1974 Swedish Grand Prix

The 1974 Swedish Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Scandinavian Raceway on June 9, 1974.

The race was totally 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. Brian Redman retired from Formula One, to be replaced by Bertil Roos whilst Reine Wisell took over at March from Hans-Joachim Stuck and Leo Kinnunen made his début.

The two Tyrrells of Depailler and Scheckter sewed up the front row and dominated the race. Ronnie Peterson retired on lap 8 with driveshaft failure, shortly to be followed by Clay Regazzoni with gearbox problems. Niki Lauda and James Hunt had a superb duel for 20 laps before Hunt got past on lap 66 and began slicing into the Tyrrells' lead at 2 seconds a lap. In the end,Scheckter held on to take his first race win by 0.38s and Hesketh gained a superb podium - their first Formula One points. Graham Hill gained his first championship point since 1972 whilst Tom Belsø drove magnificently to 8th place.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	80	1:58:31.391	2	9
2	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	80	+ 0.380	1	6
3	24	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	80	+ 3.325	6	4
4	5	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	80	+ 53.507	9	3
5	17	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow-Ford	80	+ 1:16.403	8	2
6	26	Graham Hill	Lola-Ford	79	+ 1 Lap	15	1
7	27	Guy Edwards	Lola-Ford	79	+ 1 Lap	18
8	21	Tom Belsø	Iso Marlboro-Ford	79	+ 1 Lap	21
9	8	Rikky von Opel	Brabham-Ford	79	+ 1 Lap	20
10	10	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	78	Engine	17
11	28	John Watson	Brabham-Ford	77	+ 3 Laps	14
DSQ	22	Vern Schuppan	Ensign-Ford	77	Disqualified	26
Ret	12	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	70	Gearbox	3
Ret	9	Reine Wisell	March-Ford	59	Suspension	16
Ret	6	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	56	Suspension	12
Ret	19	Jochen Mass	Surtees-Ford	53	Suspension	22
Ret	7	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	30	Oil Leak	10
Ret	2	Jacky Ickx	Lotus-Ford	27	Engine	7
Ret	11	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	24	Gearbox	4
Ret	18	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Ford	15	Handling	24
Ret	1	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	8	Halfshaft	5
Ret	23	Leo Kinnunen	Surtees-Ford	8	Engine	25
Ret	33	Mike Hailwood	McLaren-Ford	5	Fuel Leak	11
Ret	14	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	3	Engine	13
Ret	16	Bertil Roos	Shadow-Ford	2	Gearbox	23
Ret	15	Henri Pescarolo	BRM	0	Fire	19
DNS	20	Richard Robarts	Iso Marlboro-Ford

Notes

• Pole position: Patrick Depailler - 1:24.758^[1]
• Fastest lap: Patrick Depailler - 1:27.262 on lap 72^[2]
• Vern Schuppan (Ensign-Ford), first reserve, started illegally from 26th place on the grid and completed the race before he was disqualified.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Emerson Fittipaldi 27 2 Clay Regazzoni 22 3 Niki Lauda 21 4 Jody Scheckter 21 5 Denny Hulme 11

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Ford 40 2 Ferrari 30 3 Tyrrell-Ford 25 4 Lotus-Ford 13 5 Brabham-Ford 10

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1974/478/. Retrieved 2007-06-15.