1975 United States Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 14 of 14 in the 1975 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | October 5, 1975 | ||
| Official name | XVIII United States Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course Watkins Glen, New York |
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| Course | Permanent road course | ||
| Course length | 5.435 km (3.377 mi) | ||
| Distance | 59 laps, 320.67 km (199.24 mi) | ||
| Weather | Partly sunny with temperatures reaching a maximum of 69.1 °F (20.6 °C); wind speeds up to 14 miles per hour (23 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 1:42.003 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Emerson Fittipaldi
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McLaren-Ford | |
| Time | 1:43.374 on lap 43 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | McLaren-Ford | ||
| Third | McLaren-Ford | ||
The 1975 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on October 5, 1975, at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York. It was the 25th United States Grand Prix since the first American Grand Prize was held in 1908 and the 18th since the first United States Grand Prix at Riverside in 1958.
The race was won by the new world champion, Austrian driver Niki Lauda driving a Ferrari 312T. Lauda took his fifth win for the season by a four-second margin over outgoing world champion, Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi in a McLaren M23. Fittipaldi's West German team mate Jochen Mass finished third. The second place allowed Fittipaldi to confirm runner's up position in the points race after a half-season long battle with Argentine Brabham driver Carlos Reutemann, although Fittipaldi's McLaren team would fall one point short of overhauling Brabham in the Constructors battle to be second behind Ferrari.
Ferrari had already taken eight poles, five wins, the Drivers' Championship and the Constructor's Championship in 1975, but had never won the United States Grand Prix. Nor had any driver ever won the American race in the year he claimed the title. New world champion Niki Lauda took pole position and won the race to interrupt both of these streaks.
There was controversy before practice began. The Canadian Grand Prix had been cancelled and the organizers had arrived in the paddock with a writ to freeze the prize money over legal wrangles. There were also disputes with the Grand Prix Drivers Association over transfer fees and wages.
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