1975 Swedish Grand Prix

1975 Swedish Grand Prix
Race details
Date	8 June 1975
Location	Scandinavian Raceway, Anderstorp
Course length	4.018 km (2.497 miles)
Distance	80 laps, 321.440 km (199.734 miles)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford
Time	1:24.630
Fastest lap
Driver	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Time	1:28.267 on lap 61
Podium
First	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Second	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford
Third	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Lap leaders

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
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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
Ret	16	Tom Pryce	Shadow-Ford	53	Spun off	7
Ret	21	Ian Scheckter	Williams-Ford	49	Tyre	20
Ret	22	Vern Schuppan	Hill-Ford	47	Transmission	26
Ret	8	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	41	Spun off	6
Ret	17	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow-Ford	38	Engine	3
Ret	9	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	36	Transmission	1
Ret	2	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	34	Overheating	14
Ret	24	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	21	Brakes	13
Ret	10	Lella Lombardi	March-Ford	10	Fuel system	24
WD	31	Gijs van Lennep	Ensign-Ford
WD	35	Dave Walker	Maki-Ford
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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	Carlos Reutemann	22
3	Emerson Fittipaldi	21
4	Carlos Pace	16
5	Jody Scheckter	15
Source:

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	35
2	Brabham-Ford	33 (35)
3	McLaren-Ford	26.5
4	Tyrrell-Ford	19
5	Hesketh-Ford	7
Source:

• 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.