The 1975 South African Grand Prix was Round 3 of the 1975 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Kyalami in South Africa on Sunday, 1 March 1975. Carlos Pace started on pole position in the Brabham Ford and Jody Scheckter was the race winner in the Tyrrell Ford.
1975 South African Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Jody Scheckter | South Africa | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 78 | 1:43:16.900 | 1:43:16.900 | - | - | 1:18.510 | 8 | 185.960 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 7 | Carlos Reutemann | Argentina | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | 78 | +3.740 | 1:43:20.640 | +3.740 | +3.740 | 1:18.730 | 7 | 185.850 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 78 | +16.920 | 1:43:33.820 | +16.920 | +13.180 | 1:18.780 | 8 | 185.460 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 8 | Carlos Pace | Brazil | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | 78 | +17.310 | 1:43:34.210 | +17.310 | +0.390 | 1:17.200 | 11 | 185.450 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 12 | Niki Lauda | Austria | Ferrari | Goodyear | 78 | +28.640 | 1:43:45.540 | +28.640 | +11.330 | 1:18.920 | 67 | 185.110 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | Jochen Mass | Germany | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 78 | +1:03.640 | 1:44:20.240 | +1:03.340 | +34.700 | 1:18.670 | 3 | 184.080 | 16 | 1 |
| 7 | 23 | Rolf Stommelen | Germany | Hill Ford | Goodyear | 78 | +1:12.910 | 1:44:29.810 | +1:12.910 | +9.570 | 1:19.320 | 74 | 183.800 | 14 | |
| 8 | 28 | Mark Donohue | United States | Penske Ford | Goodyear | 77 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:18.040 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 9 | 16 | Tom Pryce | Great Britain | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 77 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:19.790 | 63 | 19 | ||||
| 10 | 5 | Ronnie Peterson | Sweden | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 77 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:18.760 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| 11 | 34 | Guy Tunmer | South Africa | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 76 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:20.090 | 50 | 25 | |||
| 12 | 6 | Jacky Ickx | Belgium | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 76 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:17.760 | 3 | 21 | ||||
| 13 | 33 | Eddie Keizan | South Africa | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 76 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:20.730 | 48 | 22 | ||||
| 14 | 31 | Dave Charlton | South Africa | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 76 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:18.320 | 2 | 20 | ||||
| 15 | 14 | Bob Evans | Great Britain | BRM | Goodyear | 76 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:19.280 | 3 | 24 | ||||
| 16 | 11 | Clay Regazzoni | Switzerland | Ferrari | Goodyear | 71 | Throttle | 7 laps | 5 laps | 1:18.480 | 71 | 9 | |||
| 17 | 27 | Mario Andretti | United States | Parnelli Ford | Goodyear | 70 | Transmission | 8 laps | 1 lap | 1:19.350 | 5 | 6 | |||
| NC | 21 | Jacques Laffite | France | Williams Ford | Goodyear | 69 | +9 laps | 1:18.100 | 3 | 23 | |||||
| NC | 1 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Brazil | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 65 | +13 laps | 1:18.570 | 64 | 11 | |||||
| DNF | 32 | Ian Scheckter | South Africa | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 55 | Accident | 1:19.240 | 9 | 17 | |||||
| DNF | 24 | James Hunt | Great Britain | Hesketh Ford | Goodyear | 53 | Fuel System | 1:19.080 | 51 | 12 | |||||
| DNF | 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | France | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 37 | Overheating | 1:18.730 | 2 | 13 | |||||
| DNF | 10 | Lella Lombardi | Italy | March Ford | Goodyear | 23 | Fuel System | 1:22.220 | 2 | 26 | |||||
| DNF | 20 | Arturo Merzario | Italy | Williams Ford | Goodyear | 22 | Engine | 1:19.510 | 6 | 15 | |||||
| DNF | 18 | John Watson | Great Britain | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | 19 | Clutch | 1:18.500 | 2 | 10 | |||||
| DNF | 9 | Vittorio Brambilla | Italy | March Ford | Goodyear | 16 | Radiator | 1:19.880 | 11 | 7 | |||||
| DNQ | 30 | Wilson Fittipaldi | Brazil | Fittipaldi Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 22 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | Hill Ford | Goodyear |