1974 Australian Grand Prix
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The 1974 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Oran Park Raceway in New South Wales, Australia on 17 November 1974. It was open to Racing Cars complying with Australian Formula 1 or Australian Formula 2.[1][2][3] The race, which was the thirty-ninth Australian Grand Prix, was Round Five of the 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship.
Australian driver Max Stewart won the race, ahead of John McCormack and Graeme Lawrence.[4] It was Stewart's first Australian Grand Prix victory.
Classification
Results were as follows:[4]
Qualifying
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Qual | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Template:Flagicon Max Stewart | Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:05.2 | — |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Warwick Brown | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:05.3 | +0.1 | |
| 3 | 5 | Template:Flagicon Kevin Bartlett | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:05.9 | +0.7 |
| 4 | 1 | Template:Flagicon Lella Lombardi | Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:07.0 | +1.8 |
| 5 | 4 | Template:Flagicon John McCormack | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:07.5 | +2.3 |
| 6 | 14 | Template:Flagicon Graeme Lawrence | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:08.0 | +2.8 |
| 7 | 12 | Template:Flagicon Garrie Cooper | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:09.2 | +4.0 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Jon Davison | Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:09.2 | +4.0 | |
| 9 | 7 | Template:Flagicon John Leffler | Bowin P8 / Hart 1.6L I4 | 1:09.7 | +4.5 |
| 10 | Template:Flagicon John Goss | Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:11.9 | +6.7 | |
| 11 | Template:Flagicon Ken Shirvington | March 732 / Hart 1.6L I4 | 1:14.4 | +9.2 |
Race
| Pos | No. | Driver | Car | Entrant[5] | Laps | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Template:Flagicon Max Stewart | Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Max Stewart Motors | 61 | 1h 08m 43.0s |
| 2 | 4 | Template:Flagicon John McCormack | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Ansett Team Elfin | 61 | 1h 09m 43.3s |
| 3 | 14 | Template:Flagicon Graeme Lawrence | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Air New Zealand | 60 | |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Jon Davison | Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Jon Davison | 59 | ||
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Garrie Cooper | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Ansett Team Elfin | 58 | ||
| Ret | 5 | Template:Flagicon Kevin Bartlett | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 58 | fuel pick up | |
| Ret | Template:Flagicon Warwick Brown | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 49 | harmonic balancer | ||
| Ret | 1 | Template:Flagicon Lella Lombardi | Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 47 | oil pump | |
| Ret | 7 | Template:Flagicon John Leffler | Bowin P8 / Hart 1.6L 4cyl | 26 | valve | |
| DNS | Template:Flagicon John Goss | Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | engine bearing | |||
| DNS | Template:Flagicon Ken Shirvington | March 732 / Hart 1.6L 4cyl | too slow |
Notes
- Pole position: Max Stewart - 1'05.2
- Fastest lap: Warwick Brown - 1'05.2, 146.3 km/h (90.9 mph),[4] new outright record[5]
Notes & references
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- ↑ Conditions for Australian Titles, 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 84
- ↑ The 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport indicates that Australian Formula 1 in 1974 was for Racing Cars with V8 production pushrod engines of up to 5000cc or free design engines of up to eight cylinders and up to 2000cc. The former are commonly referred to as Formula 5000 cars.
- ↑ The 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport indicates that Australian Formula 2 in 1974 was for Racing Cars with engines of up to 1600cc
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