1974 Italian Grand Prix

 1974 Italian Grand Prix

Racing data
13th of 15 races of the 1974 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XLV Gran Premio d'Italia
Date:	September 8, 1974
Place:	Monza
Course:	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Length:	300.56 km in 52 laps of 5.78 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Spectator:	~ 150,000
Pole position
Driver:	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Time:	1: 33.16 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Carlos Pace	Brabham
Time:	1: 34.2 min
Podium
First:	Ronnie Peterson	lotus
Second:	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren
Third:	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell

The 1974 Italian Grand Prix took place on September 8th at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza and was the thirteenth race of the 1974 Automobile World Championship .

Reports

background

Even before the third to last World Championship round of the season, there were no signs of a preliminary decision in the fight for the World Championship. With Clay Regazzoni , Jody Scheckter , Niki Lauda and Emerson Fittipaldi , there were still four candidates who had realistic chances for the title.

A field of drivers that was largely unchanged compared to the Austrian Grand Prix three weeks earlier was reported for the race weekend in Monza. One of the few changes was the renewed deployment of José Dolhem as a Surtees factory driver instead of Jean-Pierre Jabouille . In addition, the Brabham of the private team Scuderia Finotto was again awarded to a local guest starter. It was Carlo Facetti , who was entered for a Grand Prix for the first and only time. The team had also reported another car for Frenchman Jean-Louis Lafosse . This message was rejected by the organizers in advance.

In addition, the irregular team Chris Amon Racing was back at the start. BRM again competed with the usual line-up with three works cars.

training

For the second time in a row, the training times resulted in a first row consisting of the Ferrari 312B3 of the now nine-time pole-setter Niki Lauda and Brabham works driver Carlos Reutemann . This was followed by Carlos Pace and John Watson , who was allowed to use the works team's T-Car after an accident with his usual customer Brabham , and two more Brabham BT44s . The third row consisted of the title candidates Regazzoni and Fittipaldi. This was followed by Ronnie Peterson , James Hunt , Jean-Pierre Jarier and Patrick Depailler . The fourth opponent in the championship fight, Jody Scheckter qualified for twelfth place, while again six pilots failed to qualify because the starting field was limited to 25 vehicles by the organizer.

run

During the first lap the order of the first places remained constant. In the second lap, Watson was overtaken by Regazzoni, who also passed Pace and Reutemann in the following laps and added Lauda's top position to a Ferrari one-two lead, which was acclaimed by the large numbers of spectators.

The three Brabhams, all of which were in a promising position, either dropped out completely or at least hopelessly for the time being due to technical problems. This brought Peterson to third place and Fittipaldi and Scheckter also to the points.

This order remained unchanged until the 30th round. Then Lauda's engine began to smoke and it slowed down. Regazzoni took over the lead and Lauda had to retire shortly afterwards. From then on, the Swiss led for ten laps before he retired due to a comparable engine failure. From then on, Peterson then dueled with Fittipaldi for twelve laps, but withstood this pressure and crossed the finish line just before the Brazilian. It was the last Grand Prix victory achieved with the Lotus 72 , the basic design of which came from the 1970 season . Scheckter came third ahead of Arturo Merzario , who showed a convincing performance in front of the home crowd in the Iso-Marlboro of the Frank Williams Racing Cars team . Carlos Pace and Denis Hulme received the last World Cup points of the day.

Furthermore, there was no preliminary decision in the title fight. The three leaders in the world championship standings even moved closer together thanks to the race result. Only Niki Lauda lost touch, but still had mathematical chances.

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	Lotus 76
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	David Hobbs
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
UOP Shadow Racing Team	16	Tom Pryce	Shadow DN3	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	17th	Jean-Pierre Jarier
Team Surtees	18th	Derek Bell	Surtees TS16		F.
	19th	José Dolhem
Frank Williams Racing Cars	20th	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Marlboro FW03		F.
	21st	Jacques Laffite	Iso-Marlboro FW02
Chris Amon Racing	22nd	Chris Amon	Amon AF101		F.
AAW Racing Team	23	Leo Kinnunen	Surtees TS16		F.
Hesketh Racing	24	James Hunt	Hesketh 308		G
Team Ensign	25th	Mike Wilds	Ensign N174		F.
Embassy Racing with Graham Hill	26th	Graham Hill	Lola T370		F.
	27	Rolf Stommelen
John Goldie Racing with Hexagon	28	John Watson	Brabham BT44		F.
Trojan-Tauranac Racing	29	Tim donation	Trojan T103		F.
Scuderia Finotto	31	Carlo Facetti	Brabham BT42		F.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 33.16	223.358 km / h	01
02	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	1: 33.27	223.094 km / h	02
03	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	1: 33.53	222.474 km / h	03
04th	John Watson	Brabham-Ford	1: 33.63	222.236 km / h	04th
05	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 33.73	221.999 km / h	05
06th	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	1: 33.95	221.480 km / h	06th
07th	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	1: 34.24	220.798 km / h	07th
08th	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	1: 34.34	220.564 km / h	08th
09	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	1: 34.560	220.051 km / h	09
10	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 34.561	220.048 km / h	10
11	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	1: 34.62	219.911 km / h	11
12	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 34.70	219.725 km / h	12
13	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	1: 34.76	219.586 km / h	13
14th	Rolf Stommelen	Lola Ford	1: 34.84	219.401 km / h	14th
15th	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Ford	1: 35.02	218.985 km / h	15th
16	Jacky Ickx	Lotus Ford	1: 35.19	218.594 km / h	16
17th	Jacques Laffite	Iso-Ford	1: 35.22	218.526 km / h	17th
18th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	1: 35.23	218.503 km / h	18th
19th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 35.63	217.589 km / h	19th
20th	Tim donation	Trojan Ford	1: 35.72	217.384 km / h	20th
21st	Graham Hill	Lola Ford	1: 35.82	217.157 km / h	21st
22nd	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	1: 36.27	216.142 km / h	22nd
23	David Hobbs	McLaren-Ford	1: 36.31	216.052 km / h	23
24	François Migault	BRM	1: 36.36	215.940 km / h	24
25th	Henri Pescarolo	BRM	1: 36.64	215.315 km / h	25th
DNQ	José Dolhem	Surtees-Ford	1: 36.84	214.870 km / h	-
DNQ	Carlo Facetti	Brabham-Ford	1: 37.30	213.854 km / h	-
DNQ	Derek Bell	Surtees-Ford	1: 37.32	213.810 km / h	-
DNQ	Mike Wilds	Ensign-Ford	1: 37.38	213.678 km / h	-
DNQ	Chris Amon	Amon-Ford	1: 38.21	211.873 km / h	-
DNQ	Leo Kinnunen	Surtees-Ford	1: 40.32	207.416 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	52	0	1: 22: 56.6	07th	1: 34.3
02	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	52	0	+ 0.8	06th	1: 34.5
03	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	52	0	+ 24.7	12	1: 35.0
04th	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Ford	52	0	+1: 27.7	15th	1: 35.8
05	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	51	1	+ 1 lap	03	1: 34.2
06th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	51	0	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 35.5
07th	John Watson	Brabham-Ford	51	0	+ 1 lap	04th	1: 35.2
08th	Graham Hill	Lola Ford	51	0	+ 1 lap	21st	1: 36.6
09	David Hobbs	McLaren-Ford	51	0	+ 1 lap	23	1: 36.9
10	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	50	1	+ 2 rounds	22nd	1: 35.6
11	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	50	0	+ 2 rounds	10	1: 35.9	Suspension damage
-	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	40	0	DNF	05	1: 34.7	Engine failure
-	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	32	0	DNF	01	1: 34.6	Engine failure
-	Jacky Ickx	Lotus Ford	30th	0	DNF	16	1: 35.6	defective fuel pump
-	Rolf Stommelen	Lola Ford	25th	0	DNF	14th	1: 36.3	Suspension damage
-	Jacques Laffite	Iso-Ford	22nd	0	DNF	17th	1: 37.1	Engine failure
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	19th	0	DNF	09	1: 35.5	Engine failure
-	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	16	0	DNF	13	1: 35.4	accident
-	Tim donation	Trojan Ford	24	0	DNF	20th	1: 36.4	Gearbox damage
-	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	12	0	DNF	02	1: 35.7	Gearbox damage
-	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	11	0	DNF	18th	1: 36.6	Suspension damage
-	Henri Pescarolo	BRM	03	0	DNF	25th	1: 38.6	Engine failure
-	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	02	0	DNF	08th	1: 37.9	Engine failure
-	François Migault	BRM	00	0	DNF	24	-	Gearbox damage
-	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	00	0	DNF	11	-	Electrical 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  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 46 02  Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 45 03  Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren 43 04th  Niki Lauda Ferrari 38 05  Ronnie Peterson lotus 31 06th  Carlos Reutemann Brabham 23 07th  Denis Hulme McLaren 19th 08th  Jacky Ickx lotus 12 09  Mike Hailwood McLaren 12 10  Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 11

Item driver constructor Points 11  Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 10 12  James Hunt Hesketh 8th 13  Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 6th 14th  Carlos Pace Surtees / Brabham 5 15th  Hans-Joachim Stuck March 5 16  Arturo Merzario Iso-Marlboro 4th 17th  John Watson Brabham 4th 18th  Vittorio Brambilla March 1 19th  Graham Hill Lola 1 20th  Tom Pryce Shadow 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 61 02  Ferrari 59 03  Tyrrell 49 04th  lotus 38 05  Brabham 26th 06th  BRM 10

Item constructor Points 07th  Hesketh 8th 08th  Shadow 7th 09  March 6th 10  Iso-Marlboro 4th 11  Surtees 3 12  Lola 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from November 25, 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)  
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

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website