Everything about The 1975 South African Grand Prix totally explained
The
1975 South African Grand Prix was a
Formula One motor race held at
Kyalami on
March 1,
1975.
Race summary
Ferrari had used the free month of February profitably, producing the new
312T model with a new transverse gearbox. There was also a new face in the persona of female Italian racer
Lella Lombardi.
Practice was eventful -
Graham Hill spun on oil dropped from
Ronnie Peterson's car and destroyed his car, opting to sit out the race. Once the débris had been cleared and holes in the catch fencing mended, there was a second accident as
Niki Lauda spun on engine oil, hitting the wall at 120mph. With further violent accidents to
Jody Scheckter and
Guy Tunmer, the drivers deemed the circuit not safe and refused to continue until fencing defects were remedied and the track improved, further helped by the support of mechanics who insisted no more practice be carried out.
When the racing got under way,
Carlos Pace led from pole in a Brabham 1-2 but was soon passed by
Jody Scheckter and
Carlos Reutemann after braking problems and Patrick Depailler soon climbed to 3rd.
James Hunt retired with a broken throttle linkage,
Vittorio Brambilla with oil cooler problems and
Ian Scheckter crashed.
Emerson Fittipaldi was challenging Depailler for 4th place when he suffered a cracked plug lead.
Jody Scheckter drove maturely to hold on to his win from Reutemann.
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