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South African Grand Prix

Lucky Strike Grand Prix of South Africa 1974

Round 3 of 15Kyalami Racing Circuit, MidrandMar 30 197478 laps

Podium

BELBRM

REUBrabham

HAIMcLaren

Key facts

WinnerREU1:42:40.960 from P4

PoleLAU1:16.580

Fastest lapREU1:18.160 on lap 58

Finishers19 / 27classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	REUCarlos Reutemann	Brabham	4	▲3	78	1:42:40.960	9	1:18.160
2	BELJean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	11	▲9	78	+33.940s	6	–
3	HAIMike Hailwood	McLaren	12	▲9	78	+42.160s	4	–
4	DEPPatrick Depailler	Tyrrell	15	▲11	78	+44.190s	3	–
5	STUHans-Joachim Stuck	March	7	▲2	78	+46.230s	2	–
6	MERArturo Merzario	Iso-Marlboro	3	▼3	78	+56.040s	1	–
7	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	McLaren	5	▼2	78	+68.390s		–
8	SCHJody Scheckter	Tyrrell	8	–	78	+70.540s		–
9	HULDenny Hulme	McLaren	9	–	77	+1 lap		–
10	BRAVittorio Brambilla	March	19	▲9	77	+1 lap		–
11	PACCarlos Pace	Surtees	2	▼9	77	+1 lap		–
12	HILGraham Hill	Lola	18	▲6	77	+1 lap		–
13	ISCIan Scheckter	Lotus	22	▲9	76	+2 laps		–
14	KEIEddie Keizan	Tyrrell	24	▲10	76	+2 laps		–
15	MIGFrançois Migault	BRM	25	▲10	75	+3 laps		–
16	LAUNiki Lauda	Ferrari	1	▼15	74	+4 laps		–
17	ROBRichard Robarts	Brabham	23	▲6	74	+4 laps		–
18	PESHenri Pescarolo	BRM	21	▲3	72	+6 laps		–
19	CHADave Charlton	McLaren	20	▲1	71	+7 laps		–
DNF	REGClay Regazzoni	Ferrari	6		65	Oil pressure		–
DNF	WATJohn Watson	Brabham	13		56	Fuel system		–
DNF	ICKJacky Ickx	Lotus	10		31	Brakes		–
DNF	HUNJames Hunt	Hesketh	14		13	Transmission		–
DNF	MASJochen Mass	Surtees	17		11	Suspension		–
DNF	DRIPaddy Driver	Lotus	26		6	Clutch		–
DNF	PETRonnie Peterson	Lotus	16		2	Collision		–
DNF	TBETom Belsø	Iso-Marlboro	27		0	Clutch		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	LAUNiki Lauda	Ferrari	1:16.580
2	PACCarlos Pace	Surtees	1:16.630	+0.050s
3	MERArturo Merzario	Iso-Marlboro	1:16.790	+0.210s
4	REUCarlos Reutemann	Brabham	1:16.800	+0.220s
5	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	McLaren	1:16.820	+0.240s
6	REGClay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1:16.850	+0.270s
7	STUHans-Joachim Stuck	March	1:16.980	+0.400s
8	SCHJody Scheckter	Tyrrell	1:16.990	+0.410s
9	HULDenny Hulme	McLaren	1:17.110	+0.530s
10	ICKJacky Ickx	Lotus	1:17.180	+0.600s
11	BELJean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	1:17.340	+0.760s
12	HAIMike Hailwood	McLaren	1:17.340	+0.760s
13	WATJohn Watson	Brabham	1:17.390	+0.810s
14	HUNJames Hunt	Hesketh	1:17.410	+0.830s
15	DEPPatrick Depailler	Tyrrell	1:17.750	+1.170s
16	PETRonnie Peterson	Lotus	1:18.000	+1.420s
17	MASJochen Mass	Surtees	1:18.230	+1.650s
18	HILGraham Hill	Lola	1:18.250	+1.670s
19	BRAVittorio Brambilla	March	1:18.290	+1.710s
20	CHADave Charlton	McLaren	1:18.370	+1.790s
21	PESHenri Pescarolo	BRM	1:18.390	+1.810s
22	ISCIan Scheckter	Lotus	1:18.560	+1.980s
23	ROBRichard Robarts	Brabham	1:18.600	+2.020s
24	KEIEddie Keizan	Tyrrell	1:19.000	+2.420s
25	MIGFrançois Migault	BRM	1:19.140	+2.560s
26	DRIPaddy Driver	Lotus	1:19.490	+2.910s
27	TBETom Belsø	Iso-Marlboro	1:19.800	+3.220s

Kyalami Racing Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1974. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1973	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell
1972	Denny Hulme	McLaren
1971	Mario Andretti	Ferrari
1970	Jack Brabham	Brabham
1969	Jackie Stewart	Matra
1968	Jim Clark	Lotus
1967	Pedro Rodríguez	Cooper

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