Grosser Preis von Deutschland 4 Augusti 1974, Nürburgring

Ronnie Petersons 58:e start i Formel 1 sker i Tysklands GP 1974. Med den gamla Lotus 72:an lyckas Ronnie endast prestera en åttonde bästa tid i kvalet. De båda Ferraribilarna står i främsta startledet med Lauda före Regazzoni. Emerson Fittipaldi omedelbart därefter tillsammans med Jody Scheckter.

Niki Lauda kör av redan på det första varvet och Clay Regazzoni får ensam försvara stallets färger. Regazzoni vinner loppet i ren utklassningsstil och är hela 50 sekunder före tvåan Jody Scheckter i en Tyrrell (som dock får den snabbaste varvtiden med 7.11,1). Trea blir Carlos Reutemann i en Brabham - mindre än en sekund före Ronnie som blir fyra i loppet! 

Summary in english

The boom in Formula 1 in the 1974 season meant that there were 31 cars entered for the Nürburgring and with only 26 cars starting, six would not qualify. The only major change to the entry was the arrival in the second Iso Marlboro of F1 debutante Jacques Laffite. Guy Edwards was back in action for the Hill team while Australian rising star Larry Perkins was entered in the Amon. Token fielded Ian Ashley. Practice got off to a bad start when Howden Ganley's Maki suffered a suspension failure and crashed heavily at Hatzenbach, suffering serious ankle injuries.

The two Ferraris were on the front row of the grid again with Niki Lauda outqualifying Clay Regazzoni. Next up were the other two World Championship contenders Emerson Fittipaldi (McLaren) and Jody Scheckter (Tyrrell) while third row featured Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell) and Carlos Reutemann (Brabham). The top 10 was completed by Denny Hulme (McLaren), Ronnie Peterson (Lotus), Jacky Ickx (Lotus) and Jochen Mass (Surtees).

At the start Fittipaldi failed to get away cleanly and as Hulme tried to pass him he found Ickx in his path and so the two McLarens made contact. Hulme retired on the spot but Fittipaldi seemed to have got away with it and set off.

Regazzoni had gone into the lead when Lauda made a poor start and as Lauda tried to make up ground he clashed with Scheckter and spun out. Further around the lap Fittipaldi suffered a puncture and had to limp around to the pits. He would rejoin but retired soon afterwards because of his damaged suspension.

At the front Regazzoni was being chased by Scheckter, Reutemann and Mass and the top three remained unchanged all afternoon. Mass was passed on the sixth lap by both Peterson and Ickx but he was able to get back ahead of the Swede before his engine failed. Hailwood inherited fifth place but on the 13th lap he lost control when the car landed after the jump at Pflanzgarten and crashed heavily. Tom Pryce (Shadow) finished sixth to score his first World Championship point.

Regazzoni's victory took him to the top of the World Championship table, three points ahead of Scheckter.

Sammanställning Grand Prix Tyskland Datum 4 Augusti 1974 Bana Nürburgring Säsong 1974 Deltävling 11 Längd (km) 22.835 Varv 14 Tid 1:41:35.000

Placering Nr Förare Team Tid Grid 1 11 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1:41:35.000 2 2 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 50.700 4 3 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 83.300 6 4 1 Ronnie Peterson Lotus 84.200 8 5 2 Jacky Ickx Lotus 85.000 9 6 16 Tom Pryce Shadow 138.100 11 7 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 178.700 20 8 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 205.900 18 9 26 Graham Hill Lola 206.400 19 10 15 Henri Pescarolo BRM 257.700 24 11 18 Derek Bell Surtees 317.700 25 12 8 Carlos Pace Brabham 386.300 17 13 10 Vittorio Brambilla March 523.100 23 14 32 Ian Ashley Token +1 varv 26 r 33 Mike Hailwood McLaren +2 varv 12 r 24 James Hunt Hesketh +3 varv 13 r 19 Jochen Mass Surtees +4 varv 10 r 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell +9 varv 5 r 20 Arturo Merzario Williams +9 varv 16 r 14 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM +10 varv 15 r 22 Vern Schuppan Ensign +10 varv 22 r 5 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren +12 varv 3 r 21 Jacques Laffite Williams +12 varv 21 r 28 John Watson Brabham +13 varv 14 r 12 Niki Lauda Ferrari +14 varv 1 dq 6 Denny Hulme McLaren   7 nq 37 Francois Migault BRM     nq 23 Tim Schenken Trojan     nq 27 Guy Edwards Lola     nq 30 Larry Perkins Amon     nq 30 Chris Amon Amon     nq 25 Howden Ganley Maki

NC=Not Classified NT=No time set in qualifying R=Retired EX=Excluded from meeting W=Withdrawn DQ=Disqualified NS=Did not start NQ=Did not qualify NPQ=Did not pre-qualify

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