1974 South African Grand Prix

1974 South African Grand Prix
Kyalami Circuit
Kyalami Circuit
Race details
Date 30 March 1974
Official name XX Lucky Strike Grand Prix of South Africa
Location Midrand, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.104 km (2.550 miles)
Distance 78 laps, 320.112 km (198.908 miles)
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:16.58[1]
Fastest lap
Driver Argentina Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford
Time 1:18.16[2] on lap 58
Podium
First Brabham-Ford
Second BRM
Third McLaren-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1974 South African Grand Prix (formally the XX Lucky Strike Grand Prix of South Africa) was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on 30 March 1974. It was race 3 of 15 in both the 1974 World Championship of Drivers and the 1974 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. This was Carlos Reutemann's first win, the first for an Argentinian driver since Juan Manuel Fangio won the 1957 German Grand Prix, and Brabham's first since the 1970 South African Grand Prix.

  1. ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 22. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
  2. ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 24. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.