1974 Race of Champions

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1974 Race of Champions
Non-championship race in the 1974 Formula One season
Brands Hatch 1960-1975.svg
Race details
Date 17 March 1974
Location Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit
Fawkham, Kent, England
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.206 km (2.6136 mi)
Distance 40 laps, 168.24 km (104.544 mi)
Pole position
Driver Hesketh-Cosworth
Time 1:21.5
Fastest lap
Driver Belgium Jacky Ickx Lotus-Cosworth
Time 1:33.8
Podium
First Lotus-Cosworth
Second Ferrari
Third McLaren-Cosworth

The 1974 Race of Champions was a non-championship Formula One race held at Brands Hatch on 17 March 1974. The 40-lap race featured both Formula One and Formula 5000 cars, and was won by Belgian driver Jacky Ickx in a Lotus-Cosworth, with Austria's Niki Lauda second in a Ferrari and Brazil's Emerson Fittipaldi third in a McLaren-Cosworth.[1]

Qualifying[]

Note: a blue background indicates a Formula 5000 entrant.

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Lap Gap
1 24 United Kingdom James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 1:21.5
2 11 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:21.6 +0.1
3 12 Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:22.1 +0.6
4 7 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 1:23.0 +1.5
5 15 France Henri Pescarolo BRM 1:23.1 +1.6
6 5 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 1:23.2 +1.7
7 33 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood McLaren-Ford 1:23.2 +1.7
8 19 West Germany Jochen Mass Surtees-Ford 1:23.3 +1.8
9 16 United States Peter Revson Shadow-Ford 1:23.6 +2.1
10 6 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 1:24.1 +2.6
11 2 Belgium Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 1:24.2 +2.7
12 26 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lola-Ford 1:24.6 +3.1
13 8 United Kingdom Richard Robarts Brabham-Ford 1:26.0 +4.5
14 29 New Zealand John Nicholson Lyncar-Ford 1:26.8 +5.3
15 22 Liechtenstein Rikky von Opel Ensign-Ford 1:27.0 +5.5
16 52 United Kingdom Peter Gethin Chevron-Chevrolet 1:35.5 +14.0
17 66 United Kingdom Brian Redman Lola-Chevrolet 1:35.7 +14.2
18 56 United Kingdom Guy Edwards Lola-Chevrolet 1:35.7 +14.2
19 62 United Kingdom Ian Ashley Lola-Chevrolet 1:36.0 +14.5
20 65 Australia Vern Schuppan Trojan-Chevrolet 1:36.3 +14.8
21 74 United Kingdom Chevron-Chevrolet 1:36.8 +15.3
22 17 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 1:37.1 +15.6
23 69 United Kingdom Lola-Chevrolet 1:37.8 +16.3
24 58 United Kingdom Tony Dean Chevron-Chevrolet 1:39.0 +17.5
25 51 Belgium Teddy Pilette Chevron-Chevrolet 1:39.1 +17.6
26 53 United Kingdom Keith Holland Trojan-Chevrolet 1:39.7 +18.2
27 64 United Kingdom Mike Wilds March-Chevrolet 1:40.5 +19.0
28 60 United Kingdom Damien Magee Lola-Chevrolet 1:44.8 +23.3
29 208 Italy Lella Lombardi Lola-Chevrolet 1:45.4 +23.9
30 61 United Kingdom Trojan-Chevrolet 1:50.9 +29.4
31 59 United Kingdom McLaren-Chevrolet 1:55.1 +33.6
32 54 United Kingdom McLaren-Chevrolet 2:00.0 +38.5
Source:[2][3]

Classification[]

Note: a blue background indicates a Formula 5000 entrant.

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 2 Belgium Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 40 1:03:37.6 11
2 12 Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari 40 + 1.5 3
3 5 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 40 + 18.3 6
4 33 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood McLaren-Ford 40 + 1:18.9 7
5 11 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 40 + 1:26.5 2
6 16 United States Peter Revson Shadow-Ford 39 + 1 Lap 9
7 15 France Henri Pescarolo BRM 38 + 2 Laps 5
8 62 United Kingdom Ian Ashley Lola-Chevrolet 38 + 2 Laps 19
9 74 United Kingdom Chevron-Chevrolet 37 + 3 Laps 21
10 52 United Kingdom Peter Gethin Chevron-Chevrolet 37 + 3 Laps 16
11 69 United Kingdom Lola-Chevrolet 37 + 3 Laps 23
12 8 United Kingdom Richard Robarts Brabham-Ford 36 + 4 Laps 13
NC 6 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 35 Not classified 10
NC 208 Italy Lella Lombardi Lola-Chevrolet Not classified 29
NC 29 New Zealand John Nicholson Lyncar-Ford Not classified 14
NC 26 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lola-Ford Not classified 12
Ret 58 United Kingdom Tony Dean Chevron-Chevrolet 38 Accident 24
Ret 60 United Kingdom Damien Magee Lola-Chevrolet 28 Handling 28
Ret 7 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 19 Accident 4
Ret 24 United Kingdom James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 4 Accident damage 1
Ret 51 Belgium Teddy Pilette Chevron-Chevrolet 1 Spun off 25
Ret 64 United Kingdom Mike Wilds March-Chevrolet 1 Accident avoiding Pilette 27
DNS 19 West Germany Jochen Mass Surtees-Ford Practice accident 8
DNS 17 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford Practice accident 22
DNS 22 Liechtenstein Rikky von Opel Ensign-Ford Not confident with handling 15
DNS 66 United Kingdom Brian Redman Lola-Chevrolet 17
DNS 56 United Kingdom Guy Edwards Lola-Chevrolet 18
DNS 65 Australia Vern Schuppan Trojan-Chevrolet 20
DNS 53 United Kingdom Keith Holland Trojan-Chevrolet 26
DNQ 61 United Kingdom Trojan-Chevrolet
DNQ 59 United Kingdom McLaren-Chevrolet
DNQ 54 United Kingdom McLaren-Chevrolet
Source:[2][4]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Race of Champions: Wet and interesting". Motor Sport. April 1974. p. 31. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b "1974 Race of Champions". Motor Sport. Archived from the original on March 21, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  3. ^ "Race of Champions - (Qualifying Results)". RacingSportCars. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  4. ^ "Race of Champions - (Race Results)". RacingSportCars. Retrieved December 16, 2019.


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