Non-championship race in the 1975 Formula One season
Race details[1]
Date
16 March 1975
Location
Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit, Fawkham, Kent, England
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
4.206 km (2.6136 miles)
Distance
40 laps, 168.24 km (104.544 miles)
Weather
Cold, Wet
Pole position
Driver
Tom Pryce
Shadow-Ford
Time
1:34.9
Fastest lap
Driver
Tom Pryce
Shadow-Ford
Time
1:21.1
Podium
First
Tom Pryce
Shadow-Ford
Second
John Watson
Surtees-Ford
Third
Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford
Motor car race
The 1975 Race of Champions was a non-championship Formula One race held at Brands Hatch on 16 March 1975. Weather conditions were inhospitable, with strong winds, heavy rain and even snow showers during the weekend.
There was some pre-race controversy about the decision to top up the grid with Formula 5000 cars-eventually a compromise was reached where only those drivers with Formula 1 experience would be permitted to start.
Ironically the most vehement protester against the Formula 5000 drivers, Emerson Fittipaldi, qualified only 17th, some four rows behind the fastest Formula 5000 driver Tom Belsø.
A cluster of cars rounding Druids Hill bend in the early laps of the race. At this point, eventual winner Pryce's car (centre right) is back in the pack.
Roelof Wunderink made his début in the Ensign, whilst Tony Trimmer qualified well in the new Safir car (previously known as a Token) and Maurizio Flammini was a non-starter after crashing heavily in practice.
Tom Pryce dominated in appalling weather conditions from Jody Scheckter, giving the crowd a home driver to cheer in the absence of James Hunt.
The start was delayed as snow fell and teams had to quickly decide which type of tyres to use, but when the flag fell, Jacky Ickx surged through from the second row to lead. In midfield, Belso was hit and spun taking out Jochen Mass, who retired despite having minimal damage to the car. As a result of this incident, the decision was taken to bar Formula 5000 cars from future Formula 1 races.
Scheckter took the lead at the end of lap 1 on dry tyres and Pryce was soon catching him, having passed Ronnie Peterson and Ickx after a bad start on the damp side of the track.
In second place, with a strong home following was John Watson in the Surtees who gained the place having taken Peterson when they were passing backmarkers at Druids Bend.[2]
Despite not being a Championship round, Pryce's win makes this the only Formula One race won by a Welshman.
^"1975 Race of Champions". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
^Barrie, John, ed. (1975). 1976 John Player Grand Prix Year Book. Queen Anne Press Ltd.
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