Argentine Grand Prix
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez
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 | John Watson | Brabham |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell |
| 4 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari |
| 5 | Jochen Mass | McLaren |
| 6 | Carlos Pace | Brabham |
| 7 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari |
| 8 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus |
| 9 | Tom Pryce | Shadow |
| 10 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus |
| 11 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf |
| 12 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign |
| 13 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees |
| 14 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell |
| 15 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier |
| 16 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi |
| 17 | Ian Scheckter | March |
| 18 | Hans Binder | Surtees |
| 19 | Ingo Hoffmann | Fittipaldi |
| 20 | Alex Ribeiro | March |
| 21 | Renzo Zorzi | Shadow |