British Grand Prix of 1974

The British Grand Prix of 1974 is the tenth stage of the world championship in motor racing in the Formula 1 class of the 1974 season. Auto racing took place on July 20, 1974 on the Brands Hatch .

British Grand Prix of 1974
English John Player Grand Prix
date	July 20, 1974
A place	Great Britain
Track	Brands Hatch (4264.8 m)
Distance	75 laps , 319.857 km
Weather	Warm, dry
Pole
1: 19.7 (192.6 km / h)	Nicky Lauda Ferrari
Fast lap
1: 21.1 (189.3 km / h)	Nicky Lauda
25 circle	Ferrari
Podium
Winner	Jody Schecker Tyrrell - Ford
2nd place	Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren - Ford
3rd place	Jacques X Lotus - Ford

This stage brought together the largest number of participants in the season - for 34 seats at the start, 34 pilots fought in the qualification. Carlus Pase became the factory driver of the “Brabham” instead of retired Ricky von Opel. The Brazilian's place in the Hexagon private team was taken by Italian Lella Lombardi, for whom the race in the UK was her debut in the championship. Surtis put up a second car with Derek Bell at the wheel. Guy Edwards shortly before the Grand Prix injured his wrist in the Formula 5000 race and Peter Getin took his place on the Hill team. The starting field was traditionally supplemented by local racers, among whom were Mike Wildes, John Nicholson and David Perley.

Nicky Lauda won the third pole position in a row, followed by Ronnie Peterson. At the start, the Austrian held the lead, while Peterson rolled back to fourth, missing Scheckter and Regazzoni. On the second lap, James Hunt damaged the rear suspension of his car after a U-turn and retired. The position of the leaders did not change until the middle of the race, and then Roiteman did not keep his car on the track and lost some time, and Peterson and Regazzoni pierced the tires on the wreckage of the car of the injured Hans-Joachim Stuck. Lauda and Scheckter went far ahead, a few laps to the finish line the Austrian drove a wheel and he was forced to call into the pits, opening the way for victory to Jody Scheckter. Emerson Fittipaldi finished second, and Lauda was originally ranked ninth, but after the Ferrari team protested about his blocking in the pit lane, he was added another lap and awarded fifth place.