| rdfs:comment | - It was an all Ferrari front row after qualifying, with Niki Lauda sweeping to pole ahead of Clay Regazzoni. Two McLarens shared the second row, Emerson Fittipaldi ahead of Mike Hailwood, while Jody Scheckter would start the race from fifth alongside James Hunt. There would be a fairly exciting start to the race on Sunday, with Lauda immediately slithering into the lead, ahead of a fast starting Hailwood. Regazzoni slipped to third ahead of Patrick Depailler, up from eighth, while Hunt made a terrible start before collecting Tom Pryce in turn one, eliminating the pair of them.
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| abstract | - It was an all Ferrari front row after qualifying, with Niki Lauda sweeping to pole ahead of Clay Regazzoni. Two McLarens shared the second row, Emerson Fittipaldi ahead of Mike Hailwood, while Jody Scheckter would start the race from fifth alongside James Hunt. There would be a fairly exciting start to the race on Sunday, with Lauda immediately slithering into the lead, ahead of a fast starting Hailwood. Regazzoni slipped to third ahead of Patrick Depailler, up from eighth, while Hunt made a terrible start before collecting Tom Pryce in turn one, eliminating the pair of them. The opening laps saw Regazzoni move back ahead of Hailwood, before joining teammate Lauda in sprinting away from the pack. The Brit was left to shuffle down the order, falling behind Depailler and Fittipaldi, the latter having had to retake Scheckter after a poor start. Depailler began to struggle with overheating rear tyres as the race wore on, although it still took Fittipaldi over half the race to find a way past. Once the Brazilian overtook him, the Frenchman faded badly, falling behind both Hailwood and Scheckter a few laps later. The order of the top six was therefore settled for the the rest of the race, with Lauda establishing a lead over teammate Regazzoni, who was himself thirty seconds clear of Fittipaldi. Lauda was therefore left to claim a second career win ahead of Regazzoni, while Fittipaldi did little to close the gap in third. Hailwood cruised to fourth ahead of Scheckter, while Depailler survived to claim sixth, despite a late charge from John Watson. Ronnie Peterson finished two laps down in eighth, after a late race charge to climb up the order, while Vern Schuppan was disqualified for the second race in a row, having finished down in thirteenth.
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