March 751
| Category | Formula One | ||||||
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| Designer(s) | Robin Herd | ||||||
| Predecessor | March 741 | ||||||
| Successor | March 761 | ||||||
| Technical specifications | |||||||
| Engine | Cosworth DFV | ||||||
| Competition history | |||||||
| Notable drivers | Vittorio Brambilla Lella Lombardi Hans-Joachim Stuck Mark Donohue | ||||||
| Debut | 1975 South African Grand Prix | ||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 0 | ||||||
The March 751 is a Formula One car, designed, developed and built by March Engineering for the 1975 season, powered by a 3.0 L (180 cu in) Cosworth DFV engine. It gave Vittorio Brambilla his only World Championship win, at the rain-shortened Austrian Grand Prix,[2] and Lella Lombardi became the first woman to score points in a World Championship Grand Prix, gaining half a point at the accident-shortened Spanish Grand Prix.[3]
Racing history
The works team comprised Vittorio Brambilla and Lella Lombardi, with Hans-Joachim Stuck joining for the last five races of the season.[4] Brambilla qualified on pole for the Swedish Grand Prix but retired, and won the Austrian Grand Prix, setting fastest lap as he did so. Lombardi gained half a point at the shortened Spanish Grand Prix.
Team Penske ran a 751 for Mark Donohue for several races; unfortunately Donohue was killed in practice for the Austrian Grand Prix.[5][6]
March finished the season in eighth place in the Constructors' Championship.[7] The three surviving cars were rebuilt as 761s for the following season.[8]
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | WCC | Points |
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| 1975 | March Engineering | Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | G | ARG | BRA | RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | SWE | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | USA | 8th | 7.5 | |
| Vittorio Brambilla | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 7 | ||||||||
| Lella Lombardi | 6 | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 14 | 18 | Ret | 7 | 17 | Ret | ||||||||||
| Hans-Joachim Stuck | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Penske | Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | G | Mark Donohue | 5 | Ret | DNS | ||||||||||||||
Source:[9]
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References
- ^ "March 751". Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "1975 Vittorio Brambilla Driver's Standings".
- ^ "1975 Lella Lombardi Driver's Standings".
- ^ "1975 F1 season".
- ^ Brown, Allen. "March 751 car-by-car histories". OldRacingCars.com.
- ^ "Mark Donohue".
- ^ "1975 Constructor's Standings".
- ^ "March 761 car-by-car histories".
- ^ "1975 World Championship Result". F1 Stats. Retrieved 6 July 2025.