Formula 1 1974 Images

1974 Belgian Grand Prix
Nivelles-Baulers, Belgium. 10-12th May 1974.
Colin Chapman, Lotus, with his wife Hazel.
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Niki Laura and his team celebrate his first victory.

Niki Lauda celebrates his first GP victory.

Emerson Fittipaldi, McLaren M23 Ford.

James Hunt (GBR) Hesketh plays tennis at the Kyalami Ranch Hotel.
South African Grand Prix, Rd 2, Kyalami, South Africa, 30 March 1974.

Henri Pescarolo, BRM P160E chases Mike Hailwood, McLaren M23 Ford and the front of the field at the start.

Brands Hatch, England. 17th March 1974.
Niki Lauda (Ferrari 312B3), 2nd position leads Jacky Ickx (Lotus 72-Cosworth), 1st position, in the soaking rain, action.
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Ref: B/WPRINT.

The start of the race.
Non-Championship Formula One, Race of Champions, Brands Hatch, England, 17 March 1974.

The podium (L to R): Clay Regazzoni (SUI) Ferrari second; Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) McLaren winner; Jacky Ickx (BEL) Lotus third.
Brazilian Grand Prix, Interlagos, 27 January 1974.
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A car rises up the steep kerbing.
Argentinean Grand Prix, Rd1, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13 January 1974.

Spectators watch race winner Denny Hulme (NZL) McLaren M23 by the side of the circuit.
Argentinean Grand Prix, Rd1, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13 January 1974.

Fourth placed Mike Hailwood (GBR) McLaren relaxes reading a magazine in the McLaren garage.
Argentinean Grand Prix, Rd1, Buenos Aires, 13 January 1974.

Race retiree James Hunt (GBR), Hesketh, tries his best not to man-handle a scantly clad Barbro Petersen (SWE) by the hotel swimming pool.
Argentinean Grand Prix, Rd1, Buenos Aires, 13 January 1974.

Carlos Pace (BRA) Surtees retired from the race on lap 22 with a blown engine.
Argentinean Grand Prix, Rd1, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13 January 1974.

Denny Hulme (NZL) McLaren celebrates his last Formula One victory on the podium.
Argentinean Grand Prix, Rd1, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13 January 1974.

Carlos Reutemann (ARG) Brabham received a hero's welcome from President Juan Veron, who watched Carlos retire from the lead of the race on the final lap with a car failure.
Argentinean Grand Prix, Rd1, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13 January 1974.

(L to R): Patrick Depailler (FRA) Tyrrell relaxes by the pool with Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) Shadow.
Argentinean Grand Prix, Rd1, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13 January 1974.

Twelfth placed John Watson (GBR) Hexagon-Goldie Brabham (Centre) with Bernie Ecclestone (GBR) Brabham Team Owner (Right).
Argentinean Grand Prix, Rd1, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13 January 1974.

Don Nichols (USA) Shadow Team Owner sews new logos onto his drivers' overalls.
Argentinean Grand Prix, Rd1, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13 January 1974.

March mechanics tend to the March 741 of tenth placed Vittorio Brambilla (ITA) out on the circuit after he crashed during practice.

French Grand Prix, Rd 9, Dijon-Prenois, France, 7 July 1974.

James Hunt (GBR) Hesketh, with his girlfriend Suzy Miller (GBR), who would become his wife later in the year.Monaco Grand Prix, 1974

The Penske Racing Cars factory in Reading, Pennsylvania.
1974 Formula One World Championship.

Inside the Penske Racing Cars factory in Reading, Pennsylvania.
1974 Formula One World Championship.

Ninth placed James Hunt (GBR) talks with Dr. Harvey Postlewaite (GBR) Designer in the pit garage alongside his Hesketh March 731. Team owner Lord Hesketh (GBR) sits behind.
Brazilian Grand Prix, Rd2, Interlagos, Sao Paulo, 27 January 1974.

(L to R): John Surtees (GBR) Surtees Team Owner talks with Jochen Mass (GER) Surtees TS16/3, who retired from the race on lap 11 with a blown engine.
German Grand Prix, Rd 11, Nurburgring, Germany, 4 August 1974.