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 |
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.