Non-championship race in the 1975 Formula One season
The Silverstone circuit in early 1975
Race details[1]
Date
13 April 1975
Official name
27th Daily Express International Trophy
Location
Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
4.724 km (2.935 miles)
Distance
40 laps, 188.95 km (117.41 miles)
Weather
Cold, overcast and dry[2]
Pole position
Driver
James Hunt
Hesketh-Ford
Time
1:17.3
Fastest lap
Drivers
James Hunt
Hesketh-Ford
Fastest lap
Emerson Fittipaldi
McLaren-Ford
Time
1:17.7
Podium
First
Niki Lauda
Ferrari
Second
Emerson Fittipaldi
McLaren-Ford
Third
Mario Andretti
Parnelli-Ford
Motor car race
The 1975 BRDC International Trophy, formally known as the 27th Daily Express International Trophy, was a non-championship Formula One race held at Silverstone Circuit on 13 April 1975. It was organised by the circuit owners, the British Racing Drivers' Club, as a "curtain raiser" for the European portion of the 1975 Formula One season.[3] James Hunt, driving for the small Hesketh Racing team, set the fastest lap time in practice and took pole position for the start. In the race he continued to run at the front, heading the leading pack for many laps and setting fastest lap of the race on lap 14.[2] Third-place runner, McLaren driver Emerson Fittipaldi, equalled his time on lap 23. However, Hunt's engine failed at the start of lap 26 and the lead was inherited by second-place runner Niki Lauda in his Ferrari. Lauda held the lead for the remainder of the race, despite Fittipaldi "pull[ing] out the stops"[2] to try and pass him. At the finishing flag, Fittipaldi was only one-tenth of a second behind Lauda, with Mario Andretti in a Parnelli taking the last podium position in third.[2]
^"1975 BRDC International Trophy". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
^ abcdJenkinson, D.S. (May 1975). "The 27th "Daily Express" International Trophy". Motor Sport. Vol. 51, no. 5. pp. 459–460. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
^27th Daily Express International Trophy. British Racing Drivers' Club. 1 April 1975. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
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