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1974 British Grand Prix

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1974 British Grand Prix
Race details
Date 20 July 1974
Official name John Player Grand Prix[1]
Location Brands Hatch, Kent, England
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.206 km (2.613 miles)
Distance 75 laps, 315.45 km (195.975 miles)
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:19.7[2]
Fastest lap
Driver Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari
Time 1:21.1 on lap 25[3]
Podium
First Tyrrell-Ford
Second McLaren-Ford
Third Lotus-Ford
Lap leaders
Jody Scheckter won the race for Tyrrell.
Emerson Fittipaldi finished in second place for McLaren.

The 1974 British Grand Prix (formally the John Player Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch on 20 July 1974. It was race 10 of 15 in both the 1974 World Championship of Drivers and the 1974 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.[4] The 75-lap race was won by Jody Scheckter, driving a Tyrrell-Ford, with Emerson Fittipaldi second in a McLaren-Ford and Jacky Ickx third in a Lotus-Ford. Niki Lauda completed just 73 laps but was allowed an extra lap after the team protested his exit from the pit lane was blocked after a late wheel change. He initially classified ninth, but was awarded fifth place after appeal.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos. Driver Constructor Time/Gap
1 Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:19.7
2 Sweden Ronnie Peterson LotusFord +0.0
3 South Africa Jody Scheckter TyrrellFord +0.4
4 Argentina Carlos Reutemann BrabhamFord +0.5
5 United Kingdom Tom Pryce ShadowFord +0.6
6 United Kingdom James Hunt HeskethFord +0.6
7 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari +0.6
8 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi McLarenFord +0.8
9 West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck MarchFord +1.0
10 France Patrick Depailler TyrrellFord +1.1
11 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood McLarenFord +1.5
12 Belgium Jacky Ickx LotusFord +1.5
13 United Kingdom John Watson BrabhamFord +1.6
14 France François Migault BRM +1.7
15 Italy Arturo Merzario FWRCFord +1.9
16 France Jean-Pierre Jarier ShadowFord +1.9
17 West Germany Jochen Mass SurteesFord +1.9
18 Italy Vittorio Brambilla MarchFord +1.9
19 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLarenFord +2.0
20 Brazil Carlos Pace BrabhamFord +2.0
21 United Kingdom Peter Gethin LolaFord +2.0
22 United Kingdom Graham Hill LolaFord +2.2
23 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM +2.4
24 France Henri Pescarolo BRM +2.5
25 Australia Tim Schenken TrojanFord +2.7
26 United Kingdom David Purley TokenFord +3.0
27 United Kingdom Derek Bell SurteesFord +3.0
28 Denmark Tom Belsø FWRCFord +3.6
29 Italy Lella Lombardi BrabhamFord +3.6
30 Australia Vern Schuppan EnsignFord +3.7
31 New Zealand John Nicholson LyncarFord +3.9
32 New Zealand Howden Ganley MakiFord +4.0
33 United Kingdom Mike Wilds MarchFord +4.4
34 Finland Leo Kinnunen SurteesFord +5.9
35 United Kingdom Guy Edwards LolaFord +15.2
Source:[5]

*Positions with a pink background indicate drivers that failed to qualify

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 South Africa Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 75 1:43:02.2 3 9
2 5 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 75 + 15.3 8 6
3 2 Belgium Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 75 + 1:01.5 12 4
4 11 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 75 + 1:07.2 7 3
5 12 Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari 74 + 1 Lap 1 2
6 7 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 74 + 1 Lap 4 1
7 6 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 74 + 1 Lap 19  
8 16 United Kingdom Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 74 + 1 Lap 5  
9 8 Brazil Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford 74 + 1 Lap 20  
10 1 Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 73 + 2 Laps 2  
11 28 United Kingdom John Watson Brabham-Ford 73 + 2 Laps 13  
12 14 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 72 + 3 Laps 23  
13 26 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lola-Ford 69 + 6 Laps 22  
14 19 West Germany Jochen Mass Surtees-Ford 68 + 7 Laps 17  
Ret 15 France Henri Pescarolo BRM 64 Engine 24  
NC 37 France François Migault BRM 62 + 13 Laps 14  
Ret 33 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood McLaren-Ford 57 Spun Off 11  
Ret 17 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 45 Suspension 16  
Ret 9 West Germany Hans Joachim Stuck March-Ford 36 Accident 9  
Ret 4 France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 35 Engine 10  
Ret 20 Italy Arturo Merzario Iso-Marlboro-Ford 25 Engine 15  
Ret 10 Italy Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 17 Fuel System 18  
Ret 23 Australia Tim Schenken Trojan-Ford 6 Suspension 25  
Ret 24 United Kingdom James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 2 Suspension 6  
Ret 27 United Kingdom Peter Gethin Lola-Ford 0 Physical 21  
DNQ 42 United Kingdom David Purley Token-Ford        
DNQ 18 United Kingdom Derek Bell Surtees-Ford        
DNQ 21 Denmark Tom Belsø Iso-Marlboro-Ford        
DNQ 208 Italy Lella Lombardi Brabham-Ford        
DNQ 22 Australia Vern Schuppan Ensign-Ford        
DNQ 29 New Zealand John Nicholson Lyncar-Ford        
DNQ 25 New Zealand Howden Ganley Maki-Ford        
DNQ 35 United Kingdom Mike Wilds March-Ford        
DNQ 43 Finland Leo Kinnunen Surtees-Ford        
DNQ 27 United Kingdom Guy Edwards Lola-Ford   Driven by Gethin    
Source:[6]

Notes

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  • This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British driver Mike Wilds, New Zealand driver John Nicholson and Italian driver Lella Lombardi - the second woman to enter in Formula One.
  • This was the 50th Grand Prix start for a South African driver.
  • It was also the 100th Grand Prix start for an Austrian driver. In those 100 races, Austrian drivers won 8 Grands Prix, achieved 18 podium finishes, 16 pole positions, 5 fastest laps, 2 Grand Slams and won 1 World Championship.
  • This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British constructor Lyncar and Japanese constructor Maki. It was also the 25th Grand Prix start for Iso-Marlboro - entered by Frank Williams - and the 50th Grand Prix start for Tyrrell.
  • This was the 8th win of the British Grand Prix by a Ford-powered car. It broke the previous record set by Ferrari at the 1961 British Grand Prix.

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 7 results from the first 8 races and the best 6 results from the last 7 races counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

References

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  1. ^ "1974 Formula 1 World Championship Programmes". The Programme Covers Project.
  2. ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 42. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
  3. ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 44. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
  4. ^ "1974 British Grand Prix Entry list".
  5. ^ "Formula One 1974 British Grand Prix Classification | Motorsport Stats".
  6. ^ "1974 British Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Britain 1974 - Championship • STATS F1". statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.


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