Pit Lane F1
1974 Season - Round 9 - 1974-07-07
Ronnie Peterson won the 1974 French Grand Prix for Team Lotus, with Niki Lauda (Ferrari) second and Clay Regazzoni (Ferrari) third. The win came from P2 on the grid.
Jacky Ickx (Team Lotus) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P13 on the grid to P5 at the flag — a 8-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 6 drivers failing to finish.
22 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1974 French Grand Prix, completing round 9 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 2 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 1 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 4 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Jody Scheckter |
| Tyrrell |
| 7 |
| Finished |
| 3 |
| 5 | Jacky Ickx | Team Lotus | 13 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Denny Hulme | McLaren | 11 | Finished | 1 |
| 7 | Mike Hailwood | McLaren | 6 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 9 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Arturo Merzario | Iso Marlboro | 15 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | BRM | 17 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Vittorio Brambilla | March | 16 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow | 12 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 13 | Graham Hill | Lola | 21 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | François Migault | BRM | 22 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 15 | Guy Edwards | Lola | 20 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 16 | John Watson | Brabham | 14 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 17 | Emerson Fittipaldi | McLaren | 5 | Engine | 0 |
| 18 | Carlos Reutemann | Brabham | 8 | Handling | 0 |
| 19 | Jochen Mass | Surtees | 18 | Clutch | 0 |
| 20 | Tom Pryce | Shadow | 3 | Collision | 0 |
| 21 | Henri Pescarolo | BRM | 19 | Clutch | 0 |
| 22 | James Hunt | Hesketh | 10 | Collision | 0 |
