1975 Austrian Grand Prix

1975 Austrian Grand Prix
Race details
Date 17 August 1975
Official name XIII Memphis Großer Preis von Österreich
Location Spielberg, Austria
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.911 km (3.673 miles)
Distance 29 laps, 171.419 km (106.517 miles)
Scheduled distance 54 laps, 319.914 km (198.342 miles)
Weather Heavy rain
Pole position
Driver
Ferrari
Time 1:34.85[1]
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford
Time 1:53.90[2]
Podium
First
March-Ford
Second
Hesketh-Ford
Third
Shadow-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1975 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Österreichring on 17 August 1975. It was race 12 of 14 in both the 1975 World Championship of Drivers and the 1975 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.[4] It was the eighth Austrian Grand Prix and the sixth to be held at the Österreichring. It was held over 29 of the scheduled 54 laps of the six kilometre circuit for a race distance of 171 kilometres. The race was shortened by heavy rain, meaning that only half points were awarded. The weekend itself was marred by the deaths of Mark Donohue and a track marshal in a practice crash.

Mastering the wet weather, the race was won by Italian driver Vittorio Brambilla driving a March 751. It was Brambilla's only Formula One win in his seven-year Grand Prix career. He took a 27-second win over British driver James Hunt in his Hesketh 308. Eight seconds further back was the Shadow DN5 of British driver Tom Pryce in the first of just two podiums in his abbreviated career.

  1. ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 93. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
  2. ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 95. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
  3. ^ "Austrian Grand Prix 1975". motorsport-stats.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  4. ^ "1975 Austrian Grand Prix Entry list".