1974 Brazilian Grand Prix

1974 Brazilian Grand Prix
Interlagos circuit
Interlagos circuit
Race details
Date 27 January 1974
Location São Paulo, Brazil
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 7.960[1] km (4.946 miles)
Distance 32 laps, 254.720 km (158.276 miles)
Scheduled distance 40 laps, 318.400 km (197.845 miles)
Weather Hot and partially cloudy in the first phase, then seasonal monsoon later.
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Ford
Time 2:32.97[2]
Fastest lap
Driver Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari
Time 2:36.05 on lap 26[3]
Podium
First McLaren-Ford
Second Ferrari
Third Lotus-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1974 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Interlagos on 27 January 1974. It was race 2 of 15 in both the 1974 World Championship of Drivers and the 1974 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 32-lap race was won by McLaren driver Emerson Fittipaldi after he started from pole position. Clay Regazzoni finished second for the Ferrari team and Lotus driver Jacky Ickx finished in third place.

  1. ^ "The Brazilian Grand Prix". MotorSport. March 1974. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
  2. ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 20. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
  3. ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 22. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.