Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina 12 Januari 1975, Buenos Aires
Ronnie Peterson i säsongens första tävling - Ronnies 63:e F1 start sedan debuten 1970. Ronnie kommer till start med nr 5 på den svarta Lotusen - en nummer han därefter kör med resten av säsongen. Trots löften från Colin Chapman om en nykonstruerad Lotus är det fortfarande den ålderstigna 72:an som gäller. Detta gör det mycket svårt att hävda sig mot de mer konkurrenskraftiga bilarna från de övriga toppstallen, vilket tidskvalet visar med önskvärd tydlighet - Ronnie är inte bättre än 11:a.
Jean-Pierre Jarier i en Shadow skulle egentligen ha stått i "pole position" före Carlos Pace i en Brabham - en något förvånande startordning - men han kommer inte till start! Istället blir det Carlos Reutemann som från det andra ledet tar starten, en ledning han håller till det 26:e varvet då James Hunt i en Hesketh tar sig förbi. Denna tätposition får Hunt dock endast behålla i åtta varv (trots bästa varvtid med 1.50,91), varefter Emerson Fittipaldi (McLaren) blir för svår. Fittipaldi håller ledningen in i mål och tar sin första seger för säsongen före Hunt och Pace. Loppet har då sett följande förare i ledarposition: Reutemann 1-25; Hunt 26-34; Fittipaldi 35-53.
Ronnie tvingas bryta loppet efter 15 varv och problem med växellådan och bromsarna...
Summary in english
There were not many changes in the winter
of 1974-75. Yardley withdrew and so McLaren concentrated it efforts
on the two Marlboro cars. John Mass was taken on to replace the retired Denny Hulme. The Tyrrell, Lotus, Ferrari, Brabham, Shadow, Hesketh and Hill teams
remained with the same drivers. Brabham landed sponsorship from
Martini while Hill began to build his own cars his team having developed the
Lola to such an extent that it ceased to be a Lola. Frank Williams finally began to race
cars under his own name, having ended the relationship with Iso because the
Italians had not paid. He retained Arturo Merzario and Jacques Laffite. March announced that it
was not going to continue but then changed its mind and entered Vittorio Brambilla with backing from
Beta. There were big chances at BRM following financial problems with
Sir Alfred Owen's Rubery Owen company. The team was renamed Stanley BRM after Louis Stanley (who was married
to Owen's sister Jean) and most of the existing management departed. Tim Parnell giving up as team
manager and designer Mike Pilbeam moving on. Only one car was entered and, in an
effort to drum up British support the car were painted red, white and blue and
was driven by Mike Wilds. Surtees
also reduced its involvement to one car (with support from Matchbox Toys) and
hired John Watson to drive, Hexagon
of Highgate having closed down its F1 operation. Penske and Parnelli both became full-time F1
teams with drivers Mario Andretti
and Mark Donohue while Wilson Fittipaldi began campaigning
the Fittipaldi chassis, designed by Richard Divila and supported by
Copersucar.
Helping to level the playing field, Firestone announced that it was withdrawing
from F1 and so Goodyear ended up with a virtual monopoly (although Parnelli did run Firestones
briefly in the course of the year).
The big news in qualifying in Buenos Aires was the pace of the new Shadow DN5 with which Jean-Pierre Jarier took pole
position by nearly half a second, beating Brabham's Carlos Pace. The second row featured
Carlos Reutemann in
the other Brabham and Niki Lauda in the Ferrari. Then
came World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi
(McLaren), James Hunt (Hesketh), Clay Regazzoni (Ferrari) and Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell). The top 10 was
completed by Jody Scheckter (Tyrrell) and Andretti. The Lotuses were not very
competitive with Ronnie Peterson
11th and Jacky Ickx 18th.
On the final parade lap Jarier's transmission failed and so the race started
with the pole position man and this enabled Reutemann to jump ahead of his team
mate Pace at the start, to the delight of the crowd. At the first corner Mass
and Scheckter collided and both cars ended up in the pits. Lauda ran third with
Hunt right behind him and on lap eight the Hesketh finally overtook the Ferrari and chased after the two
Brabhams.
There was some excitement when the new Fittipaldi spun out of control, crashed
into a barrier and caught fire. Wilson Fittipaldi was able to get
out but the car was destroyed in the blaze. While this was happening Pace took
the lead but then spun near the scene of the accident and dropped to seventh
place. Hunt closed gradually up on Reutemann and on lap 26 he took the lead. As
Hunt closed in on Reutemann Fittipaldi (E) moved ahead of Lauda to run third and
he was soon past Reutemann as well and closing on the leader. On lap 35 the McLaren went ahead.
The order remained unchanged at the front with Fittipaldi winning from Hunt and
Reutemann. Pace was fourth until he suffered engine failure and so the place
went to Regazzoni with Depailler fifth and Lauda sixth.
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