Season 1975 · Round 3

South African Grand Prix

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1975-03-01 · Kyalami · South Africa · South African Grand Prix · 78Lap · 320.112km
3 Jody Scheckter
Tyrrell 1:43:16.900
Team win 13pt P1 · P3 · P20 1-3
7 Carlos Reutemann
Brabham +3.740
4 Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell +16.920
Fastest Lap
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DNF
9
Jacques Laffite L69 Emerson Fittipaldi L65 Ian Scheckter L55 James Hunt L53 Jean-Pierre Jarier L37 Lella Lombardi L23 Arturo Merzario L22 John Watson L19 Vittorio Brambilla L16
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 4/20 20%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P41
Circuit Info
Kyalami Midrand, South Africa
78Lap 320.112km 20 races held (1967–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Niki Lauda 3 wins · GP #1
P6 Graham Hill 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P6 Mario Andretti 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Podiums
P1 Graham Hill 5 · GP #1
P4 Niki Lauda 3 · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P1 Niki Lauda 12 starts · GP #1
P2 Graham Hill 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
P2 Mario Andretti 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L78 Scheckter · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Scheckter SCH 1 Scheckter SCH Reutemann · P2 → P2 2 Reutemann REU 2 Reutemann REU Depailler · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Depailler DEP 3 Depailler DEP Pace · P1 → P4 · -3 1 Pace PAC 4 Pace PAC Lauda · P4 → P5 · -1 4 Lauda LAU 5 Lauda LAU Mass · P16 → P6 · +10 16 Mass MAS 6 Mass MAS Stommelen · P14 → P7 · +7 14 Stommelen STO 7 Stommelen STO Donohue · P18 → P8 · +10 18 Donohue DON 8 Donohue DON Pryce · P19 → P9 · +10 19 Pryce PRY 9 Pryce PRY Peterson · P8 → P10 · -2 8 Peterson PET 10 Peterson PET Tunmer · P25 → P11 · +14 25 Tunmer TUN 11 Tunmer TUN Ickx · P21 → P12 · +9 21 Ickx ICK 12 Ickx ICK Keizan · P22 → P13 · +9 22 Keizan KEI 13 Keizan KEI Charlton · P20 → P14 · +6 20 Charlton CHA 14 Charlton CHA Evans · P24 → P15 · +9 24 Evans EVA 15 Evans EVA Regazzoni · P9 → P16 · -7 9 Regazzoni REG 16 Regazzoni REG Andretti · P6 → P17 · -11 6 Andretti AND 17 Andretti AND Laffite · P23 → retired L69 Laffite · retired L69 23 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Fittipaldi · P11 → retired L65 Fittipaldi · retired L65 11 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Scheckter · P17 → retired L55 Scheckter · retired L55 17 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Hunt · P12 → retired L53 Hunt · retired L53 12 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Jarier · P13 → retired L37 Jarier · retired L37 13 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Lombardi · P26 → retired L23 Lombardi · retired L23 26 Lombardi LOM R Lombardi LOM Merzario · P15 → retired L22 Merzario · retired L22 15 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Watson · P10 → retired L19 Watson · retired L19 10 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Brambilla · P7 → retired L16 Brambilla · retired L16 7 Brambilla BRA R Brambilla BRA
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 3 78 1:43:16.900 9
2 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 2 78 +3.740 6
3 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 5 78 +16.920 4
4 8 Carlos Pace Brabham 1 78 +17.310 3
5 12 Niki Lauda Ferrari 4 78 +28.640 2
6 2 Jochen Mass McLaren 16 78 +1:03.640 1
7 22 Rolf Stommelen Embassy Hill 14 78 +1:12.910
8 28 Mark Donohue Penske 18 77 +1 Lap
9 16 Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 19 77 +1 Lap
10 5 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 8 77 +1 Lap
11 34 Guy Tunmer Team Lotus 25 76 +2 Laps
12 6 Jacky Ickx Team Lotus 21 76 +2 Laps
13 33 Eddie Keizan Team Lotus 22 76 +2 Laps
14 31 Dave Charlton McLaren 20 76 +2 Laps
15 14 Bob Evans BRM 24 76 +2 Laps
16 11 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 9 71 Throttle
17 27 Mario Andretti Parnelli 6 70 Transmission
R 21 Jacques Laffite Williams 23 69 Not classified
R 1 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren 11 65 Not classified
R 20 Ian Scheckter Tyrrell 17 55 Accident
R 24 James Hunt Hesketh 12 53 Fuel system
R 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 13 37 Overheating
R 20 Lella Lombardi March 26 23 Fuel system
R 30 Arturo Merzario Williams 15 22 Engine
R 28 John Watson Surtees 10 19 Clutch
R 9 Vittorio Brambilla March 7 16 Radiator
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
8 Carlos Pace
2
7 Carlos Reutemann
3
3 Jody Scheckter
4
12 Niki Lauda
5
4 Patrick Depailler
6
27 Mario Andretti
7
9 Vittorio Brambilla
8
5 Ronnie Peterson
9
11 Clay Regazzoni
10
28 John Watson
11
1 Emerson Fittipaldi
12
24 James Hunt
13
17 Jean-Pierre Jarier
14
22 Rolf Stommelen
15
30 Arturo Merzario
16
2 Jochen Mass
17
20 Ian Scheckter
18
28 Mark Donohue
19
16 Tom Pryce
20
31 Dave Charlton
21
6 Jacky Ickx
22
33 Eddie Keizan
23
21 Jacques Laffite
24
14 Bob Evans
25
34 Guy Tunmer
26
20 Lella Lombardi
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