March 751

March 751

Category	Formula One
Designer(s)	Robin Herd
Predecessor	March 741
Successor	March 761
Technical specifications
Engine	Cosworth DFV
Competition history
Notable drivers	Vittorio Brambilla Lella Lombardi Hans-Joachim Stuck Mark Donohue
Debut	1975 South African Grand Prix
Races Wins Podiums 33 1 1
Constructors' Championships	0
Drivers' Championships	0

Another view of a March 751 at Barber Motorsport Park in 2010

The March 751 is a Formula One car, designed, developed and built by March Engineering for the 1975 season, powered by a 3.0 L (180 cu in) Cosworth DFV engine. It gave Vittorio Brambilla his only World Championship win, at the rain-shortened Austrian Grand Prix, and Lella Lombardi became the first woman to score points in a World Championship Grand Prix, gaining half a point at the accident-shortened Spanish Grand Prix.

Racing history

The works team comprised Vittorio Brambilla and Lella Lombardi, with Hans-Joachim Stuck joining for the last five races of the season. Brambilla qualified on pole for the Swedish Grand Prix but retired, and won the Austrian Grand Prix, setting fastest lap as he did so. Lombardi gained half a point at the shortened Spanish Grand Prix.

Team Penske ran a 751 for Mark Donohue for several races; unfortunately Donohue was killed in practice for the Austrian Grand Prix.

March finished the season in eighth place in the Constructors' Championship. The three surviving cars were rebuilt as 761s for the following season.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	WCC	Points
1975	March Engineering	Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G		ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA	8th	7.5
				Vittorio Brambilla			Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	1	Ret	7
				Lella Lombardi				6	DNQ	Ret	Ret	14	18	Ret	7	17	Ret
				Hans-Joachim Stuck										Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8
	Team Penske	Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	Mark Donohue										5	Ret	DNS