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Race summary

Niki Lauda delighted his home crowd by claiming his seventh pole position of the year. Rolf Stommelen returned after his crash in Spain, Chris Amon had returned for Ensign and Brett Lunger qualified well in his début for Hesketh. Practice was marred by a series of accidents, Brian Henton crashing his Lotus when he hit an oil patch and Wilson Fittipaldi breaking two bones in his hand. During the final practice session, Mark Donohue crashed on a flat out curve. The catch fencing balled up under the car, catapulting it into an advertising hoarding. Two marshals also died in the accident. As the grid formed up, there were reports of rain at the far side of the track. Thunderclouds were forming ominously and the cars were returned to the pits to change to wet tyres. After 45 minutes, the grid reformed.Lauda led off the start from James Hunt and Patrick Depailler who had shot up from the fourth row. Mario Andretti spun off, whilst Bob Evans retired the BRM. Vittorio Brambilla had shot through the spray to gain a magnificent third place, with Ronnie Peterson leaping from 10th to 4th. By lap 12, it was obvious that Lauda's car wasn't set up fully to cope with wet conditions and by lap 15 Hunt stormed by to lead for the fifth time this season. However, this was to be shortlived. The Hesketh's engine was running on only seven cylinders and Brambilla was clambering all over the back of the car. Ahead of them Lunger was driving carefully on his first wet race and could not see the leaders approaching him. Brambilla seized the lead and it took a further two laps for Hunt to finally pass his team-mate. Peterson had to pit to replace a faulty visor, whilst the Brabham drivers found they had been racing with one of their own rear tyres and one of their team-mates'.Jochen Mass spun out of third place,and soon there was frantic activity between the Grand Prix Drivers'Association and the race officials as to whether the race should continue-it was brought to a halt on lap 29. Andreas Nikolaus Niki Lauda (born February 22, 1949 in Vienna) is an Austrian aviator, entrepreneur, former Formula One (F1) racing driver and three-time F1 World Champion. ... Rolf Stommelen was a Formula One driver from Germany born on July 11, 1943. ... Christopher Arthur Amon MBE (born July 20, 1943 in Bulls, New Zealand) is a former Formula 1 (F1) racing driver active in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Ensign was a Formula One constructor from Britain. ... Brett Lunger (born November 14, 1945) was a Formula One driver from the USA. A former US marine who served in the Vietnam war, his racing career was mostly spent in privateer cars, paid for by his family wealth (Lunger was a scion of the DuPont family). ... The official Hesketh badge. ... Brian Henton (born September 19, 1946) was a racing driver from England. ... Team Lotus was one of Formula 1s most successful teams. ... Wilson Fittipaldi was a Formula One driver from Brazil. ... Mark Neary Donohue, Jr. ... James Simon Wallis Hunt (29 August 1947 – 15 June 1993) was an English racing driver and Formula 1 world champion and subsequently a commentator and businessman. ... Patrick André Eugène Joseph Depailler (born in Clermont-Ferrand, 9 August 1944 - died 1 August 1980) was a Formula One driver from France. ... Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940 in Montona dIstria, Italy, now Motovun, Croatia) is an Italian American racing driver, and one of the most successful Americans in the history of auto racing. ... Bob Evans was a Formula One driver from Britain. ... Vittorio Brambilla was a Formula One driver from Italy. ... Ronnie Peterson Bengt Ronnie Peterson, (February 14, 1944, Örebro, Sweden - September 11, 1978, Monza, Italy) was a Swedish racing driver. ... Brabham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Jochen Mass, born September 30, 1946 was a Formula One driver from Germany. ...

As Brambilla took the flag, he crashed into the barriers and the March team celebrated a historic victory. However, behind the scenes, there was confusion. Some teams were preparing for a restart, but as the race had been stopped with a chequered flag only, this could not happen. The race results would stand, but with only half points awarded. Brambilla, the oldest man in the field at 37, had won his first Grand Prix. March Engineering was a Formula One constructor from Britain. ...

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Notes

• Fastest Lap: Vittorio Brambilla 1'53.900
• Mark Donohue died after a practice crash.