1974 German Grand Prix

February 2021 F1 West Germany German 4 August 1974 Circuit_N%C3%BCrburgring-1967-Nordschleife.svg XXXVI Großer Preis von Deutschland Nürburgring, Nürburg, West Germany Permanent racing facility 14.189 22.835 14 198.646 319.690 Overcast, showers Niki Lauda Ferrari 7:00.80 Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 1983 0-85429-380-9 44http://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1974/germany.html Formula One World - History - German Grand Prix 1974 16 July 2007 27 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20070716015414/http://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1974/germany.html 16 July 2007 AUT Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 7:11.10 Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group 1983 0-85429-380-9 47 11 RSA 1928 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari SUI Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford RSA 1928 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford ARG GER The 1974 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Nürburgring on 4 August 1974. It was race 11 of 15 in both the 1974 World Championship of Drivers and the 1974 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the 36th German Grand Prix and the 33rd to be held at the Nürburgring complex of circuits. The race was won by Swiss driver Clay Regazzoni driving a Ferrari 312B3. Regazzoni led every lap on the way to his second Grand Prix victory, some four years after his debut victory at the 1970 Italian Grand Prix. South African driver Jody Scheckter was second driving a Tyrrell 007 ahead of Argentine driver Carlos Reutemann (Brabham BT44). Since the 1973 event the main straight had been widened and resurfaced. In response to new FIA regulations stating that all FIA-mandated races must have safety walls, the organizers replaced the bushes lining the straight with Armco and placed sandy surface where grass could grow on both sides of the straight. Regazzoni's win, coupled with Niki Lauda's first lap crash, put the Swiss Ferrari driver back into the lead of the championship he had previous held earlier in the year. Lauda crashed his Ferrari 312B3 attempting to pass Scheckter. Emerson Fittipaldi also was an early retirement after making a very slow start in his McLaren M23 and was struck by his teammate Denny Hulme putting out both cars within a lap. Hulme attempted to restart the race in a spare car and was disqualified for doing so. Mike Hailwood was another to crash, having a large accident on the second last lap at Pflanzgarten in his McLaren M23. The former motorcyclist received a badly broken leg in the accident which became a career-ending injury. Occasional showers fell during the race, contributing to the accident toll which also claimed Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell 007), Jacques Laffite (Williams FW02) and John Watson (Brabham BT44). Just 14 cars finished the race, although Hailwood would also be classified as a finisher, out of the 26 starters. There was six cars who failed to qualify including Chris Amon (Amon AF101) who pulled out due to illness. Howden Ganley also suffered a serious accident during Friday's practice. The rear suspension failed on the Maki at Hatzenbach and he swerved right into the Armco barrier, ripping off the nose section of the car. Ganley's legs were dangling out the front of the car. He got out by himself but he collapsed when he got to the fence, his ankles seriously injured. This led to Ganley's retirement from Formula 1. Regazzoni moved into a three-point lead in the championship over Scheckter. Former points leader Lauda dropped to third, six points behind his Ferrari teammate and just one ahead of Fittipaldi. Ferrari moved eight points clear of McLaren in the constructor's standings. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 12 AUT Niki Lauda Ferrari 7:00.80 — 2 11 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 7:01.10 +0.30 3 5 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 7:02.30 +1.50 4 3 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 7:03.40 +2.60 5 4 FRA Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 7:06.20 +5.40 6 7 ARG Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 7:07.20 +6.40 7 6 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 7:08.80 +8.00 8 1 SWE Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 7:09.00 +8.20 9 2 BEL Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 7:09.10 +8.30 10 19 FRG Jochen Mass Surtees-Ford 7:09.80 +9.00 11 16 GBR Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 7:09.90 +9.10 12 33 GBR Mike Hailwood McLaren-Ford 7:10.10 +9.30 13 24 GBR James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 7:10.40 +9.60 14 28 GBR John Watson Brabham-Ford 7:10.51 +9.71 15 14 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 7:10.53 +9.73 16 20 ITA Arturo Merzario Iso-Marlboro-Ford 7:11.20 +10.40 17 8 BRA Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford 7:12.70 +11.90 18 17 FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 7:14.90 +14.10 19 26 GBR Graham Hill Lola-Ford 7:15.50 +14.70 20 9 FRG Hans-Joachim Stuck March-Ford 7:16.00 +15.20 21 21 FRA Jacques Laffite Iso-Marlboro-Ford 7:17.60 +16.80 22 22 AUS Vern Schuppan Ensign-Ford 7:20.81 +20.01 23 10 ITA Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 7:20.88 +20.08 24 15 FRA Henri Pescarolo BRM 7:20.90 +20.10 25 18 GBR Derek Bell Surtees-Ford 7:22.00 +21.20 26 32 GBR Ian Ashley Token-Ford 7:24.60 +23.80 27 37 FRA François Migault BRM 7:26.30 +25.50 28 23 AUS Tim Schenken Trojan-Ford 7:29.10 +28.30 29 27 GBR Guy Edwards Lola-Ford 7:31.50 +30.70 30 30 AUS Larry Perkins Amon-Ford 7:36.20 +35.40 31 30 NZL Chris Amon Amon-Ford 8:26.20 +1:25.40 32 25 NZL Howden Ganley Maki-Ford — — *Positions with a pink background indicate drivers that failed to qualify. Ashley failed to qualify, but started at the back of the grid. Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 14 1:41:35.0 2 9 2 3 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 14 + 50.7 4 6 3 7 ARG Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 14 + 1:23.3 6 4 4 1 SWE Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 14 + 1:24.2 8 3 5 2 BEL Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 14 + 1:25.0 9 2 6 16 GBR Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 14 + 2:18.1 11 1 7 9 FRG Hans Joachim Stuck March-Ford 14 + 2:58.7 20   8 17 FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 14 + 3:25.9 18   9 26 GBR Graham Hill Lola-Ford 14 + 3:26.4 19   10 15 FRA Henri Pescarolo BRM 14 + 4:17.7 24   11 18 GBR Derek Bell Surtees-Ford 14 + 5:17.7 25   12 8 BRA Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford 14 + 6:26.3 17   13 10 ITA Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 14 + 8:43.1 23   14 32 GBR Ian Ashley Token-Ford 13 + 1 Lap 26   15 33 GBR Mike Hailwood McLaren-Ford 12 Accident 12   Ret Retired 19 FRG Jochen Mass Surtees-Ford 10 Engine 10   Ret Retired 24 GBR James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 10 Gearbox 13   Ret Retired 4 FRA Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 5 Accident 5   Ret Retired 20 ITA Arturo Merzario Iso-Marlboro-Ford 5 Throttle 16   Ret Retired 14 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 4 Fuel system 15   Ret Retired 22 AUS Vern Schuppan Ensign-Ford 4 Gearbox 22   Ret Retired 5 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 2 Suspension 3   Ret Retired 21 FRA Jacques Laffite Iso-Marlboro-Ford 2 Suspension 21   Ret Retired 28 GBR John Watson Brabham-Ford 1 Suspension 14   Ret Retired 12 AUT Niki Lauda Ferrari 0 Accident 1   DSQ Disqualified 6 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 0 Illegal car change http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/1974/74d.html Denny Hulme was disqualified for racing the spare car after retiring silhouet 7 December 2013 7   DNQ Did not qualify 37 FRA François Migault BRM         DNQ Did not qualify 23 AUS Tim Schenken Trojan-Ford         DNQ Did not qualify 27 GBR Guy Edwards Lola-Ford         DNQ Did not qualify 30 AUS Larry Perkins Amon-Ford         DNQ Did not qualify 30 NZL Chris Amon Amon-Ford         DNQ Did not qualify 25 NZL Howden Ganley Maki-Ford   Practice Accident    Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1974/482/ 1974 German Grand Prix formula1.com 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150118203856/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1974/482/ 18 January 2015 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Australian driver Larry Perkins, British driver Ian Ashley and French driver and future Grand Prix winner Jacques Laffite. This was the 10th Grand Prix start for British constructor Ensign. This was also the 68th pole position for a Ferrari. It broke the previous record set by Lotus at the 1974 Argentine Grand Prix, earlier that year. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 3 1 SUI Clay Regazzoni* 44 10px 1 2 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter* 41 10px 2 3 AUT Niki Lauda* 38 10px 2 4 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi* 37 10px 5 SWE Ronnie Peterson* 22Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1974/allemagne/championnat.aspx Germany 1974 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 1 ITA Ferrari* 57 10px 2 2 UK McLaren-Ford* 49 (51) 10px 3 UK Tyrrell-Ford* 45 10px 4 UK Lotus-Ford* 29 10px 5 UK Brabham-Ford 15Source: 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. Competitors in bold and marked with an asterisk still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion. References 30em German Grand Prix 1974 1974 British Grand Prix 1974 Austrian Grand Prix 1973 German Grand Prix 1975 German Grand Prix 1973 Belgian Grand Prix 1975 Austrian Grand Prix German Grand Prix Category:German Grand Prix Category:European Grand Prix German Grand Prix Category:Sport in Rhineland-Palatinate