Brazilian Grand Prix
Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Grand Prix starting grid
Race starts
Grid positions from race-result records; not a separately verified pre-race grid.
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hunt | McLaren |
| 2 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari |
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow |
| 4 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari |
| 5 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi |
| 6 | Jochen Mass | McLaren |
| 7 | Vittorio Brambilla | March |
| 8 | John Watson | Penske |
| 9 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell |
| 10 | Carlos Pace | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
| 11 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier |
| 12 | Tom Pryce | Shadow |
| 13 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell |
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | March |
| 15 | Carlos Reutemann | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
| 16 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus |
| 17 | Renzo Zorzi | Williams |
| 18 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus |
| 19 | Jacky Ickx | Wolf |
| 20 | Ingo Hoffmann | Fittipaldi |
| 21 | Ian Ashley | BRM |
| 22 | Lella Lombardi | March |