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Home / Seasons / 1974 F1 World Championship Season / 1974 Argentine Grand Prix

1974 Argentine Grand Prix

DateSunday, 13 January 1974
Winner
  • Denny Hulme
  • McLaren-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • Ronnie Peterson
  • Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • Clay Regazzoni
  • Ferrari
CircuitBuenos Aires, 53 laps
Round1 of 15
Race numbers

The 1974 Argentine Grand Prix was the:

  • 236th World Championship race
  • 10th World Championship Argentine Grand Prix
  • 10th World Championship race at Buenos Aires
More 1974 season
More Argentine Grands Prix
Previous race1973 United States Grand Prix

On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+9(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth531hr 41m 02.010s9
2+6(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari53+9.270s6
3-1(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari53+20.410s4
4+5(GBR) Mike HailwoodMcLaren-Ford Cosworth53+31.790s3
5+9(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM53+51.840s2
6+9(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth53+1m 52.480s1
7-1(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth52DNF 
8+11(NZL) Howden GanleyMarch-Ford Cosworth52DNF 
9+12(FRA) Henri PescaroloBRM52+1 lap 
10-7(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth51+2 laps 
11+14(GBR) Guy EdwardsLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)50+3 laps 
12+8(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)49+4 laps 
13-12(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth48+5 laps 
R (GBR) Graham HillLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)45DNF 
R (GBR) Richard RobartsBrabham-Ford Cosworth35DNF 
R (BEL) Jacky IckxLotus-Ford Cosworth35DNF 
R (DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth31DNF 
R (FRA) Francois MigaultBRM31DNF 
R (ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth25DNF 
R (BRA) Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth21DNF 
R (ITA) Arturo MerzarioIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)19DNF 
R (GBR) James HuntMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)11DNF 
R (DEU) Jochen MassSurtees-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
R (USA) Peter RevsonShadow-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
Did not start
  (LIE) Rikky von OpelEnsign-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Carlos Reutemann ended lap 52 in P2 before retiring on the final lap.
  • Howden Ganley ended lap 52 in P7 before retiring on the final lap.
  • Rikky von Opel did not start the Grand Prix due to handling issues.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:50.780

PosDriverConstructor
1(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth
2(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari
3(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
4(USA) Peter RevsonShadow-Ford Cosworth
5(GBR) James HuntMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
6(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth
7(BEL) Jacky IckxLotus-Ford Cosworth
8(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari
9(GBR) Mike HailwoodMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
10(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
11(BRA) Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth
12(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
13(ITA) Arturo MerzarioIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
14(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM
15(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
16(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth
17(GBR) Graham HillLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
18(DEU) Jochen MassSurtees-Ford Cosworth
19(NZL) Howden GanleyMarch-Ford Cosworth
20(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
21(FRA) Henri PescaroloBRM
22(GBR) Richard RobartsBrabham-Ford Cosworth
23(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth
24(FRA) Francois MignaultBRM
25(GBR) Guy EdwardsLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(NZL) Denny Hulme9
2(AUT) Niki Lauda6
3(CHE) Clay Regazzoni4
4(GBR) Mike Hailwood3
5(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise2
6(FRA) Patrick Depailler1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Ford Cosworth9
2Ferrari6
3BRM2
4Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Guy Edwards
Richard Robarts
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Wins
8th and last for Denny Hulme
9th for McLaren
Podiums
32nd for Denny Hulme
10th for Clay Regazzoni (25th driver to score ten podiums, 1st Swiss driver)
1st for Niki Lauda (117th different podium finisher, 2nd Austrian driver)
184th & 185th for Ferrari
37th for McLaren
Poles
10th for Ronnie Peterson (10th driver to take ten pole positions, 1st Swedish driver; last until 1976)
67th for Lotus
Fastest laps
4th for Clay Regazzoni (first since 1970)
59th for Ferrari
Front row starts
14th for Ronnie Peterson
11th for Clay Regazzoni
Points finishes
1st for Patrick Depailler (176th different point scorer, 15th French driver)

See also

  • Argentine Grand Prix
  • Buenos Aires circuit
  • 1974 World Championship season

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