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1974 Canadian Grand Prix

Canada  1974 Canadian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 14 of 15 in the 1974 Formula One season
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Date September 22, 1974
Location Mosport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.957 km (2.459 mi)
Distance 80 laps, 316.56 km (196.72 mi)
Weather Cold with temperatures approaching 13.3 °C (55.9 °F); wind speeds up to 15 kilometres per hour (9.3 mph)
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Ford
Time 1:13.188
Fastest lap
Driver Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari
Time 1:13.659 on lap 60
Podium
First McLaren-Ford
Second Ferrari
Third Lotus-Ford

The 1974 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Mosport Park on 22 September 1974. It was the fourteenth and penultimate round of the 1974 Formula One season.

Niki Lauda was on course for victory, until running over debris on lap 67, causing his Ferrari to spin into barriers, having led the whole race until that point. He also set the fastest lap of the race. Jacques Laffite was also forced out due to picking up a puncture, possibly caused by the same debris on the circuit. Emerson Fittipaldi grabbed the advantage, and led for the rest of the race. It was his 12th career victory, and the last of the season for the McLaren driver. This was the first Grand Prix race for young Austrian Helmuth Koinigg, who would lose his life during the next race at Watkins Glen.



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