The 1975 Austrian Grand Prix was Round 12 of the 1975 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at the Österreichring circuit in Austria on Sunday, 17 August 1975. Niki Lauda started on pole position for Ferrari and Vittorio Brambilla was declared the race winner in the March Ford when the Grand Prix was abandoned after 29 laps due to bad weather. As with the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix, only half points were awarded to the top 6 finishers of this race.
1975 Austrian Grand Prix Race Result
Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Speed | Started | Points |
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1 | 9 | Vittorio Brambilla | Italy | March Ford | Goodyear | 29 | 57:56.690 | 57:56.690 | - | - | 1:53.900 | 177.500 | 8 | 4.5 |
2 | 24 | James Hunt | Great Britain | Hesketh Ford | Goodyear | 29 | +27.030 | 58:23.720 | +27.030 | +27.030 | 176.130 | 2 | 3 | |
3 | 16 | Tom Pryce | Great Britain | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 29 | +34.850 | 58:31.540 | +34.850 | +7.820 | 175.740 | 15 | 2 | |
4 | 2 | Jochen Mass | Germany | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 29 | +1:12.660 | 59:09.350 | +1:12.660 | +37.810 | 173.870 | 9 | 1.5 | |
5 | 5 | Ronnie Peterson | Sweden | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 29 | +1:23.330 | 59:20.020 | +1:23.330 | +10.670 | 173.340 | 13 | 1 | |
6 | 12 | Niki Lauda | Austria | Ferrari | Goodyear | 29 | +1:30.280 | 59:26.970 | +1:30.280 | +6.950 | 173.010 | 1 | 0.5 | |
7 | 11 | Clay Regazzoni | Switzerland | Ferrari | Goodyear | 29 | +1:39.070 | 59:35.760 | +1:39.070 | +8.790 | 172.580 | 5 | ||
8 | 3 | Jody Scheckter | South Africa | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 28 | +1 lap | 57:29.950 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 172.710 | 10 | ||
9 | 1 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Brazil | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 28 | +1 lap | 57:32.890 | 1 lap | +2.940 | 172.560 | 3 | ||
10 | 18 | John Watson | Great Britain | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | 28 | +1 lap | 58:07.510 | 1 lap | +34.620 | 170.850 | 18 | ||
11 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 28 | +1 lap | 58:19.430 | 1 lap | +11.920 | 170.260 | 7 | ||
12 | 31 | Chris Amon | New Zealand | Ensign Ford | Goodyear | 28 | +1 lap | 58:21.430 | 1 lap | +2.000 | 170.170 | 23 | ||
13 | 25 | Brett Lunger | United States | Hesketh Ford | Goodyear | 28 | +1 lap | 58:42.110 | 1 lap | +20.680 | 169.170 | 17 | ||
14 | 7 | Carlos Reutemann | Argentina | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | 28 | +1 lap | 59:00.240 | 1 lap | +18.130 | 168.300 | 11 | ||
15 | 23 | Tony Brise | Great Britain | Hill Ford | Goodyear | 28 | +1 lap | 59:25.250 | 1 lap | +25.010 | 167.120 | 16 | ||
16 | 22 | Rolf Stommelen | Germany | Hill Ford | Goodyear | 27 | +2 laps | 57:21.860 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 166.930 | 25 | ||
17 | 29 | Lella Lombardi | Italy | March Ford | Goodyear | 26 | +3 laps | 58:12.430 | 3 laps | 1 lap | 158.420 | 21 | ||
NC | 33 | Roelof Wunderink | Netherlands | Ensign Ford | Goodyear | 25 | +4 laps | 27 | ||||||
DNF | 32 | Harald Ertl | Austria | Hesketh Ford | Goodyear | 23 | Electrical | 26 | ||||||
DNF | 21 | Jacques Laffite | France | Williams Ford | Goodyear | 21 | Handling | 12 | ||||||
DNF | 8 | Carlos Pace | Brazil | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | 17 | Engine | 6 | ||||||
DNF | 20 | Jo Vonlanthen | Switzerland | Williams Ford | Goodyear | 14 | Engine | 28 | ||||||
DNF | 10 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Germany | March Ford | Goodyear | 10 | Accident | 4 | ||||||
DNF | 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | France | Shadow Matra | Goodyear | 10 | Injection | 14 | ||||||
DNF | 14 | Bob Evans | Great Britain | BRM | Goodyear | 2 | Engine | 24 | ||||||
DNF | 27 | Mario Andretti | United States | Parnelli Ford | Goodyear | 1 | Accident | 19 | ||||||
DNS | 28 | Mark Donohue | United States | March Ford | Goodyear | Fatal Accident | 20 | |||||||
DNS | 6 | Brian Henton | Great Britain | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | Accident | 22 | |||||||
DNQ | 35 | Tony Trimmer | Great Britain | Maki Ford | Goodyear | |||||||||
DNQ | 30 | Wilson Fittipaldi | Brazil | Fittipaldi Ford | Goodyear |