43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E
| 1974 Monaco Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
 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
editQualifying 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
editClassification
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 | ||||
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Notes
edit- This was the 5th podium finish for a South African driver.
- This was the 6th win of a Monaco Grand Prix by Lotus, breaking the previous record set by BRM at the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix.
- This was the 61st fastest lap set by a Ford-powered car, breaking the previous record set by Ferrari at the 1974 Spanish Grand Prix, earlier that year.
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
edit- ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 31. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
- ^ Lang, p. 33
- ^ "1974 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Monaco 1974 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.