1975 Argentine Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 1 of 14 in the 1975 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | January 12, 1975 | ||
| Official name | XII Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina | ||
| Location |
Autódromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.968 km (3.708 mi) | ||
| Distance | 53 laps, 316.315 km (196.549 mi) | ||
| Weather | Hot and sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Shadow-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:49.21 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 James Hunt
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Hesketh-Ford | |
| Time | 1:50.91 on lap 34 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Ford | ||
| Second | Hesketh-Ford | ||
| Third | Brabham-Ford | ||
The 1975 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Buenos Aires on 12 January 1975 It was the twelfth Argentine Grand Prix and only the second to be held on the lengthened six kilometre version of the race track that runs out towards Curvon Salotto around the lake which lies to the north-east of the circuit.
The race was won for the second time by Brazilian driver Emerson Fittipaldi driving a McLaren M23. He took a six-second victory over James Hunt in his Hesketh 308. Carlos Reutemann scored his best result to that time on his home race finishing third in his Brabham BT44B.
The close season had been fairly quiet – Jochen Mass had replaced Denny Hulme at McLaren, John Watson had joined Surtees and Mike Wilds, Rolf Stommelen and Jacques Laffite were confirmed at BRM, Hill and Williams respectively.
March had announced their retirement, but then in a dramatic U-turn confirmed their entry for 1975 with Vittorio Brambilla and Lella Lombardi.
There were contractual wrangles with Ronnie Peterson, reportedly discontent at Lotus and it was uncertain up until the start of practice whether he would be driving for them or Shadow.
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