Season 1974 · Round 12

Austrian Grand Prix

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1974-08-18 · Red Bull Ring · Austria · Austrian Grand Prix
7 Carlos Reutemann
Brabham 1:28:44.720
Team win 12pt P1 · P4 · P17
6 Denny Hulme
McLaren +42.920
24 James Hunt
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 P15
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)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Ronnie Peterson 2 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P10 Jacky Ickx 1 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
P10 Emerson Fittipaldi 1 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
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
1
12 Niki Lauda
2
7 Carlos Reutemann
3
5 Emerson Fittipaldi
4
8 Carlos Pace
5
3 Jody Scheckter
6
1 Ronnie Peterson
7
24 James Hunt
8
11 Clay Regazzoni
9
20 Arturo Merzario
10
6 Denny Hulme
11
28 John Watson
12
21 Jacques Laffite
13
27 Rolf Stommelen
14
4 Patrick Depailler
15
9 Hans-Joachim Stuck
16
16 Tom Pryce
17
33 David Hobbs
18
14 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
19
31 Tim Schenken
20
10 Vittorio Brambilla
21
26 Graham Hill
22
2 Jacky Ickx
23
17 Jean-Pierre Jarier
24
35 Ian Ashley
25
30 Dieter Quester
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: 2026-10-21 13:30