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1974 Belgian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitNivelles, 85 laps
Round5 of 15
Race numbers

The 1974 Belgian Grand Prix was the:

  • 240th World Championship race
  • 21st World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 2nd and last World Championship race at Nivelles
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+3(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth851hr 44m 20.570s9
2+1(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari85+0.350s6
3-1(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth85+45.610s4
4-3(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari85+52.020s3
5+2(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM85+1m 08.050s2
6+6(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth85+1m 10.540s1
7+6(GBR) Mike HailwoodMcLaren-Ford Cosworth84+1 lap 
8+21(GBR) Graham HillLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)83+2 laps 
9+22(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth83+2 laps 
10+13(AUS) Tim SchenkenTrojan-Ford Cosworth83+2 laps 
11+8(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)83+2 laps 
12+9(GBR) Guy EdwardsLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)82+3 laps 
13+4(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth82+3 laps 
14+16(NLD) Gijs van LennepIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)82+3 laps 
15-1(AUS) Vern SchuppanEnsign-Ford Cosworth82+3 laps 
16+9(FRA) Francois MigaultBRM82+3 laps 
17+10(BEL) Teddy PiletteBrabham-Ford Cosworth81+4 laps 
18 (GBR) Brian RedmanShadow-Ford Cosworth80DNF 
R (BEL) Jacky IckxLotus-Ford Cosworth72DNF 
R (GBR) Tom PryceToken-Ford Cosworth66DNF 
R (ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth62DNF 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth56DNF 
R (FRA) Gerard LarrousseBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)53DNF 
R (DEU) Jochen MassSurtees-Ford Cosworth53DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth53DNF 
R (BRA) Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth50DNF 
R (LIE) Rikky von OpelBrabham-Ford Cosworth49DNF 
R (GBR) James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth45DNF 
R (ITA) Arturo MerzarioIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)29DNF 
R (FRA) Henri PescaroloBRM12DNF 
R (DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth6DNF 

Notes

  • Brian Redman ended lap 80 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:09.820

PosDriverConstructor
1(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari
2(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
3(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari
4(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
5(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth
6(ITA) Arturo MerzarioIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
7(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM
8(BRA) Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth
9(GBR) James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth
10(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth
11(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
12(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
13(GBR) Mike HailwoodMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
14(AUS) Vern SchuppanEnsign-Ford Cosworth
15(FRA) Henri PescaroloBRM
16(BEL) Jacky IckxLotus-Ford Cosworth
17(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth
18(GBR) Brian RedmanShadow-Ford Cosworth
19(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
20(GBR) Tom PryceToken-Ford Cosworth
21(GBR) Guy EdwardsLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22(LIE) Rikky von OpelBrabham-Ford Cosworth
23(AUS) Tim SchenkenTrojan-Ford Cosworth
24(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth
25(FRA) Francois MignaultBRM
26(DEU) Jochen MassSurtees-Ford Cosworth
27(BEL) Teddy PiletteBrabham-Ford Cosworth
28(FRA) Gerard LarrousseBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
29(GBR) Graham HillLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
30(NLD) Gijs van LennepIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
31(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(FIN) Leo KinnunenSurtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi22
2(AUT) Niki Lauda21
3(CHE) Clay Regazzoni19
4(NZL) Denny Hulme11
5(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise10
6(ARG) Carlos Reutemann9
7(GBR) Mike Hailwood9
8(ZAF) Jody Scheckter6
9(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck5
10(BEL) Jacky Ickx4
11(FRA) Patrick Depailler4
12(BRA) Carlos Pace3
13(SWE) Ronnie Peterson1
=(ITA) Arturo Merzario1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Ford Cosworth35
2Ferrari27
3BRM10
4Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth10
5Brabham-Ford Cosworth9
6March-Ford Cosworth5
7Lotus-Ford Cosworth4
8Surtees-Ford Cosworth3
9Iso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Gerard Larrousse (only start)
Teddy Pilette (only start)
Tom Pryce
Vern Schuppan
Token
Milestone race start
50th for Surtees (10th constructor to start 50 races)
Wins
11th for Emerson Fittipaldi
11th for McLaren
Podiums
23rd for Emerson Fittipaldi
3rd for Niki Lauda
1st for Jody Scheckter (118th different podium finisher, 2nd South African driver; first South African driver to finish on the podium since 1963)
189th for Ferrari
41st for McLaren
34th for Tyrrell
Poles
4th for Clay Regazzoni (last until 1976)
63rd for Ferrari
Fastest laps
9th and last for Denny Hulme
7th for McLaren
Front row starts
12th for Clay Regazzoni
3rd for Jody Scheckter (first for Tyrrell)
Points finishes
26th and last for Jean-Pierre Beltoise