1974_Swedish_Grand_Prix

1974 Swedish Grand Prix

1974 Swedish Grand Prix

Motor car race

The 1974 Swedish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Scandinavian Raceway in Anderstorp on 9 June 1974. It was race 7 of 15 in both the 1974 World Championship of Drivers and the 1974 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.[4]

Quick Facts Race details, Date ...

The race was 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.

Race summary

After Monaco, there were some new faces in the paddock. Brian Redman retired from Formula One, to be replaced by Bertil Roos whilst Reine Wisell took over at March from Hans-Joachim Stuck, Richard Robarts replaced Arturo Merzario after the Italian was unwell, and Leo Kinnunen made his début. Running with open helmet, as he was accustomed to do when rallying, this marked the last time that a driver did so in Formula One, and the first time a Finn had started a Formula One Grand Prix. Vern Schuppan, the first reserve of Ensign-Ford, started illegally from 26th place on the grid and completed the race before he was disqualified. Tom Belsø crashed his car in practice and with no spare car, Richard Robarts let the Danish driver have his car and did not start himself.

The two Tyrrells of Depailler and Scheckter secured the front row and dominated the race. Ronnie Peterson retired on lap eight with a driveshaft failure, shortly to be followed by Clay Regazzoni with gearbox problems. Niki Lauda and James Hunt had a duel for 20 laps before Hunt got past on lap 66 and began slicing into the Tyrrells' lead at two seconds a lap. In the end, Scheckter held on to take his first race win by 0.38s and Hunt took third place, the Hesketh team's first Formula One points. Graham Hill gained his first championship point since 1972, and the last of his career, whilst Tom Belsø drove to 8th place. At this Grand Prix Leo Kinnunen became the last driver to start in a Formula One race using an open-face helmet.[5]

Classification

Qualifying

More information Pos, No ...
  • ^1 – Schuppan failed to qualify, but took the start of the race illegally.

Race

More information Pos, No ...

Championship standings after the race

More information Pos, Driver ...
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

  1. [1]
    "The Swedish Grand Prix". Motorsport: 689–691. July 1974. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. [2]
    Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 33. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
  3. [3]
    Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 35. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
  4. [4]
    "1974 Swedish Grand Prix Entry list".
  5. [5]
    "Leo Kinnunen – Biography". F1 Rejects. Archived from the original on November 6, 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-28.
  6. [6]
    "1974 Swedish Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  7. [7]
    "Sweden 1974 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
Previous race:
1974 Monaco Grand Prix		 FIA Formula One World Championship
1974 season		 Next race:
1974 Dutch Grand Prix
Previous race:
1973 Swedish Grand Prix		 Swedish Grand Prix Next race:
1975 Swedish Grand Prix
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 1974_Swedish_Grand_Prix, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.