1975 Swedish Grand Prix

1975 Swedish Grand Prix
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 Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari
Time 1:28.267[3] on lap 61
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Brabham-Ford
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1975 Swedish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Scandinavian Raceway at Anderstorp on 8 June 1975. It was race 7 of 14 in both the 1975 World Championship of Drivers and the 1975 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 driver Niki Lauda driving Ferrari 312T. He took a six-second victory over the Brabham BT44B of Argentinian racer Carlos Reutemann. Lauda's Ferrari teammate, Swiss driver Clay Regazzoni finished third. It was Lauda's third consecutive win of the season after the Monaco and Belgian Grands Prix. The win strengthened his lead in the championship to ten points with Reutemann moving past Emerson Fittipaldi into second place.

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