1974 F1 World Championship Season

Season:	25th World Championship season
Drivers’ Champion:	Emerson Fittipaldi (2nd and last title)
Constructors’ Champion:	McLaren-Ford Cosworth (1st title for McLaren, 9th different world champion constructor)
Reigning drivers’ champion:	Jackie Stewart
Reigning constructors’ champion:	Lotus
Races:	15
Winning drivers:	Ronnie Peterson (3) Emerson Fittipaldi (3) Carlos Reutemann (3) Niki Lauda (2) Jody Scheckter (2) Denny Hulme (1) Clay Regazzoni (1)
Winning constructors:	McLaren (4) Ferrari (3) Lotus (3) Brabham (3) Tyrrell (2)
First-time winners (driver):	Carlos Reutemann Niki Lauda Jody Scheckter
First-time winners (constructor):	none
Other seasons:

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	13 January	1974 Argentine Grand Prix
2	Brazil	Interlagos	27 January	1974 Brazilian Grand Prix
3	South Africa	Kyalami	30 March	1974 South African Grand Prix
4	Spain	Jarama	28 April	1974 Spanish Grand Prix
5	Belgium	Nivelles	12 May	1974 Belgian Grand Prix
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	26 May	1974 Monaco Grand Prix
7	Sweden	Anderstorp	09 June	1974 Swedish Grand Prix
8	Netherlands	Zandvoort	23 June	1974 Dutch Grand Prix
9	France	Dijon-Prenois	07 July	1974 French Grand Prix
10	Britain	Brands Hatch	20 July	1974 British Grand Prix
11	Germany	Nurburgring	04 August	1974 German Grand Prix
12	Austria	Osterreichring	18 August	1974 Austrian Grand Prix
13	Italy	Monza	08 September	1974 Italian Grand Prix
14	Canada	Mosport	22 September	1974 Canadian Grand Prix
15	USA DT CT	Watkins Glen	06 October	1974 United States Grand Prix

Driver and constructor entries

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
Amon (works team)	Chris Amon	4, 6, 11, 13
Amon (works team)	Larry Perkins	11
Brabham (works team)	Carlos Pace	10-15
	Teddy Pilette	5
	Carlos Reutemann	All
	Richard Robarts	1-3
	Rikky von Opel	4-9
Brabham (privateers)	Ian Ashley	14-15
	Carlo Facetti	13
	Helmuth Koinigg	12
	Gerard Larrousse	5, 9
	Lella Lombardi	10
	Carlos Pace	9
	John Watson	All
	Eppie Wietzes	14
BRM (works team)	Chris Amon	14-15
	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	All
	Francois Migault	1-6, 8-11, 13
	Henri Pescarolo	1-11, 13
Ensign (works team)	Vern Schuppan	5-11
	Rikky von Opel	1
	Mike Wilds	12-15
Ferrari (works team)	Niki Lauda	All
Ferrari (works team)	Clay Regazzoni	All
Hesketh (works team)	James Hunt	3-15
Hesketh (works team)	Ian Scheckter	12
Iso-Marlboro (privateers)	Tom Belso	3-4, 7, 10
	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	9
	Jacques Laffite	11-15
	Arturo Merzario	All
	Richard Robarts	7
	Gijs van Lennep	5, 8
Lola (privateers)	Guy Edwards	1-2, 4-11
	Peter Gethin	10
	Graham Hill	All
	Rolf Stommelen	12-15
Lotus (works team)	Jacky Ickx	All
	Ronnie Peterson	All
	Tim Schenken	15
Lotus (privateers)	Paddy Driver	3
Lotus (privateers)	Ian Scheckter	3
Lyncar (privateer)	John Nicholson	10
Maki (works team)	Howden Ganley	10-11
March (works team)	Vittorio Brambilla	3-15
	Howden Ganley	1-2
	Hans-Joachim Stuck	1-6, 8-15
	Reine Wisell	7
March (privateers)	James Hunt	1-2
March (privateers)	Mike Wilds	10
McLaren (works team)	Emerson Fittipaldi	All
	Mike Hailwood	1-11
	David Hobbs	12-13
	Denny Hulme	All
	Jochen Mass	14-15
McLaren (privateer)	Dave Charlton	3
Parnelli (works team)	Mario Andretti	14-15
Penske (works team)	Mark Donohue	14-15
Shadow (works team)	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1-2, 4-15
	Tom Pryce	8-15
	Brian Redman	4-6
	Peter Revson	1-2
	Bertil Roos	7
Surtees (works team)	Derek Bell	10-14
	Jose Dolhem	9, 13, 15
	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	12
	Helmuth Koinigg	14-15
	Jochen Mass	1-11
	Carlos Pace	1-7
	Dieter Quester	12
Surtees (privateer)	Leo Kinnunen	5, 7, 9-10, 12-13
Token (works team)	Ian Ashley	11-12
	Tom Pryce	5
	David Purley	10
Trojan (works team)	Tim Schenken	4-6, 8, 10-13
Tyrrell (works team)	Patrick Depailler	All
Tyrrell (works team)	Jody Scheckter	All
Tyrrell (privateer)	Eddie Keizan	3

Race winners

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	10	9.270s
2	Brazil	Interlagos	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	13.570s
3	South Africa	Kyalami	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	4	33.940s
4	Spain	Jarama	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1	35.610s
5	Belgium	Nivelles	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	4	0.350s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	3	28.800s
7	Sweden	Anderstorp	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	2	0.380s
8	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1	8.250s
9	France	Dijon-Prenois	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	2	20.360s
10	Britain	Brands Hatch	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	3	15.300s
11	Germany	Nurburgring	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	2	50.700s
12	Austria	Osterreichring	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	2	42.920s
13	Italy	Monza	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	7	0.800s
14	Canada	Mosport	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	13.034s
15	USA	Watkins Glen	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	1	10.735s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	13	0.180s
2	Brazil	Interlagos	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	0.240s
3	South Africa	Kyalami	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	16^R	0.050s
4	Spain	Jarama	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1	0.030s
5	Belgium	Nivelles	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	4	1.040s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	DNF	0.300s
7	Sweden	Anderstorp	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	2	0.318s
8	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1	0.600s
9	France	Dijon-Prenois	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	2	0.290s
10	Britain	Brands Hatch	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	5	0.000s
11	Germany	Nurburgring	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	DNF	0.300s
12	Austria	Osterreichring	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	DNF	0.160s
13	Italy	Monza	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	DNF	0.110s
14	Canada	Mosport	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	0.042s
15	USA	Watkins Glen	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	1	0.017s

Fastest laps

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
2	Brazil	Interlagos	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
3	South Africa	Kyalami	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
4	Spain	Jarama	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
5	Belgium	Nivelles	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
7	Sweden	Anderstorp	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
8	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
9	France	Dijon-Prenois	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
10	Britain	Brands Hatch	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
11	Germany	Nurburgring	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
12	Austria	Osterreichring	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
13	Italy	Monza	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
14	Canada	Mosport	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
15	USA	Watkins Glen	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying results

See: 1974 F1 World Championship Qualifying Statistics

World Drivers’ Championship standings

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (9), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), 6th (1)

Only the best seven results from the first eight races and the best six results from the last seven races counted towards the championship.

Highlight: Rookie
Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Driver	ARG	BRA	ZAF	ESP	BEL	MCO	SWE	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	Points
1	Emerson Fittipaldi	10	1	7	3	1	5	4	3	R	2	R	R	2	1	4	55
2	Clay Regazzoni	3	2	R	2	4	4	R	2	3	4	1	5	R	2	11	52
3	Jody Scheckter	R	13	8	5	3	2	1	5	4	1	2	R	3	R	R	45
4	Niki Lauda	2	R	16^R	1	2	R	R	1	2	5	R	R	R	R	R	38
5	Ronnie Peterson	13	6	R	R	R	1	R	8	1	10	4	R	1	3	R	35
6	Carlos Reutemann	7^R	7	1	R	R	R	R	12	R	6	3	1	R	9	1	32
7	Denny Hulme	1	12	9	6	6	R	R	R	6	7	DSQ	2	6	6	R	20
8	James Hunt	R	9	R	10	R	R	3	R	R	R	R	3	R	4	3	15
9	Patrick Depailler	6	8	4	8	R	9	2	6	8	R	R	R	11	5	6	14
10	Jacky Ickx	R	3	R	R	R	R	R	11	5	3	5	R	R	13	R	12
=	Mike Hailwood	4	5	3	9	7	R	R	4	7	R	15^R					12
12	Carlos Pace	R	4	11	13	R	R	R		DNQ	9	12	R	5	8	2	11
13	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	5	10	2	R	5	R	R	R	10	12	R	R	R	NC	DNQ	10
14	Jean-Pierre Jarier	R	R		NC	13	3	5	R	12	R	8	8	R	R	10	6
=	John Watson	12	R	R	11	11	6	11	7	16	11	R	4	7	R	5	6
16	Hans-Joachim Stuck	R	R	5	4	R	R		R	DNQ	R	7	11^R	R	R	DNQ	5
17	Arturo Merzario	R	R	6	R	R	R	DNS	R	9	R	R	R	4	R	R	4
18	Graham Hill	R	11	12	R	8	7	6	R	13	13	9	12	8	14	8	1
=	Tom Pryce					R			R	R	8	6	R	10	R	NC	1
=	Vittorio Brambilla			10	DNS	9	R	10^R	10	11	R	13	6	R	DNQ	R	1
	Guy Edwards	11	R		DNQ	12	8	7	R	15	DNQ	DNQ
	David Hobbs												7	9
	Jochen Mass	R	17	R	R	R	DNS	R	R	R	14	R			16	7
	Brian Redman				7	18^R	R
	Mario Andretti														7	DSQ
	Howden Ganley	8^R	R								DNQ	DNQ
	Tom Belso			R	DNQ			8			DNQ
	Rikky von Opel	DNS			R	R	DNQ	9	9	DNQ
	Henri Pescarolo	9	14	18	12	R	R	R	R	R	R	10		R
	Chris Amon				R		DNS					DNQ		DNQ	NC	9
	Dieter Quester												9
	Tim Schenken				14^R	10	R		DNQ		R	DNQ	10	R		DSQ
	Helmuth Koinigg												DNQ		10	R
	Rolf Stommelen												R	R	11	12
	Derek Bell										DNQ	11	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Mark Donohue														12	R
	Ian Scheckter			13									DNQ
	Francois Migault	R	16	15	R	16	R		R	14	NC	DNQ		R
	Ian Ashley											14	NC		DNQ	DNQ
	Gijs van Lennep					14			DNQ
	Eddie Keizan			14
	Richard Robarts	R	15	17				DNS
	Vern Schuppan					15	R	DSQ	DSQ	DNQ	DNQ	R
	Jacques Laffite											R	NC	R	15^R	R
	Teddy Pilette					17
	Dave Charlton			19
	Peter Revson	R	R
	Leo Kinnunen					DNQ		R		DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	DNQ
	Mike Wilds										DNQ		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	NC
	Gerard Larrousse					R				DNQ
	Paddy Driver			R
	Reine Wisell							R
	Bertil Roos							R
	Peter Gethin										R
	Eppie Wietzes														R
	Jose Dolhem									DNQ				DNQ		R
	Jean-Pierre Jabouille									DNQ			DNQ
	David Purley										DNQ
	Lella Lombardi										DNQ
	John Nicholson										DNQ
	Larry Perkins											DNQ
	Carlo Facetti													DNQ
No.	Driver	ARG	BRA	ZAF	ESP	BEL	MCO	SWE	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1974.

World Constructors’ Championship standings

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (9), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), 6th (1)

Constructors only received points for its highest placed car. Only the best seven results from the first eight races and the best six results from the last seven races counted towards the championship. Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Constructor	ARG	BRA	ZAF	ESP	BEL	MCO	SWE	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	Points
1	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	1	3	3	1	5	4	3	6	2	15^R	2	2	1	4	73 (75)
2	Ferrari	2	2	16^R	1	2	4	R	1	2	4	1	5	R	2	11	65
3	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	6	8	4	5	3	2	1	5	4	1	2	R	3	5	6	52
4	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	13	3	13	R	R	1	R	8	1	3	4	R	1	3	R	42
5	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	7^R	7	1	11	11	6	9	7	16	6	3	1	5	8	1	35
6	Hesketh-Ford Cosworth			R	10	R	R	3	R	R	R	R	3	R	4	3	15
7	BRM	5	10	2	12	5	R	R	R	10	12	10	R	R	NC	9	10
8	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	R	R		7	13	3	5	R	12	8	6	8	10	R	10	7
9	March-Ford Cosworth	8^R	9	5	4	9	R	10^R	10	11	R	7	6	R	R	R	6
10	Iso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth	R	R	6	R	14	R	8	R	9	R	R	NC	4	15^R	R	4
11	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	R	4	11	13	R	R	R	R	R	14	11	9	DNQ	10	R	3
12	Lola-Ford Cosworth	11	11	12	R	8	7	6	R	13	13	9	12	8	11	8	1
13	Parnelli-Ford Cosworth														7	DSQ
14	Trojan-Ford Cosworth				14^R	10	R		DNQ		R	DNQ	10	R
15	Penske-Ford Cosworth														12	R
16	Token-Ford Cosworth					R					DNQ	14	NC
17	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	DNS				15	R	DSQ	DSQ	DNQ	DNQ	R	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	NC
18	Amon-Ford Cosworth				R		DNS					DNQ		DNQ
19	Maki-Ford Cosworth										DNQ	DNQ
20	Lyncar-Ford Cosworth										DNQ
No.	Constructor	ARG	BRA	ZAF	ESP	BEL	MCO	SWE	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five constructors of 1974.

Season statistics

See: 1974 F1 World Championship Season Statistics