1975 Argentine Grand Prix

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Results from the 1975 Formula One Argentine Grand Prix held at Argentina on January 12, 1975.

Contents 1 Race summary 2 Classification 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] Race summary

The close season had been fairly quiet - Jochen Mass had replaced Denny Hulme at McLaren, John Watson had joined Surtees and Mike Wilds, Rolf Stommelen and Jacques Laffite were confirmed at BRM, Hill and Williams respectively.

March had announced their retirement, but then in a dramatic U-turn confirmed their entry for 1975 with Vittorio Brambilla and lady driver Lella Lombardi.

There were contractual wrangles with Ronnie Peterson, reportedly discontent at Lotus and it was uncertain up until the start of practice whether he would be driving for them or Shadow.

Jean-Pierre Jarier proved the Shadow's effectiveness, putting in the fastest ever lap of the circuit, averaging 122mph to gain his first pole from Carlos Pace and Carlos Reutemann.

However it was all in vain. On the warm-up lap, his crown-wheel-and-pinion stripped, leaving him a non-starter. Local hero Reutemann gratefully accepted the lead from Pace. James Hunt driving the newest Hesketh with new rubber suspension climbed from the 6th row up to third place, duelling with Niki Lauda. Jochen Mass and Jody Scheckter tangled. Meanwhile, John Watson was stranded with a loose fuel-pipe and was disqualified after attempting trackside repairs.

Wilson Fittipaldi crashed on lap 13, his car catching fire and requiring the fire engine to be deployed. By now, Hunt had passed Lauda and was catching the two Brabhams. Pace took the lead on lap 15, but spun on the very next lap. Reutemann having retaken the lead, was understeering badly and on lap 25 was passed by Hunt. There was a ferocious battle with Emerson Fittipaldi for the lead.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	53	1:39:26.29	5	9
2	24	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	53	+ 5.91	6	6
3	7	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	53	+ 17.06	3	4
4	11	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	53	+ 35.79	7	3
5	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	53	+ 54.25	8	2
6	12	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	53	+ 1:19.65	4	1
7	28	Mark Donohue	Penske-Ford	52	+ 1 Lap	16
8	6	Jacky Ickx	Lotus-Ford	52	+ 1 Lap	18
9	9	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	52	+ 1 Lap	12
10	22	Graham Hill	Lola-Ford	52	+ 1 Lap	21
11	3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	52	+ 1 Lap	9
12	16	Tom Pryce	Shadow-Ford	51	Transmission	14
13	23	Rolf Stommelen	Lola-Ford	51	+ 2 Laps	19
14	2	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	50	+ 3 Laps	13
Ret	8	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	46	Engine	2
NC	20	Arturo Merzario	Williams-Ford	44	Not Classified	20
Ret	27	Mario Andretti	Parnelli-Ford	27	Transmission	10
Ret	14	Mike Wilds	BRM	24	Engine	22
Ret	5	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	15	Engine	11
Ret	21	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	15	Gearbox	17
Ret	30	Wilson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	12	Accident	23
DSQ	18	John Watson	Surtees-Ford	6	Disqualified	15
DNS	17	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow-Ford	0	Transmission	1

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Jean-Pierre Jarier - 1:49.21^[1]
• Fastest lap: James Hunt - 1:50.91 on lap 34^[2]
• Jarier, Shadow-Ford, in pole position, did not start due to car failure on warm-up lap. The pole position was left vacant.

[edit] References

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from The Official Formula 1 website. Retrieved on 2007-06-15.

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