Spa-Francorchamps 1000 km race in 1974

Matra-Simca MS670C

The ninth 1000 km race of Spa-Francorchamps , also Grand Prix de Spa, Circuit National de Francorchamps , took place on May 5, 1974 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and was the second round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

Jacky Ickx had already won the 1000 km race at Spa-Francorchamps twice by 1974 and was considered one of the specialists at the Spa racetrack. 1967 he won the race together with Dick Thompson in the Mirage M1 and 1968 as a partner of Brian Redman in Ford GT40 Mk.I . Ickx had lost his Ferrari contract at the end of 1973 and switched to Lotus in 1974 in Formula 1 . In the 1974 sports car world championship , he competed for Autodelta in the season opening race in Monza and finished second overall with his teammate Rolf Stommelen in the Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12 . In Spa he replaced the sick Jean-Pierre Beltoise at Matra Sports at short notice and celebrated his first win of the season. He shared the cockpit of the Matra-Simca MS670C with the young Frenchman Jean-Pierre Jarier .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	4th	Equipe Gitanes	Jacky Ickx Jean-Pierre Jarier	Matra-Simca MS670C	71
2	S 3.0	5	Gulf Racing	Derek Bell Mike Hailwood	Gulf Mirage GR7	71
3	S 3.0	14th	Martini Racing	Gijs van Lennep Herbert Müller	Porsche Carrera RSR Turbo	66
4th	GT	53	Gelo Racing	John Fitzpatrick Jürgen Barth	Porsche Carrera RSR	62
5	GT	40	Samson Kremer team	Clemens Schickentanz Willi Kauhsen	Porsche Carrera RSR	62
6th	GT	41	Samson Kremer team	Hans Heyer Paul Keller	Porsche Carrera RSR	62
7th	GT	44	Porsche Club Romand	Claude Haldi Claude Ballot-Léna	Porsche Carrera RSR	61
8th	T	50	Jolly Club	Martino Finotto Manfred Mohr	BMW 3.0 CSL 3.5	61
9	GT	45	Porsche Club Romand	Bernard Chenevière Peter Zbinden	Porsche Carrera RSR	60
10	T	51	Jean Xhenceval	Jean Xhenceval Alain Peltier	BMW 3.0 CSL 3.5	59
11	GT	54	Gelo Racing	Jürgen Barth Franz Pesch Jürgen Neuhaus	Porsche Carrera RSR	58
12	T	52	Jean-Claude Aubriet	Jean-Claude Aubriet Jean-Claude Depince	BMW 3.0 CSL	57
13	S 2.0	32	Target racing	Martin Raymond Tony Goodwin	Lola T294	56
14th	GT	49	Jean-Pierre Gaban	Willy Braillard Bernard de St. Hubert	Porsche Carrera RS	54
Not classified
15th	S 2.0	22nd	Forge Mill Racing	Vern Schuppan John Lepp	Chevron B26
Failed
16	S 3.0	3	Equipe Gitanes	Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse	Matra-Simca MS670C	6th
17th	S 3.0	8th	Automobiles Ligier	Guy Chasseuil François Migault	Ligier JS2
18th	S 3.0	9	Jolly Club	Giorgio Pianta Pino Pica	Lola T282
19th	S 3.0	12	Escuderia Tibibado	Francisco Torredemer Jorge Pla	Porsche 908/03
20th	S 2.0	23	Forge Mill Racing	Peter Hanson Rafael Barrios	Chevron B26
21st	S 2.0	25th	Christine Beckers	Christine Beckers Yvette Fontaine	Chevron B21
22nd	S 2.0	27	James Bell	Ian Harrower Nigel Clarkson	Chevron B19
23	S 2.0	28	Robin Smith	Jon Fletcher Robin Smith	Chevron B23
24	S 2.0	30th	Pete Smith	David Welpton John Hine	Chevron B23
25th	S 2.0	31	Escuderia Montjuich	Roger Heavens Hervé LeGuellec	Lola T294
26th	S 2.0	33	Dorset Racing Associates	Brian Joscelyne Tony Birchenhough Claude Crespin	Lola T294
27	S 2.0	34	Scato	Michel Dupont Laurent Ferrier	Chevron B26
28	GT	46	Eberhard Sindel	Jean-Louis Haxhe Helmuth Koinigg	Porsche Carrera RS
Not started
29	S 3.0	7th	Automobiles Ligier	Bob Wollek Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Guy Ligier	Ligier JS2	1
30th	S 2.0	26th	KVG Racing	John Hine Ian Grob	Chevron B23 / 26	2
31	S 3.0	5T	Gulf Racing	Derek Bell Mike Hailwood	Gulf Mirage GR7	3
32	S 3.0	14T	Martini Racing Team	Herbert Müller Gijs van Lennep	Porsche Carrera RSR Turbo	4th
Not qualified
33	S 2.0	20th	Paulenco Racing	Emilio Zapico Alan Stubbs	March 74S	5

¹ Accident during training ² Accident during training ³ Training car ⁴ Training car ⁵ not qualified

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
34	S 3.0		Autodelta SpA	Arturo Merzario Rolf Stommelen	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12
35	S 2.0		Peter Long	Peter Long	Chevron B21
36	S 3.0	10	Joest Racing	Reinhold Joest Mario Casoni	Porsche 908/03
37	S 3.0	11	Joest Racing	Roland Healer Jorge de Bagration	Porsche 908/03
38	S 2.0	21st	Paulenco Racing	Roy Johnson John Sheldon	March 74S
39	S 2.0	24	John Cole	John Cole	Chevron B21 / 23
40	GT	42	Josef Brambring	Josef Brambring Willi German	Porsche Carrera
41	GT	43	Anton Stocks	Helmut Kellener's Anton Stocks	Porsche Carrera
42	GT	47	Max Moritz	Werner Christmann Eckhard Schimpf	Porsche Carrera
43	GT	48	Kent International Racing	Roland de Jamblinne Baudouin van der Rest	Alpine A110

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Jacky Ickx	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Matra-Simca MS670C	Overall victory
S 2.0	Martin Raymond	Tony Goodwin	Lola T294	Rank 13
GT	John Fitzpatrick	Jürgen Barth	Porsche Carrera RSR	Rank 4
T	Martino Finotto	Manfred Mohr	BMW 3.0 CSL 3.5	Rank 8

Racing data

• Registered: 43
• Started: 28
• Valued: 14
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: light rain again and again
• Route length: 14.120 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4:12: 15,600 hours
• Overall laps of the winning team: 71
• Total distance of the winning team: 1002.520 km
• Winner's average: 238.449 km / h
• Pole position: Derek Bell - Gulf Mirage GR7 (# 5) - 3: 23.900 = 249.299 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jacky Ickx - Matra-Simca MS670C (# 7) - 3: 19.700 = 254.542 km / h
• Racing series: 2nd round 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

• Race results ; accessed on September 23, 2018.

Previous race at Monza 1000 km race in 1974

Sports car world championship

Successor 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1974