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Motor car race
The
1975 French Grand Prix
was a
Formula One
motor race
held at
Paul Ricard
on 6 July 1975. It was race 9 of 14 in both the
1975 World Championship of Drivers
and the
1975 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers
. It was the 53rd
French Grand Prix
and the third to be held at Paul Ricard. The race was held over 54 laps of the 5.8-kilometre (3.6 mi) circuit for a race distance of 313 kilometres (194 mi).
The race was won from
pole position
by Austrian driver
Niki Lauda
, driving a
Ferrari
. Lauda led every lap and survived late charges from British driver
James Hunt
in the
Hesketh
-
Ford
and West German driver
Jochen Mass
in the
McLaren
-Ford, who finished 1.6 and 2.3 seconds behind respectively. It was Lauda's fourth win of the season, enabling him to extend his lead in the Drivers' Championship to 22 points over
Brabham
driver
Carlos Reutemann
.
Race summary
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Despite suffering from flu,
Niki Lauda
still took
pole position
.
Jean-Pierre Jarier
brought a smile to French faces by setting Friday's quickest time.
Jody Scheckter
driving the new lightweight
Tyrrell 007
set a record through the speed trap of 190 mph.
On the start line,
Tom Pryce
was left without a clutch and retired shortly afterwards. Lauda led from Scheckter,
James Hunt
and
Jochen Mass
.
Clay Regazzoni
had moved up to second before his engine exploded, Scheckter taking over the position before Hunt passed him on lap eight. Lauda and Hunt maintained first and second whilst Scheckter, struggling with handling issues, had to concede to Mass and
Emerson Fittipaldi
.
Jarier made a superb pass on him and made a brave bid to catch Fittipaldi, but rev-limiter problems caused him to fall back with erratic power.
Mario Andretti
and
Patrick Depailler
were performing brilliantly, advancing from eleventh to fifth and 19th to sixth respectively.
Alan Jones
was duelling with
Ronnie Peterson
and
Carlos Reutemann
when he spun into the catch fencing. Reutemann suffered from tyre problems and lost a lap, whilst
John Watson
suffered excess power and took to the escape road.
Vittorio Brambilla
retired with a damper problem,
Wilson Fittipaldi
blew his engine, and
Jacky Ickx
,
Mark Donohue
and
Carlos Pace
all broke their driveshafts. Mass was in rapid pursuit of Hunt and Lauda ? by the last lap he was only 2.4 seconds behind them. However, a superb lapping manoeuvre gave Hunt the space he needed. On the last corner, Lauda slid offline, but held on to win by 1.6 seconds.
Classification
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Qualifying classification
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Race classification
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Championship standings after the race
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- Drivers' Championship standings
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- Constructors' Championship standings
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- Note
: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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.
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