Race · Round 5 of 15 · 12 May 1974

1974 Belgian Grand Prix

Emerson Fittipaldi won for McLaren from 4th on the grid at Nivelles-Baulers. 13 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship podium for Jody Scheckter.

Circuit: Nivelles-BaulersNivelles, Belgium
Winner: Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren
Pole: Clay Regazzoni
Fastest lap: Denny Hulme
Entries: 3218 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren	M23B	4	85	Finished	9
2	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	312B3-74	3	85	Finished	6
3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell	—	2	85	Finished	4
4	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	312B3-74	1	85	Finished	3
5	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	—	7	85	Finished	2
6	Denny Hulme	McLaren	M23B	12	85	Finished	1	fastest lap
7	Mike Hailwood	McLaren	M23B	13	84	Finished	0
8	Graham Hill	Lola	T370	29	83	Finished	0
9	Vittorio Brambilla	March	741	31	83	Finished	0
10	Tim Schenken	Trojan	T103	23	83	Finished	0
11	John Watson	Brabham	—	19	83	Finished	0
12	Guy Edwards	Lola	T370	21	82	Finished	0
13	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow	—	17	82	Finished	0
14	Gijs van Lennep	Iso-Marlboro	FW	30	82	Finished	0
15	Vern Schuppan	Ensign	N174	14	82	Finished	0
16	François Migault	BRM	—	25	82	Finished	0
17	Teddy Pilette	Brabham	—	27	81	Finished	0
18	Brian Redman	Shadow	—	18	80	Engine	0
DNF	Jacky Ickx	Team Lotus	—	16	72	Overheating	0
DNF	Tom Pryce	Token	RJ02	20	66	Collision	0
DNF	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham	—	24	62	Engine	0
DNF	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	—	5	56	Fuel leak	0
DNF	Gérard Larrousse	Brabham	BT42	28	53	Tyre	0
DNF	Jochen Mass	Surtees	TS16	26	53	Suspension	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	—	11	53	Brakes	0
DNF	Carlos Pace	Surtees	TS16	8	50	Handling	0
DNF	Rikky von Opel	Brabham	—	22	49	Engine	0
DNF	James Hunt	Hesketh	308	9	45	Accident	0
DNF	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Marlboro	FW	6	29	Transmission	0
DNF	Henri Pescarolo	BRM	—	15	12	Collision	0
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March	741	10	6	Clutch	0
DNQ	Leo Kinnunen	Surtees	TS16	—	—	DNQ	0

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

F1DB layout nivelles-1 · 3.724 km · 7 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	4	1	85
Niki Lauda	3	2	85
Jody Scheckter	2	3	85
Clay Regazzoni	1	4	85
Jean-Pierre Beltoise	7	5	85
Denny Hulme	12	6	85
Mike Hailwood	13	7	84
Graham Hill	29	8	83
Vittorio Brambilla	31	9	83
Tim Schenken	23	10	83
John Watson	19	11	83
Guy Edwards	21	12	82
Jean-Pierre Jarier	17	13	82
Gijs van Lennep	30	14	82
Vern Schuppan	14	15	82
François Migault	25	16	82
Teddy Pilette	27	17	81
Brian Redman	18	18	80
Jacky Ickx	16	DNF	72
Tom Pryce	20	DNF	66
Carlos Reutemann	24	DNF	62
Ronnie Peterson	5	DNF	56
Gérard Larrousse	28	DNF	53
Jochen Mass	26	DNF	53
Patrick Depailler	11	DNF	53
Carlos Pace	8	DNF	50
Rikky von Opel	22	DNF	49
James Hunt	9	DNF	45
Arturo Merzario	6	DNF	29
Henri Pescarolo	15	DNF	12
Hans-Joachim Stuck	10	DNF	6

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	11	1:09.820	—	—
2	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell	3	1:10.860	+1.040	+1.040
3	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	12	1:11.040	+1.220	+0.180
4	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren	5	1:11.070	+1.250	+0.030
5	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	1	1:11.210	+1.390	+0.140
6	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Marlboro	20	1:11.290	+1.470	+0.080
7	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	14	1:11.390	+1.570	+0.100
8	Carlos Pace	Surtees	18	1:11.460	+1.640	+0.070
9	James Hunt	Hesketh	24	1:11.530	+1.710	+0.070
10	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March	9	1:11.570	+1.750	+0.040
11	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	4	1:11.600	+1.780	+0.030
12	Denny Hulme	McLaren	6	1:11.610	+1.790	+0.010
13	Mike Hailwood	McLaren	33	1:11.980	+2.160	+0.370
14	Vern Schuppan	Ensign	22	1:12.020	+2.200	+0.040
15	Henri Pescarolo	BRM	15	1:12.330	+2.510	+0.310
16	Jacky Ickx	Team Lotus	2	1:12.420	+2.600	+0.090
17	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow	17	1:12.530	+2.710	+0.110
18	Brian Redman	Shadow	16	1:12.730	+2.910	+0.200
19	John Watson	Brabham	28	1:12.760	+2.940	+0.030
20	Tom Pryce	Token	42	1:12.850	+3.030	+0.090
21	Guy Edwards	Lola	27	1:13.330	+3.510	+0.480
22	Rikky von Opel	Brabham	8	1:13.340	+3.520	+0.010
23	Tim Schenken	Trojan	41	1:13.360	+3.540	+0.020
24	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham	7	1:13.470	+3.650	+0.110
25	François Migault	BRM	37	1:13.490	+3.670	+0.020
26	Jochen Mass	Surtees	19	1:13.810	+3.990	+0.320
27	Teddy Pilette	Brabham	34	1:14.050	+4.230	+0.240
28	Gérard Larrousse	Brabham	43	1:14.220	+4.400	+0.170
29	Graham Hill	Lola	26	1:14.300	+4.480	+0.080
30	Gijs van Lennep	Iso-Marlboro	21	1:15.600	+5.780	+1.300
31	Vittorio Brambilla	March	10	1:19.880	+10.060	+4.280
32	Leo Kinnunen	Surtees	44	1:28.770	+18.950	+8.890

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: 5 of 1974
Grand Prix: Belgian Grand Prix
Dates: 12 May 1974
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-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.