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  GRAND PRIX RESULTS: SWEDISH GP, 1974 Swedish GP Anderstorp Jun 9, 1974 80 Laps, 4.018 James Hunt, Niki Lauda, Swedish GP 1974 © The Cahier Archive With Ronnie Peterson having won the Monaco Grand Prix a few days earlier there was much excitement in Sweden when the teams arrived at Anderstorp 10 days later. Once again the organizers decided to restrict entries and so there were only 27 cars present. Hans Stuck was out of action because of his broken thumb. He was replaced in the factory March by local hero Reine Wisell. Arturo Merzario was also in trouble having broken a finger in a sportscar crash at Imola and although he practiced for Iso Marlboro in Sweden his place was eventually taken by Tom Belso, while Richard Robarts was in the second car. Brian Redman had left the Shadow team and his place was taken by Sweden’s Bertil Roos. In addition BRM did not have time to repair all its cars and so Francois Migault was left without a a drive. Qualifying resulted in Patrick Depailler and Jody Scheckter sharing the front row in their Tyrrell 007s with the two Ferraris of Niki Lauda and Clay Regazzoni on the second row. Ronnie Peterson was fifth alongside James Hunt (Hesketh) while the fourth row featured Jacky Ickx (Lotus) and Jean-Pierre Jarier (Shadow). The top 10 was completed by Emerson Fittipaldi (McLaren) and Carlos Reutemann (Brabham). At the start Scheckter took the lead with Peterson slipping ahead of Depailler to take second place. Lauda and Regazzoni followed with Reutemann completing the top six. For the early laps the order remained unchanged but on lap nine Peterson’s Lotus stopped with driveshaft failure, leaving the two Tyrrells out in front. Then came the Ferraris. On lap 24, however, Regazzoni disappeared with a gearbox failure and so Hunt took fourth position, having overtaken Reutemann a few laps earlier. The Argentine driver retired with an oil leak on the 31st lap and so Fittipaldi moved into fifth with Hulme sixth. On lap 57 Hulme went out with a suspension failure and so sixth placed was inherited by Vittorio Brambilla (March). Lauda’s Ferrari began to suffer from rear suspension trouble as well and the car became more and more difficult to drive which enabled Hunt to catch Lauda. It was not until the 66th lap that Hunt managed to get ahead. A few laps later Lauda retired with a gearbox problem. Hunt chased the Tyrrells but there was no way he could catch them and so Scheckter scored his first World Championship victory and became the sixth winner in seven races. POS NO DRIVER ENTRANT LAPS TIME/RETIREMENT QUAL POS 1  3  Jody Scheckter  Tyrrell-Cosworth 007  80  1h58m31.391s   2  2  4  Patrick Depailler  Tyrrell-Cosworth 007  80  1h58m31.771s   1  3  24  James Hunt  Hesketh-Cosworth 308  80  1h58m34.716s   6  4  5  Emerson Fittipaldi  McLaren-Cosworth M23  80  1h59m24.898s   9  5  17  Jean-Pierre Jarier  Shadow-Cosworth DN3  80  1h59m47.794s   8  6  26  Graham Hill  Lola-Cosworth T370  79    15  7  27  Guy Edwards  Lola-Cosworth T370  79    18  8  21  Tom Belso  Iso Marlboro-Cosworth FW  79    21  9  8  Rikky von Opel  Brabham-Cosworth BT44  79    20  10r  10  Vittorio Brambilla  March-Cosworth 741  79  Engine  17  11  28  John Watson  Brabham-Cosworth BT42  77    14  dq  22  Vern Schuppan  Ensign-Cosworth N174  77  Started Unofficially  26  r  12  Niki Lauda  Ferrari 312B3  70  Transmission  3  r  9  Reine Wisell  March-Cosworth 741  59  Suspension  16  r  6  Denny Hulme  McLaren-Cosworth M23  56  Suspension  12  r  19  Jochen Mass  Surtees-Cosworth TS16  53  Suspension  22  r  7  Carlos Reutemann  Brabham-Cosworth BT44  30  Mechanical  10  r  2  Jacky Ickx  Lotus-Cosworth 72E  27  Engine  7  r  11  Clay Regazzoni  Ferrari 312B3  24  Gearbox  4  r  18  Carlos Pace  Surtees-Cosworth TS16  15  Handling  24  r  23  Leo Kinnunen  Surtees-Cosworth TS16  8  Electrics  25  r  1  Ronnie Peterson  Lotus-Cosworth 72E  8  Drive Shaft  5  r  33  Mike Hailwood  McLaren-Cosworth M23  5  Fuel Leak  11  r  14  Jean-Pierre Beltoise  BRM P201  3  Engine  13  r  16  Bertil Roos  Shadow-Cosworth DN3  2  Gearbox  23  r  15  Henri Pescarolo  BRM P201  0  Fire  19  ns  20  Richard Robarts  Iso Marlboro-Cosworth FW    Car Raced By Belso  27  ns  20  Arturo Merzario  Iso Marlboro-Cosworth FW    Driver Ill  28  Swedish GP, Anderstorp, June 9, 1974, Round: 7, Race Number: 242

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