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South African Grand Prix

Lucky Strike Grand Prix of South Africa 1975

Round 3 of 14Kyalami Racing Circuit, MidrandMar 1 197578 laps

Podium

REUBrabham

SCHTyrrell

DEPTyrrell

Key facts

WinnerSCH1:43:16.900 from P3

PolePAC1:16.410

Fastest lapPAC1:17.200 on lap 11

Finishers17 / 26classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	SCHJody Scheckter	Tyrrell	3	▲2	78	1:43:16.900	9	–
2	REUCarlos Reutemann	Brabham	2	–	78	+3.740s	6	–
3	DEPPatrick Depailler	Tyrrell	5	▲2	78	+16.920s	4	–
4	PACCarlos Pace	Brabham	1	▼3	78	+17.310s	3	1:17.200
5	LAUNiki Lauda	Ferrari	4	▼1	78	+28.640s	2	–
6	MASJochen Mass	McLaren	16	▲10	78	+63.340s	1	–
7	STORolf Stommelen	Lola	14	▲7	78	+72.910s		–
8	DONMark Donohue	Penske	18	▲10	77	+1 lap		–
9	PRYTom Pryce	Shadow	19	▲10	77	+1 lap		–
10	PETRonnie Peterson	Lotus	8	▼2	77	+1 lap		–
11	TUNGuy Tunmer	Lotus	25	▲14	76	+2 laps		–
12	ICKJacky Ickx	Lotus	21	▲9	76	+2 laps		–
13	KEIEddie Keizan	Lotus	22	▲9	76	+2 laps		–
14	CHADave Charlton	McLaren	20	▲6	76	+2 laps		–
15	EVABob Evans	BRM	24	▲9	76	+2 laps		–
16	REGClay Regazzoni	Ferrari	9	▼7	71	+7 laps		–
17	ANDMario Andretti	Parnelli	6	▼11	70	+8 laps		–
NC	LAFJacques Laffite	Frank Williams Racing Cars	23		69	Not classified		–
NC	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	McLaren	11		65	Not classified		–
DNF	ISCIan Scheckter	Tyrrell	17		55	Accident		–
DNF	HUNJames Hunt	Hesketh	12		53	Fuel system		–
DNF	JARJean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow	13		37	Overheating		–
DNF	LOMLella Lombardi	March	26		23	Fuel system		–
DNF	MERArturo Merzario	Frank Williams Racing Cars	15		22	Engine		–
DNF	WATJohn Watson	Surtees	10		19	Clutch		–
DNF	BRAVittorio Brambilla	March	7		16	Radiator		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	PACCarlos Pace	Brabham	1:16.410
2	REUCarlos Reutemann	Brabham	1:16.480	+0.070s
3	SCHJody Scheckter	Tyrrell	1:16.640	+0.230s
4	LAUNiki Lauda	Ferrari	1:16.830	+0.420s
5	DEPPatrick Depailler	Tyrrell	1:16.830	+0.420s
6	ANDMario Andretti	Parnelli	1:16.890	+0.480s
7	BRAVittorio Brambilla	March	1:17.050	+0.640s
8	PETRonnie Peterson	Lotus	1:17.140	+0.730s
9	REGClay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1:17.160	+0.750s
10	WATJohn Watson	Surtees	1:17.170	+0.760s
11	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	McLaren	1:17.220	+0.810s
12	HUNJames Hunt	Hesketh	1:17.300	+0.890s
13	JARJean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow	1:17.320	+0.910s
14	STORolf Stommelen	Lola	1:17.470	+1.060s
15	MERArturo Merzario	Frank Williams Racing Cars	1:17.530	+1.120s
16	MASJochen Mass	McLaren	1:17.790	+1.380s
17	ISCIan Scheckter	Tyrrell	1:18.010	+1.600s
18	DONMark Donohue	Penske	1:18.280	+1.870s
19	PRYTom Pryce	Shadow	1:18.360	+1.950s
20	CHADave Charlton	McLaren	1:18.510	+2.100s
21	ICKJacky Ickx	Lotus	1:18.680	+2.270s
22	KEIEddie Keizan	Lotus	1:19.010	+2.600s
23	LAFJacques Laffite	Frank Williams Racing Cars	1:19.150	+2.740s
24	EVABob Evans	BRM	1:19.170	+2.760s
25	TUNGuy Tunmer	Lotus	1:19.520	+3.110s
26	LOMLella Lombardi	March	1:19.680	+3.270s
27	WFIWilson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	1:19.730	+3.320s
28	HILGraham Hill	Lola	1:21.450	+5.040s

Kyalami Racing Circuit

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

Previous winners here

1974	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham
1973	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell
1972	Denny Hulme	McLaren
1971	Mario Andretti	Ferrari
1970	Jack Brabham	Brabham
1969	Jackie Stewart	Matra
1968	Jim Clark	Lotus
1967	Pedro Rodríguez	Cooper

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