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1974 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitDijon-Prenois, 80 laps
Round9 of 15
Race numbers

The 1974 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 244th World Championship race
  • 24th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 1st World Championship race at Dijon-Prenois (last until 1977)
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth801hr 21m 55.020s9
2-1(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari80+20.360s6
3+1(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari80+27.840s4
4+3(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth80+28.110s3
5+8(BEL) Jacky IckxLotus-Ford Cosworth80+37.540s2
6+5(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth80+38.140s1
7-1(GBR) Mike HailwoodMcLaren-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
8+1(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
9+6(ITA) Arturo MerzarioIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)79+1 lap 
10+7(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM79+1 lap 
11+5(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
12 (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
13+8(GBR) Graham HillLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)78+2 laps 
14+8(FRA) Francois MigaultBRM78+2 laps 
15+5(GBR) Guy EdwardsLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)77+3 laps 
16-2(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)76+4 laps 
R (BRA) Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R (ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth24DNF 
R (DEU) Jochen MassSurtees-Ford Cosworth4DNF 
R (FRA) Henri PescaroloBRM1DNF 
R (GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
R (GBR) James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 0:58.790

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

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(AUS) Vern SchuppanEnsign-Ford Cosworth
(BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(LIE) Rikky von OpelBrabham-Ford Cosworth
(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth
(FRA) Jose DolhemSurtees-Ford Cosworth
(FIN) Leo KinnunenSurtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(FRA) Gerard LarrousseBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUT) Niki Lauda36
2(CHE) Clay Regazzoni32
3(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi31
4(ZAF) Jody Scheckter26
5(SWE) Ronnie Peterson19
6(NZL) Denny Hulme12
7(GBR) Mike Hailwood12
8(FRA) Patrick Depailler11
9(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise10
10(ARG) Carlos Reutemann9
11(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier6
=(BEL) Jacky Ickx6
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
1Ferrari45
2McLaren-Ford Cosworth43
3Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth30
4Lotus-Ford Cosworth22
5Brabham-Ford Cosworth10
6BRM10
7Shadow-Ford Cosworth6
8March-Ford Cosworth5
9Hesketh-Ford Cosworth4
10Surtees-Ford Cosworth3
11Iso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth1
=Lola-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Wins
6th for Ronnie Peterson
56th for Lotus
Podiums
15th for Ronnie Peterson
14th for Clay Regazzoni
5th for Niki Lauda
192nd & 193rd for Ferrari
98th for Lotus
Poles
5th for Niki Lauda
66th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
1st for Jody Scheckter (59th different fastest lap setter, 1st South African driver)
12th for Tyrrell
Front row starts
16th for Ronnie Peterson
5th for Niki Lauda