Belgian Grand Prix

1974 · Round 5 · Brussels, Belgium · May 12, 1974

Race summary

Victory went to Fittipaldi (from 4th on the grid), with a 0.350s margin. Brambilla made the biggest gain, from 31st on the grid to 9th (up 22 places). Regazzoni had a difficult race, dropping from 1st to 4th.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren	4	85	1:44:20.570	9
2	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	3	85	+0.350	6
3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell	2	85	+45.610	4
4	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1	85	+52.020	3
5	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	7	85	+1:08.050	2
6	Denny Hulme	McLaren	12	85	+1:10.540	1
7	Mike Hailwood	McLaren	13	84	+1 Lap	0
8	Graham Hill	Lola	29	83	+2 Laps	0
9	Vittorio Brambilla	March	31	83	+2 Laps	0
10	Tim Schenken	Trojan	23	83	+2 Laps	0
11	John Watson	Brabham	19	83	+2 Laps	0
12	Guy Edwards	Lola	21	82	+3 Laps	0
13	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow	17	82	+3 Laps	0
14	Gijs van Lennep	Iso Marlboro	30	82	+3 Laps	0
15	Vern Schuppan	Ensign	14	82	+3 Laps	0
16	François Migault	BRM	25	82	+3 Laps	0
17	Teddy Pilette	Brabham	27	81	+4 Laps	0
18	Brian Redman	Shadow	18	80	Engine	0
–	Jacky Ickx	Team Lotus	16	72	Overheating	0
–	Tom Pryce	Token	20	66	Collision	0
–	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham	24	62	Engine	0
–	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	5	56	Fuel leak	0
–	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	28	53	Brakes	0
–	Jochen Mass	Surtees	26	53	Suspension	0
–	Gérard Larrousse	Brabham	11	53	Tyre	0
–	Carlos Pace	Surtees	8	50	Handling	0
–	Rikky von Opel	Brabham	22	49	Engine	0
–	James Hunt	Hesketh	9	45	Accident	0
–	Arturo Merzario	Iso Marlboro	6	29	Transmission	0
–	Henri Pescarolo	BRM	15	12	Collision	0
–	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March	10	6	Clutch	0

Rows without a position (–) did not finish the race; the status column shows what happened.