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Race details
Race 4 of 15 in the 1974 Formula One season
Circuito del Jarama
Circuito del Jarama
Date 28 April 1974
Location Madrid, Spain
Course Permanent racing facility
3.404 km (2.115 mi)
Pole position
Driver 25px Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari
Time 1:18.44[1]
Fastest lap
Driver 25px Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari
Time 1:20.83[2] on lap 47
Podium
First 25px Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari
Second 25px Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari
Third 25px Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford

The 1974 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jarama on April 28, 1974.

Race summary[]

With James Hunt's Hesketh having won the International Trophy, the season was one of the most open ever, with four different drivers from different teams having won the first four races and a driver who hadn't won at all - Clay Regazzoni led the championship. There were some new faces with Trojan and Amon and Liechtensteinian driver Rikky von Opel appearing - all rather unsuccessfully. Niki Lauda took pole from Ronnie Peterson in a qualifying session disrupted by a large accident to Patrick Depailler, but it was Peterson who led from the start as the rain began to fall. Jacky Ickx moved into the podium places, taking 3rd place on lap 19. As the track dried, cars dived into the pits for replacement tyres. Ferrari got Lauda in and out for a total pit stop time of 35 seconds, enabling him to take the lead and he led Regazzoni home in a 1-2 that lapped the entire field. Arturo Merzario lost out on a solid points finish when the hit the wall in 4th. Emerson Fittipaldi held off a strong challenge from Hans-Joachim Stuck, whilst Jody Scheckter claimed his first points.

Classification[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 12 25px Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari 84 2:00:29.56 1 9
2 11 25px Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 84 + 35.61 3 6
3 5 25px Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 83 + 1 Lap 4 4
4 9 25px West Germany Hans Joachim Stuck March-Ford 82 + 2 Laps 13 3
5 3 25px South African flag after 1928 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 82 + 2 Laps 9 2
6 6 25px New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 82 + 2 Laps 8 1
7 16 25px Great Britain Brian Redman Shadow-Ford 81 + 3 Laps 21  
8 4 25px France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 81 + 3 Laps 16  
9 33 25px Great Britain Mike Hailwood McLaren-Ford 81 + 3 Laps 17  
10 24 25px Great Britain James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 81 + 3 Laps 10  
11 28 25px Great Britain John Watson Brabham-Ford 80 + 4 Laps 15  
12 15 25px France Henri Pescarolo BRM 80 + 4 Laps 20  
13 18 25px Brazil Carlos Pace Surtees-Ford 78 + 6 Laps 14  
14 23 25px Australia Tim Schenken Trojan-Ford 76 Spun Off 25  
Ret 17 25px France Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 73 Not classified 12  
Ret 26 25px Great Britain Graham Hill Lola-Ford 43 Engine 19  
Ret 20 25px Italy Arturo Merzario Iso Marlboro-Ford 37 Accident 7  
Ret 19 25px West Germany Jochen Mass Surtees-Ford 35 Gearbox 18  
Ret 37 25px France François Migault BRM 27 Engine 22  
Ret 2 25px Belgium Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 26 Brakes 5  
Ret 1 25px Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 23 Engine 2  
Ret 30 25px New Zealand Chris Amon Amon-Ford 22 Brakes 23  
Ret 8 25px Template:Country alias LIE Rikky von Opel Brabham-Ford 14 Oil Leak 24  
Ret 7 25px Argentina Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 12 Spun off 6  
Ret 14 25px France Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 2 Engine 11  
DNQ 27 25px Great Britain Guy Edwards Lola-Ford    
DNQ 21 25px Flag of Denmark Tom Belsø Iso Marlboro-Ford        

Notes[]

  • Pole position: Niki Lauda - 1:18.44[1]
  • Fastest lap: Niki Lauda - 1:20.83 on lap 47[2]
  • First win for Niki Lauda
  • Jorge de Bagration, a Spanish driver, tried to enter the race, but his efforts fell victim to a very unusual set of circumstances. He had bought a Surtees-Ford TS16 for this race, and he was included on the entry list. Unfortunately this entry list was mislaid as the outgoing president of the Spanish Motor Sport Federation cleared his office. When a new entry list was drawn up, in the light of some sponsorship problems that de Bagration was experiencing, he was omitted from it. Whether or not he would have been able to race with his reduced backing, he should still have been included on the list of entrants. Thus ended his hopes of competing at motor sport's highest level.

Standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 25px Switzerland Clay Regazzoni 16
2 25px Austria Niki Lauda 15
3 25px Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi 13
4 25px New Zealand Denny Hulme 10
5 25px Argentina Carlos Reutemann 9
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 25px UK McLaren-Ford 26
2 25px Italy Ferrari 21
3 25px UK Brabham-Ford 9
4 25px UK BRM 8
5 25px UK Tyrrell-Ford 6
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 25. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 27. 

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1974/475/. Retrieved 2007-06-15. 


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1974 South African Grand Prix
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1974 Belgian Grand Prix
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