| 1974 Swedish Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 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 |  Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford | |
| Time | 1:27.262[3] on lap 72 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Tyrrell-Ford | ||
| Second | Tyrrell-Ford | ||
| Third | Hesketh-Ford | ||
Lap leaders | |||
The1974 Swedish Grand Prix was aFormula One motor race held at theScandinavian Raceway inAnderstorp on 9 June 1974. It was race 7 of 15 in both the1974 World Championship of Drivers and the1974 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.[4]
The race was dominated by the twoTyrrell-Cosworth 007s ofJody Scheckter andPatrick Depailler. Depailler took pole position, however Scheckter beat him by 0.380 sec in the race, to score his first Grand Prix win.
After Monaco, there were some new faces in the paddock.Brian Redman retired from Formula One, to be replaced byBertil Roos whilstReine Wisell took over at March fromHans-Joachim Stuck,Richard Robarts replacedArturo Merzario after the Italian was unwell, andLeo Kinnunen made his début. Running with open helmet, as he was accustomed to do whenrallying, this marked the last time that a driver did so in Formula One, and the first time a Finn had started a Formula One Grand Prix. Vern Schuppan, the first reserve of Ensign-Ford, started illegally from 26th place on the grid and completed the race before he was disqualified.Tom Belsø crashed his car in practice and with no spare car,Richard Robarts let the Danish driver have his car and did not start himself.
The two Tyrrells of Depailler and Scheckter secured the front row and dominated the race.Ronnie Peterson retired on lap eight with a driveshaft failure, shortly to be followed byClay Regazzoni with gearbox problems.Niki Lauda andJames Hunt had a duel for 20 laps before Hunt got past on lap 66 and began slicing into the Tyrrells' lead at two seconds a lap. In the end, Scheckter held on to take his first race win by 0.38s and Hunt took third place, the Hesketh team's first Formula One points.Graham Hill gained his first championship point since 1972, and the last of his career, whilstTom Belsø drove to 8th place. At this Grand PrixLeo Kinnunen became the last driver to start in a Formula One race using anopen-face helmet.[5]
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