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Home / Seasons / 1974 F1 World Championship Season / 1974 United States Grand Prix

1974 United States Grand Prix

DateSunday, 6 October 1974
Winner
  • Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • Brazil flag lazyload Carlos Pace
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Ford Cosworth
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
More 1974 season
More United States Grands Prix
Next race1975 Argentine Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth591hr 40m 21.439s9
2+2Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford Cosworth59+10.735s6
3-1United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth59+1m 10.384s4
4+4Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth59+1m 17.753s3
5+2United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)59+1m 25.804s2
6+7France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth59+1m 27.506s1
7+13Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth59+1m 30.012s 
8+16United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)58+1 lap 
9+3New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonBRM57+2 laps 
10 France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth57+2 laps 
11-2Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari55+4 laps 
12+9Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)54+5 laps 
R Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth52DNF 
NC United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike WildsEnsign-Ford Cosworth50+9 laps 
NC United Kingdom flag lazyload Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth47+12 laps 
R South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth44DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Arturo MerzarioIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)43DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari38DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)31DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Mark DonohuePenske-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jose DolhemSurtees-Ford Cosworth25DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth21DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Helmuth KoiniggSurtees-Ford Cosworth9DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxLotus-Ford Cosworth7DNF 
DQ Australia flag lazyload Tim SchenkenLotus-Ford Cosworth6DSQ 
R New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth4DNF 
DQ USA flag lazyload 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
1Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford Cosworth
2United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntHesketh-Ford Cosworth
3USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiParnelli-Ford Cosworth
4Brazil flag lazyload Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford Cosworth
5Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari
6South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
7United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
8Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
9Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniFerrari
10France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford Cosworth
11France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
12New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonBRM
13France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
14USA flag lazyload Mark DonohuePenske-Ford Cosworth
15Italy flag lazyload Arturo MerzarioIso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
16Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxLotus-Ford Cosworth
17New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Tom PryceShadow-Ford Cosworth
19Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth
20Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
21Germany flag lazyload Rolf StommelenLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike WildsEnsign-Ford Cosworth
23Austria flag lazyload Helmuth KoiniggSurtees-Ford Cosworth
24United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLola-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
25Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford Cosworth
26France flag lazyload Jose DolhemSurtees-Ford Cosworth
27Australia flag lazyload Tim SchenkenLotus-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
Australia flag lazyload Tim SchenkenLotus-Ford Cosworth
Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford Cosworth
United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian AshleyBrabham-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1974 United States Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi55
2Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni52
3South Africa flag lazyload Jody Scheckter45
4Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda38
5Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie Peterson35
6Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann32
7New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme20
8United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt15
9France flag lazyload Patrick Depailler14
10Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx12
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hailwood12
12Brazil flag lazyload Carlos Pace11
13France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Beltoise10
14France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Jarier6
15United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson6
16Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim Stuck5
17Italy flag lazyload Arturo Merzario4
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Tom Pryce1
=Italy flag lazyload Vittorio Brambilla1

Constructor

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

See also

  • United States Grand Prix
  • Watkins Glen circuit
  • 1974 World Championship season

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