1974 Monaco Grand Prix

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Coordinates: 43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333

1974 Monaco Grand Prix
Circuit de Monaco
Circuit de Monaco
Race details
Date 26 May 1974
Official name XXXII Grand Prix de Monaco
Location Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course Street Circuit
Course length 3.278 km (2.037 mi)
Distance 78 laps, 255.684 km (158.886 mi)
Pole position
Driver
  • Austria Niki Lauda
 Ferrari
Time 1:26.3[1]
Fastest lap
Driver Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford
Time 1:27.9[2] on lap 57 (lap record)
Podium
First
  • Sweden Ronnie Peterson
 Lotus-Ford
Second
  • South Africa Jody Scheckter
 Tyrrell-Ford
Third
Shadow-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1974 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 26 May 1974. It was race 6 of 15 in both the 1974 World Championship of Drivers and the 1974 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 78-lap race was won by Lotus driver Ronnie Peterson after he started from third position. Jody Scheckter finished second for the Tyrrell team and Shadow driver Jean-Pierre Jarier came in third.

Qualifying[]

Qualifying classification[]

Pos. Driver Constructor Time No
1 Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:26.3 1
2 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:26.6 2
3 Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 1:26.8 3
4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 1:27.1 4
5 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 1:27.1 5
6 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 1:27.5 6
7 James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 1:27.8 7
8 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 1:27.8 8
9 Hans-Joachim Stuck March-Ford 1:28.0 9
10 Mike Hailwood McLaren-Ford 1:28.1 10
11 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 1:28.1 11
12 Denis Hulme McLaren-Ford 1:28.2 12
13 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 1:28.2 13
14 Arturo Merzario Iso-Ford 1:28.5 14
15 Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 1:28.7 15
16 Brian Redman Shadow-Ford 1:28.8 16
17 Jochen Mass Surtees-Ford 1:28.8 DNS
18 Carlos Pace Surtees-Ford 1:29.1 17
19 Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 1:29.4 18
20 Chris Amon Amon-Ford 1:29.8 DNS
21 Graham Hill Lola-Ford 1:30.0 19
22 François Migault BRM 1:30.0 20
23 John Watson Brabham-Ford 1:30.0 21
24 Tim Schenken Trojan-Ford 1:30.2 22
25 Vern Schuppan Ensign-Ford 1:30.3 23
26 Guy Edwards Lola-Ford 1:30.4 24
27 Henri Pescarolo BRM 1:30.7 25
DNQ Rikky von Opel Brabham-Ford 1:31.1 —

Race[]

Classification[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 78 1:58:03.7 3 9
2 3 South Africa Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 78 + 28.8 5 6
3 17 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 78 + 48.9 6 4
4 11 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 78 + 1:03.1 2 3
5 5 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 77 + 1 Lap 13 2
6 28 United Kingdom John Watson Brabham-Ford 77 + 1 Lap 23 1
7 26 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lola-Ford 76 + 2 Laps 21  
8 27 United Kingdom Guy Edwards Lola-Ford 75 + 3 Laps 26  
9 4 France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 74 + 4 laps 4  
Ret 15 France Henri Pescarolo BRM 62 Gearbox 27  
Ret 2 Belgium Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 34 Engine 19  
Ret 12 Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari 32 Ignition 1  
Ret 24 United Kingdom James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 27 Halfshaft 7  
Ret 33 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood McLaren-Ford 11 Accident 10  
Ret 7 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 5 Suspension 8  
Ret 37 France François Migault BRM 4 Accident 22  
Ret 22 Australia Vern Schuppan Ensign-Ford 4 Accident 25  
Ret 9 Germany Hans Joachim Stuck March-Ford 3 Collision 9  
Ret 14 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 0 Collision 11  
Ret 6 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 0 Collision 12  
Ret 20 Italy Arturo Merzario Iso-Marlboro-Ford 0 Collision 14  
Ret 10 Italy Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 0 Collision 15  
Ret 16 United Kingdom Brian Redman Shadow-Ford 0 Collision 16  
Ret 18 Brazil Carlos Pace Surtees-Ford 0 Collision 18  
Ret 23 Australia Tim Schenken Trojan-Ford 0 Collision 24  
DNS 19 Germany Jochen Mass Surtees-Ford 17
DNS 30 New Zealand Chris Amon Amon-Ford 20
DNQ 8 Liechtenstein Rikky von Opel Brabham-Ford        
Source:[3]

Championship standings after the race[]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]

  1. ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 31. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
  2. ^ Lang, p. 33
  3. ^ "1974 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Monaco 1974 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.


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