1975 South African Grand Prix
- 1975 South African Grand Prix
The 1975 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on March 1, 1975.
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.
Practice was eventful - Graham Hill spun on oil dropped from Ronnie Peterson's car and destroyed his car, opting to sit out the race. Once the débris 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 120mph. 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 braking problems and Patrick Depailler soon climbed to 3rd. 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 drove maturely to hold on to his win from Reutemann.
Classification
Notes
*Pole position: Carlos Pace - 1:16.41[cite book | last = Lang | first = Mike | title = Grand Prix! Vol 3 | publisher = Haynes Publishing Group | date = 1983 | pages = p71 | isbn = 0-85429-380-9] ]
*Fastest lap: Carlos Pace - 1:17.20 on lap 11[cite book | last = Lang | first = Mike | title = Grand Prix! Vol 3 | publisher = Haynes Publishing Group | date = 1983 | pages = p72 | isbn = 0-85429-380-9] ]References
"Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from cite web | title = The Official Formula 1 website | url = http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1975/460/ | accessdate = 2007-06-15
F1 race report
Name_of_race = South African Grand Prix
Year_of_race = 1975
Previous_race_in_season = 1975 Brazilian Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season = 1975 Spanish Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race = 1974 South African Grand Prix
Next_year's_race = 1976 South African Grand Prix
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