1974 Pau Grand Prix
| 1974 Pau Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 5 May 1974 | ||
| Official name | XXXIV Pau Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Pau, France | ||
| Course | Temporary Street Circuit | ||
| Course length | 2.760 km (1.720 miles) | ||
| Distance | 75 laps, 207.000 km (128.624 miles) | ||
| Weather | Rain | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | March-BMW | ||
| Time | 1:16.1 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Jacques Laffite | March-BMW | |
| Time | 1:28.6 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | March-BMW | ||
| Second | March-BMW | ||
| Third | March-BMW | ||
The 1974 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Two motor race held on 5 May 1974 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by Patrick Depailler, driving the March 742. Jacques Laffite finished second and Andy Sutcliffe third.
Classification
[edit]Race
[edit]| Pos | No | Driver | Vehicle | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Patrick Depailler
|
March-BMW | 75 | 1hr 54min 33.5sec | 1 | |
| 2 | 16 | Jacques Laffite
|
March-BMW | 74 | + 1 lap | ||
| 3 | 20 |  Andy Sutcliffe
|
March-BMW | 74 | + 1 lap | ||
| 4 | 5 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille
|
Alpine-BMW | 74 | + 1 lap | ||
| 5 | 7 | Michel Leclère
|
Alpine-BMW | 74 | + 1 lap | ||
| 6 | 1 |  Tim Schenken
|
Surtees-BMW | 73 | + 2 laps | ||
| 7 | 12 | David Purley
|
March-BMW | 72 | + 3 laps | ||
| 8 | 15 |  Masami Kuwashima
|
March-BMW | 71 | + 4 laps | ||
| 9 | 27 |  Giancarlo Martini
|
March-BMW | 71 | + 4 laps | ||
| 10 | 11 | Jacques Coulon
|
March-BMW | 68 | + 7 laps | ||
| 11 | 19 | Gabriele Serblin
|
March-BMW | 68 | + 7 laps | ||
| Ret | 8 | Alain Serpaggi
|
Alpine-BMW | 49 | Oil pressure | ||
| Ret | 26 | Jimmy Mieusset
|
March-BMW | 44 | Tyres | ||
| Ret | 6 | Patrick Tambay
|
Alpine-BMW | 22 | Accident | ||
| Ret | 28 | Paolo Bozzetto
|
March-BMW | 14 | Radiator | ||
| Ret | 17 | Jean-Pierre Paoli
|
March-BMW | 12 | Accident | ||
| Ret | 4 | José Dolhem
|
Surtees-Ford | 10 | Electrical | ||
| Ret | 10 |  Hans-Joachim Stuck
|
March-BMW | 1 | Accident | ||
| Ret | 3 | John Watson
|
Surtees-BMW | 1 | Accident | ||
| DNS | 14 |  Dieter Quester
|
March-BMW | Did not start | |||
| DNS | 21 | Maurizio Flammini
|
March-BMW | Did not start | |||
| DNS | 25 |  Bill Gubelmann
|
March-BMW | Did not start | |||
| DNQ | 22 | Duilio Truffo
|
March-BMW | Did not qualify | |||
| DNQ | 23 |  Guillermo Ortega
|
Surtees-BMW | Did not qualify | |||
| DNQ | 24 | Fausto Morello
|
Surtees-BMW | Did not qualify | |||
| Fastest Lap: Jacques Laffite (March-BMW) - 1:28.6 | |||||||
| Sources:[1] | |||||||