1974 Brazilian Grand Prix
| Racing data | ||
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| 2nd of 15 races of the 1974 Automobile World Championship | ||
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| Surname: | III Grande Prêmio do Brasil | |
| Date: | January 27, 1974 | |
| Place: | São Paulo | |
| Course: | Interlagos | |
| Length: | 254.72 km in 32 laps of 7.96 km
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| Planned: | 318.4 km in 40 laps of 7.96 km | |
| Weather: | cloudy but warm; later rain | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
.svg){kind=small} Emerson Fittipaldi
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 McLaren
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| Time: | 2: 32.97 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
 Clay Regazzoni
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 Ferrari
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| Time: | 2: 36.05 min | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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McLaren
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| Second: |
Clay Regazzoni
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Ferrari
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| Third: |
 Jacky Ickx
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lotus
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The 1974 Brazilian Grand Prix took place in São Paulo on January 27 and was the second race of the 1974 World Automobile Championship .
Reports
background
In 1974 the Brazilian Grand Prix saw its third edition. It was the second time since 1973 that the race had world championship status.
With the exception of the Ensign team and its driver Rikky from Opel , the same field of participants entered the second World Championship round of the season in São Paulo, which had already contested the opening race in Argentina two weeks earlier. As a result of the accident that happened there shortly after take-off, in which both drivers of the Shadow team were involved, the team had to have a new chassis flown in from the factory in Great Britain. This arrived just in time for the start of the first timed practice.
One week after the Brazilian Grand Prix, the Grande Prêmio Presidente Medici took place in the capital, Brasília , a Formula 1 race without world championship status , in which eight teams and twelve drivers took part and which Emerson Fittipaldi won.
training
Local hero Emerson Fittipaldi qualified for pole position in the McLaren M23 from Brabham driver Carlos Reutemann . With third place on the grid, Niki Lauda confirmed the upward trend of Scuderia Ferrari after the previous year of crisis. This was followed by the two works Lotus from Ronnie Peterson and Jacky Ickx as well as the Shadow from Peter Revson .
run
The start of the race was postponed slightly because the track had to be cleaned of broken pieces that the celebrating spectators had left.
Reutemann, who started from the front row, initially took the lead in front of Peterson. Pole-setter Fittipaldi found himself in third place ahead of Clay Regazzoni , while Lauda struggled with engine misfiring.
Reutemann was able to defend the lead up to the fourth lap before he was overtaken by both Peterson and Fittipaldi. Due to its softer tires compared to most of its competitors, Reutemann also fell behind Regazzoni and Ickx in the course of the following laps.
In the 16th lap, Fittipaldi tricked the leading Peterson while lapping Arturo Merzario and took over the lead, which he defended from then on. Peterson had to pull into the pits three laps later because of a puncture, possibly caused by broken fragments still lying around in some places, and fell back. This put Regazzoni and Ickx in second and third place respectively.
When it began to rain heavily on lap 31 after a dry race to date, the race management decided to stop the race for safety reasons. Brief confusion arose from the fact that third-placed Ickx was the first to be flagged.
Registration list
Classifications
Starting grid
| Item | driver | constructor | time | Ø speed | begin |
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| 1 |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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McLaren-Ford
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2: 32.97 | 187.331 km / h | 1 |
| 2 |
 Carlos Reutemann
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Brabham-Ford
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2: 33.21 | 187.037 km / h | 2 |
| 3 |
 Niki Lauda
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Ferrari
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2: 33.77 | 186.356 km / h | 3 |
| 4th |
 Ronnie Peterson
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Lotus Ford
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2: 33.82 | 186.296 km / h | 4th |
| 5 |
Jacky Ickx
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Lotus Ford
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2: 34.64 | 185.308 km / h | 5 |
| 6th |
 Peter Revson
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Shadow Ford
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2: 34.66 | 185.284 km / h | 6th |
| 7th |
Mike Hailwood
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McLaren-Ford
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2: 34.95 | 184.937 km / h | 7th |
| 8th |
Clay Regazzoni
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Ferrari
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2: 35.05 | 184.818 km / h | 8th |
| 9 |
Arturo Merzario
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Iso-Ford
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2: 35.15 | 184.699 km / h | 9 |
| 10 |
 Jochen Mass
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Surtees-Ford
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2: 35.43 | 184.366 km / h | 10 |
| 11 |
 Denis Hulme
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McLaren-Ford
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2: 35.54 | 184.236 km / h | 11 |
| 12 |
Carlos Pace
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Surtees-Ford
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2: 35.63 | 184.129 km / h | 12 |
| 13 |
Hans-Joachim Stuck
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March-Ford
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2: 35.64 | 184.117 km / h | 13 |
| 14th |
.svg){kind=small} Jody Scheckter
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Tyrrell-Ford
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2: 35.78 | 183.952 km / h | 14th |
| 15th |
John Watson
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Brabham-Ford
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2: 36.06 | 183.622 km / h | 15th |
| 16 |
 Patrick Depailler
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Tyrrell-Ford
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2: 36.21 | 183.445 km / h | 16 |
| 17th |
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
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BRM
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2: 36.49 | 183.117 km / h | 17th |
| 18th |
James Hunt
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March-Ford
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2: 37.24 | 182.244 km / h | 18th |
| 19th |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Shadow Ford
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2: 37.63 | 181.793 km / h | 19th |
| 20th |
Howden Ganley
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March-Ford
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2: 37.65 | 181.770 km / h | 20th |
| 21st |
Graham Hill
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Lola Ford
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2: 38.62 | 180.658 km / h | 21st |
| 22nd |
Henri Pescarolo
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BRM
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2: 38.80 | 180.453 km / h | 22nd |
| 23 |
François Migault
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BRM
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2: 39.20 | 180,000 km / h | 23 |
| 24 |
Richard Robarts
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Brabham-Ford
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2: 39.85 | 179.268 km / h | 24 |
| 25th |
Guy Edwards
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Lola Ford
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2: 42.15 | 176.725 km / h | 25th |
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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| 1 |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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McLaren-Ford
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32 | 0 | 1: 24: 37.06 | 1 | ||
| 2 |
Clay Regazzoni
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Ferrari
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32 | 0 | + 13.57 | 8th | ||
| 3 |
Jacky Ickx
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Lotus Ford
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31 | 0 | + 1 lap | 5 | ||
| 4th |
Carlos Pace
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Surtees-Ford
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31 | 0 | + 1 lap | 12 | ||
| 5 |
Mike Hailwood
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McLaren-Ford
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31 | 0 | + 1 lap | 7th | ||
| 6th |
Ronnie Peterson
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Lotus Ford
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31 | 1 | + 1 lap | 4th | ||
| 7th |
Carlos Reutemann
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Brabham-Ford
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31 | 0 | + 1 lap | 2 | ||
| 8th |
Patrick Depailler
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Tyrrell-Ford
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31 | 0 | + 1 lap | 16 | ||
| 9 |
James Hunt
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March-Ford
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31 | 0 | + 1 lap | 18th | ||
| 10 |
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
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BRM
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31 | 0 | + 1 lap | 17th | ||
| 11 |
Graham Hill
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Lola Ford
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31 | 0 | + 1 lap | 21st | ||
| 12 |
Denis Hulme
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McLaren-Ford
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31 | 0 | + 1 lap | 11 | ||
| 13 |
Jody Scheckter
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Tyrrell-Ford
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31 | 0 | + 1 lap | 14th | ||
| 14th |
Henri Pescarolo
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BRM
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30th | 0 | + 2 rounds | 22nd | ||
| 15th |
Richard Robarts
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Brabham-Ford
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30th | 0 | + 2 rounds | 24 | ||
| 16 |
François Migault
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BRM
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30th | 0 | + 2 rounds | 23 | ||
| 17th |
Jochen Mass
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Surtees-Ford
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30th | 0 | + 2 rounds | 10 | ||
| - |
John Watson
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Brabham-Ford
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27 | 1 | DNF | 15th | Clutch damage | |
| - |
Hans-Joachim Stuck
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March-Ford
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24 | 0 | DNF | 13 | defective power transmission | |
| - |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Shadow Ford
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21st | 0 | DNF | 19th | Brake defect | |
| - |
Arturo Merzario
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Iso-Ford
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20th | 0 | DNF | 9 | cracked throttle cable | |
| - |
Peter Revson
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Shadow Ford
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10 | 0 | DNF | 6th | overheated engine | |
| - |
Howden Ganley
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March-Ford
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8th | 1 | DNF | 20th | Electrical defect | |
| - |
Niki Lauda
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Ferrari
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2 | 0 | DNF | 3 | defective injection | |
| - |
Guy Edwards
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Lola Ford
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2 | 0 | DNF | 25th | Body 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
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "Training" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 12, 2011)
- ^ "Report" (accessed on October 12, 2011)
- ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento from December 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 12, 2011)
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