1974 German Grand Prix

 1974 German Grand Prix

Racing data
11th of 15 races of the 1974 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XXXVI Grand Prix of Germany Grand Prix of Europe
Date:	4th August 1974
Place:	Nürburg
Course:	Nürburgring
Length:	319.69 km in 14 laps of 22.835 km
Weather:	cloudy, light rain at times
Pole position
Driver:	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Time:	7:00, 8 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell
Time:	7: 11.1 min
Podium
First:	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Second:	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell
Third:	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham

The 1974 German Grand Prix took place on August 4th at the Nürburgring and was the eleventh race of the 1974 Automobile World Championship . The race also had the FIA title of honor European Grand Prix .

Reports

background

The trend towards the high number of participants in the 1974 season also continued at the German GP at the Nürburgring. 31 riders tried to get one of the 26 starting positions for the race during the training sessions. The organizers rejected individual reports in advance. This concerned u. a. the Scuderia Finotto , which had reported a Brabham BT42 for the German racing driver Manfred Mohr .

With a few exceptions, the teams appeared with the same driver line-up as at the British Grand Prix two weeks earlier. The second cockpit of the Frank Williams Racing Cars team , which was given to paying guest starters as usual, was given to debutant Jacques Laffite this weekend . At Token Racing , David Purley was replaced by Ian Ashley , who was also on the entry list for a Grand Prix for the first time.

The Amon team was back for the first time since the Monaco Grand Prix . As Chris Amon was in poor health, the third debutant of the weekend, Larry Perkins , took over his car during training.

training

The training began with a serious accident involving Maki pilot Howden Ganley in the Hatzenbach section . Because of the injuries he suffered, he was unable to take part in the rest of the race weekend.

The two Ferrari 312B3 achieved the best lap times, with both Niki Lauda , who reached fourth pole position in a row, and Clay Regazzoni only missed the seven-minute mark by a few tenths of a second. This was followed by Emerson Fittipaldi and Jody Scheckter in the second row. Thus the four most promising pilots occupied the first four starting positions in the fight for the world championship.

Patrick Depailler and Carlos Reutemann formed the third row in front of Denis Hulme and Ronnie Peterson .

run

Since Lauda started badly, Regazzoni immediately took the lead, which he did not give up for the rest of the afternoon. While trying to make up for lost ground, Lauda collided with Scheckter after a few meters and was eliminated. Scheckter, however, was able to continue the race unaffected. He held his second position to the finish, as did Reutemann, who was third.

Fittipaldi hadn't got off to a good start either, which was overlooked by Hulme, who started much better from seventh place. The two teammates collided, after which Fittipaldi was initially able to continue the race. Hulme, on the other hand, got out and switched to the T-Car . Because of this rule violation he was disqualified after two rounds. Also in the second lap, Fittipaldi was eliminated due to a suspension damage as a result of the collision. He had previously had to drive back to the pits with a puncture over large parts of the extremely long route.

Jochen Mass was in fourth place up to the sixth lap . Then he was overtaken by the two Lotus pilots Jacky Ickx and Ronnie Peterson. He managed to overtake the Swede again before his engine failed on lap 11. This put Mike Hailwood in sixth place, which he held until the penultimate lap. Then he lost control of his car after a jump in the Pflanzgarten section and had a serious accident. The resulting injuries ended his Formula 1 career.

Clay Regazzoni took over the lead in the world championship again with his second victory after the Italian Grand Prix in 1970 . Tom Pryce scored his first World Championship point in sixth place.

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	Lotus 72 E
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	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.
	15th	Henri Pescarolo
	37	François Migault	BRM P160 E	BRM P142 3.0 V12
UOP Shadow Racing Team	16	Tom Pryce	Shadow DN3	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	17th	Jean-Pierre Jarier
Bang & Olufsen Team Surtees	18th	Derek Bell	Surtees TS16		F.
	19th	Jochen Mass
Frank Williams Racing Cars	20th	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Marlboro FW03		F.
	21st	Jacques Laffite	Iso-Marlboro FW02
Team Ensign	22nd	Vern Schuppan	Ensign N174		F.
Trojan-Tauranac Racing	23	Tim donation	Trojan T103		F.
Hesketh Racing	24	James Hunt	Hesketh 308		G
Maki engineering	25th	Howden Ganley	Maki F101		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.
Chris Amon Racing	30 1	Chris Amon	Amon AF101		F.
		Larry Perkins
Token Racing	32	Ian Ashley	Token RJ02		F.

¹ Chris Amon sold his number 30 car to Larry Perkins during practice because of nausea.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	7: 00.8	195.356 km / h	01
02	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	7: 01.1	195.217 km / h	02
03	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	7: 02.3	194.663 km / h	03
04th	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	7: 03.4	194.157 km / h	04th
05	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	7: 06.2	192.881 km / h	05
06th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	7: 07.2	192.430 km / h	06th
07th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	7: 08.8	191.712 km / h	07th
08th	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	7: 09.0	191.622 km / h	08th
09	Jacky Ickx	Lotus Ford	7: 09.1	191.578 km / h	09
10	Jochen Mass	Surtees-Ford	7: 09.8	191.266 km / h	10
11	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	7: 09.9	191.221 km / h	11
12	Mike Hailwood	McLaren-Ford	7: 10.1	191.132 km / h	12
13	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	7: 10.4	190.999 km / h	13
14th	John Watson	Brabham-Ford	7: 10.51	190.950 km / h	14th
15th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	7: 10.53	190.941 km / h	15th
16	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Ford	7: 11.2	190.645 km / h	16
17th	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	7: 12.7	189.984 km / h	17th
18th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	7: 14.9	189.023 km / h	18th
19th	Graham Hill	Lola Ford	7: 15.5	188.762 km / h	19th
20th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	7: 16.0	188.546 km / h	20th
21st	Jacques Laffite	Iso-Ford	7: 17.6	187.856 km / h	21st
22nd	Vern Schuppan	Ensign-Ford	7: 20.81	186.489 km / h	22nd
23	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	7: 20.88	186.459 km / h	23
24	Henri Pescarolo	BRM	7: 20.9	186.450 km / h	24
25th	Derek Bell	Surtees-Ford	7: 22.0	185.986 km / h	25th
26th	Ian Ashley	Token Ford	7: 25.6	184.484 km / h	26th
DNQ	François Migault	BRM	7: 26.5	184.112 km / h	-
DNQ	Tim donation	Trojan Ford	7: 29.1	183.046 km / h	-
DNQ	Guy Edwards	Lola Ford	7: 31.5	182.073 km / h	-
DNQ	Larry Perkins	Amon-Ford	7: 46.2	176.332 km / h	-
DNQ	Chris Amon	Amon-Ford	8: 26.2	162.398 km / h	-
DNQ	Howden Ganley	Maki-Ford	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	14th	0	1: 41: 35.0	02
02	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	14th	0	+ 50.7	04th	7: 11.1
03	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	14th	0	+1: 23.3	06th
04th	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	14th	0	+1: 24.2	08th
05	Jacky Ickx	Lotus Ford	14th	0	+1: 25.0	09
06th	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	14th	0	+ 2: 18.1	11
07th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	14th	0	+ 2: 58.7	20th
08th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	14th	0	+ 3: 25.9	18th
09	Graham Hill	Lola Ford	14th	0	+ 3: 26.4	19th
10	Henri Pescarolo	BRM	14th	0	+ 4: 17.7	24
11	Derek Bell	Surtees-Ford	14th	0	+ 5: 17.7	25th
12	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	14th	0	+ 6: 26.3	17th
13	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	14th	0	+ 8: 43.1	23
14th	Ian Ashley	Token Ford	13	0	+ 1 lap	26th
15th	Mike Hailwood	McLaren-Ford	12	0	DNF	12		accident
-	Jochen Mass	Surtees-Ford	10	0	DNF	13		Engine failure
-	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	10	0	DNF	10		Gearbox damage
-	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	05	0	DNF	05		Driving error
-	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Ford	05	0	DNF	16		defective throttle linkage
-	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	04th	0	DNF	15th		defective fuel supply
-	Vern Schuppan	Ensign-Ford	04th	0	DNF	22nd		Gearbox damage
-	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	02	1	DNF	03		Suspension damage
-	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	02	0	DSQ	07th		disqualified
-	Jacques Laffite	Iso-Ford	02	0	DNF	21st		Suspension damage
-	John Watson	Brabham-Ford	01	0	DNF	14th		Suspension damage
-	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	00	0	DNF	01		collision

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 44 02  Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 41 03  Niki Lauda Ferrari 38 04th  Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren 37 05  Ronnie Peterson lotus 22nd 06th  Carlos Reutemann Brabham 14th 07th  Jacky Ickx lotus 12 08th  Mike Hailwood McLaren 12 09  Denis Hulme McLaren 12 10  Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 11

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

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 57 02  McLaren 49 03  Tyrrell 45 04th  lotus 29 05  Brabham 15th 06th  BRM 10

Item constructor Points 07th  Shadow 7th 08th  March 5 09  Hesketh 4th 10  Surtees 3 11  Lola 1 12  Iso-Marlboro 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Felix Muelas, Mattijs Diepraam: Bellasi: She's beautiful, oh yes! History of Bellasi and Scuderia Finotto on the 8w.forix.com website (accessed on October 14, 2013).
2. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from December 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on November 18, 2011)  
3. ^ "Report" (accessed on November 18, 2011)
4. ↑ "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