Race · Round 15 of 15 · 6 October 1974

1974 United States Grand Prix

Carlos Reutemann won for Brabham from pole at Watkins Glen. 15 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Watkins GlenWatkins Glen, New York, United States of America
Winner: Carlos ReutemannBrabham
Pole: Carlos Reutemann
Fastest lap: Carlos Pace
Entries: 3012 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham	—	1	59	Finished	9
2	Carlos Pace	Brabham	—	4	59	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	James Hunt	Hesketh	308	2	59	Finished	4
4	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren	M23B	8	59	Finished	3
5	John Watson	Brabham	—	7	59	Finished	2
6	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	—	13	59	Finished	1
7	Jochen Mass	McLaren	M23B	20	59	Finished	0
8	Graham Hill	Lola	T370	24	58	Finished	0
9	Chris Amon	BRM	—	12	57	Finished	0
10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow	—	10	57	Finished	0
11	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	312B3-74	9	55	Finished	0
12	Rolf Stommelen	Lola	T370	21	54	Finished	0
DNF	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	—	19	52	Fuel system	0
NC	Mike Wilds	Ensign	N174	22	50	NC	0
NC	Tom Pryce	Shadow	—	18	47	NC	0
DNF	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell	—	6	44	Fuel system	0
DNF	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Marlboro	FW	15	43	Electrical	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	312B3-74	5	38	Suspension	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Iso-Marlboro	FW	11	31	Engine	0
DNF	Mark Donohue	Penske	PC1	14	27	Suspension	0
DNF	José Dolhem	Surtees	TS16	26	25	Withdrew	0
DNF	Vittorio Brambilla	March	741	25	21	Fuel system	0
DNF	Helmuth Koinigg	Surtees	TS16	23	9	Fatal accident	0
DNF	Jacky Ickx	Team Lotus	—	16	7	Suspension	0
DSQ	Tim Schenken	Team Lotus	—	27	6	Illegal race entry	0
DNF	Denny Hulme	McLaren	M23B	17	4	Engine	0
DSQ	Mario Andretti	Parnelli	VPJ4	3	4	Push start	0
DNQ	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March	741	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Ian Ashley	Brabham	BT42	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	—	—	—	Accident in practice	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout watkins-glen-2 · 5.435 km · 11 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Carlos Reutemann	1	1	59
Carlos Pace	4	2	59
James Hunt	2	3	59
Emerson Fittipaldi	8	4	59
John Watson	7	5	59
Patrick Depailler	13	6	59
Jochen Mass	20	7	59
Graham Hill	24	8	58
Chris Amon	12	9	57
Jean-Pierre Jarier	10	10	57
Clay Regazzoni	9	11	55
Rolf Stommelen	21	12	54
Ronnie Peterson	19	DNF	52
Mike Wilds	22	NC	50
Tom Pryce	18	NC	47
Jody Scheckter	6	DNF	44
Arturo Merzario	15	DNF	43
Niki Lauda	5	DNF	38
Jacques Laffite	11	DNF	31
Mark Donohue	14	DNF	27
José Dolhem	26	DNF	25
Vittorio Brambilla	25	DNF	21
Helmuth Koinigg	23	DNF	9
Jacky Ickx	16	DNF	7
Tim Schenken	27	DSQ	6
Denny Hulme	17	DNF	4
Mario Andretti	3	DSQ	4

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham	7	1:38.978	—	—
2	James Hunt	Hesketh	24	1:38.995	+0.017	+0.017
3	Mario Andretti	Parnelli	55	1:39.204	+0.226	+0.209
4	Carlos Pace	Brabham	8	1:39.284	+0.306	+0.080
5	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	12	1:39.327	+0.349	+0.043
6	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell	3	1:39.478	+0.500	+0.151
7	John Watson	Brabham	28	1:39.527	+0.549	+0.049
8	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren	5	1:39.538	+0.560	+0.011
9	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	11	1:39.600	+0.622	+0.062
10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow	17	1:40.317	+1.339	+0.717
11	Jacques Laffite	Iso-Marlboro	21	1:40.597	+1.619	+0.280
12	Chris Amon	BRM	15	1:40.700	+1.722	+0.103
13	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	4	1:40.700	+1.722	+0.000
14	Mark Donohue	Penske	66	1:40.834	+1.856	+0.134
15	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Marlboro	20	1:40.854	+1.876	+0.020
16	Jacky Ickx	Team Lotus	2	1:40.876	+1.898	+0.022
17	Denny Hulme	McLaren	6	1:41.027	+2.049	+0.151
18	Tom Pryce	Shadow	16	1:41.188	+2.210	+0.161
19	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	1	1:41.195	+2.217	+0.007
20	Jochen Mass	McLaren	33	1:41.370	+2.392	+0.175
21	Rolf Stommelen	Lola	27	1:41.370	+2.392	+0.000
22	Mike Wilds	Ensign	22	1:41.500	+2.522	+0.130
23	Helmuth Koinigg	Surtees	19	1:41.763	+2.785	+0.263
24	Graham Hill	Lola	26	1:41.901	+2.923	+0.138
25	Vittorio Brambilla	March	10	1:42.031	+3.053	+0.130
26	José Dolhem	Surtees	18	1:42.914	+3.936	+0.883
27	Tim Schenken	Team Lotus	31	1:43.243	+4.265	+0.329
28	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March	9	1:43.606	+4.628	+0.363
29	Ian Ashley	Brabham	42	1:43.801	+4.823	+0.195
30	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	14	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Photographs from this race

Filed on Wikimedia Commons under this race's own category, each shown with the photographer and licence its terms require. The filing is the Commons editors' and has not been checked here.

6 more photographs

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The cars in this race

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A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

Where this comes from

Round: 15 of 1974
Grand Prix: United States Grand Prix
Dates: 6 Oct 1974
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Brabham
Entrant: Brabham-Ford
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.