1974 Italian Grand Prix

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 Ferrari
Time 1:33.16[1]
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil Carlos Pace Brabham-Ford
Time 1:34.2 on lap 46[2]
Podium
First Lotus-Ford
Second McLaren-Ford
Third 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.

  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.