1974 French Grand Prix

F1 France French 7 July 1974 Circuit de Dijon-Prenois-1972.svg Dijon-Prenois Circuit Dijon-Prenois, Dijon, France Permanent racing facility 2.044 3.289 80 263.12 163.495 Niki Lauda Ferrari 0:58.79Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 1983 0-85429-380-9 39 AUT Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 1:00.00Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 1983 0-85429-380-9 41 10 South Africa 1928 Ronnie Peterson SWE Lotus-Ford Niki Lauda AUT Ferrari Clay Regazzoni SUI Ferrari FRA The 1974 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Dijon-Prenois near Dijon, France on 7 July 1974. It was race 9 of 15 in both the 1974 World Championship of Drivers and the 1974 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 80-lap race was won by Ronnie Peterson, driving a Lotus-Ford. Niki Lauda finished second in a Ferrari, having started from pole position, with teammate Clay Regazzoni third. Until the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix,June 2021 this was the onlyJune 2021 World Championship Grand Prix in which lap times of less than one minute were set, by 12 drivers during qualifying, including pole position starter Lauda.Dijon 1974 - classification http://www.f1-facts.com/results/race/1974/91/classification live https://web.archive.org/web/20091023065029/http://www.f1-facts.com/results/race/1974/91/classification 23 October 2009 9 January 2016 F1 Facts Qualifying Qualifying classification Pos.DriverConstructorTimeGrid1AUT Niki LaudaFerrari0:58.7912SWE Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford0:59.0823GBR Tom PryceShadow-Ford0:59.1134SUI Clay RegazzoniFerrari0:59.1345BRA Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford0:59.2056GBR Mike HailwoodMcLaren-Ford0:59.2267RSA 1928 Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford0:59.3278ARG Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford0:59.3689FRA Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford0:59.43910GBR James HuntHesketh-Ford0:59.511011NZL Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford0:59.541112FRA Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford0:59.591213BEL Jacky IckxLotus-Ford1:00.001314GBR John WatsonBrabham-Ford1:00.021415ITA Arturo MerzarioIso-Marlboro-Ford1:00.161516ITA Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford1:00.261617FRA Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM1:00.361718FRG Jochen MassSurtees-Ford1:00.481819FRA Henri PescaroloBRM1:00.671920GBR Guy EdwardsLola-Ford1:00.682021GBR Graham HillLola-Ford1:00.732122FRA François MigaultBRM1:00.862223AUS Vern SchuppanEnsign-Ford1:01.24—24BRA Carlos PaceBrabham-Ford1:01.35—25FRA Jean-Pierre JabouilleIso-Marlboro-Ford1:01.52—26FRG Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford1:01.60—27FRA José DolhemSurtees-Ford1:01.70—28LIE Rikky von OpelBrabham-Ford1:01.79—29FIN Leo KinnunenSurtees-Ford1:03.15—30FRA Gérard LarrousseBrabham-Ford1:03.27— *Positions with a pink background indicate drivers that failed to qualify Race Race summary To honor the 80th birthday of the ACF, a parade of vintage cars was organized with a selection of great drivers from the 20s and 30s up to the present day. The race itself was largely uneventful. Tom Pryce put in a superb performance to be 3rd on the grid behind Ronnie Peterson and Niki Lauda. However, he was slow off the start and was hit by Carlos Reutemann, ending his race. James Hunt and Henri Pescarolo were also taken out in the ensuing accident. Lauda led convincingly from Peterson and Clay Regazzoni with Emerson Fittipaldi up to 4th by lap 15. Lauda dropped back with handling problems on lap 16, and was passed by Peterson, who led to the flag. He was followed by Lauda and Regazzoni, who came home 3rd despite vibration problems. Regazzoni had been challenged strongly by Fittipaldi, but just as the McLaren driver was preparing to pass, Fittipaldi's engine exploded, ending his race. Jody Scheckter was fourth, less than a second behind Regazzoni. Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 SWE Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 80 1:21:55.02 2 9 2 12AUT Niki Lauda Ferrari 80 + 20.36 1 6 3 11SUI Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 80 + 27.84 4 4 4 3South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 80 + 28.11 7 3 5 2BEL Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 80 + 37.54 13 2 6 6NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 80 + 38.14 11 1 7 33GBR Mike Hailwood McLaren-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 6   8 4FRA Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 9   9 20ITA Arturo Merzario Iso-Marlboro-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 15   10 14FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 79 + 1 Lap 17   11 10ITA Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 16   12 17FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 12   13 26GBR Graham Hill Lola-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 21   14 37FRA François Migault BRM 78 + 2 Laps 22   15 27GBR Guy Edwards Lola-Ford 77 + 3 Laps 20   16 28GBR John Watson Brabham-Ford 76 + 4 Laps 14   Ret Retired 5BRA Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 27 Engine 5   Ret Retired 7ARG Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 24 Handling 8   Ret Retired 19FRG Jochen Mass Surtees-Ford 4 Clutch 18   Ret Retired 16GBR Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 1 Collision 3   Ret Retired 15FRA Henri Pescarolo BRM 1 Clutch 19   Ret Retired 24GBR James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 0 Collision 10   DNQ Did not qualify 22AUS Vern Schuppan Ensign-Ford         DNQ Did not qualify 8LIE Rikky von Opel Brabham-Ford         DNQ Did not qualify 34BRA Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford         DNQ Did not qualify 21FRA Jean-Pierre Jabouille Iso-Marlboro-Ford         DNQ Did not qualify 9FRG Hans Joachim Stuck March-Ford         DNQ Did not qualify 18FRA José Dolhem Surtees-Ford         DNQ Did not qualify 23FIN Leo Kinnunen Surtees-Ford         DNQ Did not qualify 43FRA Gérard Larrousse Brabham-Ford        Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1974/480/ 1974 French Grand Prix formula1.com 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150118200524/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1974/480/ 18 January 2015 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for French drivers José Dolhem and future Grand Prix winner Jean-Pierre Jabouille. This was the 100th Grand Prix start for a German driver. In those 100 races, German drivers had won 2 Grands Prix, achieved 10 podium finishes, 1 pole position and 2 fastest laps. This was the first fastest lap set by a South African driver. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 AUT Niki Lauda 36 10px 1 2 SUI Clay Regazzoni 32 10px 2 3 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi 31 10px 4 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter 26 10px 3 5 SWE Ronnie Peterson 19Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1974/france/championnat.aspx France 1974 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 15 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 1 ITA Ferrari 45 10px 1 2 UK McLaren-Ford 43 (45) 10px 3 UK Tyrrell-Ford 30 10px 4 UK Lotus-Ford 22 10px 5 UK Brabham-Ford 10Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 7 results from the first 8 races and the best 6 results from the last 7 races counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored. References 30em French Grand Prix 1974 1974 Dutch Grand Prix 1974 British Grand Prix 1973 French Grand Prix 1975 French Grand Prix French Grand Prix Category:French Grand Prix Category:1974 in French motorsport