1975 Dutch Grand Prix | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 22 June 1975 | ||
Official name | XXII Grand Prix Zandvoort | ||
Location | Zandvoort | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 4.226 km (2.626 miles) | ||
Distance | 75 laps, 316.95 km (196.95 miles) | ||
Weather | Wet, drying later | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Ferrari | ||
Time | 1:20.29[1] | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | |
Time | 1:21.54[2] on lap 55 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Hesketh-Ford | ||
Second | Ferrari | ||
Third | Ferrari | ||
Lap leaders
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The 1975 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Zandvoort on 22 June 1975. It was race 8 of 14 in both the 1975 World Championship of Drivers and the 1975 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the 24th Dutch Grand Prix. It was held over 75 laps of the four kilometre circuit for a race distance of 318 kilometres.
The race is memorable for one of the greatest underdog victories in Formula One. British driver and future world champion James Hunt won his first Formula One Grand Prix, giving small privateer operation Hesketh Racing the highlight of its six-year history with its first and only Grand Prix win. Hunt drove his Hesketh 308 to a one-second win over the Ferrari 312T of the World Championship points leader, Austrian driver Niki Lauda. Third was taken by Lauda's Ferrari team mate, Swiss driver Clay Regazzoni.