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

1974 British Grand Prix

245th World Championship race, 25th World Championship British Grand Prix, 6th World Championship race at Brands Hatch

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1973 British Grand Prix

1975 British Grand Prix

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Fact File

Date:Saturday, 20 July 1974
Winner:South Africa flag Jody Scheckter
United Kingdom flag Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
Pole position:Austria flag Niki Lauda
Italy flag Ferrari
Fastest lap:Austria flag Niki Lauda
Italy flag Ferrari
Circuit:Brands Hatch, 75 laps
Round:10 of 15

Race Result

  • (P): privateer entry
Pos DriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2South Africa flag Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth751hr 43m 02.200s9
2+6Brazil flag Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth75+15.300s6
3+9Belgium flag Jacky IckxLotus-Ford Cosworth75+1m 01.500s4
4+3Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari75+1m 07.200s3
5-4Austria flag Niki LaudaFerrari74+1 lap2
6-2Argentina flag Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap1
7+12New Zealand flag Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap 
8-3United Kingdom flag Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap 
9+11Brazil flag Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap 
10-8Sweden flag Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth73+2 laps 
11+2United Kingdom flag John WatsonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (P)73+2 laps 
12+11France flag Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM72+3 laps 
13+9United Kingdom flag Graham HillLola-Ford Cosworth (P)69+6 laps 
14+3Germany flag Jochen MassSurtees-Ford Cosworth68+7 laps 
R France flag Henri PescaroloBRM64DNF 
NC France flag Francois MigaultBRM62+13 laps 
R United Kingdom flag Mike HailwoodMcLaren-Ford Cosworth57DNF 
R France flag Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth45DNF 
R Germany flag Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth36DNF 
R France flag Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth35DNF 
R Italy flag Arturo MerzarioIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (P)25DNF 
R Italy flag Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R Australia flag Tim SchenkenTrojan-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R United Kingdom flag James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Peter GethinLola-Ford Cosworth (P)0DNF 

Starting Grid

  • Highlight: race winner
  • Highlight: second place
  • Highlight: third place
  • (P): privateer entry
PosDriverConstructorTime
1Austria flag Niki LaudaFerrari1:19.700
2Sweden flag Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth1:19.700
3South Africa flag Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:20.100
4Argentina flag Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth1:20.200
5United Kingdom flag Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth1:20.300
6United Kingdom flag James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth1:20.300
7Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:20.300
8Brazil flag Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:20.500
9Germany flag Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth1:20.700
10France flag Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:20.800
11United Kingdom flag Mike HailwoodMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:21.200
12Belgium flag Jacky IckxLotus-Ford Cosworth1:21.200
13United Kingdom flag John WatsonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (P)1:21.300
14France flag Francois MigaultBRM1:21.400
15Italy flag Arturo MerzarioIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (P)1:21.600
16France flag Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth1:21.600
17Germany flag Jochen MassSurtees-Ford Cosworth1:21.600
18Italy flag Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth1:21.600
19New Zealand flag Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:21.700
20Brazil flag Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford Cosworth1:21.700
21United Kingdom flag Peter GethinLola-Ford Cosworth (P)1:21.700
22United Kingdom flag Graham HillLola-Ford Cosworth (P)1:21.900
23France flag Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM1:22.100
24France flag Henri PescaroloBRM1:22.200
25Australia flag Tim SchenkenTrojan-Ford Cosworth1:22.400

Qualifying Result

  • (P): privateer entry
PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Austria flag Niki LaudaFerrari1:19.700 
2Sweden flag Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth1:19.7000.000
3South Africa flag Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:20.1000.400
4Argentina flag Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth1:20.2000.500
5United Kingdom flag Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth1:20.3000.600
6United Kingdom flag James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth1:20.3000.600
7Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:20.3000.600
8Brazil flag Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:20.5000.800
9Germany flag Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth1:20.7001.000
10France flag Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:20.8001.100
11United Kingdom flag Mike HailwoodMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:21.2001.500
12Belgium flag Jacky IckxLotus-Ford Cosworth1:21.2001.500
13United Kingdom flag John WatsonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (P)1:21.3001.600
14France flag Francois MigaultBRM1:21.4001.700
15Italy flag Arturo MerzarioIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (P)1:21.6001.900
16France flag Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth1:21.6001.900
17Germany flag Jochen MassSurtees-Ford Cosworth1:21.6001.900
18Italy flag Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth1:21.6001.900
19New Zealand flag Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:21.7002.000
20Brazil flag Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford Cosworth1:21.7002.000
21United Kingdom flag Peter GethinLola-Ford Cosworth (P)1:21.7002.000
22United Kingdom flag Graham HillLola-Ford Cosworth (P)1:21.9002.200
23France flag Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM1:22.1002.400
24France flag Henri PescaroloBRM1:22.2002.500
25Australia flag Tim SchenkenTrojan-Ford Cosworth1:22.4002.700
Did not qualify
26United Kingdom flag David PurleyToken-Ford Cosworth1:22.7003.000
27United Kingdom flag Derek BellSurtees-Ford Cosworth1:22.7003.000
28Denmark flag Tom BelsoIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (P)1:23.3003.600
29Italy flag Lella LombardiBrabham-Ford Cosworth (P)1:23.3003.600
30Australia flag Vern SchuppanEnsign-Ford Cosworth1:23.4003.700
31New Zealand flag John NicholsonLyncar-Ford Cosworth (P)1:23.6003.900
32New Zealand flag Howden GanleyMaki-Ford Cosworth1:23.7004.000
33United Kingdom flag Mike WildsMarch-Ford Cosworth (P)1:24.1004.400
34Finland flag Leo KinnunenSurtees-Ford Cosworth (P)1:25.6005.900
35United Kingdom flag Guy EdwardsLola-Ford Cosworth (P)1:34.90015.200

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Austria flag Niki Lauda38
2Brazil flag Emerson Fittipaldi37
3South Africa flag Jody Scheckter35
4Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni35
5Sweden flag Ronnie Peterson19
6New Zealand flag Denny Hulme12
7United Kingdom flag Mike Hailwood12
8France flag Patrick Depailler11
9Argentina flag Carlos Reutemann10
10France flag Jean-Pierre Beltoise10
11Belgium flag Jacky Ickx10
12France flag Jean-Pierre Jarier6
13Germany flag Hans-Joachim Stuck5
14United Kingdom flag James Hunt4
15Brazil flag Carlos Pace3
16Italy flag Arturo Merzario1
=United Kingdom flag John Watson1
=United Kingdom flag Graham Hill1

Constructor

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

Statistics & Milestones

Last start
Driver: Peter Gethin
Wins
Driver: 2nd for Jody Scheckter
Constructor: 18th for Tyrrell
Podiums
Driver: 25th for Emerson Fittipaldi, 24th for Jacky Ickx, 4th for Jody Scheckter
Constructor: 99th for Lotus, 43rd for McLaren, 38th for Tyrrell
Poles
Driver: 6th for Niki Lauda
Constructor: 67th for Ferrari EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Lotus)
Fastest laps
Driver: 2nd for Niki Lauda
Constructor: 62nd for Ferrari
Front row starts
Driver: 17th for Ronnie Peterson, 6th for Niki Lauda

See also

  • British Grand Prix
  • Brands Hatch Circuit
  • 1974 World Championship season

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