1974 Monaco Grand Prix

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1974 Monaco Grand Prix
Circuit de Monaco
Circuit de Monaco
Race details
Date 26 May 1974
Official name XXXII Grand Prix de Monaco
Location Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course Street Circuit
Course length 3.278 km (2.037 miles)
Distance 78 laps, 255.684 km (158.886 miles)
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:26.3[1]
Fastest lap
Driver Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford
Time 1:27.9[2] on lap 57 (lap record)
Podium
First Lotus-Ford
Second Tyrrell-Ford
Third Shadow-Ford
Lap leaders

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.

  1. ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 31. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
  2. ^ Lang, p. 33