Race · Round 2 of 15 · 27 January 1974

1974 Brazilian Grand Prix

Emerson Fittipaldi won for McLaren from pole at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos). 8 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos)Sao Paulo, Brazil
Winner: Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren
Pole: Emerson Fittipaldi
Fastest lap: Clay Regazzoni
Entries: 2517 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren	M23B	1	32	Finished	9
2	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	312B3-74	8	32	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Jacky Ickx	Team Lotus	—	5	31	Finished	4
4	Carlos Pace	Surtees	TS16	12	31	Finished	3
5	Mike Hailwood	McLaren	M23B	7	31	Finished	2
6	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	—	4	31	Finished	1
7	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham	—	2	31	Finished	0
8	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	—	16	31	Finished	0
9	James Hunt	March	731	18	31	Finished	0
10	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	—	17	31	Finished	0
11	Graham Hill	Lola	T370	21	31	Finished	0
12	Denny Hulme	McLaren	M23B	11	31	Finished	0
13	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell	—	14	31	Finished	0
14	Henri Pescarolo	BRM	—	22	30	Finished	0
15	Richard Robarts	Brabham	—	24	30	Finished	0
16	François Migault	BRM	—	23	30	Finished	0
17	Jochen Mass	Surtees	TS16	10	30	Finished	0
DNF	John Watson	Brabham	—	15	27	Clutch	0
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March	741	13	24	Transmission	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow	—	19	22	Brakes	0
DNF	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Marlboro	FW	9	20	Throttle	0
DNF	Peter Revson	Shadow	—	6	11	Overheating	0
DNF	Howden Ganley	March	741	20	9	Ignition	0
DNF	Guy Edwards	Lola	T370	25	3	Chassis	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	312B3-74	3	3	Engine	0

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

F1DB layout interlagos-1 · 7.873 km · 26 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
Emerson Fittipaldi	1	1	32
Clay Regazzoni	8	2	32
Jacky Ickx	5	3	31
Carlos Pace	12	4	31
Mike Hailwood	7	5	31
Ronnie Peterson	4	6	31
Carlos Reutemann	2	7	31
Patrick Depailler	16	8	31
James Hunt	18	9	31
Jean-Pierre Beltoise	17	10	31
Graham Hill	21	11	31
Denny Hulme	11	12	31
Jody Scheckter	14	13	31
Henri Pescarolo	22	14	30
Richard Robarts	24	15	30
François Migault	23	16	30
Jochen Mass	10	17	30
John Watson	15	DNF	27
Hans-Joachim Stuck	13	DNF	24
Jean-Pierre Jarier	19	DNF	22
Arturo Merzario	9	DNF	20
Peter Revson	6	DNF	11
Howden Ganley	20	DNF	9
Guy Edwards	25	DNF	3
Niki Lauda	3	DNF	3

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren	5	2:32.970	—	—
2	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham	7	2:33.210	+0.240	+0.240
3	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	12	2:33.770	+0.800	+0.560
4	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	1	2:33.820	+0.850	+0.050
5	Jacky Ickx	Team Lotus	2	2:34.640	+1.670	+0.820
6	Peter Revson	Shadow	16	2:34.660	+1.690	+0.020
7	Mike Hailwood	McLaren	33	2:34.950	+1.980	+0.290
8	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	11	2:35.050	+2.080	+0.100
9	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Marlboro	20	2:35.150	+2.180	+0.100
10	Jochen Mass	Surtees	19	2:35.430	+2.460	+0.280
11	Denny Hulme	McLaren	6	2:35.540	+2.570	+0.110
12	Carlos Pace	Surtees	18	2:35.630	+2.660	+0.090
13	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March	9	2:35.640	+2.670	+0.010
14	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell	3	2:35.780	+2.810	+0.140
15	John Watson	Brabham	28	2:36.060	+3.090	+0.280
16	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	4	2:36.210	+3.240	+0.150
17	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	14	2:36.490	+3.520	+0.280
18	James Hunt	March	24	2:37.240	+4.270	+0.750
19	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow	17	2:37.630	+4.660	+0.390
20	Howden Ganley	March	10	2:37.650	+4.680	+0.020
21	Graham Hill	Lola	26	2:38.620	+5.650	+0.970
22	Henri Pescarolo	BRM	15	2:38.800	+5.830	+0.180
23	François Migault	BRM	37	2:39.200	+6.230	+0.400
24	Richard Robarts	Brabham	8	2:39.850	+6.880	+0.650
25	Guy Edwards	Lola	27	2:42.150	+9.180	+2.300

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.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

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: 2 of 1974
Grand Prix: Brazilian Grand Prix
Dates: 27 Jan 1974
Layout raced: Original long circuit · 7.96 km · 26 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Ford
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.