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1974 Swedish Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitAnderstorp, 80 laps
Round7 of 15
Race numbers

The 1974 Swedish Grand Prix was the:

  • 242nd World Championship race
  • 2nd World Championship Swedish Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Anderstorp
More 1974 season
More Swedish Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth801hr 58m 31.391s9
2-1(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth80+0.380s6
3+3(GBR) James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth80+3.325s4
4+5(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth80+53.507s3
5+3(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth80+1m 16.403s2
6+9(GBR) Graham HillLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)79+1 lap1
7+11(GBR) Guy EdwardsLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)79+1 lap 
8+13(DNK) Tom BelsoIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)79+1 lap 
9+11(LIE) Rikky von OpelBrabham-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
10+7(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth79DNF 
11+3(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)77+3 laps 
DQ (AUS) Vern SchuppanEnsign-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari70DNF 
R (SWE) Reine WisellMarch-Ford Cosworth59DNF 
R (NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth56DNF 
R (DEU) Jochen MassSurtees-Ford Cosworth53DNF 
R (ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth30DNF 
R (BEL) Jacky IckxLotus-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari24DNF 
R (BRA) Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R (FIN) Leo KinnunenSurtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)8DNF 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
R (GBR) Mike HailwoodMcLaren-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM3DNF 
R (SWE) Bertil RoosShadow-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
R (FRA) Henri PescaroloBRM0DNF 
Did not start
  (GBR) Richard RobartsIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)   
  (ITA) Arturo MerzarioIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)   

Notes

  • Vittorio Brambilla entered the final lap in P10 before retiring.
  • Vern Schuppan was disqualified post-race for starting the race unofficially. He was down as first reserve, but started anyway.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:24.758

PosDriverConstructor
1(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
2(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
3(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari
4(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari
5(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth
6(GBR) James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth
7(BEL) Jacky IckxLotus-Ford Cosworth
8(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth
9(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
10(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth
11(GBR) Mike HailwoodMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
12(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
13(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM
14(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
15(GBR) Graham HillLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
16(SWE) Reine WisellMarch-Ford Cosworth
17(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth
18(GBR) Guy EdwardsLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
19(FRA) Henri PescaroloBRM
20(LIE) Rikky von OpelBrabham-Ford Cosworth
21(DNK) Tom BelsoIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22(DEU) Jochen MassSurtees-Ford Cosworth
23(SWE) Bertil RoosShadow-Ford Cosworth
24(BRA) Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford Cosworth
25(FIN) Leo KinnunenSurtees-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
26(AUS) Vern SchuppanEnsign-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi27
2(CHE) Clay Regazzoni22
3(AUT) Niki Lauda21
4(ZAF) Jody Scheckter21
5(NZL) Denny Hulme11
6(SWE) Ronnie Peterson10
7(FRA) Patrick Depailler10
8(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise10
9(ARG) Carlos Reutemann9
10(GBR) Mike Hailwood9
11(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier6
12(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck5
13(BEL) Jacky Ickx4
=(GBR) James Hunt4
15(BRA) Carlos Pace3
16(ITA) Arturo Merzario1
=(GBR) John Watson1
=(GBR) Graham Hill1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Ford Cosworth40
2Ferrari30
3Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth25
4Lotus-Ford Cosworth13
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

Race debut
Leo Kinnunen (only start; first Finnish driver to start a race; last Finnish driver to start a race until 1978)
Bertil Roos (only start)
Last start
Tom Belso (last Danish driver to start a race until 1995)
Reine Wisell
Milestone race start
50th for Clay Regazzoni (24th driver to start 50 races, 2nd Swiss driver)
Wins
1st for Jody Scheckter (53rd different winner, 1st South African driver)
17th for Tyrrell
Race 1-2
7th for Tyrrell
Podiums
3rd for Jody Scheckter
3rd for James Hunt (first for Hesketh)
1st for Patrick Depailler (120th different podium finisher, 10th French driver)
36th & 37th for Tyrrell
1st for Hesketh (31st different podium finisher)
Poles
1st and only for Patrick Depailler (44th different polesitter, 1st French driver)
13th for Tyrrell
1-2 start
1st and only for Tyrrell (13th different constructor to qualify 1-2)
Fastest laps
1st for Patrick Depailler (58th different fastest lap setter, 6th French driver)
11th for Tyrrell
Front row starts
4th for Jody Scheckter
1st for Patrick Depailler (85th different front row starter, 7th French driver)
Points finishes
59th and last for Graham Hill