Le Castellet 1000 km race in 1974

Circuit Paul Ricard 1974

The 1000 km race of Le Castellet , also 1000 km Le Castellet , took place on August 15 at the Paul Ricard Circuit and was the eighth race of the sports car world championship of this year.

The race

The double victory at the Circuit Paul Ricard, the secured factory team of Matra the title of brand-world champion of the World Sportscar Championship for the second time in a row. Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Jean-Pierre Jarier won in the Matra-Simca MS670C ahead of their teammates Henri Pescarolo and Gérard Larrousse . Third in the overall classification of the race were Derek Bell and Jacky Ickx in the Gulf Mirage GR7 .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	1	Equipe Gitanes	Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jean-Pierre Jarier	Matra-Simca MS670C	130
2	S 3.0	2	Equipe Gitanes	Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse	Matra-Simca MS670C	127
3	S 3.0	7th	Gulf Research Racing	Derek Bell Jacky Ickx	Gulf Mirage GR7	125
4th	S 3.0	16	Joest Racing	Reinhold Joest Mario Casoni	Porsche 908/03	119
5	S 3.0	17th	Joest Racing	Paul Blancpain Knut-Holger Lehmann	Porsche 908/03	114
6th	S 3.0	19th	Automobiles Ligier	Guy Chasseuil François Migault	Ligier JS2	114
7th	S 3.0	14th	Martini Racing Team	Herbert Müller Gijs van Lennep	Porsche Carrera RSR Turbo	113
8th	GT	57	Gelo Racing	Tim Schenken Rolf Stommelen	Porsche Carrera RSR	113
9	GT	58	Gelo Racing	Jürgen Barth Clemens Schickentanz	Porsche Carrera RSR	112
10	GT	52	Samson Kremer team	Willi Deutsch Hans Heyer	Porsche Carrera RSR	111
11	GT	56	Kurt Simonsen	Kurt Simonsen Bengt Ekberg	Porsche Carrera RSR	109
12	GT	51	Giorgio Schön	Giorgio Schön Giovanni Borri	Porsche Carrera RSR	109
13	S 2.0	29	Stuart Chubb	Peter Long Tony Rouff	Chevron B23	108
14th	GT	47	Samson Kremer team	John Fitzpatrick Hartwig Bertrams	Porsche Carrera RSR	108
15th	GT	54	Robert Buchet	Cyril Grandet Guy Gentis	Porsche Carrera RSR	108
16	GT	59	Jean-Louis Chateau	Jean-Louis Chateau Hubert Striebig	Porsche Carrera RSR	105
17th	S 2.0	22nd	Motor Race Consultants	Peter Smith Gérard Camilli	Chevron B23	104
18th	S 3.0	10	Mike Coombe Autoracing	Vittorio Brambilla Brian Henton	March 74S	102
19th	GT	46	Porsche Club Romand	William Vollery Eric Chapuis	Porsche Carrera RSR	101
20th	S 2.0	30th	Michel Dupont	Anne-Charlotte Verney Daniel Brillat	Chevron B23	101
21st	S 2.0	36	Racing Organization Course	Christian Ethuin Max Mamers	Lola T292	95
22nd	T	61	Jean-Claude Guerie	Jean-Claude Guerie Dominique Fornage	Ford Capri RS	94
23	GT	55	Greder Racing Team	Henri Greder Marie-Claude Charmasson Jean-Claude Lagniez	Chevrolet Corvette	94
24	S 2.0	24	Target racing	Martin Raymond Tony Goodwin	Lola T294	93
Not classified
25th	T	64	Jean-Claude Aubriet	Jean-Claude Aubriet Jean-Claude Depince	BMW 3.0 CSL	89
26th	S 2.0	38	Mugello Corse	Achille Soria Giovanni Boeris	Abarth-Osella PA2	71
Failed
27	S 2.0	25th	Michel Dupont Scato	Michel Dupont René Arnoux	Chevron B26	83
28	S 3.0	18th	Kurt Hild	Hans Müller-Perschl Eberhard Braun	KMW SP30	77
29	S 3.0	12	Gulf Racing Team Suisse	Heinz Schulthess Hughes de Fierlant	Lola T284	65
30th	S 2.0	35	Racing Organization Course	Fred Stalder François Sérvanin	Lola T294	63
31	GT	44	Porsche Club Romand	Claude Haldi Edy Brandenberger	Porsche Carrera RSR	53
32	GT	45	Porsche Club Romand	Bernard Chenevière Peter Zbinden	Porsche Carrera RSR	47
33	S 3.0	48	Gulf Research Racing	Vern Schuppan Reine Wisell	Gulf Mirage GR7	44
34	S 2.0	27	KVG Racing	John Hine Ian Grob	Chevron B26	37
35	GT	40	Robert Buchet	Claude Ballot-Léna Bob Wollek	Porsche Carrera RSR	9
36	S 3.0	11	Giorgio Pianta	Giorgio Pianta Pino Pica	Lola T282
37	S 3.0	20th	Automobiles Ligier	Jacques Laffite Michel Leclère	Ligier JS2
38	S 2.0	37	Racing Organization Course	Laurent Ferrier Jacques Henry	Lola T294
39	GT	50	ASA Cachia	Jacques Borras Denis Rua	Porsche Carrera RSR
Not started
40	S 2.0	33	Philippe Mettetal	Jacques Coulon Jean Ragnotti	Tecma 745	1
41	S 3.0	T	Gulf Research Racing	Jacky Ickx Derek Bell Vern Schuppan	Gulf Mirage GR7	2

¹ not started ² training car

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
42	S 2.0	23	Roger Hire	Patrick Tambay Bernard Darniche	Lola T294
43	S 2.0	26th	Guido Fossati	Guido Fossati Angelo Mola	Lola T290
44	S 2.0	28	Perdo Domecq	Howden Ganley Richard Scott	Chevron B26
45	S 2.0	31	John Gillmeister	John Gillmeister John Wingfield	Rawlson CR11
46	S 2.0	32	John Blanckley	John Blanckley	Scorpion JB5
47	S 2.0	34	Chuck Graemiger	Emile Elias Bernard Béguin	Cheetah 01G
48	GT	41	Ennio Bonomelli	Ennio Bonomelli Giuseppe Schenetti	Porsche Carrera RSR
49	GT	43	Alméras Frères	Jean-Marie Alméras Jacques Alméras	Porsche Carrera RSR
50	GT	48	Samson Kremer team	Paul Keller Hans Heyer	Porsche Carrera RSR
51	GT	49	Samson Kremer team	Hartwig Bertrams Günter Steckkönig	Porsche Carrera RSR
52	T	63	Martino Finotto	Martino Finotto Manfred Mohr Jürg Dubler	BMW 3.0 CSL

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Matra-Simca MS670C	Overall victory
S 2.0	Peter Smith	Gérard Camilli	Chevron B23	Rank 17
GT	Tim donation	Rolf Stommelen	Porsche Carrera RSR	Rank 8
T	Jean-Claude Guérie	Dominique Fornage	Ford Capri RS	Rank 22

Racing data

• Registered: 52
• Started: 39
• Valued: 24
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: hot and dry
• Route length: 5.810 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4:10: 57.700 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 130
• Total distance of the winning team: 755,300 km
• Winner's average: 180.577 km / h
• Pole position: Jean-Pierre Jarier - Matra-Simca MS670C (# 1) - 1: 49.100 = 191.714 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jean-Pierre Beltoise - Matra-Simca MS670C (# 1) - 1: 50.600 = 189.114 km / h
• Racing series: Round 8 of the 1974 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

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Sports car world championship

Successor to the Brands Hatch 1000 km race in 1974