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04 Aug 1974Nürburgring319.690 km (22835 m x 14 Laps)

 Pole Position: Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312B3, 7:00.8 (195.4 km/h) Fastest Lap: Jody Scheckter, Tyrrell 007-Ford, 7:11.1 (190.7 km/h lap 11) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 11 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 312B3 1:41:35.0 188.8 km/h 2 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 007-Ford 1:42:25.7 187.3 km/h 3 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham BT44-Ford 1:42:58.3 186.3 km/h 4 1 Ronnie Peterson Lotus 76-Ford 1:42:59.2 186.3 km/h 5 2 Jacky Ickx Lotus 72E-Ford 1:43:00.0 186.2 km/h 6 16 Tom Pryce Shadow DN3-Ford 1:43:53.1 184.6 km/h 7 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 741-Ford 1:44:33.7 183.4 km/h 8 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow DN3-Ford 1:45:00.9 182.7 km/h 9 26 Graham Hill Lola T370-Ford 1:45:01.4 182.6 km/h 10 15 Henri Pescarolo BRM P201 1:45:52.7 181.2 km/h 11 18 Derek Bell Surtees TS16-Ford 1:46:52.7 179.5 km/h 12 8 Carlos Pace Brabham BT44-Ford 1:48:01.3 177.6 km/h 13 10 Vittorio Brambilla March 741-Ford 1:50:18.1 173.9 km/h 14 32 Ian Ashley Token RJ02-Ford -1 Lap Did Not Finish: 33 Mike Hailwood McLaren M23-Ford 12 Accident 19 Jochen Mass Surtees TS16-Ford 10 Engine 24 James Hunt Hesketh 308-Ford 10 Gearbox 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 007-Ford 5 Accident 20 Arturo Merzario Iso-Marlboro FW-Ford 5 Throttle linkage 14 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM P201 4 Transmission 22 Vern Schuppan Ensign N174-Ford 4 Gearbox 5 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren M23-Ford 2 Spun off/Suspension 21 Jacques Laffite Iso-Marlboro FW-Ford 2 Spun off/Suspension 28 John Watson Brabham BT44-Ford 1 Spun off/Suspension 12 Niki Lauda Ferrari 312B3 0 Collision with Scheckter DQ 6 Denny Hulme McLaren M23-Ford 0 Collision with Ickx/Collision with Fittipaldi/Changed to spare car Did Not Qualify: 37 François Migault BRM P160E 23 Tim Schenken Trojan T103-Ford 27 Guy Edwards Lola T370-Ford 30 Larry Perkins Amon AF101-Ford 30 Chris Amon Amon AF101-Ford Driver ill 25 Howden Ganley Maki F101-Ford Accident/Injury Did Not Appear: 29 Manfred Möhr Brabham BT42-Ford Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 11 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 312B3 1-14 14 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 007-Ford 7:11.1 190.7 11 2 11 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 312B3 7:11.2 190.6 3 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham BT44-Ford 7:12.0 190.3 4 1 Ronnie Peterson Lotus 76-Ford 7:12.4 190.1 5 2 Jacky Ickx Lotus 72E-Ford 7:12.8 189.9 6 33 Mike Hailwood McLaren M23-Ford 7:13.5 189.6 7 19 Jochen Mass Surtees TS16-Ford 7:14.0 189.4 8 16 Tom Pryce Shadow DN3-Ford 7:14.5 189.2 9 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow DN3-Ford 7:15.3 188.8 10 24 James Hunt Hesketh 308-Ford 7:16.9 188.2 11 20 Arturo Merzario Iso-Marlboro FW-Ford 7:17.5 187.9 12 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 007-Ford 7:18.3 187.6 13 26 Graham Hill Lola T370-Ford 7:18.4 187.5 14 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 741-Ford 7:19.1 187.2 15 15 Henri Pescarolo BRM P201 7:23.1 185.5 16 14 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM P201 7:24.2 185.0 17 8 Carlos Pace Brabham BT44-Ford 7:24.7 184.9 18 18 Derek Bell Surtees TS16-Ford 7:24.8 184.8 19 32 Ian Ashley Token RJ02-Ford 7:28.2 183.4 20 10 Vittorio Brambilla March 741-Ford 7:30.0 182.7 21 22 Vern Schuppan Ensign N174-Ford 7:36.9 179.9 22 5 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren M23-Ford 7:39.7 178.8 23 21 Jacques Laffite Iso-Marlboro FW-Ford 7:49.5 175.1 24 28 John Watson Brabham BT44-Ford 9:54.5 138.3 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 12 Niki Lauda Ferrari 312B3 7:00.8 195.4 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 2 11 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 312B3 7:01.1 195.2 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 3 5 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren M23-Ford 7:02.3 194.7 Marlboro Team Texaco 4 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 007-Ford 7:03.4 194.2 Elf Team Tyrrell 5 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 007-Ford 7:06.2 192.9 Elf Team Tyrrell 6 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham BT44-Ford 7:07.2 192.4 Motor Racing Developments 7 6 Denny Hulme McLaren M23-Ford 7:08.8 191.7 Marlboro Team Texaco 8 1 Ronnie Peterson Lotus 76-Ford 7:09.0 191.6 John Player Team Lotus 9 2 Jacky Ickx Lotus 72E-Ford 7:09.1 191.6 John Player Team Lotus 10 19 Jochen Mass Surtees TS16-Ford 7:09.8 191.3 Bang & Olufsen Team Surtees 11 16 Tom Pryce Shadow DN3-Ford 7:09.9 191.2 UOP Shadow Racing Team 12 33 Mike Hailwood McLaren M23-Ford 7:10.1 191.1 Yardley Team McLaren 13 24 James Hunt Hesketh 308-Ford 7:10.4 191.0 Hesketh Racing 14 28 John Watson Brabham BT44-Ford 7:10.51 190.95 John Goldie Racing with Hexagon 15 14 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM P201 7:10.53 190.94 Team Motul BRM 16 20 Arturo Merzario Iso-Marlboro FW-Ford 7:11.2 190.6 Frank Williams Racing Cars 17 8 Carlos Pace Brabham BT44-Ford 7:12.7 190.0 Motor Racing Developments 18 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow DN3-Ford 7:14.9 189.0 UOP Shadow Racing Team 19 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 741-Ford 7:16.0 188.5 March Engineering 20 26 Graham Hill Lola T370-Ford 7:16.4 188.4 Embassy Racing with Graham Hill 21 21 Jacques Laffite Iso-Marlboro FW-Ford 7:17.6 187.9 Frank Williams Racing Cars 22 22 Vern Schuppan Ensign N174-Ford 7:20.81 186.49 Team Ensign 23 10 Vittorio Brambilla March 741-Ford 7:20.88 186.46 March Engineering 24 15 Henri Pescarolo BRM P201 7:20.9 186.5 Team Motul BRM 25 18 Derek Bell Surtees TS16-Ford 7:22.0 186.0 Bang & Olufsen Team Surtees Did Not Qualify: 26 32 Ian Ashley Token RJ02-Ford 7:24.6 184.9 Team Harper-Token Racing 27 37 François Migault BRM P160E 7:26.3 184.2 Team Motul BRM 28 23 Tim Schenken Trojan T103-Ford 7:29.1 183.0 Trojan Tauranac Racing 29 27 Guy Edwards Lola T370-Ford 7:31.5 182.1 Embassy Racing with Graham Hill 30 30 Larry Perkins Amon AF101-Ford 7:46.2 176.3 Dalton Amon Racing 31 30 Chris Amon Amon AF101-Ford 8:26.2 162.4 Chris Amon Racing 32 25 Howden Ganley Maki F101-Ford - - Maki Engineering Not Present: 29 Manfred Möhr Brabham BT42-Ford - - Scuderia Finotto Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 12 Niki Lauda Ferrari 312B3 7:00.8 195.4 2 11 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 312B3 7:01.1 195.2 3 3T Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 007-Ford 7:03.4 194.2 4 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham BT44-Ford 7:07.2 192.4 5 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 007-Ford 7:07.3 192.4 6 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 007-Ford 7:07.4 192.3 7 5 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren M23-Ford 7:07.5 192.3 8 5T Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren M23-Ford 7:08.4 191.9 9 1 Ronnie Peterson Lotus 76-Ford 7:09.0 191.6 10 2 Jacky Ickx Lotus 72E-Ford 7:09.1 191.6 11 19 Jochen Mass Surtees TS16-Ford 7:09.8 191.3 12 33 Mike Hailwood McLaren M23-Ford 7:10.1 191.1 13 24T James Hunt Hesketh 308-Ford 7:11.1 190.7 14 20 Arturo Merzario Iso-Marlboro FW-Ford 7:11.2 190.6 15 16 Tom Pryce Shadow DN3-Ford 7:13.8 189.5 16 8 Carlos Pace Brabham BT44-Ford 7:14.3 189.3 17 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow DN3-Ford 7:15.5 188.8 18 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 741-Ford 7:16.0 188.5 19 24 James Hunt Hesketh 308-Ford 7:16.1 188.5 20 6 Denny Hulme McLaren M23-Ford 7:16.2 188.5 21 28 John Watson Brabham BT44-Ford 7:16.3 188.4 22 6T Denny Hulme McLaren M23-Ford 7:16.4 188.4 23 14 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM P201 7:18.0 187.7 24 21 Jacques Laffite Iso-Marlboro FW-Ford 7:21.0 186.4 25 26T Graham Hill Lola T370-Ford 7:21.7 186.1 26 18 Derek Bell Surtees TS16-Ford 7:23.2 185.5 27 22 Vern Schuppan Ensign N174-Ford 7:25.2 184.6 28 15 Henri Pescarolo BRM P201 7:25.5 184.5 29 10 Vittorio Brambilla March 741-Ford 7:26.5 184.1 30 37 François Migault BRM P160E 7:26.5 184.1 31 1T Ronnie Peterson Lotus 76-Ford 7:31.9 181.9 32 27 Guy Edwards Lola T370-Ford 7:33.3 181.4 33 32 Ian Ashley Token RJ02-Ford 7:36.4 180.1 34 30 Chris Amon Amon AF101-Ford 8:26.2 162.4 35 23 Tim Schenken Trojan T103-Ford - - 36 25 Howden Ganley Maki F101-Ford - - 37 18T Derek Bell Surtees TS16-Ford - - 38 19T Jochen Mass Surtees TS16-Ford - - Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 12 Niki Lauda Ferrari 312B3 7:01.5 195.0 2 5 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren M23-Ford 7:02.3 194.7 3 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 007-Ford 7:06.2 192.9 4 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 007-Ford 7:08.8 191.7 5 6 Denny Hulme McLaren M23-Ford 7:08.8 191.7 6 16 Tom Pryce Shadow DN3-Ford 7:09.9 191.2 7 11 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 312B3 7:10.4 191.0 8 24 James Hunt Hesketh 308-Ford 7:10.4 191.0 9 28 John Watson Brabham BT44-Ford 7:10.51 190.95 10 14 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM P201 7:10.53 190.94 11 1T Ronnie Peterson Lotus 76-Ford 7:11.3 190.6 12 2 Jacky Ickx Lotus 72E-Ford 7:12.7 190.0 13 8 Carlos Pace Brabham BT44-Ford 7:12.7 190.0 14 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham BT44-Ford 7:13.4 189.7 15 33 Mike Hailwood McLaren M23-Ford 7:13.7 189.5 16 19 Jochen Mass Surtees TS16-Ford 7:13.9 189.5 17 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow DN3-Ford 7:14.9 189.0 18 20 Arturo Merzario Iso-Marlboro FW-Ford 7:15.2 188.9 19 26 Graham Hill Lola T370-Ford 7:15.9 188.6 20 21 Jacques Laffite Iso-Marlboro FW-Ford 7:17.6 187.9 21 22 Vern Schuppan Ensign N174-Ford 7:20.81 186.49 22 10 Vittorio Brambilla March 741-Ford 7:20.88 186.46 23 15 Henri Pescarolo BRM P201 7:20.9 186.5 24 18 Derek Bell Surtees TS16-Ford 7:22.0 186.0 25 32 Ian Ashley Token RJ02-Ford 7:24.6 184.9 26 37T François Migault BRM P160E 7:26.3 184.2 27 23 Tim Schenken Trojan T103-Ford 7:29.1 183.0 28 27 Guy Edwards Lola T370-Ford 7:31.5 182.1 29 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 741-Ford 7:42.9 177.6 30 30 Larry Perkins Amon AF101-Ford 7:46.2 176.3 31 7T Carlos Reutemann Brabham BT44-Ford - - 32 8T Carlos Pace Brabham BT44-Ford - - 33 11T Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 312B3 - - 34 18T Derek Bell Surtees TS16-Ford - - 35 19T Jochen Mass Surtees TS16-Ford - - 36 33T Mike Hailwood McLaren M23-Ford - -
Starting Grid:
12 Niki Lauda
Ferrari 312B3
7:00.8
11 Clay Regazzoni
Ferrari 312B3
7:01.1
5 Emerson Fittipaldi
McLaren M23-Ford
7:02.3
3 Jody Scheckter
Tyrrell 007-Ford
7:03.4
4 Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell 007-Ford
7:06.2
7 Carlos Reutemann
Brabham BT44-Ford
7:07.2
6 Denny Hulme
McLaren M23-Ford
7:08.8
1 Ronnie Peterson
Lotus 76-Ford
7:09.0
2 Jacky Ickx
Lotus 72E-Ford
7:09.1
19 Jochen Mass
Surtees TS16-Ford
7:09.8
16 Tom Pryce
Shadow DN3-Ford
7:09.9
33 Mike Hailwood
McLaren M23-Ford
7:10.1
24 James Hunt
Hesketh 308-Ford
7:10.4
28 John Watson
Brabham BT44-Ford
7:10.51
14 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
BRM P201
7:10.53
20 Arturo Merzario
Iso-Marlboro FW-Ford
7:11.2
8 Carlos Pace
Brabham BT44-Ford
7:12.7
17 Jean-Pierre Jarier
Shadow DN3-Ford
7:14.9
9 Hans-Joachim Stuck
March 741-Ford
7:16.0
26 Graham Hill
Lola T370-Ford
7:16.4
21 Jacques Laffite
Iso-Marlboro FW-Ford
7:17.6
22 Vern Schuppan
Ensign N174-Ford
7:20.81
10 Vittorio Brambilla
March 741-Ford
7:20.88
15 Henri Pescarolo
BRM P201
7:20.9
18 Derek Bell
Surtees TS16-Ford
7:22.0
32 Ian Ashley
Token RJ02-Ford
7:24.6
Notes:
  • Ashley was allowed to join the back of the grid as "first reserve" after qualifying. He was allowed to start after Hulme's accident.
  • Weather: Overcast, Showers.
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    Race Review:

    The boom in Formula 1 in the 1974 season meant that there were 31 cars entered for the Nurburgring and with only 26 cars starting, six would not qualify. The only major change to the entry was the arrival in the second Iso Marlboro of F1 debutante Jacques Laffite. Guy Edwards was back in action for the Hill team while Australian rising star Larry Perkins was entered in the Amon. Token fielded Ian Ashley. Practice got off to a bad start when Howden Ganley's Maki suffered a suspension failure and crashed heavily at Hatzenbach, suffering serious ankle injuries.

    The two Ferraris were on the front row of the grid again with Niki Lauda outqualifying Clay Regazzoni. Next up were the other two World Championship contenders Emerson Fittipaldi (McLaren) and Jody Scheckter (Tyrrell) while third row featured Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell) and Carlos Reutemann (Brabham). The top 10 was completed by Denny Hulme (McLaren), Ronnie Peterson (Lotus), Jacky Ickx (Lotus) and Jochen Mass (Surtees).

    At the start Fittipaldi failed to get away cleanly and as Hulme tried to pass him he found Ickx in his path and so the two McLarens made contact. Hulme retired on the spot but Fittipaldi seemed to have got away with it and set off.

    Regazzoni had gone into the lead when Lauda made a poor start and as Lauda tried to make up ground he clashed with Scheckter and spun out. Further around the lap Fittipaldi suffered a puncture and had to limp around to the pits. He would rejoin but retired soon afterwards because of his damaged suspension.

    At the front Regazzoni was being chased by Scheckter, Reutemann and Mass and the top three remained unchanged all afternoon. Mass was passed on the sixth lap by both Peterson and Ickx but he was able to get back ahead of the Swede before his engine failed. Hailwood inherited fifth place but on the 13th lap he lost control when the car landed after the jump at Pflanzgarten and crashed heavily. Tom Pryce (Shadow) finished sixth to score his first World Championship point.

    Regazzoni's victory took him to the top of the World Championship table, three points ahead of Scheckter.