1974 Spanish Grand Prix

 1974 Spanish Grand Prix

Racing data
4th of 15 races of the 1974 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XX Gran Premio de España
Date:	April 28, 1974
Place:	San Sebastian de los Reyes
Course:	Circuito Permanente del Jarama
Length:	285.936 km in 84 laps of 3.404 km
Planned:	306.36 km in 90 laps of 3.404 km
Weather:	rain
Spectator:	~ 15,000
Pole position
Driver:	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Time:	1: 18.44 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Time:	1: 20.83 min
Podium
First:	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Second:	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Third:	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren

The 1974 Spanish Grand Prix took place on April 28 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama near Madrid and was the fourth race of the 1974 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

During the four-week break between the Grand Prix of South Africa and the next World Championship round in Spain, James Hunt surprised the professional world with a victory at the BRDC International Trophy in Silverstone , which is not part of the World Championship .

In addition to the usual participants in the season so far, two new teams have been registered for the Spanish Grand Prix. On the one hand there was Chris Amon , who competed for the first time with his own vehicle under the team name Chris Amon Racing and on the other hand the Trojan team, which was created with the support of Ron Tauranac and was registered with Tim Schenken as driver. Tyrrell first reported a copy of the new 007 model for Jody Scheckter .

At Shadow , Brian Redman was hired to replace the fatally injured Peter Revson . Brabham boss Bernie Ecclestone decided to replace the paydriver Richard Robarts with the more financially strong Rikky from Opel . As a result, Team Ensign Racing lost its only driver at the time and therefore did not compete.

training

Niki Lauda secured pole position for the second time in a row by only three hundredths of a second short of the fastest time set by Ronnie Peterson during Friday training on Saturday . His team-mate, World Championship leader Clay Regazzoni , qualified for third place on the grid ahead of McLaren driver Emerson Fittipaldi . Jacky Ickx shared the third row with Carlos Reutemann .

The training session was overshadowed by a serious accident involving the Italian Vittorio Brambilla , which he survived unharmed but had to forego the race.

run

Rain on the day of the race caused a lot of spray behind the vehicles, so that at the beginning of the race only the leader Peterson had a clear view. The order of the pursuers Lauda, ​​Regazzoni, Ickx and Fittipaldi remained the same for several laps at the beginning, whereby Fittipaldi had problems with misfiring, the effects of which only became noticeable when Scheckter overtook him on the 11th lap on a drying track almost without a fight.

A little later, some drivers headed for their pits to switch to dry tires. Shortly afterwards, Ickx dropped out due to a brake defect caused by an inadequately secured wheel. His team mate Peterson also had to give up due to a technical defect, so that the Lotus team had its second total failure in a row.

As a result, Niki Lauda led before Clay Regazzoni, Hans-Joachim Stuck and Arturo Merzario . He had a serious accident on lap 38, where he landed his car beyond the barriers right next to a group of photographers. No one was harmed by luck alone.

Six laps before the scheduled end, the race was stopped after two hours had elapsed. Niki Lauda achieved his first Grand Prix victory, which was upgraded to a Ferrari double victory by Clay Regazzoni . Stuck, who showed a strong performance and had been on the podium for a long time, was overtaken by Fittipaldi in the last third of the race.

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	Tyrrell 006
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
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	Tom Belsø	Iso-Marlboro FW02
Trojan-Tauranac Racing	23	Tim donation	Trojan T103		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.
Chris Amon Racing	30th	Chris Amon	Amon AF101		F.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1: 18.44	156.226 km / h	01
02	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	1: 18.47	156.167 km / h	02
03	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 18.78	155.552 km / h	03
04th	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	1: 19.25	154.630 km / h	04th
05	Jacky Ickx	Lotus Ford	1: 19.28	154.571 km / h	05
06th	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	1: 19.37	154.396 km / h	06th
07th	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Ford	1: 19.54	154.066 km / h	07th
08th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 19.66	153.834 km / h	08th
09	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	1: 19.81	153.545 km / h	DNS
10	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 19.86	153.449 km / h	09
11	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	1: 19.87	153.429 km / h	10
12	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	1: 20.03	153.123 km / h	11
13	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	1: 20.20	152.798 km / h	12
14th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	1: 20.46	152.304 km / h	13
15th	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford	1: 20.52	152.191 km / h	14th
16	John Watson	Brabham-Ford	1: 20.54	152.153 km / h	15th
17th	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 20.65	151.945 km / h	16
18th	Mike Hailwood	McLaren-Ford	1: 20.65	151.945 km / h	17th
19th	Jochen Mass	Surtees-Ford	1: 20.80	151.663 km / h	18th
20th	Graham Hill	Lola Ford	1: 20.99	151.308 km / h	19th
21st	Henri Pescarolo	BRM	1: 21.32	150.694 km / h	20th
22nd	Brian Redman	Shadow Ford	1: 21.35	150.638 km / h	21st
23	François Migault	BRM	1: 21.43	150.490 km / h	22nd
24	Chris Amon	Amon-Ford	1: 21.79	149.828 km / h	23
25th	Rikky from Opel	Brabham-Ford	1: 21.85	149.718 km / h	24
26th	Tim donation	Trojan Ford	1: 21.89	149.645 km / h	25th
DNQ	Guy Edwards	Lola Ford	1: 21.96	149.517 km / h	-
DNQ	Tom Belsø	Iso-Ford	1: 22.09	149.280 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	84	1	2:00: 29.56	01	1: 20.83
02	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	84	1	+ 35.61	03	1: 21.18
03	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	83	1	+ 1 lap	04th	1: 21.23
04th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	82	1	+ 2 rounds	13	1: 22.49
05	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	82	1	+ 2 rounds	09	1: 21.47
06th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	82	1	+ 2 rounds	08th	1: 21.54
07th	Brian Redman	Shadow Ford	81	0	+ 3 rounds	21st	1: 22.91
08th	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	81	0	+ 3 rounds	16	1: 22.80
09	Mike Hailwood	McLaren-Ford	81	0	+ 3 rounds	17th	1: 21.73
10	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	81	0	+ 3 rounds	10	1: 22.79
11	John Watson	Brabham-Ford	80	0	+ 4 rounds	15th	1: 23.21
12	Henri Pescarolo	BRM	80	0	+ 4 rounds	20th	1: 24.05
13	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford	78	0	+ 6 rounds	14th	1: 23.49
14th	Tim donation	Trojan Ford	76	1	DNF	25th	1: 23.85	Lathe operator
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	73	2	NC	12	1: 22.90	Unrated
-	Graham Hill	Lola Ford	43	0	DNF	19th	1: 23.77	Engine failure
-	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Ford	37	0	DNF	07th	1: 22.28	accident
-	Jochen Mass	Surtees-Ford	35	0	DNF	18th	1: 23.96	Gearbox damage
-	François Migault	BRM	27	0	DNF	22nd	1: 27.18	Engine failure
-	Jacky Ickx	Lotus Ford	26th	1	DNF	05	1: 32.66	Brake defect
-	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	23	1	DNF	02	1: 29.17	Engine failure
-	Chris Amon	Amon-Ford	22nd	0	DNF	23	1: 31.00	Brake defect
-	Rikky from Opel	Brabham-Ford	14th	0	DNF	24	1: 32.99	Oil loss
-	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	12	1	DNF	06th	1: 35.76	Lathe operator
-	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	02	0	DNF	11	1: 48.12	Engine failure

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 16 02  Niki Lauda Ferrari 15th 03  Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren 13 04th  Denis Hulme McLaren 10 05  Mike Hailwood McLaren 9 06th  Carlos Reutemann Brabham 9 07th  Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 8th

Item driver constructor Points 08th  Hans-Joachim Stuck March 5 09  Jacky Ickx lotus 4th 10  Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 4th 11  Carlos Pace Surtees 3 12  Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 2 13  Arturo Merzario Iso-Marlboro 1 14th  Ronnie Peterson lotus 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 26th 02  Ferrari 21st 03  Brabham 9 04th  BRM 8th 05  Tyrrell 6th

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "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)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on October 12, 2011)
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Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website