Grande Premio de Brasil 26 Januari 1975, Interlagos
Ronnie Peterson kan knappast ha varit nöjd med sin kvalificering inför den 64:e GP starten i Formel 1 - endast 16:e bästa tid! Loppet hade föregåtts av idel spekulationer att Ronnie skulle byta stall till Shadow (han har t o m skrivit på), men så blev (tyvärr) inte fallet då Colin Chapman tagit juridiken och tungt vägande ord till hjälp...
Återigen har Jean-Pierre lyckats ta "pole position" med sin Shadow och står således i första startledet tillsammans med Emerson Fittipaldi (McLaren). Strax bakom står Carlos Reutemann i en Brabham och Niki Lauda (Ferrari) med fjärde tid i kvalificeringen.
Det blir dock startsnabbe Reutemann som sin vana trogen tar ledningen, men Jarier kan redan på det femte varvet återta sin placering i startfältet och visar snart med snabbast varvtid (2.34,16) vem som är rätt man att vinna. Med endast 7 varv kvar till mål får dock Jarier problem med en bränslemätarenhet, vilket gör att han måste bryta loppet. Carlos Pace (Brabham) kan därför ta över täten och hålla denna ledning in i mål. Ledare: Reutemann 1-4; Jarier 5-32; Pace 33-40.
Tvåa och trea blir de båda McLarenbilarna med Emerson Fittipaldi och Jochen Mass. Ronnie Peterson (Lotus) slutar på en 15:e plats - två varv efter segraren.
Summary in english
There was considerable speculation that Ronnie Peterson would be switching to
the Shadow team because of Lotus's lack of performance
but he remained a Lotus driver in Brazil
where Jean-Pierre Jarier took his second
consecutive pole position in the Shadow. Emerson Fittipaldi, the winner of
the first race at fortnight earlier in Argentina, was second in his McLaren while Carlos Reutemann (Brabham) and Niki Lauda (Ferrari) shared the
second row. Then came Carlos Pace
(Brabham) and Clay Regazzoni
(Ferrari) followed by James Hunt
(Hesketh), Jody Scheckter and Patrick Depailler (Tyrrells) and Jochen Mass (McLaren). With Mario Andretti having decided to
use Goodyear tires, the Akron firm had a monopoly for the first time.
At the start Fittipaldi had too much wheelspin and Reutemann passed him and took
the lead from Jarier at the first corner, while Pace also made a good start to
take third place ahead of Regazzoni, Lauda, Scheckter and the slow-starting
Fittipaldi.
Jarier had no intention of letting Reutemann win and on lap five he went ahead
and began to pull away, leaving Reutemann to fall into the clutches of his team
mate Pace. On lap 14 the Brazilian went ahead and began to create a gap because
Reutemann was struggling with his tires. In the laps which followed he dropped
behind Regazzoni, Lauda and Mass With only 10 laps to go and Jarier ahead by 25
seconds, the Shadow suddenly began to
misfire and the gap to Pace began to reduce. On lap 33 the Shadow's engine stopped. Pace
took the lead and went on to win his F1 victory. There was much celebrating in
the grandstands as Emerson Fittipaldi
was in second place, having overtaken Regazzoni a couple of laps earlier. The
Swiss Ferrari driver was struggling
with his handling and lost third to Mass.
Regazzoni and Lauda finished fourth and fifth while the final point went to James Hunt.
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