British Grand Prix
Silverstone Circuit
Grand Prix starting grid
Race starts
Grid positions from race-result records; not a separately verified pre-race grid.
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Pryce | Shadow-Ford |
| 2 | Carlos Pace | Brabham |
| 3 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari |
| 4 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari |
| 5 | Vittorio Brambilla | March |
| 6 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell |
| 7 | Emerson Fittipaldi | McLaren |
| 8 | Carlos Reutemann | Brabham |
| 9 | James Hunt | Hesketh |
| 10 | Jochen Mass | McLaren |
| 11 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow-Ford |
| 12 | Mario Andretti | Parnelli |
| 13 | Tony Brise | Embassy Hill |
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | March |
| 15 | Mark Donohue | March |
| 16 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus |
| 17 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell |
| 18 | John Watson | Surtees |
| 19 | Jacques Laffite | Williams |
| 21 | Brian Henton | Team Lotus |
| 22 | Lella Lombardi | March |
| 23 | Dave Morgan | Surtees |
| 24 | Wilson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi |
| 25 | Jim Crawford | Team Lotus |
| 26 | John Nicholson | Lyncar |
| 28 | Alan Jones | Embassy Hill |