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1975 South Africa Grand Prix in Formula 1 at the Kyalami circuit. Full information

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1975 South Africa Grand Prix

1975 South Africa Grand Prix is 253rd Formula 1 Grand Prix. Passed at the Kyalami circuit. Carlos Pace won the pole position, Jody Scheckter won this race. This was his 3rd victory. Carlos Reutemann and Patrick Depailler also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 78 laps (320 km).

Previous Grand Prix: 1975 Brazil Grand Prix
Next Grand Prix: 1975 Spain Grand Prix

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1975 South Africa Grand Prix

19th victory for the Tyrrell team
3rd victory for the Jody Scheckter
7th podium for the Jody Scheckter
8th podium for the Carlos Reutemann
2nd podium for the Patrick Depailler

1975 South Africa Grand Prix

Tyrrell 007 - 1975 South Africa Grand Prix winner

1975 South Africa Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Points	Result	Lap	Team
1	Jody Scheckter	9.00	1h 43m 16.90s ( 185.964 km/h )	78	Elf Team Tyrrell
2	Carlos Reutemann	6.00	1h 43m 20.64s ( +03.74s )	78	Martini Racing
3	Patrick Depailler	4.00	1h 43m 33.82s ( +16.92s )	78	Elf Team Tyrrell
4	Carlos Pace	3.00	1h 43m 34.21s ( +17.31s )	78	Martini Racing
5	Niki Lauda	2.00	1h 43m 45.54s ( +28.64s )	78	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
6	Jochen Mass	1.00	1h 44m 20.24s ( +1m 03.34s )	78	Marlboro Team Texaco
7	Rolf Stommelen	0	1h 44m 29.81s ( +1m 12.91s )	78	Embassy Racing with Graham Hill
8	Mark Donohue	0		77	Penske Cars
9	Tom Pryce	0		77	UOP Shadow Racing Team
10	Ronnie Peterson	0		77	John Player Team Lotus
11	Guy Tunmer	0		76	Team Gunston
12	Jacky Ickx	0		76	John Player Team Lotus
13	Eddie Keizan	0		76	Team Gunston
14	Dave Charlton	0		76	Lucky Strike Racing
15	Bob Evans	0		76	Stanley BRM
16	Clay Regazzoni	0	Throttle	71	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
17	Mario Andretti	0	Joint	70	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
nc	Jacques Laffite	0		69	Frank Williams Racing Cars
nc	Emerson Fittipaldi	0		65	Marlboro Team Texaco
ab	Ian Scheckter	0	Accident	55	Lexington Racing
ab	James Hunt	0	Fuel injection	53	Hesketh Racing
ab	Jean-Pierre Jarier	0	Overheating	37	UOP Shadow Racing Team
ab	Lella Lombardi	0	Fuel pressure	23	March Engineering
ab	Arturo Merzario	0	Throttle	22	Frank Williams Racing Cars
ab	John Watson	0	Clutch	19	Team Surtees
ab	Vittorio Brambilla	0	Oil line	16	Beta Team March
np	Graham Hill	0	Accident		Embassy Racing with Graham Hill
nq	Wilson Fittipaldi	0			Copersucar-Fittipaldi

Qualifying Results for the 1975 South Africa Grand Prix on the Kyalami circuit

Position	Name	Result	Team
1	Carlos Pace	1'16''41	Martini Racing
2	Carlos Reutemann	1'16''48	Martini Racing
3	Jody Scheckter	1'16''64	Elf Team Tyrrell
4	Niki Lauda	1'16''83	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
5	Patrick Depailler	1'16''83	Elf Team Tyrrell
6	Mario Andretti	1'16''89	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
7	Vittorio Brambilla	1'17''05	Beta Team March
8	Ronnie Peterson	1'17''14	John Player Team Lotus
9	Clay Regazzoni	1'17''16	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
10	John Watson	1'17''17	Team Surtees
11	Emerson Fittipaldi	1'17''22	Marlboro Team Texaco
12	James Hunt	1'17''30	Hesketh Racing
13	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1'17''32	UOP Shadow Racing Team
14	Rolf Stommelen	1'17''47	Embassy Racing with Graham Hill
15	Arturo Merzario	1'17''53	Frank Williams Racing Cars
16	Jochen Mass	1'17''79	Marlboro Team Texaco
17	Ian Scheckter	1'18''01	Lexington Racing
18	Mark Donohue	1'18''28	Penske Cars
19	Tom Pryce	1'18''36	UOP Shadow Racing Team
20	Dave Charlton	1'18''51	Lucky Strike Racing
21	Jacky Ickx	1'18''68	John Player Team Lotus
22	Eddie Keizan	1'19''01	Team Gunston
23	Jacques Laffite	1'19''15	Frank Williams Racing Cars
24	Bob Evans	1'19''17	Stanley BRM
25	Guy Tunmer	1'19''52	Team Gunston
26	Lella Lombardi	1'19''68	March Engineering
27	Wilson Fittipaldi	1'19''73	Copersucar-Fittipaldi
28	Graham Hill	1'21''45	Embassy Racing with Graham Hill