Kammala wannan jumla: Hunt ya gama na shida a Brazil kuma ya yi ritaya tare da lalacewar injin a
Afirka ta Kudu. A Spain, Hunt ya jagoranci farkon zagaye shida kafin ya yi karo da shinge tare da wannan dalilin ritaya a Monaco. Ya sake yin ritaya sau biyu a Belgium da Sweden, dukansu biyu saboda gazawar inji. Hunt na farko nasara ya zo a cikin 1975 Dutch Grand Prix a Zandvoort. Ya gama na huɗu a Gasar a wannan shekarar, amma Ubangiji Hesketh ya ƙare da kuɗi kuma bai iya samun mai tallafawa ga ƙungiyarsa ba. Tare da ɗan lokaci kaɗan kafin kakar wasa, Hunt yana neman neman tuki har sai Emerson Fittipaldi ya bar McLaren kuma ya shiga ƙungiyar Copersucar-Fittipaldi ta ɗan'uwansa. Ba tare da sauran manyan direbobi ba, gudanarwar kungiyar ta sanya hannu kan Hunt zuwa McLaren <unk> a cikin yarjejeniyar da John Hogan na Marlboro ya kulla <unk> don kakar wasa mai zuwa akan kwangilar $ 200,000.