Grote Prijs van Nederland 22 Juni 1975, Zandvoort
Ronnie Peterson lyckas inför sin 70:e GP start endast kvalificera sig med sextonde bästa tid - långt efter Niki Lauda i "pole position" på Zandvoort. Lauda tycks efter tre raka segrar ha spåret öppet mot världsmästartiteln och närmast krossar sitt motstånd under träningen inför loppet. Med sin Ferrari 312T är Niki hela 5/10 sekund före teamkollegan Clay Regazzoni. I andra startled står James Hunt i en Hesketh före Jody Scheckter i en Tyrrell.
Det
regnar i starten och Lauda kan utan problem ta täten. Regazzoni blir omkörd av
Scheckter in i första kurvan, men lyckas stänga till precis före Hunt. Under
de tidiga varven händer inte så mycket, banan torkar upp och det blir nu upp
till förare och stall att lägga upp strategin.
Hunt går i depå tidigt och får på nödvändiga slicks. Tillsammans med Jean Pierre Jarier i en Shadow (som också varit inne och bytt däck) tar de täten i fältet före Lauda som halkat ner till tredje plats. Först på det 44:e varvet kan Lauda gå förbi Jarier (som något senare får punktering och spinner av). Scheckter har återtagit tredjeplatsen före Regazzoni, men måste bryta på det 68:e varvet efter motorproblem.
Kampen om förstaplatsen blir hård och Laudas jakt på Hunt resulterar i loppets snabbaste varvtid med 1.21,54. James Hunt kan dock hålla emot och lyckas med en sekunds marginal ta sin första seger i karriären. Det blir också den första och enda segern för Hesketh Racing. Loppet ser följande förare i ledning: Lauda 1-12; Regazzoni 13-14; Hunt 15-75.
Ronnie parkerar i sammandraget på en 15:e plats efter att ha tvingats bryta på det 69:e varvet med "soppatorsk"...
Summary in english
After
three consecutive victories for Niki Lauda's Ferrari it looked as though the
Austrian was on course for a dominant run to the World title and it was no
surprise when he qualified his Ferrari
312T on pole at Zandvoort, outrunning his Ferrari teammate Clay Regazzoni by a few tenths. Third
fastest was James Hunt (Hesketh) a few
hundredths faster than Jody Scheckter
in the Tyrrell. Next up was Carlos Reutemann (Brabham), Emerson Fittipaldi (McLaren) and
then came an impressive Tony Brise
in the Hill. Brise had a new team mate for the weekend as Graham Hill had found more backing
from Esso and had taken on Alan Jones
who was out of work after the Stiller team decided not to continue.
Also missing from the action was Mario Andretti (busy racing in the
United States again) although Ensign was back in
action with Gijs Van Lennep standing in for the injured Roloef Wunderink. The
only other new face was Hiroshi Fushida in the Maki but as the team did not
have a spare engine its involvement in the weekend ended quickly.
It was raining at the start of the race and so Lauda had an advantage and took
the lead while Regazzoni lost out to Scheckter in the run to the first corner
and ended up third with Hunt right on his tail. Behind them Jochen Mass (McLaren) was ahead of
Pryce although that situation was quickly reversed. In the early laps little
changed but then the track dried and it was down to strategy. Hunt pitted early
for slicks and ended up in the lead with Jean-Pierre Jarier (Shadow) another early stopper
getting into second place. Lauda was down to third. The order remained the same
until the 44th lap when Lauda finally caught and passed the Shadow after an exciting battle.
A lap later Jarier suffered a tire failure and spun out. Lauda set off after
Hunt.
Back in third place was Scheckter with Regazzoni on his tail and they remained
in that order until lap 68 when Scheckter retired with engine failure.
For the last 15 laps Hunt and Lauda diced for the lead but Hunt managed to stay
ahead and won by a second. It was his first Grand Prix victory and the first
(and only) victory for Hesketh Racing.
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