Tyskland GP 1974

Grosser Preis von Deutschland 4 Augusti 1974, Nürburgring

Ronnie Petersons 58:e start i Formel 1 sker i Tysklands GP 1974. Med den gamla Lotus 72:an lyckas Ronnie endast prestera en åttonde bästa tid i kvalet. De båda Ferraribilarna står i främsta startledet med Lauda före Regazzoni. Emerson Fittipaldi omedelbart därefter tillsammans med Jody Scheckter.

Niki Lauda kör av redan på det första varvet och Clay Regazzoni får ensam försvara stallets färger. Regazzoni vinner loppet i ren utklassningsstil och är hela 50 sekunder före tvåan Jody Scheckter i en Tyrrell (som dock får den snabbaste varvtiden med 7.11,1). Trea blir Carlos Reutemann i en Brabham - mindre än en sekund före Ronnie som blir fyra i loppet! 

Summary in english

The boom in Formula 1 in the 1974 season meant that there were 31 cars entered for the Nürburgring 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.

Sammanställning

Grand Prix

Tyskland

Datum

4 Augusti 1974

Bana

Nürburgring

Säsong

1974

Deltävling

11

Längd (km)

22.835

Varv

14

Tid

1:41:35.000

Placering

Nr

Förare

Team

Tid

Grid

1

11

Clay Regazzoni

Ferrari

1:41:35.000

2

2

3

Jody Scheckter

Tyrrell

50.700

4

3

7

Carlos Reutemann

Brabham

83.300

6

4

1

Ronnie Peterson

Lotus

84.200

8

5

2

Jacky Ickx

Lotus

85.000

9

6

16

Tom Pryce

Shadow

138.100

11

7

9

Hans-Joachim Stuck

March

178.700

20

8

17

Jean-Pierre Jarier

Shadow

205.900

18

9

26

Graham Hill

Lola

206.400

19

10

15

Henri Pescarolo

BRM

257.700

24

11

18

Derek Bell

Surtees

317.700

25

12

8

Carlos Pace

Brabham

386.300

17

13

10

Vittorio Brambilla

March

523.100

23

14

32

Ian Ashley

Token

+1 varv

26

r

33

Mike Hailwood

McLaren

+2 varv

12

r

24

James Hunt

Hesketh

+3 varv

13

r

19

Jochen Mass

Surtees

+4 varv

10

r

4

Patrick Depailler

Tyrrell

+9 varv

5

r

20

Arturo Merzario

Williams

+9 varv

16

r

14

Jean-Pierre Beltoise

BRM

+10 varv

15

r

22

Vern Schuppan

Ensign

+10 varv

22

r

5

Emerson Fittipaldi

McLaren

+12 varv

3

r

21

Jacques Laffite

Williams

+12 varv

21

r

28

John Watson

Brabham

+13 varv

14

r

12

Niki Lauda

Ferrari

+14 varv

1

dq

6

Denny Hulme

McLaren

 

7

nq

37

Francois Migault

BRM

 

 

nq

23

Tim Schenken

Trojan

 

 

nq

27

Guy Edwards

Lola

 

 

nq

30

Larry Perkins

Amon

 

 

nq

30

Chris Amon

Amon

 

 

nq

25

Howden Ganley

Maki

 

 

 

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

Aktuell ställning

Position

Förare

Nation

Poäng

1

Clay Regazzoni

CH

44

2

Jody Scheckter

ZA

41

3

Niki Lauda

AUT

38

4

Emerson Fittipaldi

BRA

37

5

Ronnie Peterson

SWE

22

6

Carlos Reutemann

ARG

14

F1 GP 1970 F1 GP 1971 F1 GP 1972 F1 GP 1973 F1 GP 1974 F1 GP 1975 F1 GP 1976 F1 GP 1977 F1 GP 1978

Föregående Nästa