Niki Lauda won the 1975 Monaco Grand Prix in the Ferrari 312T, ending Ferrari's 20-year winless streak at Monaco.
Key Facts
- Race number in season
- 5 of 14
- Circuit length
- 3 km
- Race distance
- 245 km
- Laps completed
- 75 of 78 scheduled
- Ferrari Monaco drought ended
- 20 years
- Graham Hill's final Grand Prix
- 179th and final, failed to qualify
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The 1975 Formula One season brought Ferrari's new 312T to Monaco, a street circuit where Ferrari had not won since 1955. Niki Lauda had been showing strong form, and the 312T was a competitive new chassis entering its fifth race of the season.
Held on 11 May 1975 over 75 laps of the Monaco street circuit, Niki Lauda dominated the race from the front, relinquishing the lead only during a pitstop. He ultimately won by two seconds over Emerson Fittipaldi's McLaren M23, with Carlos Pace third in his Brabham BT44B.
The victory gave the Ferrari 312T its first-ever win and broke Ferrari's 20-year drought at Monaco. It also marked the final Grand Prix appearance of two-time World Champion Graham Hill, who failed to qualify. Lauda's win reinforced his championship challenge in the 1975 season.
Result
at Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo