1974 Swedish Grand Prix
The 1974 Swedish Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Scandinavian Raceway on June 9, 1974.
The race was totally dominated by the two Tyrrell-Cosworth 007s of Jody Scheckter and Patrick Depailler. Depailler took pole position, however Scheckter beat him by 0.380 sec in the race, to score his first Grand Prix win.
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[edit] Race summary
After Monaco,there were some new faces. Brian Redman retired from Formula One, to be replaced by Bertil Roos whilst Reine Wisell took over at March from Hans-Joachim Stuck and Leo Kinnunen made his début.
The two Tyrrells of Depailler and Scheckter sewed up the front row and dominated the race. Ronnie Peterson retired on lap 8 with driveshaft failure, shortly to be followed by Clay Regazzoni with gearbox problems. Niki Lauda and James Hunt had a superb duel for 20 laps before Hunt got past on lap 66 and began slicing into the Tyrrells' lead at 2 seconds a lap. In the end,Scheckter held on to take his first race win by 0.38s and Hesketh gained a superb podium - their first Formula One points. Graham Hill gained his first championship point since 1972 whilst Tom Belsø drove magnificently to 8th place.
[edit] Classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 3 |  Jody Scheckter |
Tyrrell-Ford | 80 | 1:58:31.391 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 4 |  Patrick Depailler |
Tyrrell-Ford | 80 | + 0.380 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 24 |  James Hunt |
Hesketh-Ford | 80 | + 3.325 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | 5 |  Emerson Fittipaldi |
McLaren-Ford | 80 | + 53.507 | 9 | 3 |
| 5 | 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier |
Shadow-Ford | 80 | + 1:16.403 | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | 26 | Graham Hill |
Lola-Ford | 79 | + 1 Lap | 15 | 1 |
| 7 | 27 | Guy Edwards |
Lola-Ford | 79 | + 1 Lap | 18 | |
| 8 | 21 |  Tom Belsø |
Iso Marlboro-Ford | 79 | + 1 Lap | 21 | |
| 9 | 8 |  Rikky von Opel |
Brabham-Ford | 79 | + 1 Lap | 20 | |
| 10 | 10 |  Vittorio Brambilla |
March-Ford | 78 | Engine | 17 | |
| 11 | 28 | John Watson |
Brabham-Ford | 77 | + 3 Laps | 14 | |
| DSQ | 22 |  Vern Schuppan |
Ensign-Ford | 77 | Disqualified | 26 | |
| Ret | 12 |  Niki Lauda |
Ferrari | 70 | Gearbox | 3 | |
| Ret | 9 |  Reine Wisell |
March-Ford | 59 | Suspension | 16 | |
| Ret | 6 |  Denny Hulme |
McLaren-Ford | 56 | Suspension | 12 | |
| Ret | 19 |  Jochen Mass |
Surtees-Ford | 53 | Suspension | 22 | |
| Ret | 7 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Brabham-Ford | 30 | Oil Leak | 10 | |
| Ret | 2 |  Jacky Ickx |
Lotus-Ford | 27 | Engine | 7 | |
| Ret | 11 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Ferrari | 24 | Gearbox | 4 | |
| Ret | 18 | Carlos Pace |
Surtees-Ford | 15 | Handling | 24 | |
| Ret | 1 | Ronnie Peterson |
Lotus-Ford | 8 | Halfshaft | 5 | |
| Ret | 23 |  Leo Kinnunen |
Surtees-Ford | 8 | Engine | 25 | |
| Ret | 33 | Mike Hailwood |
McLaren-Ford | 5 | Fuel Leak | 11 | |
| Ret | 14 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise |
BRM | 3 | Engine | 13 | |
| Ret | 16 | Bertil Roos |
Shadow-Ford | 2 | Gearbox | 23 | |
| Ret | 15 | Henri Pescarolo |
BRM | 0 | Fire | 19 | |
| DNS | 20 | Richard Robarts |
Iso Marlboro-Ford |
[edit] Notes
- Pole position: Patrick Depailler - 1:24.758[1]
- Fastest lap: Patrick Depailler - 1:27.262 on lap 72[2]
- Vern Schuppan (Ensign-Ford), first reserve, started illegally from 26th place on the grid and completed the race before he was disqualified.
[edit] Standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
[edit] References
- ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 33. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
- ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 35. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1974/478/. Retrieved 2007-06-15.
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