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1974 United States Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitWatkins Glen, 59 laps
Round15 of 15
Race numbers

The 1974 United States Grand Prix was the:

  • 250th World Championship race
  • 16th World Championship United States Grand Prix
  • 14th World Championship race at Watkins Glen
  • 1974 Drivers’ title decider
  • 1974 Constructors’ title decider
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth591hr 40m 21.439s9
2+2(BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford Cosworth59+10.735s6
3-1(GBR) James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth59+1m 10.384s4
4+4(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth59+1m 17.753s3
5+2(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)59+1m 25.804s2
6+7(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth59+1m 27.506s1
7+13(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth59+1m 30.012s 
8+16(GBR) Graham HillLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)58+1 lap 
9+3(NZL) Chris AmonBRM57+2 laps 
10 (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth57+2 laps 
11-2(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari55+4 laps 
12+9(DEU) Rolf StommelenLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)54+5 laps 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth52DNF 
NC (GBR) Mike WildsEnsign-Ford Cosworth50+9 laps 
NC (GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth47+12 laps 
R (ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth44DNF 
R (ITA) Arturo MerzarioIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)43DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari38DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)31DNF 
R (USA) Mark DonohuePenske-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R (FRA) Jose DolhemSurtees-Ford Cosworth25DNF 
R (ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth21DNF 
R (AUT) Helmuth KoiniggSurtees-Ford Cosworth9DNF 
R (BEL) Jacky IckxLotus-Ford Cosworth7DNF 
DQ (AUS) Tim SchenkenLotus-Ford Cosworth6DSQ 
R (NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth4DNF 
DQ (USA) Mario AndrettiParnelli-Ford Cosworth4DSQ 

Notes

  • Mario Andretti was disqualified for receiving a push start on the grid.
  • Tim Schenken was disqualified for starting the race illegally having not qualified for the race.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:38.978

PosDriverConstructor
1(ARG) Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth
2(GBR) James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth
3(USA) Mario AndrettiParnelli-Ford Cosworth
4(BRA) Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford Cosworth
5(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari
6(ZAF) Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
7(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
8(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
9(CHE) Clay RegazzoniFerrari
10(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth
11(FRA) Jacques LaffiteIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
12(NZL) Chris AmonBRM
13(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
14(USA) Mark DonohuePenske-Ford Cosworth
15(ITA) Arturo MerzarioIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
16(BEL) Jacky IckxLotus-Ford Cosworth
17(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
18(GBR) Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth
19(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth
20(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
21(DEU) Rolf StommelenLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22(GBR) Mike WildsEnsign-Ford Cosworth
23(AUT) Helmuth KoiniggSurtees-Ford Cosworth
24(GBR) Graham HillLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
25(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth
26(FRA) Jose DolhemSurtees-Ford Cosworth
27(AUS) Tim SchenkenLotus-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(AUS) Tim SchenkenLotus-Ford Cosworth
(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth
(GBR) Ian AshleyBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi55
2(CHE) Clay Regazzoni52
3(ZAF) Jody Scheckter45
4(AUT) Niki Lauda38
5(SWE) Ronnie Peterson35
6(ARG) Carlos Reutemann32
7(NZL) Denny Hulme20
8(GBR) James Hunt15
9(FRA) Patrick Depailler14
10(BEL) Jacky Ickx12
11(GBR) Mike Hailwood12
12(BRA) Carlos Pace11
13(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise10
14(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier6
15(GBR) John Watson6
16(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck5
17(ITA) Arturo Merzario4
18(GBR) Graham Hill1
=(GBR) Tom Pryce1
=(ITA) Vittorio Brambilla1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Ford Cosworth73
2Ferrari65
3Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth52
4Lotus-Ford Cosworth42
5Brabham-Ford Cosworth35
6Hesketh-Ford Cosworth15
7BRM10
8Shadow-Ford Cosworth7
9March-Ford Cosworth6
10Iso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth4
11Surtees-Ford Cosworth3
12Lola-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Jose Dolhem (only start)
Mike Wilds
Last start
Denny Hulme
Helmuth Koinigg
Tim Schenken
Iso-Marlboro
World Champion
2nd and last title for Emerson Fittipaldi (7th driver to win two championships, 1st Brazilian driver; last Brazilian champion until 1981)
1st title for McLaren (9th constructor world champion)
Wins
3rd for Carlos Reutemann
16th for Brabham
Race 1-2
6th for Brabham
Podiums
6th for Carlos Reutemann
5th for James Hunt
2nd for Carlos Pace (first for Brabham)
62nd & 63rd for Brabham
3rd for Hesketh
Poles
2nd for Carlos Reutemann (first since 1972 and last until 1978; last for Brabham)
16th for Brabham
Fastest laps
4th for Carlos Pace
19th for Brabham
Front row starts
6th for Carlos Reutemann
1st for James Hunt (86th different front row starter, 16th British driver)
Pole & win
1st for Carlos Reutemann (23rd different driver to win from pole, 3rd Argentine driver; last until 1978; first Argentine driver to win from pole since 1957 and last until 1978; only win from pole for Brabham)