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French Grand Prix

Grand Prix de France 1975

Round 9 of 14Circuit Paul Ricard, Le CastelletJul 6 197554 laps

Podium

HUNHesketh
2
LAUFerrari
1
MASMcLaren
3

Key facts

WinnerLAU1:40:18.840 from P1
PoleLAU1:47.820
Fastest lapMAS1:50.600 on lap 38
Finishers18 / 26classified

Race result

PosDriverTeamGrid+/-LapsTime / gapPtsFastest lap
1LAUNiki LaudaFerrari1–541:40:18.8409–
2HUNJames HuntHesketh3▲154+1.590s6–
3MASJochen MassMcLaren7▲454+2.310s41:50.600
4FITEmerson FittipaldiMcLaren10▲654+39.770s3–
5ANDMario AndrettiParnelli15▲1054+62.080s2–
6DEPPatrick DepaillerTyrrell13▲754+67.400s1–
7BRITony BriseHill12▲554+69.610s–
8JARJean-Pierre JarierShadow4▼454+79.780s–
9SCHJody ScheckterTyrrell2▼754+91.680s–
10PETRonnie PetersonLotus17▲754+96.020s–
11LAFJacques LaffiteFrank Williams Racing Cars16▲554+96.770s–
12JABJean-Pierre JabouilleTyrrell21▲954+97.130s–
13WATJohn WatsonSurtees14▲153+1 lap–
14REUCarlos ReutemannBrabham11▼353+1 lap–
15VANGijs Van LennepEnsign22▲753+1 lap–
16JONAlan JonesHill20▲453+1 lap–
17EVABob EvansBRM25▲852+2 laps–
18LOMLella LombardiMarch26▲850+4 laps–
DNFPACCarlos PaceBrabham526Transmission–
DNFICKJacky IckxLotus1917Brakes–
DNFWFIWilson FittipaldiFittipaldi2314Engine–
DNFDONMark DonohuePenske186Transmission–
DNFBRAVittorio BrambillaMarch86Chassis–
DNFREGClay RegazzoniFerrari96Engine–
DNFPRYTom PryceShadow62Transmission–
DNSMIGFrançois MigaultFrank Williams Racing Cars240Did not start–

Qualifying

PosDriverTeamTimeGap to pole
1LAUNiki LaudaFerrari1:47.820
2SCHJody ScheckterTyrrell1:48.220+0.400s
3HUNJames HuntHesketh1:48.250+0.430s
4JARJean-Pierre JarierShadow1:48.440+0.620s
5PACCarlos PaceBrabham1:48.480+0.660s
6PRYTom PryceShadow1:48.480+0.660s
7MASJochen MassMcLaren1:48.540+0.720s
8BRAVittorio BrambillaMarch1:48.560+0.740s
9REGClay RegazzoniFerrari1:48.680+0.860s
10FITEmerson FittipaldiMcLaren1:48.750+0.930s
11REUCarlos ReutemannBrabham1:48.850+1.030s
12BRITony BriseHill1:49.210+1.390s
13DEPPatrick DepaillerTyrrell1:49.310+1.490s
14WATJohn WatsonSurtees1:49.700+1.880s
15ANDMario AndrettiParnelli1:49.720+1.900s
16LAFJacques LaffiteFrank Williams Racing Cars1:49.720+1.900s
17PETRonnie PetersonLotus1:50.040+2.220s
18DONMark DonohuePenske1:50.150+2.330s
19ICKJacky IckxLotus1:50.940+3.120s
20JONAlan JonesHill1:51.020+3.200s
21JABJean-Pierre JabouilleTyrrell1:51.060+3.240s
22VANGijs Van LennepEnsign1:51.210+3.390s
23WFIWilson FittipaldiFittipaldi1:51.640+3.820s
24MIGFrançois MigaultFrank Williams Racing Cars1:51.820+4.000s
25EVABob EvansBRM1:51.850+4.030s
26LOMLella LombardiMarch1:52.970+5.150s

Circuit Paul Ricard

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1975. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1973Ronnie PetersonLotus
1971Jackie StewartTyrrell

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