Season 1974 · Round 12

Austrian Grand Prix

1974-08-18 · Red Bull Ring · Austria · Austrian Grand Prix
Brabham 1:28:44.720
Team win 12pt P1 · P4 · P17
McLaren +42.920
Hesketh +1:01.540
Fastest Lap
DNF
13
Ian Ashley L46 Ronnie Peterson L45 Jacky Ickx L43 Patrick Depailler L42 Carlos Pace L41 Emerson Fittipaldi L37 Jacques Laffite L37 Arturo Merzario L24 Tom Pryce L22 Jean-Pierre Beltoise L22 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 16/40 40%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P4
Most lead changes · all-time P25
Circuit Info
Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria
40 races held (1970–) Lap record 1:05.619 · Carlos Sainz (2020)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
P3 Ronnie Peterson 2 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P10 Jacky Ickx 1 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
P10 Emerson Fittipaldi 1 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
P3 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -1
P8 Emerson Fittipaldi 11 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
P8 Niki Lauda 11 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L54 Reutemann · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Reutemann REU 1 Reutemann REU Hulme · P10 → P2 · +8 10 Hulme HUL 2 Hulme HUL Hunt · P7 → P3 · +4 7 Hunt HUN 3 Hunt HUN Watson · P11 → P4 · +7 11 Watson WAT 4 Watson WAT Regazzoni · P8 → P5 · +3 8 Regazzoni REG 5 Regazzoni REG Brambilla · P20 → P6 · +14 20 Brambilla BRA 6 Brambilla BRA Hobbs · P17 → P7 · +10 17 Hobbs HOB 7 Hobbs HOB Jarier · P23 → P8 · +15 23 Jarier JAR 8 Jarier JAR Quester · P25 → P9 · +16 25 Quester QUE 9 Quester QUE Schenken · P19 → P10 · +9 19 Schenken SCH 10 Schenken SCH Stuck · P15 → P11 · +4 15 Stuck STU 11 Stuck STU Hill · P21 → P12 · +9 21 Hill HIL 12 Hill HIL Ashley · P24 → retired L46 Ashley · retired L46 24 Ashley ASH R Ashley ASH Peterson · P6 → retired L45 Peterson · retired L45 6 Peterson PET R Peterson PET Ickx · P22 → retired L43 Ickx · retired L43 22 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK Depailler · P14 → retired L42 Depailler · retired L42 14 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Pace · P4 → retired L41 Pace · retired L41 4 Pace PAC R Pace PAC Fittipaldi · P3 → retired L37 Fittipaldi · retired L37 3 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Laffite · P12 → retired L37 Laffite · retired L37 12 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Merzario · P9 → retired L24 Merzario · retired L24 9 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Pryce · P16 → retired L22 Pryce · retired L22 16 Pryce PRY R Pryce PRY Beltoise · P18 → retired L22 Beltoise · retired L22 18 Beltoise BEL R Beltoise BEL Lauda · P1 → retired L17 Lauda · retired L17 1 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Stommelen · P13 → retired L14 Stommelen · retired L14 13 Stommelen STO R Stommelen STO Scheckter · P5 → retired L8 Scheckter · retired L8 5 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 2 54 1:28:44.720 9
2 6 Denny Hulme McLaren 10 54 +42.920 6
3 24 James Hunt Hesketh 7 54 +1:01.540 4
4 28 John Watson Brabham 11 54 +1:09.390 3
5 11 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 8 54 +1:13.080 2
6 10 Vittorio Brambilla March 20 54 +1:13.820 1
7 33 David Hobbs McLaren 17 53 +1 Lap
8 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 23 52 +2 Laps
9 30 Dieter Quester Surtees 25 51 +3 Laps
10 31 Tim Schenken Trojan 19 50 +4 Laps
11 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 15 48 Suspension
12 26 Graham Hill Lola 21 48 +6 Laps
R 35 Ian Ashley Token 24 46 Not classified
R 1 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 6 45 Halfshaft
R 2 Jacky Ickx Team Lotus 22 43 Collision
R 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 14 42 Collision
R 8 Carlos Pace Brabham 4 41 Fuel leak
R 5 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren 3 37 Engine
R 21 Jacques Laffite Iso Marlboro 12 37 Not classified
R 20 Arturo Merzario Iso Marlboro 9 24 Fuel system
R 16 Tom Pryce Shadow 16 22 Spun off
R 14 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 18 22 Engine
R 12 Niki Lauda Ferrari 1 17 Engine
R 27 Rolf Stommelen Lola 13 14 Accident
R 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 5 8 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15