1974 Swedish Grand Prix

1974 Swedish Grand Prix
Scandinavian Raceway
Scandinavian Raceway
Race details
Date 9 June 1974
Location Anderstorp, Sweden
Course Permanent Racing Facility
Course length 4.018[1] km (2.497 miles)
Distance 80 laps, 321.440[1] km (199.734 miles)
Pole position
Driver Tyrrell-Ford
Time 1:24.758[2]
Fastest lap
Driver France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford
Time 1:27.262[3] on lap 72
Podium
First Tyrrell-Ford
Second Tyrrell-Ford
Third Hesketh-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1974 Swedish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Scandinavian Raceway in Anderstorp on 9 June 1974. It was race 7 of 15 in both the 1974 World Championship of Drivers and the 1974 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.[4]

The race was dominated by the two Tyrrell-Cosworth 007s of Jody Scheckter and Patrick Depailler. Depailler took pole position, however Scheckter beat him by 0.380 sec in the race, to score his first Grand Prix win.

  1. ^ a b "The Swedish Grand Prix". Motorsport: 689–691. July 1974. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 33. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
  3. ^ Lang, Mike (1983). Grand Prix! Vol 3. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 35. ISBN 0-85429-380-9.
  4. ^ "1974 Swedish Grand Prix Entry list".