1974 French Grand Prix

The results from the 1974 Formula One French Grand Prix held at Dijon on July 7, 1974.

Race summary

To honor the 80th birthday of the ACF, a parade of vintage cars was organized with a selection of great drivers from the 20s and 30s up to the present day. The race itself was largely uneventful. Tom Pryce put in a superb performance to be 3rd on the grid behind Ronnie Peterson and Niki Lauda. However, he was slow off the start and was hit by Carlos Reutemann, and James Hunt was taken out in the subsequent accident. Lauda led convincingly from Peterson and Clay Regazzoni with Emerson Fittipaldi up to 4th by lap 15. Lauda dropped back with handling problems on lap 16 and was passed by Peterson who led to the flag from Regazzoni who came home 2nd despite vibration problems. He had been challenged strongly by Fittipaldi, but just as the Lotus driver was preparing to pass, his engine exploded, ending his race. Jody Scheckter took the final podium slot.

Classification

Notes

*Pole position: Niki Lauda - 0:58.79cite book | last = Lang | first = Mike | title = Grand Prix! Vol 3 | publisher = Haynes Publishing Group | year = 1983 | pages = p39 | isbn = 0-85429-380-9]
*Fastest lap: Jody Scheckter - 1:00.00 on lap 10cite book | last = Lang | first = Mike | title = Grand Prix! Vol 3 | publisher = Haynes Publishing Group | year = 1983 | pages = p41 | isbn = 0-85429-380-9]

References

"Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from cite web | title = The Official Formula 1 website | url = http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1974/480/ | accessdate = 2007-06-15

F1 race report
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