The 1975 Formula One season included the 26th FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on January 12, 1975, and ended on October 5 after fourteen races.

Season summary

After a strong finish to the 1974 season, many observers felt the Brabham team were favourites to win the 1975 title. The year started well, with an emotional first win for Carlos Pace at the Interlagos circuit in his native São Paulo. However, over the season tyre wear frequently slowed the cars, and the initial promise was not maintained.

Niki Lauda often refers to 1975 as "the unbelievable year". In his second year with Ferrari, the team provided him with the Ferrari 312T - a car that was technically far superior to any of the competition. He won his first world title with 5 wins and a huge margin over second place in the championship.

Drivers and constructors

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	No	Driver
Marlboro Team McLaren	McLaren	M23	Cosworth V8	1	Emerson Fittipaldi
				2	Jochen Mass
Elf Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell	007	Cosworth V8	3	Jody Scheckter
				4	Patrick Depailler
				15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille
					Michel Leclère
John Player Team Lotus	Lotus	72E	Cosworth V8	5	Ronnie Peterson
				6	Jacky Ickx
					Brian Henton
				15	Brian Henton
Martini Racing	Brabham	BT44B	Cosworth V8	7	Carlos Reutemann
				8	Carlos Pace
Beta Team March Lavazza March	March	741 751	Cosworth V8	9	Vittorio Brambilla
				10	Lella Lombardi
					Hans-Joachim Stuck
				29	Lella Lombardi
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	312B3 312T	Ferrari flat-12	11	Clay Regazzoni
				12	Niki Lauda
Stanley BRM	BRM	P201	BRM V12	14	Mike Wilds
					Bob Evans
UOP Shadow Racing Team	Shadow	DN3B DN5	Cosworth V8	16	Tom Pryce
				17	Jean-Pierre Jarier
Team Surtees National Organs Team Surtees	Surtees	TS16	Cosworth V8	18	John Watson
				19	Dave Morgan
Frank Williams Racing Cars	Williams	FW03	Cosworth V8	20	Arturo Merzario
					Damien Magee
					François Migault
					Ian Ashley
					Jo Vonlanthen
					Renzo Zorzi
					Lella Lombardi
					Ian Scheckter
				21
					Jacques Laffite
					Tony Brise
Embassy Racing with Graham Hill	Lola Hill	T370 T371 Hill GH1	Cosworth V8	22	Graham Hill
					Rolf Stommelen
					François Migault
					Vern Schuppan
					Alan Jones
				23	Rolf Stommelen
					François Migault
					Graham Hill
					Tony Brise
Hesketh Racing Warsteiner Brewery Polar Caravans	Hesketh	308A 308B 308C	Cosworth V8	24	James Hunt
				25	Torsten Palm
					Harald Ertl
					Brett Lunger
				32	Torsten Palm
					Harald Ertl
				34	Harald Ertl
Custom Made Harry Stiller Racing	Hesketh	308B	Cosworth V8	25	Alan Jones
				26
Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing	Parnelli	VPJ4	Cosworth V8	27	Mario Andretti
Penske Cars	Penske	PC1	Cosworth V8	28	Mark Donohue
	March	751
Copersucar-Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	FD01	Cosworth V8	30	Wilson Fittipaldi
					Arturo Merzario
Lucky Strike Racing	McLaren	M23	Cosworth V8	31	Dave Charlton
HB Bewaking Team Ensign	Ensign	N174 N175	Cosworth V8
					Roelof Wunderink
					Chris Amon
					Gijs van Lennep
				32	Chris Amon
				33	Roelof Wunderink
Lexington Racing	Tyrrell	007	Cosworth V8	32	Ian Scheckter
Pinch Plant (Ltd)	Lyncar	006	Cosworth V8		John Nicholson
Team Gunston	Lotus	72D	Cosworth V8	33	Eddie Keizan
				34	Guy Tunmer
Maki Engineering	Maki	F101B	Cosworth V8	35	Hiroshi Fushida
					Tony Trimmer

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	January 12	Oscar Gálvez	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	Report
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	January 26	Interlagos	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	Report
3	South African Grand Prix	March 1	Kyalami	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
4	Spanish Grand Prix	April 27	Montjuïc	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	Report
5	Monaco Grand Prix	May 11	Monaco	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
6	Belgian Grand Prix	May 25	Zolder	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
7	Swedish Grand Prix	June 8	Scandinavian Raceway	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
8	Dutch Grand Prix	June 22	Zandvoort	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	Report
9	French Grand Prix	July 6	Paul Ricard	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
10	British Grand Prix	July 19	Silverstone	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	Report
11	German Grand Prix	August 3	Nürburgring	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	Report
12	Austrian Grand Prix	August 17	Österreichring	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	Report
13	Italian Grand Prix	September 7	Monza	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	Report
14	United States Grand Prix	October 5	Watkins Glen	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report

1975 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Ferrari	312B3 312T	Ferrari 001/11 Ferrari 015		72.5	6	11	9
2	Brabham-Ford	BT44B	Ford Cosworth DFV		54 (56)	2	9	1
3	McLaren-Ford	M23	Ford Cosworth DFV		53	3	10	1
4	Hesketh-Ford	308B 308C	Ford Cosworth DFV		33	1	4
5	Tyrrell-Ford	007	Ford Cosworth DFV		25	1	4
6	Shadow-Ford	DN3 DN5	Ford Cosworth DFV		9.5		1	3
7	Lotus-Ford	72E 72F	Ford Cosworth DFV		9		1
8	March-Ford	741 751	Ford Cosworth DFV		7.5	1	1	1
9	Williams-Ford	"FW02" FW FW04	Ford Cosworth DFV		6		1
10	Parnelli-Ford	VPJ4	Ford Cosworth DFV		5
11	Hill-Ford	GH1	Ford Cosworth DFV		3
12	Penske-Ford	PC1	Ford Cosworth DFV		2
13	Ensign-Ford	N174 N175	Ford Cosworth DFV		1
14	Fittipaldi-Ford	FD	Ford Cosworth DFV
15	Lyncar-Ford	006	Ford Cosworth DFV
16	Lola-Ford	T370	Ford Cosworth DFV
17	Maki-Ford	F102	Ford Cosworth DFV
18	Shadow-Matra	DN7	Matra MS73
19	Surtees-Ford	TS16	Ford Cosworth DFV
20	BRM	P201	BRM P200

1975 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos Driver ARG BRA RSA ESP MON BEL SWE NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA USA Pts 1 Niki Lauda 6 5 5 Ret 1 1 1 2 1 8 3 6 3 1 64.5 2 Emerson Fittipaldi 1 2 NC DNS 2 7 8 Ret 4 1 Ret 9 2 2 45 3 Carlos Reutemann 3 8 2 3 9 3 2 4 14 Ret 1 14 4 Ret 37 4 James Hunt 2 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 2 4 Ret 2 5 4 33 5 Clay Regazzoni 4 4 16 NC Ret 5 3 3 Ret 13 Ret 7 1 WD 25 6 Carlos Pace Ret 1 4 Ret 3 8 Ret 5 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret 24 7 Jody Scheckter 11 Ret 1 Ret 7 2 7 16 9 3 Ret 8 8 6 20 8 Jochen Mass 14 3 6 1 6 Ret Ret Ret 3 7 Ret 4 Ret 3 20 9 Patrick Depailler 5 Ret 3 Ret 5 4 12 9 6 9 9 11 7 Ret 12 10 Tom Pryce 12 Ret 9 Ret Ret 6 Ret 6 Ret Ret 4 3 6 NC 8 11 Vittorio Brambilla 9 Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret 1 Ret 7 6.5 12 Jacques Laffite Ret 11 NC DNQ Ret Ret 11 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 6 13 Ronnie Peterson Ret 15 10 Ret 4 Ret 9 15 10 Ret Ret 5 Ret 5 6 14 Mario Andretti Ret 7 17 Ret Ret 4 5 12 10 Ret Ret Ret 5 15 Mark Donohue 7 Ret 8 Ret Ret 11 5 8 Ret 5 Ret DNS 4 16 Jacky Ickx 8 9 12 2 8 Ret 15 Ret Ret 3 17 Alan Jones Ret Ret Ret 11 13 16 10 5 2 18 Jean-Pierre Jarier DNS Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 1.5 19 Tony Brise 7 Ret 6 7 7 15 Ret 15 Ret Ret 1 20 Gijs van Lennep 10 15 6 1 21 Lella Lombardi Ret 6 DNQ Ret Ret 14 18 Ret 7 17 Ret Ret 0.5 NC Rolf Stommelen 13 14 7 Ret 16 Ret 0 NC John Watson DSQ 10 Ret 8 Ret 10 16 Ret 13 11 Ret 10 9 0 NC Harald Ertl 8 Ret 9 0 NC Hans Joachim Stuck Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 0 NC Bob Evans 15 Ret DNQ 9 13 Ret 17 Ret Ret 0 NC Wilson Fittipaldi Ret 13 DNQ Ret DNQ 12 17 11 Ret 19 Ret DNQ 10 0 NC Graham Hill 10 12 DNQ DNQ 0 NC Brett Lunger 13 10 Ret 0 NC Torsten Palm DNQ 10 0 NC Arturo Merzario NC Ret Ret Ret DNQ Ret 11 0 NC Guy Tunmer 11 0 NC Chris Amon 12 12 0 NC Ian Scheckter Ret Ret 12 0 NC Jean-Pierre Jabouille 12 0 NC Jim Crawford Ret 13 0 NC Eddie Keizan 13 0 NC Dave Charlton 14 0 NC Damien Magee 14 0 NC Renzo Zorzi 14 0 NC Brian Henton 16 NC NC 0 NC John Nicholson 17 0 NC Dave Morgan 18 0 NC Roelof Wunderink Ret DNQ DNQ NC DNQ Ret 0 NC François Migault NC Ret DNS 0 NC Mike Wilds Ret Ret 0 NC Vern Schuppan Ret 0 NC Ian Ashley Ret 0 NC Jo Vonlanthen Ret 0 NC Michel Leclère Ret 0 NC Tony Trimmer DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 NC Hiroshi Fushida DNQ DNQ 0 Pos Driver ARG BRA RSA ESP MON BEL SWE NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA USA Pts

Non-Championship race results

Other Formula One races were also held in 1975, which did not count towards the World Championship.

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
X Race of Champions	Brands Hatch	March 16	Tom Pryce	Shadow-Cosworth	Report
XXVII BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	April 13	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
XV Swiss Grand Prix	Dijon-Prenois	August 24	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	Report

South African Formula One Championship

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
Cape South Easter Trophy	Killarney	February 8	Dave Charlton	McLaren-Cosworth	Report
Goldfields 100	Goldfields	March 22	Ian Scheckter	Tyrrell-Cosworth	Report
Natal Mercury 100	Roy Hesketh	March 29	Ian Scheckter	Tyrrell-Cosworth	Report
Brandkop Winter Trophy	Brandkop	May 3	Ian Scheckter	Tyrrell-Cosworth	Report
South African Republic Trophy	Kyalami	May 31	Ian Scheckter	Tyrrell-Cosworth	Report
False Bay 100	Killarney	July 5	Guy Tunmer	Lotus-Cosworth	Report
Rand Winter Trophy	Kyalami	July 26	Ian Scheckter	Tyrrell-Cosworth	Report
Natal Spring Trophy	Roy Hesketh	September 1	Dave Charlton	McLaren-Cosworth	Report
Rand Spring Trophy	Kyalami	October 4	Ian Scheckter	Tyrrell-Cosworth	Report

Notes

1. Gill, Barrie (1976) "The World Championship 1975" John Player Motorsport yearbook 1976 p. 103 Queen Anne Press Ltd. ISBN 0-362-00254-1
2. 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.