The 1974 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 26 May 1974. It was race 6 of 15 in both the 1974 World Championship of Drivers and the 1974 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 78-lap race was won by Lotus driver Ronnie Peterson after he started from third position. Jody Scheckter finished second for the Tyrrell team and Shadow driver Jean-Pierre Jarier came in third.
Qualifying
Qualifying classification Pos.DriverConstructorTimeNo1Niki LaudaFerrari1:26.312Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:26.623Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford1:26.834Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford1:27.145Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Ford1:27.156Jean-Pierre JarierShadow-Ford1:27.567James HuntHesketh-Ford1:27.878Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Ford1:27.889Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Ford1:28.0910Mike HailwoodMcLaren-Ford1:28.11011Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM1:28.11112Denis HulmeMcLaren-Ford1:28.21213Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Ford1:28.21314Arturo MerzarioIso-Ford1:28.51415Vittorio BrambillaMarch-Ford1:28.71516Brian RedmanShadow-Ford1:28.81617Jochen MassSurtees-Ford1:28.818Carlos PaceSurtees-Ford1:29.11719Jacky IckxLotus-Ford1:29.41820Chris AmonAmon-Ford1:29.821Graham HillLola-Ford1:30.01922François MigaultBRM1:30.02023John WatsonBrabham-Ford1:30.02124Tim SchenkenTrojan-Ford1:30.22225Vern SchuppanEnsign-Ford1:30.32326Guy EdwardsLola-Ford1:30.42427Henri PescaroloBRM1:30.725Rikky von OpelBrabham-Ford1:31.1—
Race
Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 78 1:58:03.7 3 9 2 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 78 + 28.8 5 6 3 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 78 + 48.9 6 4 4 11 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 78 + 1:03.1 2 3 5 5 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 77 + 1 Lap 13 2 6 28 John Watson Brabham-Ford 77 + 1 Lap 23 1 7 26 Graham Hill Lola-Ford 76 + 2 Laps 21 8 27 Guy Edwards Lola-Ford 75 + 3 Laps 26 9 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 74 + 4 laps 4 15 Henri Pescarolo BRM 62 Gearbox 27 2 Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 34 Engine 19 12 Niki Lauda Ferrari 32 Ignition 1 24 James Hunt Hesketh-Ford 27 Halfshaft 7 33 Mike Hailwood McLaren-Ford 11 Accident 10 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 5 Suspension 8 37 François Migault BRM 4 Accident 22 22 Vern Schuppan Ensign-Ford 4 Accident 25 9 Hans Joachim Stuck March-Ford 3 Collision 9 14 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 0 Collision 11 6 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 0 Collision 12 20 Arturo Merzario Iso-Marlboro-Ford 0 Collision 14 10 Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 0 Collision 15 16 Brian Redman Shadow-Ford 0 Collision 16 18 Carlos Pace Surtees-Ford 0 Collision 18 23 Tim Schenken Trojan-Ford 0 Collision 24 19 Jochen Mass Surtees-Ford 17 30 Chris Amon Amon-Ford Brakes 20 8 Rikky von Opel Brabham-Ford
Notes
This was the 5th podium finish for a South African driver. This was the 6th win of a Monaco Grand Prix by Lotus, breaking the previous record set by BRM at the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix. This was the 61st fastest lap set by a Ford-powered car, breaking the previous record set by Ferrari at the 1974 Spanish Grand Prix, earlier that year.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Emerson Fittipaldi 24 1 2 Clay Regazzoni 22 1 3 Niki Lauda 21 4 4 Jody Scheckter 12 1 5 Denny Hulme 11Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Ford 37 2 Ferrari 30 1 3 Tyrrell-Ford 16 3 4 Lotus-Ford 13 5 Brabham-Ford 10Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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