1974 South African Grand Prix
The Grand Prix of South Africa on 30 March 1974 was held at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and was the third race of the Formula 1 season 1974.
- 3.1 Start -up
- 3.2 race
- 4.1 Drivers' Championship
- 4.2 Constructors' Championship
Reports
Background
In the roughly two months that lay between the Grand Prix of Brazil and the third World Championship race of the year in South Africa, two not for the World Cup scoring formula 1 races were held. The "President Medici GP" in Brasília could finish victorious the local Emerson Fittipaldi, the "Race of Champions" at Brands Hatch won Jacky Ickx. Shortly thereafter, some of the Formula 1 teams found for test drives in advance of the South African GP at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit a. Here, Peter Revson was killed by his Shadow - Ford head first struck as a result of suspension damage in the crash barriers. The Shadow team pulled thereupon returns the message to participate in the Grand Prix and departed.
Traditionally, the field of participants in South Africa was then supplemented by some local guest driver. Dave Charlton and Eddie Keizan already participated once again in the privately entered cars in the race part. For Paddy Driver and Ian Scheckter, the brother of the Tyrrell driver Jody Scheckter factory, it was a first. Driver had indeed already been qualified in 1963 for this Grand Prix, but that time could not start due to a defect in his Lotus 24.
Also his first GP participation denied this weekend Vittorio Brambilla, who replaced Howden Ganley March as works driver.
The second Trailer of the team of Frank Williams was rented for this race to Tom BELSO.
Hesketh Racing no longer appeared as a customer team in March, but the first time with the first developed by the team itself racing cars. Lotus also appeared with a new development, the Type 76, which was to replace the Type 72 after more than four years of service time. B.R.M. also brought a copy of a new vehicle, called P201 at the start. Jean -Pierre Beltoise drove the car while the other two works driver Henri Pescarolo and François Migault still competed with the proven and advanced P160E.
Training
Niki Lauda achieved in the Ferrari 312B3 the pole position and thus the first pole position of his Grand Prix career. Surtees - driver Carlos Pace and Arturo Merzario on Iso - Marlboro impressed the professional world with the achievement of grid positions two and three. It was followed by the Brabham of Carlos Reutemann Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren M23 and before the second Ferrari of Clay Regazzoni. Hans -Joachim Stuck reached a convincing seventh place before Jody Scheckter on Tyrrell in the works March. McLaren driver Denis Hulme and Jacky Ickx completed in the new Lotus 76, the top ten, while the second Lotus works driver Ronnie Peterson with the new car only reached the 16th place because of difficulties.
Race
Lauda went from pole position, first the lead from Reutemann, who had ausbeschleunigt Pace and Merzario. This was followed by Jody Scheckter and Clay Regazzoni. Meanwhile, occurred in the middle of a collision, in both Lotus works drivers were involved. Peterson retired in the second round out of their damages, Ickx had later in the race a brake failure that forced him to give up. Also in the initial phase, there was a collision between Henri Pescarolo Jochen Mass and. The latter retired after eleven rounds out because of a suspension damage as a result of the collision.
In the tenth round Reutemann took the lead and broke away from the rest of the field. Behind it changed the order of the pursuer only by the failure of James Hunt in round 14 and the due Reifenroblemen relapsing Scheckter and otherwise remained constant over several rounds.
In the 49th round succeeded Mike Hailwood to overtake Fittipaldi and thereby occupy the fourth place. Shortly thereafter, however, both were overtaken by Beltoise.
On lap 66 Regazzoni had to retire due to an engine problem. The second Ferrari of Lauda followed nine laps later for a similar damage. Reutemann eventually won before Beltoise and Hailwood, each for the last time reached the podium of a Grand Prix. Stuck was fifth, the first two championship points his Formula 1 career.
It was the first Grand Prix victory of Argentine since the Grand Prix of Germany in 1957, the Juan -Manuel Fangio had won, and the first win for the team Brabham since the last success of the team 's founder Jack Brabham at the Grand Prix of South Africa 1970.
Message list
Classifications
Line-up
Race
WM stands after the race
The first six of the race were 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s).