1974 British Grand Prix

 1974 British Grand Prix

Racing data
10th of 15 races of the 1974 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XXVII British Grand Prix
Date:	20th July 1974
Place:	Fawkham
Course:	Brands Hatch Circuit
Length:	319.875 km in 75 laps of 4.265 km
Weather:	dry and warm
Pole position
Driver:	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Time:	1: 19.7 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Time:	1: 21.1 min
Podium
First:	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell
Second:	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren
Third:	Jacky Ickx	lotus

The 1974 British Grand Prix took place on July 20 at the Brands Hatch Circuit and was the tenth race of the 1974 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

The largest field of participants of the season with 34 vehicles traveled to the British Grand Prix, although only 25 vehicles were to be allowed for the race.

Rikky von Opel had voluntarily ended his Grand Prix career due to continued unsuccessfulness. This gave the Brabham factory team a free cockpit, which was then taken over for the rest of the season by Carlos Pace , who was looking for a new contract after his resignation from Surtees and an interim solution in the private team John Goldie Racing. The second customer Brabham of the Goldie team was then given under a modified team name and with the unusual start number 208 to the Italian Lella Lombardi , the second woman after Maria Teresa de Filippis in the 1958 season , who was registered for a Grand Prix.

John Surtees occupied the second car of his team alongside regular driver Jochen Mass with Derek Bell instead of José Dolhem . The pay driver Tom Belsø got another chance in the second car of Frank Williams alongside regular driver ARTURO MERZARIO .

Howden Ganley returned to Formula 1 as the driver of the new Japanese Maki team. Peter Gethin also had a comeback , who was provided by Graham Hill as a possible replacement driver for the injured regular driver Guy Edwards . When Edwards realized during practice that his injury was preventing him from driving too much, Gethin was eventually deployed. With David Purley at the wheel of the token , there was even a third returnees this weekend.

A Lyncar 006 vehicle , which was driven by John Nicholson , a Formula 1 rookie , was at the start for the first time. Another debut competitor was Mike Wilds , who competed in the private March , which had been driven by James Hunt the previous year as a customer vehicle for the Hesketh team .

training

Niki Lauda achieved his third pole position in a row in training, as he did at the French Grand Prix two weeks earlier alongside Ronnie Peterson , who this time set the fastest time for the Austrian. The second row consisted of the Tyrrell by Jody Scheckter and Carlos Reutemanns Brabham. The third row was shared by Tom Pryce and James Hunt, who had collided with each other shortly after the start of the two previous GPs. World Championship contenders Emerson Fittipaldi and Clay Regazzoni followed in row four . So there were six different vehicles on the first six starting positions.

run

Emerson Fittipaldi in the McLaren M23 during the race.

.... and after crossing the finish line

While Lauda took the lead from pole position, Scheckter and Regazzoni found their way past Peterson. Reutemann, Fittipaldi, Pryce and Stuck followed . Hunt retired after a bad start on the third lap due to suspension damage and a resulting spin.

Until about halfway through the race the order at the front remained constant. Then Reutemann turned. A short time later, Peterson and Regazzoni had to go to the pits due to tire damage they had suffered when they ran over debris after an accident from Stuck. As a result, Lauda and Scheckter were clearly in the lead, while Fittipaldi was already considerably behind in third place.

Nothing changed until Lauda slowed down shortly before the end of the race due to a puncture. He headed for the pits and was overtaken by Scheckter. After his tire change, the officials prevented Lauda from being allowed to go out onto the track again, as they already considered the race to be over. In fact, however, the last lap of the race was still in progress. He was then rated ninth. Due to a protest by Scuderia Ferrari , he was subsequently awarded fifth place.

With Fittipaldi's second place, McLaren took the lead again in the Constructors' World Championship.

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 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 P160E	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	Tom Belsø	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 1	Guy Edwards
		Peter Gethin
John Goldie Racing with Hexagon	28	John Watson	Brabham BT42		F.
Pinch Plant Ltd.	29	John Nicholson	Lyncar 006		G
Dempster International Racing Team	35	Mike Wilds	March 731		F.
Token Racing	42	David Purley	Token RJ02		F.
AAW Racing Team	43	Leo Kinnunen	Surtees TS16		F.
Allied Polymer Group	208	Lella Lombardi	Brabham BT42		G

¹ Peter Gethin took over the number 27 Lola from Guy Edwards during practice.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 19.7	192.647 km / h	01
02	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	1: 19.7	192.647 km / h	02
03	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 20.1	191.685 km / h	03
04th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	1: 20.2	191.446 km / h	04th
05	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	1: 20.3	191.208 km / h	05
06th	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	1: 20.3	191.208 km / h	06th
07th	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 20.3	191.208 km / h	07th
08th	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	1: 20.5	190.733 km / h	08th
09	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	1: 20.7	190.260 km / h	09
10	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 20.8	190.025 km / h	10
11	Mike Hailwood	McLaren-Ford	1: 21.2	189.089 km / h	11
12	Jacky Ickx	Lotus Ford	1: 21.2	189.089 km / h	12
13	John Watson	Brabham-Ford	1: 21.3	188.856 km / h	13
14th	François Migault	BRM	1: 21.4	188.624 km / h	14th
15th	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Ford	1: 21.6	188.162 km / h	15th
16	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	1: 21.6	188.162 km / h	16
17th	Jochen Mass	Surtees-Ford	1: 21.6	188.162 km / h	17th
18th	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	1: 21.6	188.162 km / h	18th
19th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 21.7	187.931 km / h	19th
20th	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	1: 21.7	187.931 km / h	20th
21st	Peter Gethin	Lola Ford	1: 21.7	187.931 km / h	21st
22nd	Graham Hill	Lola Ford	1: 21.9	187.473 km / h	22nd
23	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	1: 22.1	187.016 km / h	23
24	Henri Pescarolo	BRM	1: 22.2	186.788 km / h	24
25th	Tim donation	Trojan Ford	1: 22.4	186.335 km / h	25th
DNQ	David Purley	Token Ford	1: 22.7	185.659 km / h	-
DNQ	Derek Bell	Surtees-Ford	1: 22.7	185.659 km / h	-
DNQ	Tom Belsø	Iso-Ford	1: 23.3	184.322 km / h	-
DNQ	Lella Lombardi	Brabham-Ford	1: 23.3	184.322 km / h	-
DNQ	Vern Schuppan	Ensign-Ford	1: 23.4	184.101 km / h	-
DNQ	John Nicholson	Lyncar Ford	1: 23.6	183.660 km / h	-
DNQ	Howden Ganley	Maki-Ford	1: 23.7	183.441 km / h	-
DNQ	Mike Wilds	March-Ford	1: 24.1	182.568 km / h	-
DNQ	Leo Kinnunen	Surtees-Ford	1: 25.6	179.369 km / h	-
DNQ	Guy Edwards	Lola Ford	1: 34.9	161.791 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	75	0	1: 43: 02.2	03	1: 21.3
02	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	75	0	+ 15.3	08th	1: 21.5
03	Jacky Ickx	Lotus Ford	75	0	+1: 01.5	12	1: 21.9
04th	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	75	1	+1: 07.2	07th	1: 21.5
05	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	74	1	+ 1 lap	01	1: 21.1
06th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	74	0	+ 1 lap	04th	1: 21.7
07th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	74	0	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 22.4
08th	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	74	0	+ 1 lap	05	1: 21.7
09	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	74	0	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 22.5
10	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	73	1	+ 2 rounds	02	1: 21.2
11	John Watson	Brabham-Ford	73	0	+ 2 rounds	13	1: 22.9
12	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	72	0	+ 3 rounds	23	1: 23.2
13	Graham Hill	Lola Ford	69	0	+ 6 rounds	22nd	1: 24.1
14th	Jochen Mass	Surtees-Ford	68	0	+ 7 rounds	17th	1: 24.1
-	Henri Pescarolo	BRM	64	0	DNF	24	1: 23.3	Engine failure
-	François Migault	BRM	62	0	NC	14th	1: 23.7	Unrated
-	Mike Hailwood	McLaren-Ford	57	0	DNF	11	1: 21.8	Lathe operator
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	45	0	DNF	16	1: 22.9	Suspension damage
-	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	36	0	DNF	09	1: 22.4	accident
-	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	35	0	DNF	10	1: 21.6	Engine failure
-	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Ford	25th	0	DNF	15th	1: 22.9	Engine failure
-	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	17th	0	DNF	18th	1: 23.0	defective fuel supply
-	Tim donation	Trojan Ford	06th	0	DNF	25th	1: 25.5	defective shock absorber
-	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	02	0	DNF	06th	1: 25.5	Suspension damage
-	Peter Gethin	Lola Ford	00	0	DNF	21st	-	task

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  Niki Lauda Ferrari 38 02  Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren 37 03  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 35 04th  Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 35 05  Ronnie Peterson lotus 19th 06th  Mike Hailwood McLaren 12 07th  Denis Hulme McLaren 12 08th  Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 11 09  Jacky Ickx lotus 10

Item driver constructor Points 10  Carlos Reutemann Brabham 10 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

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 49 02  Ferrari 48 03  Tyrrell 39 04th  lotus 26th 05  Brabham 11 06th  BRM 10

Item constructor Points 07th  Shadow 6th 08th  March 5 09  Hesketh 4th 10  Surtees 3 11  Lola 1 12  Iso-Marlboro 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2015 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

Commons : Great Britain Grand Prix 1974  - album containing pictures, videos and audio files

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website