1974 Austrian Grand Prix

 1974 Austrian Grand Prix

Racing data
12th of 15 races of the 1974 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XII Grand Prix of Austria
Date:	18th August 1974
Place:	Spielberg
Course:	Österreichring
Length:	319.194 km in 54 laps of 5.911 km
Weather:	sunny and hot
Spectator:	~ 150,000
Pole position
Driver:	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Time:	1: 35.40 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Time:	1: 37.22 min
Podium
First:	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham
Second:	Denis Hulme	McLaren
Third:	James Hunt	Hesketh

The 1974 Austrian Grand Prix took place on August 18 at the Österreichring near Zeltweg and was the twelfth race of the 1974 Automobile World Championship .

Reports

background

The teams entered the Austrian Grand Prix with several changes in terms of the driver line-up. Jean-Pierre Jabouille was hired by Surtees to replace Jochen Mass . This had terminated his contract with the team as well as the main sponsor Bang & Olufsen . Mike Hailwood had to end his Formula 1 career two weeks earlier after his serious accident at the German Grand Prix . His compatriot David Hobbs took his place in the third factory McLaren . At Team Ensign , Vern Schuppan was replaced by Mike Wilds and Rolf Stommelen took over the second Lola in Graham Hill's team to replace the injured Guy Edwards .

With Dieter Quester in a third factory Surtees with his own main sponsor and the Formula 1 newcomer Helmut Koinigg in the private Brabham BT42 of the Scuderia Finotto, two local guest starters completed the entry list. In addition, the Hesketh team exceptionally reported a second car, which was driven by Ian Scheckter , Jody Scheckter's brother .

Due to delivery bottlenecks, the BRM team did not have enough spare engine parts available and therefore only entered one vehicle instead of the usual three.

training

For the fifth time in a row, Niki Lauda secured pole position in a Ferrari 312B3 . Carlos Reutemann took second place on the front row. It was followed by Emerson Fittipaldi and Carlos Pace in the second row and Jody Scheckter and Ronnie Peterson in row three.

Jacky Ickx once again had problems with the new Lotus 76 and only achieved 22nd place on the grid. Among the six pilots who failed to qualify for the starting field limited to 25 participants were three of the four participating Surtees TS16 as well as Mike Wilds and the two debutants Ian Scheckter and Helmut Koinigg.

run

Reutemann took the lead right at the start of the race and never gave it up until the finish. Lauda followed before Pace, Clay Regazzoni , James Hunt , Jody Scheckter, Emerson Fittipaldi and Arturo Merzario . Peterson was only ninth after a bad start, but quickly caught up with Merzario.

During the first laps, Regazzoni overtook Pace and Scheckter passed Hunt. On the ninth lap, Scheckter overtook fourth-placed Pace, but was eliminated shortly afterwards due to an engine failure. In the course of the following laps, Fittipaldi and Peterson first overtook Hunt and shortly afterwards Pace. Meanwhile, Lauda fell back due to misfiring and had to admit defeat first Regazzoni and a little later also Fittipaldi, Peterson and Pace. Shortly thereafter, he was eliminated from the race entirely. Due to a small driving error, Peterson lost his fourth place in pace around halfway through the race.

On the 38th lap, Fittipaldi retired due to an engine problem. Shortly afterwards, a puncture threw Regazzoni back, so another title contender was deprived of a realistic chance of victory. Pace and Peterson initially benefited from this, but were eliminated a little later due to technical problems.

In the end, Denis Hulme finished second behind the winner Reutemann, ahead of Hesketh regular drivers James Hunt and John Watson in the private Brabham. Regazzoni was the only one of the title favorites to score two points in fifth, with which he was able to slightly extend his lead in the world championship standings. In sixth place, Vittorio Brambilla received the last World Championship point of the day, which was also the first point in his GP career for him.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
John Player Team Lotus	1	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus 72E	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	2	Jacky Ickx	Lotus 76
Eleven Team Tyrrell	3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell 007		G
	4th	Patrick Depailler
Marlboro Team Texaco	5	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren M23		G
	6th	Denis Hulme
Yardley Team McLaren	33	David Hobbs
Motor Racing Developments	7th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham BT44		G
	8th	Carlos Pace
March engineering	9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March 741		G
	10	Vittorio Brambilla
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	11	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari 312B3	Ferrari 001/11 3.0 F12	G
	12	Niki Lauda
Team Motul BRM	14th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM P201	BRM P200 3.0 V12	F.
UOP Shadow Racing Team	16	Tom Pryce	Shadow DN3	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	17th	Jean-Pierre Jarier
Team Surtees	18th	Derek Bell	Surtees TS16		F.
	19th	Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Memphis International Team Surtees	30th	Dieter Quester
Frank Williams Racing Cars	20th	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Marlboro FW03		F.
	21st	Jacques Laffite	Iso-Marlboro FW02
Team Ensign	22nd	Mike Wilds	Ensign N174		F.
Trojan-Tauranac Racing	23	Tim donation	Trojan T103		F.
Hesketh Racing	24	James Hunt	Hesketh 308		G
	31	Ian Scheckter
Embassy Racing with Graham Hill	26th	Graham Hill	Lola T370		F.
	27	Rolf Stommelen
John Goldie Racing with Hexagon	28	John Watson	Brabham BT44		F.
Scuderia Finotto	32	Helmut Koinigg	Brabham BT42		F.
Token Racing	35	Ian Ashley	Token RJ02		F.
AAW Racing Team	43	Leo Kinnunen	Surtees TS16		F.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 35.40	223.057 km / h	01
02	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	1: 35.56	222.683 km / h	02
03	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	1: 35.76	222.218 km / h	03
04th	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	1: 35.91	221.871 km / h	04th
05	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 35.94	221.801 km / h	05
06th	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	1: 36.00	221.663 km / h	06th
07th	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	1: 36.11	221.409 km / h	07th
08th	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 36.31	220.949 km / h	08th
09	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Ford	1: 36.35	220.857 km / h	09
10	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 36.39	220.766 km / h	10
11	John Watson	Brabham-Ford	1: 36.52	220.468 km / h	11
12	Jacques Laffite	Iso-Ford	1: 36.86	219.694 km / h	12
13	Rolf Stommelen	Lola Ford	1: 37.18	218.971 km / h	13
14th	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 37.25	218.813 km / h	14th
15th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	1: 37.37	218.544 km / h	15th
16	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	1: 37.39	218.499 km / h	16
17th	David Hobbs	McLaren-Ford	1: 37.41	218.454 km / h	17th
18th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	1: 37.43	218.409 km / h	18th
19th	Tim donation	Trojan Ford	1: 37.43	218.409 km / h	19th
20th	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	1: 37.47	218.319 km / h	20th
21st	Graham Hill	Lola Ford	1: 37.54	218.163 km / h	21st
22nd	Jacky Ickx	Lotus Ford	1: 38.09	216.940 km / h	22nd
23	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	1: 38.17	216.763 km / h	23
24	Ian Ashley	Token Ford	1: 38.67	215.664 km / h	24
25th	Dieter Quester	Surtees-Ford	1: 38.88	215.206 km / h	25th
DNQ	Ian Scheckter	Hesketh-Ford	1: 39.17	214.577 km / h	-
DNQ	Leo Kinnunen	Surtees-Ford	1: 39.47	213.930 km / h	-
DNQ	Derek Bell	Surtees-Ford	1: 39.53	213.801 km / h	-
DNQ	Mike Wilds	Ensign-Ford	1: 39.96	212.881 km / h	-
DNQ	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Surtees-Ford	1: 40.10	212.583 km / h	-
DNQ	Helmut Koinigg	Brabham-Ford	1: 40.60	211.527 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	54	0	1: 28: 44.72	02
02	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	54	0	+ 42.92	10
03	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	54	1	+1: 01.54	07th
04th	John Watson	Brabham-Ford	54	1	+1: 09.39	11
05	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	54	1	+1: 13.08	08th	1: 37.22
06th	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	54	1	+1: 13.82	20th
07th	David Hobbs	McLaren-Ford	53	0	+ 1 lap	17th
08th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	52	0	+ 2 rounds	23
09	Dieter Quester	Surtees-Ford	51	0	+ 3 rounds	25th
10	Tim donation	Trojan Ford	50	0	+ 4 rounds	19th
11	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	48	0	DNF	15th		Suspension damage
12	Graham Hill	Lola Ford	48	1	+ 6 rounds	21st
-	Ian Ashley	Token Ford	46	0	NC	24		Unrated
-	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	45	0	DNF	06th		broken half-wave
-	Jacky Ickx	Lotus Ford	43	0	DNF	22nd		collision
-	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	42	0	DNF	14th		collision
-	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	41	0	DNF	04th		defective fuel pump
-	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	37	0	DNF	03		Engine failure
-	Jacques Laffite	Iso-Ford	37	0	NC	12		Unrated
-	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Ford	24	0	DNF	09		defective fuel pump
-	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	22nd	1	DNF	16		Lathe operator
-	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	22nd	0	DNF	18th		Engine failure
-	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	17th	1	DNF	01		Engine failure
-	Rolf Stommelen	Lola Ford	14th	1	DNF	13		accident
-	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	08th	0	DNF	05		Engine failure

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 46 02  Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 41 03  Niki Lauda Ferrari 38 04th  Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren 37 05  Carlos Reutemann Brabham 23 06th  Ronnie Peterson lotus 22nd 07th  Denis Hulme McLaren 18th 08th  Jacky Ickx lotus 12 09  Mike Hailwood McLaren 12 10  Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 11

Item driver constructor Points 11  Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 10 12  James Hunt Hesketh 8th 13  Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 6th 14th  Hans-Joachim Stuck March 5 15th  John Watson Brabham 4th 16  Carlos Pace Surtees 3 17th  Vittorio Brambilla March 1 18th  Arturo Merzario Iso-Marlboro 1 19th  Graham Hill Lola 1 20th  Tom Pryce Shadow 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 59 02  McLaren 55 03  Tyrrell 45 04th  lotus 29 05  Brabham 24 06th  BRM 10

Item constructor Points 07th  Hesketh 8th 08th  Shadow 7th 09  March 6th 10  Surtees 3 11  Lola 1 12  Iso-Marlboro 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on November 18, 2011)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on November 18, 2011)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on November 18, 2011)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website