1975 season/Round 14
United States Grand Prix 1975
- Watkins Glen
- 5 October 1975
- 59 laps
- 320.7 km
- 5.435 km a lap
- P1Niki LaudaFerrari1:42:58.175
- P2Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren+4.943
- P3Jochen MassMcLaren+47.637
- Pole positionNiki LaudaFerrari · 1:42.003
- Fastest lapEmerson Fittipaldi1:43.374 · lap 43
- Winner started fromP1on the grid
Result
A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 1:42.003 | |
| 2 | Emerson Fittipaldi | McLaren | 1:42.360 | +0.357 |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Brabham | 1:42.685 | +0.682 |
| 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow | 1:42.759 | +0.756 |
| 5 | Mario Andretti | Parnelli | 1:42.822 | +0.819 |
| 6 | Vittorio Brambilla | March | 1:42.846 | +0.843 |
| 7 | Tom Pryce | Shadow | 1:42.960 | +0.957 |
| 8 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 1:43.032 | +1.029 |
| 9 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 1:43.100 | +1.097 |
| 10 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell | 1:43.127 | +1.124 |
| 11 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 1:43.246 | +1.243 |
| 12 | John Watson | Penske | 1:43.310 | +1.307 |
| 13 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | March | 1:43.417 | +1.414 |
| 14 | Ronnie Peterson | Lotus | 1:43.570 | +1.567 |
| 15 | James Hunt | Hesketh | 1:43.820 | +1.817 |
| 16 | Carlos Pace | Brabham | 1:44.054 | +2.051 |
| 17 | Tony Brise | Hill | 1:44.064 | +2.061 |
| 18 | Brett Lunger | Hesketh | 1:45.236 | +3.233 |
| 19 | Brian Henton | Lotus | 1:45.244 | +3.241 |
| 20 | Michel Leclère | Tyrrell | 1:46.023 | +4.020 |
| 21 | Jacques Laffite | Frank Williams Racing Cars | 1:46.032 | +4.029 |
| 22 | Roelof Wunderink | Ensign | 1:47.224 | +5.221 |
| 23 | Wilson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:48.226 | +6.223 |
| 24 | Lella Lombardi | Frank Williams Racing Cars | 1:49.734 | +7.731 |
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 43 | 1:43.374 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 14. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niki Lauda | 64.5 | |
| 2 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 45 | |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | 37 | |
| 4 | James Hunt | 33 | |
| 5 | Clay Regazzoni | 25 | |
| 6 | Carlos Pace | 24 | |
| 7 | Jody Scheckter | 20 | |
| 8 | Jochen Mass | 20 | |
| 9 | Patrick Depailler | 12 | |
| 10 | Tom Pryce | 8 |