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1974 French Grand Prix

FieldValue
TypeF1
CountryFrance
Grand PrixFrench
Date7 July
Year1974
ImageCircuit de Dijon-Prenois-1972.svg
CaptionDijon-Prenois Circuit
LocationDijon-Prenois, Dijon, France
CoursePermanent racing facility
Course_mi2.044
Course_km3.289
Distance_laps80
Distance_km263.12
Distance_mi163.495
Pole_DriverNiki Lauda
Pole_TeamFerrari
Pole_Time0:58.79
Pole_CountryAUT
Fast_DriverJody Scheckter
Fast_TeamTyrrell-Ford
Fast_Time1:00.00
Fast_Lap10
Fast_CountrySouth Africa
Fast_flag_suffix1928
First_DriverRonnie Peterson
First_CountrySWE
First_TeamLotus-Ford
Second_DriverNiki Lauda
Second_CountryAUT
Second_TeamFerrari
Third_DriverClay Regazzoni
Third_CountrySUI
Third_TeamFerrari
Lapchart

The 1974 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Dijon-Prenois near Dijon, France on 7 July 1974. It was race 9 of 15 in both the 1974 World Championship of Drivers and the 1974 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.

The 80-lap race was won by Ronnie Peterson, driving a Lotus-Ford. Niki Lauda finished second in a Ferrari, having started from pole position, with teammate Clay Regazzoni third. Until the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, this was the only World Championship Grand Prix in which lap times of less than one minute were set, by 12 drivers during qualifying, including pole position starter Lauda.

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos.DriverConstructorTimeGrid123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
AUT Niki LaudaFerrari**0:58.79**1
SWE Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford0:59.082
GBR Tom PryceShadow-Ford0:59.113
SUI Clay RegazzoniFerrari0:59.134
BRA Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford0:59.205
GBR Mike HailwoodMcLaren-Ford0:59.226
RSA Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford0:59.327
ARG Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford0:59.368
FRA Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford0:59.439
GBR James HuntHesketh-Ford0:59.5110
NZL Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford0:59.5411
FRA Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford0:59.5912
BEL Jacky IckxLotus-Ford1:00.0013
GBR John WatsonBrabham-Ford1:00.0214
ITA Arturo MerzarioIso-Marlboro-Ford1:00.1615
ITA Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford1:00.2616
FRA Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM1:00.3617
FRG Jochen MassSurtees-Ford1:00.4818
FRA Henri PescaroloBRM1:00.6719
GBR Guy EdwardsLola-Ford1:00.6820
GBR Graham HillLola-Ford1:00.7321
FRA François MigaultBRM1:00.8622
AUS Vern SchuppanEnsign-Ford1:01.24—
BRA Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford1:01.35—
FRA Jean-Pierre JabouilleIso-Marlboro-Ford1:01.52—
FRG Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford1:01.60—
FRA José DolhemSurtees-Ford1:01.70—
LIE Rikky von OpelBrabham-Ford1:01.79—
FIN Leo KinnunenSurtees-Ford1:03.15—
FRA Gérard LarrousseBrabham-Ford1:03.27—

*Positions with a pink background indicate drivers that failed to qualify

Race

Race summary

To honor the 80th birthday of the ACF, a parade of vintage cars was organized with a selection of great drivers from the 20s and 30s up to the present day. The race itself was largely uneventful. Tom Pryce put in a superb performance to be 3rd on the grid behind Ronnie Peterson and Niki Lauda. However, he was slow off the start and was hit by Carlos Reutemann, ending his race. James Hunt and Henri Pescarolo were also taken out in the ensuing accident. Lauda led convincingly from Peterson and Clay Regazzoni with Emerson Fittipaldi up to 4th by lap 15. Lauda dropped back with handling problems on lap 16, and was passed by Peterson, who led to the flag. He was followed by Lauda and Regazzoni, who came home 3rd despite vibration problems. Regazzoni had been challenged strongly by Fittipaldi, but just as the McLaren driver was preparing to pass, Fittipaldi's engine exploded, ending his race. Jody Scheckter was fourth, less than a second behind Regazzoni.

Classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints12345678910111213141516RetRetRetRetRetRetDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
1SWE **Ronnie Peterson****Lotus-Ford**801:21:55.022**9**
12AUT **Niki Lauda****Ferrari**80+ 20.361**6**
11SUI **Clay Regazzoni****Ferrari**80+ 27.844**4**
3South Africa **Jody Scheckter****Tyrrell-Ford**80+ 28.117**3**
2BEL **Jacky Ickx****Lotus-Ford**80+ 37.5413**2**
6NZL **Denny Hulme****McLaren-Ford**80+ 38.1411**1**
33GBR Mike HailwoodMcLaren-Ford79+ 1 Lap6
4FRA Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford79+ 1 Lap9
20ITA Arturo MerzarioIso-Marlboro-Ford79+ 1 Lap15
14FRA Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM79+ 1 Lap17
10ITA Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford79+ 1 Lap16
17FRA Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford79+ 1 Lap12
26GBR Graham HillLola-Ford78+ 2 Laps21
37FRA François MigaultBRM78+ 2 Laps22
27GBR Guy EdwardsLola-Ford77+ 3 Laps20
28GBR John WatsonBrabham-Ford76+ 4 Laps14
5BRA Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford27Engine5
7ARG Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford24Handling8
19FRG Jochen MassSurtees-Ford4Clutch18
16GBR Tom PryceShadow-Ford1Collision3
15FRA Henri PescaroloBRM1Clutch19
24GBR James HuntHesketh-Ford0Collision10
22AUS Vern SchuppanEnsign-Ford
8LIE Rikky von OpelBrabham-Ford
34BRA Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford
21FRA Jean-Pierre JabouilleIso-Marlboro-Ford
9FRG Hans Joachim StuckMarch-Ford
18FRA José DolhemSurtees-Ford
23FIN Leo KinnunenSurtees-Ford
43FRA Gérard LarrousseBrabham-Ford

Notes

  • This was the Formula One World Championship debut for French drivers José Dolhem and future Grand Prix winner Jean-Pierre Jabouille.
  • This was the 100th Grand Prix start for a German driver. In those 100 races, German drivers had won 2 Grands Prix, achieved 10 podium finishes, 1 pole position and 2 fastest laps.
  • This was the first fastest lap set by a South African driver.

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

PosDriverPointsSource:
[[File:1uparrow_green.svg10px]] 11AUT Niki Lauda36
[[File:1uparrow_green.svg10px]] 12SUI Clay Regazzoni32
[[File:1downarrow_red.svg10px]] 23BRA Emerson Fittipaldi31
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]4South Africa Jody Scheckter26
[[File:1uparrow_green.svg10px]] 35SWE Ronnie Peterson19

;Constructors' Championship standings

PosConstructorPointsSource:
[[File:1uparrow_green.svg10px]] 11ITA Ferrari45
[[File:1downarrow_red.svg10px]] 12UK McLaren-Ford43 (45)
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]3UK Tyrrell-Ford30
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]4UK Lotus-Ford22
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]5UK Brabham-Ford10
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 7 results from the first 8 races and the best 6 results from the last 7 races counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1973 French Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1975 French Grand Prix

References

  1. Lang, Mike. (1983). "Grand Prix! Vol 3". Haynes Publishing Group.
  2. Lang, Mike. (1983). "Grand Prix! Vol 3". Haynes Publishing Group.
  3. "Dijon 1974 - classification". F1 Facts.
  4. "1974 French Grand Prix". formula1.com.
  5. "France 1974 - Championship • STATS F1".
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