1975 Italian Grand Prix

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Results from the 1975 Formula One Italian Grand Prix held at Monza on September 7, 1975.

Contents 1 Race summary 2 Classification 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] Race summary

The Italian supporters were gathered in expectation of Ferrari gaining their first championship in 11 years-on home ground, with many Austrians travelling over the border to support Niki Lauda and were delighted when Ferrari filled most spaces on the front row.Tony Brise delighted his manager Graham Hill by gaining a 3rd-row spot.

On Sunday morning there was a cloudburst and for some time the future of the race was in jeopardy,but fortunately the rain dried up with about an hour to go before the start.Clay Regazzoni led from Lauda and Jody Scheckter. Vittorio Brambilla's clutch burnt out on the first lap,whilst Bob Evans halted with a failed engine plug.There was a chaotic accident at the chicane-Scheckter had to take to the escape road as around him Jochen Mass hit the kerb,damaging his car's suspension.Ronnie Peterson collided with another car,jamming his throttle open.Mario Andretti and Rolf Stommelen retired with accident damage and Brise spun across the chicane.Harald Ertl soared over the top of Hans-Joachim Stuck's car,damaging the uprights. After 6 laps, Carlos Pace retired with a broken throttle link, soon joined by Hans-Joachim Stuck and Lella Lombardi. The Ferraris were circulating 1-2 with Clay Regazzoni leading majestically from Niki Lauda. On lap 14, Emerson Fittipaldi passed Carlos Reutemann for 3rd place. Despite the Ferraris being way ahead, Emerson would not give up the chase, carving down a gap of over ten seconds. With just 6 laps left, he managed to pass Lauda.

Meanwhille, Patrick Depailler had taken James Hunt for 5th only to spin off down the escape road. Hunt, Tom Pryce and Reutemann were duelling, Pryce taking the place when Hunt spun off on lap 27 - but ceding it to him after a further 10 laps. Harald Ertl was a lap down, but drove so well that Pryce couldn't overtake him.

Regazzoni took the flag, Lauda was third and champion and Ferrari won the championship for the first time since 1961 in front of their home crowd.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	52	1:22:42.6	2	9
2	1	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	52	+ 16.6	3	6
3	12	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	52	+ 23.2	1	4
4	7	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	52	+ 55.1	7	3
5	24	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	52	+ 57.1	8	2
6	16	Tom Pryce	Shadow-Ford	52	+ 1:15.9	14	1
7	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	51	+ 1 Lap	12
8	3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	51	+ 1 Lap	4
9	34	Harald Ertl	Hesketh-Ford	51	+ 1 Lap	17
10	25	Brett Lunger	Hesketh-Ford	50	+ 2 Laps	21
11	30	Arturo Merzario	Fittipaldi-Ford	48	+ 4 Laps	26
12	32	Chris Amon	Ensign-Ford	48	+ 4 Laps	19
13	6	Jim Crawford	Lotus-Ford	46	+ 6 Laps	25
14	20	Renzo Zorzi	Williams-Ford	46	+ 6 Laps	22
Ret	17	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow-Matra	32	Fuel Pump	13
Ret	29	Lella Lombardi	March-Ford	21	Accident	24
Ret	10	Hans Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	15	Accident	16
Ret	21	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	7	Gearbox	18
Ret	8	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	6	Throttle	10
Ret	22	Rolf Stommelen	Hill-Ford	3	Accident	23
Ret	2	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	2	Accident	5
Ret	5	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	1	Engine	11
Ret	23	Tony Brise	Hill-Ford	1	Accident	6
Ret	27	Mario Andretti	Parnelli-Ford	1	Accident	15
Ret	9	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	1	Clutch	9
Ret	14	Bob Evans	BRM	0	Electrical	20
DNQ	31	Roelof Wunderink	Ensign-Ford
DNQ	35	Tony Trimmer	Maki-Ford

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Niki Lauda - 1:32.24^[1]
• Fastest lap: Clay Regazzoni - 1:33.1 on lap 47^[2]

[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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