Brabham driver Carlos Reutemann was also able to win with the new BT44 and young talent Jody Scheckter ended most of the races in the points, including winning the Swedish Grand Prix with the M23-lookalike Tyrrell 007.
Maja se je Lotus v Jarami ovil v rdečo, zlato in belo barvo, ki so prestavljale barve znamke Imperial Tobacco proizvajalca Gold Leaf.