The 1974 Rothmans 5000 European Championship [1] was a motor racing series for Formula 5000 cars.[2] The series was organized in the United Kingdom by the British Racing and Sports Car Club, but also incorporated European rounds.[3] It was the sixth in a sequence of annual European Formula 5000 Championships,[2] and the second to be contested as the Rothmans 5000 European Championship. The 1974 championship was won by Bob Evans, driving a Lola T332.[4]
The championship was contested over eighteen rounds.[3]
Championship points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis for the first ten places at each of the first seventeen rounds and on a 40–30–24–20–16–12–8–6–4–2 basis for the first ten places at the final round.[4] Each driver could retain points from fourteen rounds.[4]