The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 9

French Grand Prix

1974  ·  Dijon-Prenois  ·  7 July 1974  ·  80 laps

  1. 1st Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus · 01:21:55.02
  2. 2nd Niki Lauda Ferrari · +20.36
  3. 3rd Clay Regazzoni Ferrari · +27.84

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Niki Lauda

Ferrari  —  Pole position

02 Lap 1

Tom Pryce

Retirement Shadow  —  Collision

03 Lap 27

Emerson Fittipaldi

Retirement McLaren  —  Engine

04 On the Charge

Jacky Ickx

Team Lotus  —  P13 → P5

05 Victory

Ronnie Peterson

Team Lotus  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 2 80 01:21:55.02 9
2 Niki Lauda Ferrari 1 80 +20.36 6
3 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 4 80 +27.84 4
4 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 7 80 +28.11 3
5 Jacky Ickx Team Lotus 13 80 +37.54 2
6 Denny Hulme McLaren 11 80 +38.14 1
7 Mike Hailwood McLaren 6 79 +1 Lap
8 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 9 79 +1 Lap
9 Arturo Merzario Iso Marlboro 15 79 +1 Lap
10 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 17 79 +1 Lap
11 Vittorio Brambilla March 16 79 +1 Lap
12 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 12 79 +1 Lap
13 Graham Hill Lola 21 78 +2 Laps
14 François Migault BRM 22 78 +2 Laps
15 Guy Edwards Lola 20 77 +3 Laps
16 John Watson Brabham 14 76 +4 Laps
17 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren 5 27 Engine
18 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 8 24 Handling
19 Jochen Mass Surtees 18 4 Clutch
20 Tom Pryce Shadow 3 1 Collision
21 Henri Pescarolo BRM 19 1 Clutch
22 James Hunt Hesketh 10 0 Collision

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