1974 Argentine Grand Prix

 1974 Argentine Grand Prix

Racing data
1st of 15 races of the 1974 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XI Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina
Date:	January 13, 1974
Place:	Buenos Aires
Course:	Autódromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Length:	316.304 km in 53 laps of 5.968 km
Weather:	sunny and hot
Pole position
Driver:	Ronnie Peterson	lotus
Time:	1: 50.78 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Time:	1: 52.10 min
Podium
First:	Denis Hulme	McLaren
Second:	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Third:	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari

The 1974 Argentine Grand Prix took place on January 13th at the Autódromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires and was the first race of the 1974 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

After a relatively short winter break, in the shadow of the oil crisis, Formula 1 started the first round of the new season in Buenos Aires , where the long version of the local racetrack was driven for the first time, which included a wide loop around a lake.

For the first time in the history of Formula 1, the vehicles were given fixed start numbers before the first round of the World Championship, which were valid for the entire season. In previous years, the numbers had been assigned individually before almost every Grand Prix.

Compared to the 1973 season, there was a sharp change in the driver line-up for most teams.

After the death of François Cevert and the end of Jackie Stewart's career, Ken Tyrrell had to completely reorganize his team and signed Jody Scheckter and Patrick Depailler as regular drivers.

Niki Lauda and Clay Regazzoni remained teammates, but from this season as regular drivers at Ferrari . The gap that the two left at BRM was closed with the two Frenchmen Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Henri Pescarolo . In addition, a third works car was reported, driven by another French driver, François Migault .

Peter Revson had left McLaren and became a teammate of Jean-Pierre Jarier at Shadow . Revson's place at McLaren was taken by Emerson Fittipaldi . His cockpit at Lotus was manned by Jacky Ickx . The two teammates, Denis Hulme and Ronnie Peterson , were among the few pilots who remained loyal to their respective team from the previous year. In addition to the two Fittipaldi and Hulme cars sponsored by Texaco and Marlboro , McLaren planned the year-round use of a third factory car in the colors of the sponsor Yardley. This was initially piloted by Mike Hailwood . Jochen Mass took his place in the Surtees team at the side of Carlos Pace .

Brabham started the season with Formula 1 newcomer Richard Robarts in the second car alongside regular driver Carlos Reutemann . The second regular driver of the previous year, Wilson Fittipaldi , had decided to take a break from his racing career to devote himself to building his own team. A third Brabham was used by the private racing team John Goldie Racing as a customer vehicle and was driven by John Watson .

The March factory team signed the German debutant Hans-Joachim Stuck and Howden Ganley , who had left the Frank Williams Racing Cars team. Arturo Merzario took his previous place as the only regular driver of this team . Frank Williams continued his strategy from the previous year of having the second car driven by paying guest starters in the new season.

The Hesketh Racing team planned to use an in-house design, but began the season as last year as a March customer team with James Hunt as the driver. The now almost 45-year-old Graham Hill had signed a contract with Lola Cars and used their cars on his own. He occupied the second cockpit next to him with Guy Edwards , the third Formula 1 debutant this weekend.

training

Ronnie Peterson, who started from pole position nine times last year, continued this success story with his fourth training fastest time in a row. Regazzoni's second starting position in the revised Ferrari 312B3, on the other hand, was a surprise for the traditional Italian racing team as well as for the professional world after the crisis year of 1973. Fittipaldi and Revson shared the second row. James Hunt qualified for an impressive fifth place in his March 731 of the Hesketh team, modified by Harvey Postlethwaite .

run

Behind Peterson, who converted his pole position into a lead, James Hunt made a good start. Behind them Regazzoni, Revson and Hailwood reached one of the first corners at the same time and collided. While Hailwood was able to continue the race almost unaffected, Regazzoni and Revson turned. Jarier could no longer evade and crashed into his teammate Revson's car, causing both Shadows to be eliminated. Merzario and Watson were also easily involved in the accident, Jody Scheckter was able to avoid the grass next to the runway.

In the course of the first round, Hunt lost his chances of a good placement by spinning. Reutemann came in second position ahead of Fittipaldi, Hailwood, Ickx and Hulme.

Local hero Reutemann took the lead in the third lap, while Fittipaldi had to make a technically-related pit stop. When Peterson, now in second place, had braking problems a little later, he was overtaken by Ickx and Hulme. Meanwhile, Lauda overtook Hailwood and passed Peterson a little later.

Because Ickx had to go to the pits on the 27th lap due to a puncture, Lauda came third. At the front, Reutemann seemed to control the race. However, during the final laps he gradually ran out of fuel, which resulted in misfiring. On the last lap he was overtaken by six opponents to the chagrin of the Argentine spectators. Hulme won ahead of Lauda and Regazzoni, who had gradually worked his way up again after the collision on the starting lap.

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
Eleven Team Tyrrell	3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell 006		G
	4th	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell 005
Marlboro Team Texaco	5	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren M23		G
	6th	Denis Hulme
Yardley Team McLaren	33	Mike Hailwood
Motor Racing Developments	7th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham BT44		G
	8th	Richard Robarts
March engineering	9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March 741		G
	10	Howden Ganley
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 P160E	BRM P142 3.0 V12	F.
	15th	Henri Pescarolo
	37	François Migault
UOP Shadow Racing Team	16	Peter Revson	Shadow DN3	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	17th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow DN1
Bang & Olufsen Team Surtees	18th	Carlos Pace	Surtees TS16		F.
	19th	Jochen Mass
Frank Williams Racing Cars	20th	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Marlboro FW01		F.
Team Ensign	22nd	Rikky from Opel	Ensign N173		F.
Hesketh Racing	24	James Hunt	March 731		F.
Embassy Racing with Graham Hill	26th	Graham Hill	Lola T370		F.
	27	Guy Edwards
John Goldie Racing with Hexagon	28	John Watson	Brabham BT42		F.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	1: 50.78	193.941 km / h	01
02	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 50.96	193.627 km / h	02
03	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	1: 51.06	193.452 km / h	03
04th	Peter Revson	Shadow Ford	1: 51.30	193.035 km / h	04th
05	James Hunt	March-Ford	1: 51.52	192.654 km / h	05
06th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	1: 51.55	192.602 km / h	06th
07th	Jacky Ickx	Lotus Ford	1: 51.70	192.344 km / h	07th
08th	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 51.81	192.155 km / h	08th
09	Mike Hailwood	McLaren-Ford	1: 51.86	192.069 km / h	09
10	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 52.06	191.726 km / h	10
11	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford	1: 52.20	191.487 km / h	11
12	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 52.47	191.027 km / h	12
13	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Ford	1: 53.14	189.896 km / h	13
14th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	1: 53.18	189.829 km / h	14th
15th	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 53.27	189.678 km / h	15th
16	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	1: 53.66	189.027 km / h	16
17th	Graham Hill	Lola Ford	1: 53.90	188.629 km / h	17th
18th	Jochen Mass	Surtees-Ford	1: 53.90	188.629 km / h	18th
19th	Howden Ganley	March-Ford	1: 54.21	188.117 km / h	19th
20th	John Watson	Brabham-Ford	1: 54.39	187.821 km / h	20th
21st	Henri Pescarolo	BRM	1: 54.67	187.362 km / h	21st
22nd	Richard Robarts	Brabham-Ford	1: 54.73	187.264 km / h	22nd
23	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	1: 55.19	186.516 km / h	23
24	François Migault	BRM	1: 55.43	186.128 km / h	24
25th	Guy Edwards	Lola Ford	1: 56.43	184.530 km / h	25th
26th	Rikky from Opel	Ensign-Ford	1: 57.86	182.291 km / h	26th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	53	0	1: 41: 02.01	10
02	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	53	0	+ 9.27	08th
03	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	53	0	+ 20.41	02
04th	Mike Hailwood	McLaren-Ford	53	0	+ 31.79	09
05	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	53	0	+ 51.84	14th
06th	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	53	0	+1: 52.48	15th
07th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	52	0	DNF	06th		Lack of fuel
08th	Howden Ganley	March-Ford	52	0	DNF	19th		Lack of fuel
09	Henri Pescarolo	BRM	52	0	+ 1 lap	21st
10	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	52	1	+ 1 lap	03
11	Guy Edwards	Lola Ford	51	0	+ 2 rounds	25th
12	John Watson	Brabham-Ford	49	0	+ 4 rounds	20th
13	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	48	1	+ 5 rounds	01
-	Graham Hill	Lola Ford	45	0	DNF	17th		Engine failure
-	Jacky Ickx	Lotus Ford	36	2	DNF	07th		Clutch damage
-	Richard Robarts	Brabham-Ford	36	0	DNF	22nd		Gearbox damage
-	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	31	0	DNF	23		Clutch damage
-	François Migault	BRM	31	0	DNF	24		Cooling water loss
-	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	25th	1	DNF	12		Engine failure
-	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford	21st	0	DNF	11		Suspension damage
-	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Ford	19th	0	DNF	13		overheated engine
-	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	11	0	DNF	05		overheated engine
-	Jochen Mass	Surtees-Ford	10	0	DNF	18th		Engine failure
-	Peter Revson	Shadow Ford	00	0	DNF	04th		collision
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	00	0	DNF	16		collision
-	Rikky from Opel	Ensign-Ford	-	0	DNS	26th		not started

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  Denis Hulme McLaren 9 02  Niki Lauda Ferrari 6th 03  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 4th

Item driver constructor Points 04th  Mike Hailwood McLaren 3 05  Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 2 06th  Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 9 02  Ferrari 6th 03  BRM 2 04th  Tyrrell 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from November 7, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 October 12, 2011)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on October 12, 2011)
3. ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 12, 2011)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website