| 1975 Swedish Grand Prix | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 8 June 1975 | ||
| Location | Scandinavian Raceway,Anderstorp | ||
| Course length | 4.018[1] km (2.497 miles) | ||
| Distance | 80 laps, 321.440[1] km (199.734 miles) | ||
| Weather | Dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | March-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:24.630[2] | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |  Niki Lauda | Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:28.267[3] on lap 61 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Brabham-Ford | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
Lap leaders | |||
The1975 Swedish Grand Prix was aFormula Onemotor race held at theScandinavian Raceway atAnderstorp on 8 June 1975. It was race 7 of 14 in both the1975 World Championship of Drivers and the1975 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the sixth Swedish Grand Prix after it was first held as the Swedish Summer Grand Prix in 1933, and the third to be held at Scandinavian Raceway. It was held over 80 laps of the four kilometre circuit for a race distance of 322 kilometres.
The race was won by Austrian driverNiki Lauda drivingFerrari 312T. He took a six-second victory over theBrabham BT44B of Argentinian racerCarlos Reutemann. Lauda'sFerrari teammate, Swiss driverClay Regazzoni finished third. It was Lauda's third consecutive win of the season after theMonaco andBelgian Grands Prix. The win strengthened his lead in the championship to ten points with Reutemann moving pastEmerson Fittipaldi into second place.
Qualifying resulted in pole position forVittorio Brambilla in his March,[5] while Lauda qualified fifth fastest and his teammateClay Regazzoni 11th. In the race Brambilla took the lead, but by lap 16 he was overtaken byCarlos Reutemann'sBrabham and eventually had to retire with a blistered front tyre.Tom Pryce had to pit early due to throttle slides being clogged by sand, whilstPatrick Depailler suffered a brake line leak. Hunt retired on lap 22 with a brake-pipe leak, promoting Regazzoni andMario Andretti. PoorJean-Pierre Jarier lost second place to failing oil pressure on lap 38. YoungTony Brise was showing little respect for his elders, overtakingMark Donohue andRonnie Peterson and then challenging championship leaderEmerson Fittipaldi. The battle which ensued slowed them up andJohn Watson in theSurtees had soon climbed up behind them. Meanwhile, Lauda was steadily progressing through the field and on lap 42 he was second. He put a series of fastest laps, benefiting from a harder tyre compound, closed on Reutemann and overtook him to win the Grand Prix by 6 seconds. Reutemann finished second with Regazzoni, in the other Ferrari 312T, third. Brise had his gearbox jammed in fourth and surrendered to Donohue, but on his third Grand Prix gained his first World Championship point andGraham Hill's first as a constructor. It would prove the only point of Brise's promising but brief F1 career. Fittipaldi suffered braking problems and was passed by Jody Scheckter at the race end to finish in eighth.
| Pos. | Driver | Constructor | Time/Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Vittorio Brambilla | March–Ford | 1:24.630 |
| 2 |  Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell–Ford | +0.380 |
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow–Ford | +0.430 |
| 4 |  Carlos Reutemann | Brabham–Ford | +0.550 |
| 5 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | +0.827 |
| 6 |  Carlos Pace | Brabham–Ford | +1.172 |
| 7 |  Tom Pryce | Shadow–Ford | +1.236 |
| 8 |  Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell–Ford | +1.270 |
| 9 |  Ronnie Peterson | Lotus–Ford | +1.382 |
| 10 | John Watson | Surtees–Ford | +1.455 |
| 11 | Emerson Fittipaldi | McLaren–Ford | +1.458 |
| 12 |  Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | +1.653 |
| 13 | James Hunt | Hesketh–Ford | +1.870 |
| 14 |  Jochen Mass | McLaren–Ford | +2.143 |
| 15 |  Mario Andretti | Parnelli–Ford | +2.191 |
| 16 | Mark Donohue | Penske–Ford | +2.524 |
| 17 | Tony Brise | Hill–Ford | +2.688 |
| 18 |  Jacky Ickx | Lotus–Ford | +2.690 |
| 19 |  Alan Jones | Hesketh–Ford | +2.745 |
| 20 | Ian Scheckter | Williams–Ford | +2.840 |
| 21 | Torsten Palm | Hesketh–Ford | +3.012 |
| 22 | Damien Magee | Williams–Ford | +3.046 |
| 23 | Bob Evans | BRM | +3.792 |
| 24 | Lella Lombardi | March–Ford | +4.057 |
| 25 | Wilson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi–Ford | +4.180 |
| 26 | Vern Schuppan | Hill–Ford | +4.350 |
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