1974 South African Grand Prix

Date	Saturday, 30 March 1974
Winner	Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford Cosworth
Pole position	Niki Lauda Ferrari
Fastest lap	Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford Cosworth
Circuit	Kyalami, 78 laps
Round	3 of 15
Race numbers	The 1974 South African Grand Prix was the: 238th World Championship race 11th World Championship South African Grand Prix 8th World Championship race at Kyalami
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+3	(ARG) Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	78	1hr 42m 04.960s	9
2	+9	(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	78	+33.940s	6
3	+9	(GBR) Mike Hailwood	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	78	+42.160s	4
4	+11	(FRA) Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	78	+44.190s	3
5	+2	(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford Cosworth	78	+46.230s	2
6	-3	(ITA) Arturo Merzario	Iso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	78	+56.040s	1
7	-2	(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	78	+1m 08.390s
8		(ZAF) Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	78	+1m 10.540s
9		(NZL) Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	77	+1 lap
10	+9	(ITA) Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford Cosworth	77	+1 lap
11	-9	(BRA) Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	77	+1 lap
12	+6	(GBR) Graham Hill	Lola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	77	+1 lap
13	+9	(ZAF) Ian Scheckter	Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	76	+2 laps
14	+10	(ZAF) Eddie Keizan	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	76	+2 laps
15	+10	(FRA) Francois Migault	BRM	75	+3 laps
16	-15	(AUT) Niki Lauda	Ferrari	74	DNF
17	+6	(GBR) Richard Robarts	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	74	+4 laps
18	+3	(FRA) Henri Pescarolo	BRM	72	+6 laps
19	+1	(ZAF) Dave Charlton	McLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	71	+7 laps
R		(CHE) Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	65	DNF
R		(GBR) John Watson	Brabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	56	DNF
R		(BEL) Jacky Ickx	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	31	DNF
R		(GBR) James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford Cosworth	13	DNF
R		(DEU) Jochen Mass	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	11	DNF
R		(ZAF) Paddy Driver	Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	6	DNF
R		(SWE) Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	2	DNF
R		(DNK) Tom Belso	Iso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	0	DNF

Notes

Niki Lauda ended lap 74 in P2 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:16.580

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	(AUT) Niki Lauda	Ferrari
2	(BRA) Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
3	(ITA) Arturo Merzario	Iso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
4	(ARG) Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
5	(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
6	(CHE) Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
7	(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Ford Cosworth
8	(ZAF) Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
9	(NZL) Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
10	(BEL) Jacky Ickx	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
11	(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM
12	(GBR) Mike Hailwood	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
13	(GBR) John Watson	Brabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
14	(GBR) James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford Cosworth
15	(FRA) Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
16	(SWE) Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
17	(DEU) Jochen Mass	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
18	(GBR) Graham Hill	Lola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
19	(ITA) Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford Cosworth
20	(ZAF) Dave Charlton	McLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
21	(FRA) Henri Pescarolo	BRM
22	(ZAF) Ian Scheckter	Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
23	(GBR) Richard Robarts	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
24	(ZAF) Eddie Keizan	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
25	(FRA) Francois Mignault	BRM
26	(ZAF) Paddy Driver	Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
27	(DNK) Tom Belso	Iso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	(CHE) Clay Regazzoni	10
2	(NZL) Denny Hulme	9
=	(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi	9
=	(ARG) Carlos Reutemann	9
5	(GBR) Mike Hailwood	9
6	(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise	8
7	(AUT) Niki Lauda	6
8	(BEL) Jacky Ickx	4
9	(FRA) Patrick Depailler	4
10	(BRA) Carlos Pace	3
11	(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck	2
12	(SWE) Ronnie Peterson	1
=	(ITA) Arturo Merzario	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	22
2	Ferrari	12
3	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	9
4	BRM	8
5	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	4
6	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	4
7	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	3
8	March-Ford Cosworth	2
9	Iso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth	1

Stats & milestones

Race debut: Tom Belso (first Danish driver to start a race); Vittorio Brambilla; Paddy Driver (only start); Ian Scheckter; Hesketh
Last start: Richard Robarts
Milestone race start: 100th for Denny Hulme (5th driver to start 100 races, 1st New Zealander driver); 50th for Ronnie Peterson (23rd driver to start 50 races, 2nd Swedish driver)
Wins: 1st for Carlos Reutemann (51st different winner, 3rd Argentine driver; first Argentine winner since 1957); 14th for Brabham (first since 1970)
Podiums: 8th and last for Jean-Pierre Beltoise (first podium since 1972; last for BRM); 3rd for Carlos Reutemann; 2nd and last for Mike Hailwood (first podium since 1972; only podium for McLaren); 61st and last for BRM; 59th for Brabham; 39th for McLaren
Poles: 1st for Niki Lauda (43rd different polesitter, 2nd Austrian driver; first Austrian polesitter since 1970); 61st for Ferrari
Fastest laps: 1st for Carlos Reutemann (56th different fastest lap setter, 5th Argentine driver; last until 1978; first Argentine driver to set a fastest lap since 1958 and last until 1978; only fastest lap for Brabham); 17th for Brabham (first since 1970)
Front row starts: 1st for Niki Lauda (83rd different front row starter, 2nd Austrian driver; first Austrian front row starter since 1970); 1st for Carlos Pace (84th different front row starter, 2nd Brazilian driver; only front row start for Surtees)
Points finishes: 25th for Jean-Pierre Beltoise; 1st for Hans-Joachim Stuck (177th different point scorer, 7th German driver)
Win & fastest lap: 1st for Carlos Reutemann (29th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 3rd Argentine driver; last until 1978; first Argentine driver to win and set the fastest lap since 1958 and last until 1978; only win and fastest lap for Brabham)