Texaco Sveriges Grand Prix 9 Juni 1974, Anderstorp

Ronnie Peterson gör på hemmaplan sin 54:e start i Formel 1. Segern i Monaco hade säkert lockat åtskilliga extra tusen åskådare till Anderstorp - 50.000 förväntansfulla människor hade samlats tävlingsdagen. 

Snabbt pitstop!

Depailler står i "pole position" före Scheckter. Ronnie har inför detta lopp "endast" lyckas prestera en femte bästa tid.

Jody Scheckter tar direkt täten och leder loppet i alla dess 80 varv från start till mål. Ronnie tvingas bryta redan på det åttonde varvet efter en brusten drivknut. Snabbaste varv presterar Patrick Depailler (med 1.27;262) som kör in på en andraplats (endast 0,38 sekunder efter segraren) före James Hunt (Hesketh). 

Summary in english

With Ronnie Peterson having won the Monaco Grand Prix a few days earlier there was much excitement in Sweden when the teams arrived at Anderstorp 10 days later. Once again the organizers decided to restrict entries and so there were only 27 cars present. Hans Stuck was out of action because of his broken thumb. He was replaced in the factory March by local hero Reine Wisell. Arturo Merzario was also in trouble having broken a finger in a sportscar crash at Imola and although he practiced for Iso Marlboro in Sweden his place was eventually taken by Tom Belso, while Richard Robarts was in the second car. Brian Redman had left the Shadow team and his place was taken by Sweden's Bertil Roos. In addition BRM did not have time to repair all its cars and so Francois Migault was left without a a drive.

Qualifying resulted in Patrick Depailler and Jody Scheckter sharing the front row in their Tyrrell 007s with the two Ferraris of Niki Lauda and Clay Regazzoni on the second row. Ronnie Peterson was fifth alongside James Hunt (Hesketh) while the fourth row featured Jacky Ickx (Lotus) and Jean-Pierre Jarier (Shadow). The top 10 was completed by Emerson Fittipaldi (McLaren) and Carlos Reutemann (Brabham).

At the start Scheckter took the lead with Peterson slipping ahead of Depailler to take second place. Lauda and Regazzoni followed with Reutemann completing the top six. For the early laps the order remained unchanged but on lap nine Peterson's Lotus stopped with driveshaft failure, leaving the two Tyrrells out in front. Then came the Ferraris. On lap 24, however, Regazzoni disappeared with a gearbox failure and so Hunt took fourth position, having overtaken Reutemann a few laps earlier. The Argentine driver retired with an oil leak on the 31st lap and so Fittipaldi moved into fifth with Hulme sixth. On lap 57 Hulme went out with a suspension failure and so sixth placed was inherited by Vittorio Brambilla (March).

Lauda's Ferrari began to suffer from rear suspension trouble as well and the car became more and more difficult to drive which enabled Hunt to catch Lauda. It was not until the 66th lap that Hunt managed to get ahead. A few laps later Lauda retired with a gearbox problem.

Hunt chased the Tyrrells but there was no way he could catch them and so Scheckter scored his first World Championship victory and became the sixth winner in seven races.  

Ronnie i samtal med Ed Alexander från Good Year - Ronnies föräldrar avvaktar i bakgrunden.

 

Sammanställning Grand Prix Sverige Datum 9 Juni 1974 Bana Anderstorp Säsong 1974 Deltävling 7 Längd (km) 4.018 Varv 80 Tid 1:58:31.391

Placering Nr Förare Team Tid Grid 1 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 1:58:31.391 2 2 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 0.380 1 3 24 James Hunt Hesketh 3.325 6 4 5 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren 53.507 9 5 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 76.403 8 6 26 Graham Hill Lola +1 varv 15 7 27 Guy Edwards Lola +1 varv 18 8 21 Tom Belso Williams +1 varv 21 9 8 Rikky von Opel Brabham +1 varv 20 r 10 Vittorio Brambilla March +1 varv 17 11 28 John Watson Brabham +3 varv 14 dq 22 Vern Schuppan Ensign   26 r 12 Niki Lauda Ferrari +10 varv 3 r 9 Reine Wisell March +21 varv 16 r 6 Denny Hulme McLaren +24 varv 12 r 19 Jochen Mass Surtees +27 varv 22 r 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham +50 varv 10 r 2 Jacky Ickx Lotus +53 varv 7 r 11 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari +56 varv 4 r 18 Carlos Pace Surtees +65 varv 24 r 23 Leo Kinnunen Surtees +72 varv 25 r 1 Ronnie Peterson Lotus +72 varv 5 r 33 Mike Hailwood McLaren +75 varv 11 r 14 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM +77 varv 13 r 16 Bertil Roos Shadow +78 varv 23 r 15 Henri Pescarolo BRM +80 varv 19 ns 20 Richard Robarts Williams     ns 20 Arturo Merzario Williams

NC=Not Classified NT=No time set in qualifying R=Retired EX=Excluded from meeting W=Withdrawn DQ=Disqualified NS=Did not start NQ=Did not qualify NPQ=Did not pre-qualify

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