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1974 British Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitBrands Hatch, 75 laps
Round10 of 15
Race numbers

The 1974 British Grand Prix was the:

  • 245th World Championship race
  • 25th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 6th World Championship race at Brands Hatch
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth751hr 43m 02.200s9
2+6(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth75+15.300s6
3+9(BEL) Jacky IckxLotus-Ford Cosworth75+1m 01.500s4
4+3(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari75+1m 07.200s3
5-4(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari74+1 lap2
6-2(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap1
7+12(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap 
8-3(GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap 
9+11(BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap 
10-8(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth73+2 laps 
11+2(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)73+2 laps 
12+11(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM72+3 laps 
13+9(GBR) Graham HillLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)69+6 laps 
14+3(DEU) Jochen MassSurtees-Ford Cosworth68+7 laps 
R (FRA) Henri PescaroloBRM64DNF 
NC (FRA) Francois MigaultBRM62+13 laps 
R (GBR) Mike HailwoodMcLaren-Ford Cosworth57DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth45DNF 
R (DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth36DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth35DNF 
R (ITA) Arturo MerzarioIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)25DNF 
R (ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R (AUS) Tim SchenkenTrojan-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R (GBR) James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
R (GBR) Peter GethinLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)0DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:19.700

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

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(GBR) David PurleyToken-Ford Cosworth
(GBR) Derek BellSurtees-Ford Cosworth
(DNK) Tom BelsoIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(ITA) Lella LombardiBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(AUS) Vern SchuppanEnsign-Ford Cosworth
(NZL) John NicholsonLyncar-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(NZL) Howden GanleyMaki-Ford Cosworth
(GBR) Mike WildsMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(FIN) Leo KinnunenSurtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(GBR) Guy EdwardsLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUT) Niki Lauda38
2(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi37
3(ZAF) Jody Scheckter35
4(CHE) Clay Regazzoni35
5(SWE) Ronnie Peterson19
6(NZL) Denny Hulme12
7(GBR) Mike Hailwood12
8(FRA) Patrick Depailler11
9(ARG) Carlos Reutemann10
10(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise10
11(BEL) Jacky Ickx10
12(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier6
13(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck5
14(GBR) James Hunt4
15(BRA) Carlos Pace3
16(ITA) Arturo Merzario1
=(GBR) John Watson1
=(GBR) Graham Hill1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Ford Cosworth49
2Ferrari48
3Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth39
4Lotus-Ford Cosworth26
5Brabham-Ford Cosworth11
6BRM10
7Shadow-Ford Cosworth6
8March-Ford Cosworth5
9Hesketh-Ford Cosworth4
10Surtees-Ford Cosworth3
11Iso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth1
=Lola-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Last start
Peter Gethin
Milestone race start
50th for Tyrrell (11th constructor to start 50 races)
Wins
2nd for Jody Scheckter (2nd driver to win the British Grand Prix for Tyrrell)
18th for Tyrrell
Podiums
25th for Emerson Fittipaldi
24th for Jacky Ickx
4th for Jody Scheckter
99th for Lotus
43rd for McLaren
38th for Tyrrell
Poles
6th for Niki Lauda
67th for Ferrari EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Lotus)
Fastest laps
2nd for Niki Lauda
62nd for Ferrari
Front row starts
17th for Ronnie Peterson (last until 1976)
6th for Niki Lauda