 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakupera kwa1975, Fittipaldi akasiya kubatana nehama yake a hrefFittipaldi20AutomotiveFittipaldiCopersucara chikwata. Nevatyairi vepamusoro vakanga vatonyorerana nemamwe mapoka, Mayer akatendeukira kuna James Hunt, mutyairi uyo munyori wenhoroondo dzeupenyu Gerald Donaldson akataura nezvake seane mukurumbira usina chokwadi. Muna, Lauda aive akasimba zvakare muFerrari yake; pakati pemwaka, akatungamira mukwikwidzi aine mapoinzi makumi mashanu nematanhatu apo Hunt aive ne26 chete kunyangwe kuhwina kuSpain mujaho waakabviswa pakutanga neFrance. Zvisinei, paGerman Grand Prix, Lauda akadonha zvikuru, akapotsa afa, uye akarasikirwa nemakwikwi maviri akatevera. Hunt akashandisa mukana wacho kukunda mamwe makwikwi makuru mana achimupa mapoinzi matatu asati asvika kumagumo muJapan. Pano kwakanaya zvikuru, Lauda akarega nokuda kwokunetseka pamusoro pokuchengeteka, uye Hunt akaisa chisimbiso paMakwikwi eVatyairi kupfurikidza nokupedza ari wechitatu. McLaren, zvisinei, yakarasikirwa neChampionship yeVagadziri kuFerrari. 