1974 Spanish Grand Prix

1974 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Date 28 April 1974
Official name XX Gran Premio de España[1]
Location Jarama, Spain
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.404 km (2.115 miles)
Distance 84 laps, 285.936 km (177.672 miles)
Scheduled distance 90 laps, 306.36 km (190.363 miles)
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:18.44[2]
Fastest lap
Driver Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari
Time 1:20.83[3] on lap 47
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ferrari
Third McLaren-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1974 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 28 April 1974 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama near Madrid, Spain. It was race 4 of 15 in both the 1974 World Championship of Drivers and the 1974 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.

The 84-lap race was won from pole position by Austrian driver Niki Lauda, driving a Ferrari. It was Lauda's first of 25 Formula One victories. Swiss teammate Clay Regazzoni finished second, with Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi third in a McLaren-Ford.

  1. ^ "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1974". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  2. ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 25. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
  3. ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 27. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.