1975 Austrian Grand Prix

The Austrian Grand Prix 1975 was the 12th round of the 1975 F1 season, and took place at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria, on August 17th.

Vittorio Brambilla won the race after starting in the 8th position, followed by James Hunt, and Tom Pryce completing the podium with an expectacular comeback, all the way from the 15th position of the grid.

Niki Lauda started from the pole position, but only managed to finish 6th.

Final results

Race evolution

Pit Stops

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 11 drivers out of the original 30 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Roelof Wunderink, who did not classify on lap 25, Harald Ertl, who suffered from electrical problems on lap 23, Jacques Laffite, who on lap 21, Carlos Pace, Jo Vonlanthen, and Bob Evans, all of whom suffered an engine malfunction, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Mario Andretti, Mark Donohue, and Brian Henton, all of whom had to retire due to an accident, and Jean-Pierre Jarier, who had an problem with the injection on lap 10.

Qualifying