The 1974 Race of Champions was a non-championship Formula One race held at Brands Hatch on 17 March 1974. The 40-lap race featured both Formula One and Formula 5000 cars, and was won by Belgian driver Jacky Ickx in a Lotus-Cosworth, with Austria's Niki Lauda second in a Ferrari and Brazil's Emerson Fittipaldi third in a McLaren-Cosworth.
Qualifying Note: a blue background indicates a Formula 5000 entrant. Driver Constructor Lap Gap 1 24 James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 1:21.5 — 2 11 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:21.6 +0.1 3 12 Niki Lauda Ferrari 1:22.1 +0.6 4 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 1:23.0 +1.5 5 15 Henri Pescarolo BRM 1:23.1 +1.6 6 5 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 1:23.2 +1.7 7 33 Mike Hailwood McLaren-Ford 1:23.2 +1.7 8 19 Jochen Mass Surtees-Ford 1:23.3 +1.8 9 16 Peter Revson Shadow-Ford 1:23.6 +2.1 10 6 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 1:24.1 +2.6 11 2 Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 1:24.2 +2.7 12 26 Graham Hill Lola-Ford 1:24.6 +3.1 13 8 Richard Robarts Brabham-Ford 1:26.0 +4.5 14 29 John Nicholson Lyncar-Ford 1:26.8 +5.3 15 22 Rikky von Opel Ensign-Ford 1:27.0 +5.5 16 52 Peter Gethin Chevron-Chevrolet 1:35.5 +14.0 17 66 Brian Redman Lola-Chevrolet 1:35.7 +14.2 18 56 Guy Edwards Lola-Chevrolet 1:35.7 +14.2 19 62 Ian Ashley Lola-Chevrolet 1:36.0 +14.5 20 65 Vern Schuppan Trojan-Chevrolet 1:36.3 +14.8 21 74 Steve Thompson Chevron-Chevrolet 1:36.8 +15.3 22 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 1:37.1 +15.6 23 69 Clive Santo Lola-Chevrolet 1:37.8 +16.3 24 58 Tony Dean Chevron-Chevrolet 1:39.0 +17.5 25 51 Teddy Pilette Chevron-Chevrolet 1:39.1 +17.6 26 53 Keith Holland Trojan-Chevrolet 1:39.7 +18.2 27 64 Mike Wilds March-Chevrolet 1:40.5 +19.0 28 60 Damien Magee Lola-Chevrolet 1:44.8 +23.3 29 208 Lella Lombardi Lola-Chevrolet 1:45.4 +23.9 30 61 Patrick Sumner Trojan-Chevrolet 1:50.9 +29.4 31 59 Brian Robinson McLaren-Chevrolet 1:55.1 +33.6 32 54 Allan Kayes McLaren-Chevrolet 2:00.0 +38.5
Classification Note: a blue background indicates a Formula 5000 entrant. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 2 Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 40 1:03:37.6 11 2 12 Niki Lauda Ferrari 40 + 1.5 3 3 5 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 40 + 18.3 6 4 33 Mike Hailwood McLaren-Ford 40 + 1:18.9 7 5 11 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 40 + 1:26.5 2 6 16 Peter Revson Shadow-Ford 39 + 1 Lap 9 7 15 Henri Pescarolo BRM 38 + 2 Laps 5 8 62 Ian Ashley Lola-Chevrolet 38 + 2 Laps 19 9 74 Steve Thompson Chevron-Chevrolet 37 + 3 Laps 21 10 52 Peter Gethin Chevron-Chevrolet 37 + 3 Laps 16 11 69 Clive Santo Lola-Chevrolet 37 + 3 Laps 23 12 8 Richard Robarts Brabham-Ford 36 + 4 Laps 13 NC 6 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 35 Not classified 10 NC 208 Lella Lombardi Lola-Chevrolet Not classified 29 NC 29 John Nicholson Lyncar-Ford Not classified 14 NC 26 Graham Hill Lola-Ford Not classified 12 Ret 58 Tony Dean Chevron-Chevrolet 38 Accident 24 Ret 60 Damien Magee Lola-Chevrolet 28 Handling 28 Ret 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 19 Accident 4 Ret 24 James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 4 Accident damage 1 Ret 51 Teddy Pilette Chevron-Chevrolet 1 Spun off 25 Ret 64 Mike Wilds March-Chevrolet 1 Accident avoiding Pilette 27 DNS 19 Jochen Mass Surtees-Ford Practice accident 8 DNS 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford Practice accident 22 DNS 22 Rikky von Opel Ensign-Ford Not confident with handling 15 DNS 66 Brian Redman Lola-Chevrolet 17 DNS 56 Guy Edwards Lola-Chevrolet 18 DNS 65 Vern Schuppan Trojan-Chevrolet 20 DNS 53 Keith Holland Trojan-Chevrolet 26 DNQ 61 Patrick Sumner Trojan-Chevrolet DNQ 59 Brian Robinson McLaren-Chevrolet DNQ 54 Allan Kayes McLaren-Chevrolet
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