Season 1975 · Round 1

Argentine Grand Prix

1975 Season R2 →
1975-01-12 · Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez · Argentina · Argentine Grand Prix · 53Lap · 316.315km
1 Emerson Fittipaldi
McLaren 1:39:26.290
Team win 9pt P1 · P14
24 James Hunt
Hesketh +5.910
7 Carlos Reutemann
Brabham +17.060
Fastest Lap
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DNF
7
Carlos Pace L46 Arturo Merzario L44 Mario Andretti L27 Mike Wilds L24 Ronnie Peterson L15 Jacques Laffite L15 Wilson Fittipaldi L12
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 7/20 35%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez Buenos Aires, Argentina
53Lap 316.315km 20 races held (1953–) Lap record 1:27.981 · Gerhard Berger (1997)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Emerson Fittipaldi 2 wins · → Juan Fangio -1
P4 Mario Andretti 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
P4 Jody Scheckter 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P1 Carlos Reutemann 9 starts · GP #1
P2 Emerson Fittipaldi 8 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
P2 Clay Regazzoni 8 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L53 Fittipaldi · P5 → P1 · +4 5 Fittipaldi FIT 1 Fittipaldi FIT Hunt · P6 → P2 · +4 6 Hunt HUN 2 Hunt HUN Reutemann · P3 → P3 3 Reutemann REU 3 Reutemann REU Regazzoni · P7 → P4 · +3 7 Regazzoni REG 4 Regazzoni REG Depailler · P8 → P5 · +3 8 Depailler DEP 5 Depailler DEP Lauda · P4 → P6 · -2 4 Lauda LAU 6 Lauda LAU Donohue · P16 → P7 · +9 16 Donohue DON 7 Donohue DON Ickx · P18 → P8 · +10 18 Ickx ICK 8 Ickx ICK Brambilla · P12 → P9 · +3 12 Brambilla BRA 9 Brambilla BRA Hill · P21 → P10 · +11 21 Hill HIL 10 Hill HIL Scheckter · P9 → P11 · -2 9 Scheckter SCH 11 Scheckter SCH Pryce · P14 → P12 · +2 14 Pryce PRY 12 Pryce PRY Stommelen · P19 → P13 · +6 19 Stommelen STO 13 Stommelen STO Mass · P13 → P14 · -1 13 Mass MAS 14 Mass MAS Pace · P2 → retired L46 Pace · retired L46 2 Pace PAC R Pace PAC Merzario · P20 → retired L44 Merzario · retired L44 20 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Andretti · P10 → retired L27 Andretti · retired L27 10 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Wilds · P22 → retired L24 Wilds · retired L24 22 Wilds WIL R Wilds WIL Peterson · P11 → retired L15 Peterson · retired L15 11 Peterson PET R Peterson PET Laffite · P17 → retired L15 Laffite · retired L15 17 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Fittipaldi · P23 → retired L12 Fittipaldi · retired L12 23 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Watson · P15 → P22 · -7 15 Watson WAT 22 Watson WAT Jarier · P1 → P23 · -22 1 Jarier JAR 23 Jarier JAR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren 5 53 1:39:26.290 9
2 24 James Hunt Hesketh 6 53 +5.910 6
3 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 3 53 +17.060 4
4 11 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 7 53 +35.790 3
5 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 8 53 +54.250 2
6 12 Niki Lauda Ferrari 4 53 +1:19.650 1
7 28 Mark Donohue Penske 16 52 +1 Lap
8 6 Jacky Ickx Team Lotus 18 52 +1 Lap
9 9 Vittorio Brambilla March 12 52 +1 Lap
10 22 Graham Hill Lola 21 52 +1 Lap
11 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 9 52 +1 Lap
12 16 Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 14 51 Transmission
13 22 Rolf Stommelen Lola 19 51 +2 Laps
14 2 Jochen Mass McLaren 13 50 +3 Laps
R 8 Carlos Pace Brabham 2 46 Engine
R 30 Arturo Merzario Williams 20 44 Not classified
R 27 Mario Andretti Parnelli 10 27 Transmission
R 14 Mike Wilds BRM 22 24 Engine
R 5 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 11 15 Engine
R 21 Jacques Laffite Williams 17 15 Gearbox
R 30 Wilson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 23 12 Accident
D 28 John Watson Surtees 15 6 Disqualified
W 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 1 0 Transmission
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
17 Jean-Pierre Jarier
2
8 Carlos Pace
3
7 Carlos Reutemann
4
12 Niki Lauda
5
1 Emerson Fittipaldi
6
24 James Hunt
7
11 Clay Regazzoni
8
4 Patrick Depailler
9
3 Jody Scheckter
10
27 Mario Andretti
11
5 Ronnie Peterson
12
9 Vittorio Brambilla
13
2 Jochen Mass
14
16 Tom Pryce
15
28 John Watson
16
28 Mark Donohue
17
21 Jacques Laffite
18
6 Jacky Ickx
19
22 Rolf Stommelen
20
30 Arturo Merzario
21
22 Graham Hill
22
14 Mike Wilds
23
30 Wilson Fittipaldi
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15