1975 South African Grand Prix

1975 South African Grand Prix
Race details
Date 1 March 1975
Official name XXI Lucky Strike Grand Prix of South Africa
Location Kyalami
Transvaal Province, South Africa
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.104 km (2.550 miles)
Distance 78 laps, 320.112 km (198.908 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Brabham-Ford
Time 1:16.41[1]
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford
Time 1:17.20[2] on lap 11
Podium
First Tyrrell-Ford
Second Brabham-Ford
Third Tyrrell-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1975 South African Grand Prix (formally the XXI Lucky Strike Grand Prix of South Africa) was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on 1 March 1975. It was race 3 of 14 in both the 1975 World Championship of Drivers and the 1975 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the 21st South African Grand Prix since the first Grand Prix was held in 1934 and the ninth to be held at Kyalami just outside Johannesburg. It was held over 78 laps of the four kilometre circuit for a race distance of 320 kilometres.[4]

Jody Scheckter became the first South African driver to win the race. Driving a Tyrrell 007, he took over the lead of the race from Carlos Pace on lap three and took a three-second win over the Brabham BT44B of Carlos Reutemann. Scheckter's Tyrrell teammate Patrick Depailler finished third.

  1. ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 71. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
  2. ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 72. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
  3. ^ "South African Grand Prix 1975". motorsport-stats.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  4. ^ "1975 South African Grand Prix Entry list".

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