Report
The pole position time set by Niki Lauda (6:58.6) was the fastest officially timed lap ever on that track configuration, though it was not eligible as lap record as it did not occur during the race. Lauda's average speed was 122.238 mph (196.289 km/h). In qualifying, Ian Ashley had an accident at Pflanzgarten and suffered serious ankle injuries. Additional Armco and other safety measures were added to the track at the drivers' demands.
At the start, Lauda took the lead from pole with Carlos Pace, Patrick Depailler, Emerson Fittipaldi, Clay Regazzoni and Carlos Reutemann who made a lighting start from 10th. And at the end of the first lap, the order was Lauda, Depailler, Pace, Reutemann and Regazzoni. Fittipaldi had a puncture and retired on lap 2.
Jody Scheckter had a terrible start, dropped to 20th and began a charge that brought him back up to sixth by lap 7. He crashed at Wippermann on that lap.
While chasing Lauda for the lead for more than half the race, Patrick Depailler's suspension broke and lost 1 lap. When he rejoined, he concincidentally reappeared in front of Lauda. Depailler's pit stop left Ferraris 1–2 but Regazzoni's engine soon failed and Carlos Reutemann took 2nd. After leading much of the race, Lauda had a tyre failure on lap 10 and lost a lot of time on his pursuers. Because of the rather slow pit work (compared to modern pit stops), this allowed Reutemann (who took the lead and passed Lauda coming out of the Eiskurve and into Pflanzgarten), James Hunt, Tom Pryce, and Jacques Laffite to pass Lauda while his Ferrari was disabled. Lauda came out in 5th place with a damaged front spoiler (which affected his handling), and he was able to climb to 3rd after Hunt's Hesketh suffered a hub failure and Pryce had fuel leaking into his cockpit which meant he could not drive at the full pace. Many drivers had tyre problems in the race because of very hot weather conditions.
Clay Regazzoni set the fastest lap of the race at 7:06.4 on lap 7. This remains the lap record on that track configuration which existed until 1982.
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