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1974 Italian Grand Prix
Race details
Date	September 8, 1974
Official name	XLV Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.780 km (3.591 miles)
Distance	52 laps, 300.56 km (186.732 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
Time	1:33.16
Fastest lap
Driver	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford
Time	1:34.2 on lap 46
Podium
First	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford
Second	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford
Third	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1974 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 8 September 1974. It was race 13 of 15 in both the 1974 World Championship of Drivers and the 1974 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 52-lap race was won by Lotus driver Ronnie Peterson after he started from seventh position. Emerson Fittipaldi finished second for the McLaren team and Tyrrell driver Jody Scheckter came in third.

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

*Positions with a pink background indicate drivers that failed to qualify

Race

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	52	1:22:56.6	7	9
2	5	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	52	+ 0.8	6	6
3	3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	52	+ 24.7	12	4
4	20	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Marlboro-Ford	52	+ 1:27.7	15	3
5	8	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford	51	+ 1 Lap	3	2
6	6	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	51	+ 1 Lap	19	1
7	28	John Watson	Brabham-Ford	51	+ 1 Lap	4
8	26	Graham Hill	Lola-Ford	51	+ 1 Lap	21
9	33	David Hobbs	McLaren-Ford	51	+ 1 Lap	23
10	16	Tom Pryce	Shadow-Ford	50	+ 2 Laps	22
11	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	50	+ 2 Laps	10
Ret	11	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	40	Engine	5
Ret	12	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	32	Engine	1
Ret	2	Jacky Ickx	Lotus-Ford	30	Throttle	16
Ret	27	Rolf Stommelen	Lola-Ford	25	Suspension	14
Ret	21	Jacques Laffite	Iso-Marlboro-Ford	22	Engine	17
Ret	17	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow-Ford	19	Engine	9
Ret	10	Vittorio Brambilla	March-Ford	16	Accident	13
Ret	29	Tim Schenken	Trojan-Ford	15	Gearbox	20
Ret	7	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	12	Gearbox	2
Ret	9	Hans Joachim Stuck	March-Ford	11	Chassis	18
Ret	15	Henri Pescarolo	BRM	3	Engine	25
Ret	24	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford	2	Engine	8
Ret	37	François Migault	BRM	1	Gearbox	24
Ret	14	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	0	Electrical	11
DNQ	19	José Dolhem	Surtees-Ford
DNQ	31	Carlo Facetti	Brabham-Ford
DNQ	18	Derek Bell	Surtees-Ford
DNQ	25	Mike Wilds	Ensign-Ford
DNQ	30	Chris Amon	Amon-Ford
DNQ	23	Leo Kinnunen	Surtees-Ford
Source:

Notes

• This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Italian driver Carlo Facetti.
• This race marked the 100th podium finish for Lotus.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Clay Regazzoni 46 2 Jody Scheckter 45 3 Emerson Fittipaldi 43 4 Niki Lauda 38 5 Ronnie Peterson 31 Source:

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Ford 61 (63) 2 Ferrari 59 3 Tyrrell-Ford 49 4 Lotus-Ford 38 5 Brabham-Ford 26 Source:

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 7 results from the first 8 races and the best 6 results from the last 7 races counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

References

1. Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 50. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
2. Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 52. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
3. "1974 Italian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
4. ^ "Italy 1974 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

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