Belgian Grand Prix 1974

 Belgian Grand Prix 1974

Racing data
5th of 15 races of the 1974 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XXXII Grote Prijs van Belgie
Date:	May 12, 1974
Place:	Nivelles
Course:	Complexe Européen de Nivelles-Baulers
Length:	316.54 km in 85 laps of 3.724 km
Weather:	cloudy but warm
Pole position
Driver:	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Time:	1: 09.82 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Denis Hulme	McLaren
Time:	1: 11.31 min
Podium
First:	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren
Second:	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Third:	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell

The 1974 Belgian Grand Prix took place on May 12th at the Complexe Européen de Nivelles-Baulers and was the fifth race of the 1974 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

For the second time after 1972 , the Belgian Grand Prix was held in Nivelles .

Differences compared to the list of participants in the previous Spanish Grand Prix resulted from the absence of Chris Amon , who had decided to revise his own design before the next race, and from the fact that the second cockpit of the Frank Williams Racing Cars team was occupied by Gijs van Lennep instead of Tom Belsø .

In addition, several drivers made their debut in Formula 1 this weekend. These were Tom Pryce in the new Token Racing team , Gérard Larrousse in a privately entered Brabham BT42, Leo Kinnunen at the wheel of a Surtees customer vehicle and Teddy Pilette , the Bernie Ecclestone with extensive sponsorship money was able to convince him to provide him with a third works Brabham for this race . After Vern Schuppan had already been under contract as a substitute driver at BRM for two years and had waited in vain for a Grand Prix race there, he signed with Team Ensign as a new works driver and thus became the fifth debutant of the weekend.

This resulted in the most extensive entry list for several years with 32 participants. Since 31 drivers could be approved for the race, only one of the pilots who had traveled had to fear for his participation.

training

With a training best time more than a second faster than the runner-up Jody Scheckter in the new Tyrrell , Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni clearly achieved pole position. The time differences between the pursuers were much closer. Niki Lauda in the second Ferrari 312B3 shared the second row of the grid with Emerson Fittipaldi in the McLaren M23 .

This was followed by Ronnie Peterson in the Lotus 76 ahead of Arturo Merzario , who again showed a convincing training performance with the Iso-Marlboro, which is actually considered to be inferior.

Local hero Jacky Ickx struggled with the still troubled Lotus 76 and only achieved 16th place on the grid. The training for Carlos Reutemann , who only qualified for 24th place in the Brabham factory, was also disappointing .

Leo Kinnunen failed at the qualification hurdle and had to postpone his GP debut.

run

Regazzoni took the lead from pole position ahead of Scheckter and Fittipaldi. Between the latter, there was a change of position during the first lap. Ronnie Peterson followed ahead of Niki Lauda, James Hunt , Carlos Pace , Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Arturo Merzario.

In the course of the third lap, Lauda passed both Peterson and Scheckter into third place. After that, the order of the top placed remained constant for several laps until they ran into the first stragglers who had to be lapped. In the course of this, Lauda lost so much time that Scheckter was able to regain third position, which he lost again to the Austrian seven laps later.

Peterson had to go to the pit because of a brake failure. Regazzoni now also had a problem at the front with an opponent to be lapped, which forced him to take an evasive maneuver on the meadow. This enabled Fittipaldi to take the lead. Lauda also managed to get past Regazzoni into second place.

Due to the failures of James Hunt and Patrick Depailler , Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Denis Hulme got into the points. They were both overtaken by Mike Hailwood in the meantime , but shortly before the end of the race he fell back to seventh place due to lack of fuel. Also due to a shortage of fuel, Regazzoni lost a previously safe podium position in the last lap.

Due to a mishap, Emerson Fittipaldi almost lost the victory to Niki Lauda in the last meters. The Brazilian mistook the start line for the finish line and took off the gas too early. When crossing the actual finish line, Fittipaldi just happened to have a few meters ahead of the approaching Austrian.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
John Player Team Lotus	1	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus 76	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	2	Jacky Ickx
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	Mike Hailwood
Motor Racing Developments	7th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham BT44		G
	8th	Rikky from Opel
	34	Teddy Pilette	Brabham BT42
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.
	15th	Henri Pescarolo	BRM P160E	BRM P142 3.0 V12
	37	François Migault
UOP Shadow Racing Team	16	Brian Redman	Shadow DN3	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	17th	Jean-Pierre Jarier
Bang & Olufsen Team Surtees	18th	Carlos Pace	Surtees TS16		F.
	19th	Jochen Mass
Frank Williams Racing Cars	20th	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Marlboro FW03		F.
	21st	Gijs van Lennep	Iso-Marlboro FW02
Team Ensign	22nd	Vern Schuppan	Ensign N174		F.
Hesketh Racing	24	James Hunt	Hesketh 308		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.
Trojan-Tauranac Racing	41	Tim donation	Trojan T103		F.
Token Racing	30th	Tom Pryce	Token RJ02		F.
Scuderia Finotto	43	Gérard Larrousse	Brabham BT42		F.
AAW Racing Team	44	Leo Kinnunen	Surtees TS16		F.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 09.82	192.014 km / h	01
02	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 10.86	189.196 km / h	02
03	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 11.04	188.716 km / h	03
04th	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	1: 11.07	188.637 km / h	04th
05	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	1: 11.21	188.266 km / h	05
06th	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Ford	1: 11.29	188.054 km / h	06th
07th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	1: 11.39	187.791 km / h	07th
08th	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford	1: 11.46	187.607 km / h	08th
09	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	1: 11.53	187.423 km / h	09
10	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	1: 11.57	187.319 km / h	10
11	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 11.60	187.240 km / h	11
12	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 11.61	187.214 km / h	12
13	Mike Hailwood	McLaren-Ford	1: 11.98	186.252 km / h	13
14th	Vern Schuppan	Ensign-Ford	1: 12.02	186.148 km / h	14th
15th	Henri Pescarolo	BRM	1: 12.33	185.350 km / h	15th
16	Jacky Ickx	Lotus Ford	1: 12.42	185.120 km / h	16
17th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	1: 12.53	184.839 km / h	17th
18th	Brian Redman	Shadow Ford	1: 12.73	184.331 km / h	18th
19th	John Watson	Brabham-Ford	1: 12.76	184.255 km / h	19th
20th	Tom Pryce	Token Ford	1: 12.85	184.027 km / h	20th
21st	Guy Edwards	Lola Ford	1: 13.33	182.823 km / h	21st
22nd	Rikky from Opel	Brabham-Ford	1: 13.34	182.798 km / h	22nd
23	Tim donation	Trojan Ford	1: 13.36	182.748 km / h	22nd
24	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	1: 13.47	182.474 km / h	24
25th	François Migault	BRM	1: 13.49	182.425 km / h	25th
26th	Jochen Mass	Surtees-Ford	1: 13.81	181.634 km / h	26th
27	Teddy Pilette	Brabham-Ford	1: 14.05	181.045 km / h	27
28	Gérard Larrousse	Brabham-Ford	1: 14.22	180.631 km / h	28
29	Graham Hill	Lola Ford	1: 14.30	180.436 km / h	29
30th	Gijs van Lennep	Iso-Ford	1: 15.60	177.333 km / h	30th
31	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	1: 23.81	159.962 km / h	31
DNQ	Leo Kinnunen	Surtees-Ford	1: 28.77	151.024 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	85	0	1: 44: 20.57	04th
02	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	85	0	+ 0.35	03
03	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	85	0	+ 45.61	02
04th	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	85	0	+ 52.02	01
05	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	85	0	+1: 08.05	07th
06th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	85	0	+1: 10.54	12	1: 11.31
07th	Mike Hailwood	McLaren-Ford	84	0	+ 1 lap	13
08th	Graham Hill	Lola Ford	83	0	+ 2 rounds	29
09	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	83	0	+ 2 rounds	31
10	Tim donation	Trojan Ford	83	0	+ 2 rounds	23
11	John Watson	Brabham-Ford	83	0	+ 2 rounds	19th
12	Guy Edwards	Lola Ford	82	0	+ 3 rounds	21st
13	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	82	0	+ 3 rounds	17th
14th	Gijs van Lennep	Iso-Ford	82	0	+ 3 rounds	30th
15th	Vern Schuppan	Ensign-Ford	82	0	+ 3 rounds	14th
16	François Migault	BRM	82	0	+ 3 rounds	25th
17th	Teddy Pilette	Brabham-Ford	81	0	+ 4 rounds	27
18th	Brian Redman	Shadow Ford	80	0	DNF	18th		Engine failure
-	Jacky Ickx	Lotus Ford	72	0	DNF	16		overheated engine
-	Tom Pryce	Token Ford	66	0	DNF	20th		collision
-	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	62	0	DNF	24		Engine failure
-	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	56	1	DNF	05		leaking fuel tank
-	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	53	0	DNF	11		Brake defect
-	Jochen Mass	Surtees-Ford	53	0	DNF	26th		Suspension damage
-	Gérard Larrousse	Brabham-Ford	53	0	DNF	28		Tire damage
-	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford	50	0	DNF	08th		Handling problems
-	Rikky from Opel	Brabham-Ford	49	0	DNF	22nd		Engine failure
-	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	45	0	DNF	09		accident
-	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Ford	29	0	DNF	06th		Differential damage
-	Henri Pescarolo	BRM	12	0	DNF	15th		collision
-	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	06th	0	DNF	10		Clutch damage

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  Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren 22nd 02  Niki Lauda Ferrari 21st 03  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 19th 04th  Denis Hulme McLaren 11 05  Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 10 06th  Mike Hailwood McLaren 9 07th  Carlos Reutemann Brabham 9

Item driver constructor Points 08th  Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 6th 09  Hans-Joachim Stuck March 5 10  Jacky Ickx lotus 4th 11  Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 4th 12  Carlos Pace Surtees 3 13  Arturo Merzario Iso-Marlboro 1 14th  Ronnie Peterson lotus 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 35 02  Ferrari 27 03  BRM 10 04th  Tyrrell 10 05  Brabham 9

Item constructor Points 06th  March 5 07th  lotus 4th 08th  Surtees 3 09  Iso-Marlboro 1

Individual evidence

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2. ^ "Report" (accessed on October 12, 2011)
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Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website