Grande Premio Presidente Emilio Medici

The Grande Premio Presidente Emilio Medici was a non-championship Formula One race held on 3 February 1974 to inaugurate a new racing facility in Brasilia, the Autódromo Emilio Medici. Carlos Reutemann qualified on pole and Emerson Fittipaldi set fastest lap and won. The race was held only this once.[2]

1974 Grande Premio Presidente Emilio Medici
Non-championship race in the 1974 Formula One season
Race details[1]
DateFebruary 3, 1974 (1974-02-03)
Official nameGrande Premio Presidente Emilio Medici
LocationAutódromo Emilio Medici, Brasilia, Brazil
CoursePermanent racing facility
Course length5.476 km (3.403 miles)
Distance40 laps, 219.04 km (136.12 miles)
Pole position
DriverBrabham-Cosworth
Time1:51.18
Fastest lap
DriverBrazil Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Cosworth
Time1:51.62
Podium
FirstMcLaren-Cosworth
SecondTyrrell-Cosworth
ThirdWilliams-Cosworth

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverConstructorCarLapGap
17 Carlos ReutemannBrabham-CosworthBrabham BT441:51.18+0.00
25 Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-CosworthMcLaren M231:51.27+0.09
33 Jody ScheckterTyrrell-CosworthTyrrell 0061:51.40+0.13
418 Carlos PaceSurtees-CosworthSurtees TS161:51.40+0.00
520 Arturo MerzarioIso-Marlboro-CosworthIso-Marlboro FW1:53.43+2.03
614 Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRMBRM P1601:54.44+1.01
78 Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-CosworthBrabham BT441:54.62+0.18
819 Jochen MassSurtees-CosworthSurtees TS161:55.53+0.91
915 Henri PescaroloBRMBRM P1601:55.88+0.35
1010 Howden GanleyMarch-CosworthMarch 7411:57.61+1.73
119 Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-CosworthMarch 7411:58.10+0.49
1224 James HuntMarch-CosworthMarch 731G2:04.95+6.85
Sources:[3][4]

Classification

PosNo.DriverConstructorTime/LapsGrid
15 Emerson FittipaldiMcLaren-Cosworth1:15:22.75, 174.26 km/h2
23 Jody ScheckterTyrrell-Cosworth+0:12.403
320 Arturo MerzarioIso-Marlboro-Cosworth+0:27.105
419 Jochen MassSurtees-Cosworth+1:38.848
58 Wilson FittipaldiBrabham-Cosworth39 laps7
610 Howden GanleyMarch-Cosworth39 laps10
715 Henri PescaroloBRM39 laps9
814 Jean-Pierre BeltoiseBRM38 laps6
918 Carlos PaceSurtees-Cosworth35 laps4
109 Hans-Joachim StuckMarch-Cosworth34 laps/Engine11
Ret7 Carlos ReutemannBrabham-Cosworth12 laps/Holed piston1
Ret24 James HuntMarch-Cosworth1 lap/Gear linkage12
Sources:[4][5]

References


Previous race:
1973 BRDC International Trophy
Formula One non-championship races
1974 season
Next race:
1974 Race of Champions
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