1974 Monaco Grand Prix

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 miles)
Distance 78 laps, 255.684 km (158.886 miles)
Pole position
Driver 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 Lotus-Ford
Second 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 edit

Qualifying classification edit

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 edit

Classification edit

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

Championship standings after the race edit

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

References edit

  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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