Kyalami · 1 March 1975
Jody Scheckter won the 1975 South African Grand Prix for Tyrrell from 3rd on the grid, 3.74s ahead of Carlos Reutemann. Guy Tunmer gained the most places, from 25th on the grid to 11th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyrrell Scheckter 9 + Depailler 4 + Scheckter 0 | Scheckter 9 + Depailler 4 + Scheckter 0 | 13 | |
| 2 | Brabham Reutemann 6 + Pace 3 | Reutemann 6 + Pace 3 | 9 | |
| 3 | Ferrari Lauda 2 + Regazzoni 0 | Lauda 2 + Regazzoni 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | McLaren Mass 1 + Charlton 0 + Fittipaldi 0 | Mass 1 + Charlton 0 + Fittipaldi 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Lola Stommelen 0 | Stommelen 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Penske Donohue 0 | Donohue 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Shadow-Ford Pryce 0 + Jarier 0 | Pryce 0 + Jarier 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Team Lotus Peterson 0 + Tunmer 0 + Ickx 0 + Keizan 0 | Peterson 0 + Tunmer 0 + Ickx 0 + Keizan 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | BRM Evans 0 | Evans 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Parnelli Andretti 0 | Andretti 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Williams Laffite 0 + Merzario 0 | Laffite 0 + Merzario 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Hesketh Hunt 0 | Hunt 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | March Lombardi 0 + Brambilla 0 | Lombardi 0 + Brambilla 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Surtees Watson 0 | Watson 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jody Scheckter Tyrrell | Tyrrell | 1:43:16.900 | 78 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann Brabham | Brabham | +3.740s | 78 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +16.920s | 78 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Carlos Pace Brabham | Brabham | +17.310s | 78 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Niki Lauda Ferrari | Ferrari | +28.640s | 78 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Jochen Mass McLaren | McLaren | +1:03.640 | 78 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Rolf Stommelen Lola | Lola | +1:12.910 | 78 | — | — | |
| 8 | Mark Donohue Penske | Penske | +1 Lap | 77 | — | — | |
| 9 | Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford | Shadow-Ford | +1 Lap | 77 | — | — | |
| 10 | Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 77 | — | — | |
| 11 | Guy Tunmer Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +2 Laps | 76 | — | — | |
| 12 | Jacky Ickx Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +2 Laps | 76 | — | — | |
| 13 | Eddie Keizan Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +2 Laps | 76 | — | — | |
| 14 | Dave Charlton McLaren | McLaren | +2 Laps | 76 | — | — | |
| 15 | Bob Evans BRM | BRM | +2 Laps | 76 | — | — | |
| 16 | Clay Regazzoni Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Throttle | 71 | — | — | |
| 17 | Mario Andretti Parnelli | Parnelli | DNF Transmission | 70 | — | — | |
| NC | Jacques Laffite Williams | Williams | NC | 69 | — | — | |
| NC | Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren | McLaren | NC | 65 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ian Scheckter Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Accident | 55 | — | — | |
| DNF | James Hunt Hesketh | Hesketh | DNF Fuel system | 53 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford | Shadow-Ford | DNF Overheating | 37 | — | — | |
| DNF | Lella Lombardi March | March | DNF Fuel system | 23 | — | — | |
| DNF | Arturo Merzario Williams | Williams | DNF Engine | 22 | — | — | |
| DNF | John Watson Surtees | Surtees | DNF Clutch | 19 | — | — | |
| DNF | Vittorio Brambilla March | March | DNF Radiator | 16 | — | — |