Season 1975 · Round 2

Brazilian Grand Prix

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1975-01-26 · Autódromo José Carlos Pace · Brazil · Brazilian Grand Prix · 40Lap · 318.400km
8 Carlos Pace
Brabham 1:44:41.170
1 Emerson Fittipaldi
McLaren +5.790
Team win 10pt P2 · P3 2-3
2 Jochen Mass
McLaren +26.660
Fastest Lap
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DNF
8
Jean-Pierre Jarier L32 Patrick Depailler L31 Tom Pryce L31 Arturo Merzario L24 Mark Donohue L22 Mike Wilds L22 Jody Scheckter L18 Vittorio Brambilla L1
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 19/42 45.2%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Closest finish · all-time P48
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo, Brazil
40Lap 318.400km 43 races held (1973–) Lap record 1:10.540 · Valtteri Bottas (2018)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Carlos Reutemann 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P5 Emerson Fittipaldi 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P15 Niki Lauda 1 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
P16 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P22 Niki Lauda 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
P26 Jean-Pierre Jarier 10 starts · → Nico Rosberg -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 L40 Pace · P6 → P1 · +5 6 Pace PAC 1 Pace PAC Fittipaldi · P2 → P2 2 Fittipaldi FIT 2 Fittipaldi FIT Mass · P10 → P3 · +7 10 Mass MAS 3 Mass MAS Regazzoni · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Regazzoni REG 4 Regazzoni REG Lauda · P4 → P5 · -1 4 Lauda LAU 5 Lauda LAU Hunt · P7 → P6 · +1 7 Hunt HUN 6 Hunt HUN Andretti · P18 → P7 · +11 18 Andretti AND 7 Andretti AND Reutemann · P3 → P8 · -5 3 Reutemann REU 8 Reutemann REU Ickx · P12 → P9 · +3 12 Ickx ICK 9 Ickx ICK Watson · P13 → P10 · +3 13 Watson WAT 10 Watson WAT Laffite · P11 → P11 11 Laffite LAF 11 Laffite LAF Hill · P20 → P12 · +8 20 Hill HIL 12 Hill HIL Fittipaldi · P21 → P13 · +8 21 Fittipaldi FIT 13 Fittipaldi FIT Stommelen · P23 → P14 · +9 23 Stommelen STO 14 Stommelen STO Peterson · P16 → P15 · +1 16 Peterson PET 15 Peterson PET Jarier · P1 → retired L32 Jarier · retired L32 1 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Depailler · P9 → retired L31 Depailler · retired L31 9 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Pryce · P14 → retired L31 Pryce · retired L31 14 Pryce PRY R Pryce PRY Merzario · P11 → retired L24 Merzario · retired L24 11 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Donohue · P15 → retired L22 Donohue · retired L22 15 Donohue DON R Donohue DON Wilds · P22 → retired L22 Wilds · retired L22 22 Wilds WIL R Wilds WIL Scheckter · P8 → retired L18 Scheckter · retired L18 8 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Brambilla · P17 → retired L1 Brambilla · retired L1 17 Brambilla BRA R Brambilla BRA
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 8 Carlos Pace Brabham 6 40 1:44:41.170 9
2 1 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren 2 40 +5.790 6
3 2 Jochen Mass McLaren 10 40 +26.660 4
4 11 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 5 40 +43.280 3
5 12 Niki Lauda Ferrari 4 40 +1:01.880 2
6 24 James Hunt Hesketh 7 40 +1:05.120 1
7 27 Mario Andretti Parnelli 18 40 +1:06.810
8 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 3 40 +1:39.620
9 6 Jacky Ickx Team Lotus 12 40 +1:51.840
10 28 John Watson Surtees 13 40 +2:29.600
11 21 Jacques Laffite Williams 11 39 +1 Lap
12 22 Graham Hill Lola 20 39 +1 Lap
13 30 Wilson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 21 39 +1 Lap
14 22 Rolf Stommelen Lola 23 39 +1 Lap
15 5 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 16 38 +2 Laps
R 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 1 32 Fuel system
R 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 9 31 Suspension
R 16 Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 14 31 Accident
R 30 Arturo Merzario Williams 11 24 Fuel system
R 28 Mark Donohue Penske 15 22 Handling
R 14 Mike Wilds BRM 22 22 Electrical
R 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 8 18 Oil leak
R 9 Vittorio Brambilla March 17 1 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
17 Jean-Pierre Jarier
2
1 Emerson Fittipaldi
3
7 Carlos Reutemann
4
12 Niki Lauda
5
11 Clay Regazzoni
6
8 Carlos Pace
7
24 James Hunt
8
3 Jody Scheckter
9
4 Patrick Depailler
10
2 Jochen Mass
11
21 Jacques Laffite
11
30 Arturo Merzario
12
6 Jacky Ickx
13
28 John Watson
14
16 Tom Pryce
15
28 Mark Donohue
16
5 Ronnie Peterson
17
9 Vittorio Brambilla
18
27 Mario Andretti
20
22 Graham Hill
21
30 Wilson Fittipaldi
22
14 Mike Wilds
23
22 Rolf Stommelen
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.
No data for this session.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
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