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1974 False Bay 100
1974 Austrian GP
1973 Italian GP

1974 Italian GP

1974 Rhodesian GP
1974 Canadian GP
1975 Italian GP
 XLV  Gran Premio d'Italia

Event Overview • SessionsEntry List
Qualifying Qualification
Race Starting GridClassificationFastest LapsLaps Led

Details
DateSunday 8 September 1974
Start time14:00
Event Italian GP
Circuit Monza
Event FormatRace of 52 laps
ChampionshipWorld Championship
Race number#13 of 15 in 1974
#248 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps52
Circuit Perimeter5780 m
Race Distance5780 × 52 = 300.560 km
Grid Format2-2-2-2
Pole PositionLeft
First CornerRight
Track DirectionClockwise
Weather
WeatherVery hot, Dry
Participants
Entries31
Qualifiers25
Finishers11
DebutantsCarlo Facetti (Driver)
MilestonesUOP Shadow Racing Team – 50th Race Entry (Entrant)
Records Broken 1. Most 6th Place Finishes in a Season Denny Hulme (4),
2. Most 21st Place Qualifications Graham Hill (6)
Records Extended 1. Most Retirements Lotus (287),
2. Most Race Wins Lotus (57),
3. Most Races Led Ferrari (148),
4. Most Laps Led Lotus (4014),
5. Most Race Entries Ferrari,  Lotus (671),
6. Most Race Entries Graham Hill (173),
7. Most Poles Ferrari (70),
8. Most 5th Place Qualifications Ferrari (59),
9. Most 11th Place Qualifications BRM (42),
10. Most 11th Place Qualifications Jean-Pierre Beltoise (11),
11. Most 16th Place Qualifications Lotus (42),
12. Most 21st Place Qualifications in a Season Lola (7),
13. Most 21st Place Qualifications in a Season Graham Hill (5)

World Championship standings
1  Clay Regazzoni 46 
2  Jody Scheckter 45 
3  Emerson Fittipaldi 43 up
4  Niki Lauda 38 up
5  Ronnie Peterson 31 up
6  Carlos Reutemann 23 up
7  Denny Hulme 19 
8  Jacky Ickx 12 
9  Mike Hailwood 12 
10  Patrick Depailler 11 
11  Jean-Pierre Beltoise 10 
12  James Hunt 8 
13  Jean-Pierre Jarier 6 
14  Hans-Joachim Stuck 5 
  Carlos Pace 5 up
16  Arturo Merzario 4 up
  John Watson 4 up
18  Vittorio Brambilla 1 up
  Tom Pryce 1 up
  Graham Hill 1 up
1  McLaren / Ford 61 up
2  Ferrari / Ferrari 59 up
3  Tyrrell / Ford 49 
4  Lotus / Ford 38 
5  Brabham / Ford 26 
6  BRM / BRM 10 
7  Hesketh / Ford 8 
8  Shadow / Ford 7 
9  March / Ford 6 
10  Iso Marlboro / Ford 4 up
11  Surtees / Ford 3 up
12  Lola / Ford 1 up

Results
 WinnerPole PositionFastest Lap
Car NumberCar 1Car 12Car 8
EntrantJohn Player Team LotusScuderia Ferrari SpA SEFACMotor Racing Developments
Driver Ronnie Peterson Niki Lauda Carlos Pace
Car Lotus 72E Ferrari 312B3 Brabham BT44
EngineFord Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8Ferrari 3.0 F12Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Time1:22'56.61'33.161'34.2
Speed217.421 km/h223.358 km/h220.892 km/h