Era 04 · Wings and sponsors · season 25

1974

McLaren won 4 races out of 15, and the world title went to Emerson Fittipaldi.

The title was decided in round 15 – United States Grand Prix.

In 1974 Emerson Fittipaldi moved to McLaren, and Niki Lauda joined Ferrari: he started from pole nine times and won two races, but retired often. The wins were shared among seven drivers.

The title was decided at the final race, the United States Grand Prix, where Fittipaldi and Ferrari’s Clay Regazzoni arrived level on points. Fittipaldi finished fourth and Regazzoni out of the points, so the Brazilian became champion for the second time, and McLaren won the Constructors’ Championship for the first time.

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Drivers’ standings · championship points
01Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren55
02Clay RegazzoniFerrari52
03Jody ScheckterTyrrell45
04Niki LaudaFerrari38
05Ronnie PetersonLotus35
06Carlos ReutemannBrabham32
07Denny HulmeMcLaren20
08James HuntHesketh15
09Patrick DepaillerTyrrell14
10Jacky IckxLotus12
11Mike HailwoodMcLaren12
12Carlos PaceBrabham11
13Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM10
14Jean-Pierre JarierShadow6
15John WatsonBrabham6
16Hans-Joachim StuckMarch5
17Arturo MerzarioIso-Marlboro4
18Graham HillLola1
18Tom PryceShadow1
18Vittorio BrambillaMarch1
Constructors’ championship
01McLaren73
02Ferrari65
03Tyrrell52
04Lotus42
05Brabham35
06Hesketh15

The season’s 15 races

Fittipaldi 3Peterson 3Reutemann 3Scheckter 2Lauda 2