Brise Hill–Ford +2.688 18 Jacky Ickx Lotus–Ford +2.690 19 Alan Jones Hesketh–Ford +2.745 20 Ian Scheckter Williams–Ford +2.840 21 Torsten Palm Hesketh–Ford +3.012 22 Damien Magee Williams–Ford +3.046 23 Bob Evans BRM +3.792 24 Lella Lombardi March–Ford +4.057 25 Wilson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi–Ford +4.180 26 Vern Schuppan Hill–Ford +4.350 Source:
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Niki Lauda Ferrari 80 1:59:18.319 5 9 2 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 80 + 6.288 4 6 3 11 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 80 + 29.095 12 4 4 27 Mario Andretti Parnelli-Ford 80 + 44.380 15 3 5 28 Mark Donohue Penske-Ford 80 + 1:30.763 16 2 6 23 Tony Brise Hill-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 17 1 7 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 8 8 1 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 11 9 5 Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 9 10 32 Torsten Palm Hesketh-Ford 78 Out of fuel 21 11 26 Alan Jones Hesketh-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 19 12 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 2 13 14 Bob Evans BRM 78 + 2 Laps 23 14 20 Damien Magee Williams-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 22 15 6 Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 77 + 3 Laps 18 16 18 John Watson Surtees-Ford 77 + 3 Laps 10 17 30 Wilson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 74 + 6 Laps 25 16 Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 53 Spun off 7 21 Ian Scheckter Williams-Ford 49 Tyre 20 22 Vern Schuppan Hill-Ford 47 Transmission 26 8 Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford 41 Spun off 6 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 38 Engine 3 9 Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 36 Transmission 1 2 Jochen Mass McLaren-Ford 34 Overheating 14 24 James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 21 Brakes 13 10 Lella Lombardi March-Ford 10 Fuel system 24 31 Gijs van Lennep Ensign-Ford 35 Dave Walker Maki-Ford
Notes
This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British driver Damien Magee. This race marked the 25th podium finish for a Swiss driver.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Niki Lauda 32 2 2 Carlos Reutemann 22 1 3 Emerson Fittipaldi 21 1 4 Carlos Pace 16 5 Jody Scheckter 15Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 2 1 Ferrari 35 1 2 Brabham-Ford 33 (35) 1 3 McLaren-Ford 26.5 4 Tyrrell-Ford 19 5 Hesketh-Ford 7Source:
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.
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