Qualifying classification

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Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	No
1	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	2:30.11	1
2	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	2:30.18	2
3	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	2:30.35	3
4	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	2:30.36	4
5	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	2:30.57	5
6	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	2:30.69	6
7	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	2:31.09	7
8	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell-Ford	2:31.63	8
9	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign-Ford	2:31.69	9
10	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford	2:32.14	10
11	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford	2:32.19	11
12	Tom Pryce	Shadow-Ford	2:32.22	12
13	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	2:32.37	13
14	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	2:32.43	14
15	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	2:32.81	15
16	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	2:32.94	16
17	Ian Scheckter	March-Ford	2:33.46	17
18	Renzo Zorzi	Shadow-Ford	2:34.62	18
19	Ingo Hoffmann	Fittipaldi-Ford	2:35.57	19
20	Hans Binder	Surtees-Ford	2:35.79	20
21	Alex Ribeiro	March-Ford	2:36.19	21
22	Larry Perkins	BRM	2:42.22	22

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James Hunt took pole again with Carlos Reutemann second and Mario Andretti third on the grid. Home hero Carlos Pace took the lead at the start, with Hunt dropping behind Reutemann as well but soon Hunt was back behind Pace and attacking. There was contact, and Hunt took the lead whereas Pace had to pit for repairs. Hunt led Reutemann until he began to suffer from tyre troubles and was passed by Reutemann. Hunt pitted for new tyres, and rejoined fourth and soon passed Niki Lauda in the Ferrari and John Watson to reclaim second. Reutemann marched on to victory, Hunt was second and Lauda third after Watson crashed out.