1975 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1975 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 July 1975 at the Scandinavian Raceway.

  1975 Swedish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 12 races in the 1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	20 July 1975
Official name	Pommac Swedish TT[1][2][3]
Location	Scandinavian Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.031 km (2.505 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Barry Sheene Time 1:42.700 Fastest lap Rider Barry Sheene Time 1:41.850 Podium First Barry Sheene Second Phil Read Third John Williams
350 cc
Pole position Rider None Fastest lap Rider None Podium First None Second None Third None
250 cc
Pole position Rider Johnny Cecotto Time 1:47.262 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Walter Villa Second Otello Buscherini Third Tapio Virtanen
125 cc
Pole position Rider Kent Andersson Time 1:50.266 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Paolo Pileri Second Pier Paolo Bianchi Third Eugenio Lazzarini
50 cc
Pole position Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Time 2:00.343 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Eugenio Lazzarini Second Ángel Nieto Third Hans-Jürgen Hummel

500cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Barry Sheene	Suzuki Motor Company	Suzuki	48'30.600	15
2	Phil Read	MV Agusta	MV Agusta	+51.160	12
3	John Williams		Yamaha	+1'02.560	10
4	Gianfranco Bonera	MV Agusta	MV Agusta	+1'12.200	8
5	Dieter Braun	Mitsui Maschinen	Yamaha	+1'12.560	6
6	Pentti Korhonen		Yamaha	+1'18.660	5
7	Gerard Choukroun		Harley-Davidson	+1'32.710	4
8	Edmar Ferreira	Carvalho Racing	Yamaha	+1 lap	3
9	Jack Findlay		Yamaha	+1 lap	2
10	Pekka Nurmi		Yamaha	+1 lap	1
11	Alex George		Yamaha	+1 lap
12	Tom Herron		Yamaha	+1 lap
13	Mimmo Cazzaniga		Harley-Davidson	+1 lap
14	Olivier Chevallier		Yamaha	+1 lap
15	Roland Nilsson	Zata Motor	Yamaha	+1 lap
16	Ingemar Larssen		Yamaha	+1 lap
17	Bjorn Hasli		Yamaha	+1 lap
Ret	Patrick Pons	Equipe Sonauto BP Gauloises	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Mick Grant	Boyer Team Kawasaki	Kawasaki	Retired
Ret	Barry Ditchburn	Boyer Team Kawasaki	Kawasaki	Retired
Ret	John Newbold		Suzuki	Accident
Ret	Chas Mortimer	Sarome Racing	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Charlie Williams		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Karl Auer	Racing Team NO	Yamaha	Accident
Ret	Armando Toracca		Suzuki	Accident
Ret	Tapio Virtanen	Silja Line Racing	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Philippe Coulon	GIR	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha Motor NV	Yamaha	Accident
Ret	Bo Granath		Husqvarna	Retired
Ret	Børge Nielsen		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki Motor Company	Suzuki	Accident
Sources: [4][5]

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1975 - heden". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
2. "1975 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
3. "Anderstorp Raceway | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
4. "1975 Swedish MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. May 10, 2018.
5. "motogp.com · SWEDISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1975". www.motogp.com.