1975 Swiss Grand Prix
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CountryFrance
Grand prixSwiss Grand Prix
Official nameSwiss Grand Prix
LocationDijon-Prenois, Dijon, France
Date24 August
Year1975
CoursePermanent racing facility
Course2.044 mi
Course3.289 km
Distance laps60
Distance122.64 mi
Distance197.34 km
WeatherDry
Pole driverJean-Pierre Jarier
Pole countryFRA
Pole teamShadow-Ford
Pole time0:59.25
Fast driverJean-Pierre Jarier
Fast teamShadow-Ford
Fast countryFRA
Fast time1:00.44
First driverClay Regazzoni
First countrySUI
First teamFerrari
Second driverPatrick Depailler
Second countryFRA
Second teamTyrrell-Ford
Third driverJochen Mass
Third countryGER
Third teamMcLaren-Ford

The 1975 Swiss Grand Prix was a non-championship Formula One race held on 24 August 1975 at the Dijon-Prenois racetrack near Dijon, France, as circuit racing in Switzerland had been banned after the 1955 Le Mans disaster.

The 1975 French Grand Prix had been held in July at Circuit Paul Ricard, and the Swiss GP took place a week after the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix, two weeks before the 1975 Italian Grand Prix. Only the 1982 Swiss Grand Prix was part of the championship.

Report

The week before in Austria, 30 cars had been entered, and 29 raced. The championship leaders Niki Lauda and Carlos Reutemann were not among the 16 entrants of this race.

Jean-Pierre Jarier took pole from reigning champion Emerson Fittipaldi, with home favourite Clay Regazzoni third and Jochen Mass in the other McLaren in fourth. Patrick Depailler qualified fifth and rounded out the five drivers in four makes to lap the short circuit in under a minute.[1]

Fittipaldi's clutch slipped on the line and after 2 laps he retired completely. Jarier led from home favourite Clay Regazzoni, Depailler, Mass and John Watson. James Hunt was maintaining 6th place, despite suffering dreadful handling problems. Losing power on the corners, he soon lost position to Carlos Pace and Ronnie Peterson.

Jarier's lead had built up and he looked certain to obtain his first Formula One victory. Gearbox drive problems thwarted him though and a bitterly disappointed Jarier retired on lap 34.

Peterson also passed Watson to take 5th before the close, leaving the order at the end as Regazzoni, Depailler, Mass, Peterson, Watson, Pace. It was the only time in the short history of the Swiss Grand Prix that a Swiss driver won the race.

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorTime
117Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford59.25
21Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford59.27
312Clay RegazzoniFerrari59.76
42Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford59.92
54Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford59.99
618John WatsonSurtees-Ford1'00.04
78Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford1'00.13
816Tom PryceShadow-Ford1'00.28
931Chris AmonEnsign-Ford1'00.32
105Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford1'00.41
1124James HuntHesketh-Ford1'00.47
129Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford1'00.63
1321Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford1'01.07
1422Rolf StommelenHill-Ford1'02.00
1520Jo VonlanthenWilliams-Ford1'02.81
1635Tony TrimmerMaki-Ford1'04.29
Sources: [2]

Race Result

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGrid
112Clay RegazzoniFerrari601:01:25.343
24Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford60+ 0:08.355
32Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford60+ 0:15.444
45Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford60+ 0:40.1410
518John WatsonSurtees-Ford60+ 0:45.556
68Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford60+ 0:45.907
716Tom PryceShadow-Ford60+ 0:46.668
824James HuntHesketh-Ford59+ 1 Lap11
931Chris AmonEnsign-Ford59+ 1 Lap9
1021Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford59+ 1 Lap13
119Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford58+ 2 Laps12
1222Rolf StommelenHill-Ford58+ 2 Laps14
1335Tony TrimmerMaki-Ford54+ 6 Laps16
NC20Jo VonlanthenWilliams-Ford51+ 9 Laps15
Ret17Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford33Transmission1
Ret1Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford6Clutch2
Sources:[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "1975 Swiss Grand Prix | Motorsport Database". Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  2. ^ "1975 Swiss GP – Qualifying". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  3. ^ "1975 Swiss GP – Classification". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  4. ^ "1975 – XV Grosser Preis der Schweiz". StatsF1. Retrieved 28 February 2024.